SEOUL
\nHundreds of South Koreans will cheer for a North Korean women\u2019s football team when it makes a rare trip across the border for a continental semi-final this month, civic groups told AFP on Friday.
\nNorth Korea\u2019s Naegohyang Women\u2019s FC will play the South\u2019s Suwon FC Women on May 20 in the Asian Champions League.
\nIt will be the first time that a North Korean sports team has played in the South since 2018.
\nThe countries technically remain at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
\nSouth Korean civic organisations are rallying groups of volunteers to roar on Naegohyang, with one predicting that more than 1,000 may end up backing the North Koreans at the match in Suwon city.
\nThe groups support reconciliation between North and South Korea and often organise activities to promote their cause.
\nThere will be no away fans because North Koreans cannot enter the South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SEOUL Hundreds of South Koreans will cheer for a North Korean women\u2019s football team when it makes a rare trip across the border for a continental semi-final this month, civic groups told AFP on Friday. North Korea\u2019s Naegohyang Women\u2019s FC will play the South\u2019s Suwon FC Women on May 20 in the Asian Champions League. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-545476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n