RÉCIT – The meeting this Wednesday between the players of FC Naegohyang and Suwon FC comes as the supreme leader ostensibly turns his back on Seoul, and on the horizon of a “unification” of the peninsula.
Red pin to the glory of Kim Il-sung on dark suit, high heels, pink wheeled suitcases. The North Korean footballers from FC Naegohyang caused a sensation when they landed in South Korea on May 17, snubbing a welcome worthy of K-pop stars. Closed faces, short regulatory haircuts, the players who came from Pyongyang via Beijing ignored the photographers’ flashes, like the banners brandished by activists in favor of North South reconciliation.
The first North Korean sports delegation to visit “capitalist” Korea since 2018 went to prepare for its highly anticipated confrontation against Suwon FC, this May 20, in the semi-final of the Asian Champions League, south of Seoul. Their eyes fixed on the supreme title, strong in their status as favorites.
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