September 8 – Football relations between north and south Korea are to be revived when South Korean FA boss Chung Mong-gyu visits Pyongyang later this month with the possibility of friendly fixtures taking a step closer.
While both men’s and women’s teams have been drawn against each other at various tournaments and in qualifying campaigns, contact has otherwise been minimal.
KFA President Chung will visit the North Korean capital from September 18 for a meeting of the executive committee of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) and will take the opportunity to press for more meetings between the uncomfortable neighbours.
“We expect this trip will go a long way toward revitalising inter-Korean football exchanges,” a KFA official told the Yonhap News Agency.
The two states last played in the North in Pyongyang in 1990, when the North Korean men’s team secured their only victory in 15 attempts against their southern rivals.
The focus of Chung’s mission would initially be on women’s football.
“Given North Korea’s prowess in women’s football, it will help our women’s team to play them,” he said. “There will also be discussions on holding matches between our women’s youth teams.”
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