North Korea is making a rare visit to South Korea

A team of North Korean footballers will make a rare visit to South Korea later this month.

North Korean side Naegohyang will cross the border to play Suwon in the semi-finals of the Asian Women’s Champions League on May 20.

Pyongyang sent a list of 27 players and 12 staff members who will travel.

South Korea’s Unification Ministry confirmed the trip, which will be the first time athletes from the North will cross the border since 2018.

North Korea sent athletes to South Korea For the PyeongChang Winter Olympics that yearAs they formed a unified ice hockey team for the first time.

The rare visit was accompanied by South Korean President Lee Jae-myung Improve strained relations with North Korea.

Relations have deteriorated in recent years, with North Korea branding South Korea as “them”.Most unfavorable state“And saying it will no longer seek reconciliation.

The two Koreas are still technically at war since they did not sign a peace treaty after the Korean War ended in 1953.

Nai Gohyang is playing in the Champions League for the first time after defeating Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City 3-0 in the quarter-finals.

The winner will face either Melbourne City or Tokyo Vardy in the final, also played in Suwon on May 23.