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Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung is a state media specialist at NK News. She previously worked in the Department of Unification and Foreign Ministry at Korean Broadcast System (KBS).
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News North Korea to face off against South in soccer rematch at Asian GamesNorth and South Korea drawn into same group as Bangladesh and Myanmar for September tournament in Japan
Soccer players from both Koreas are scheduled to face off against each other in the upcoming Asian Games in September, four months after a Pyongyang-based women’s team defeated their South Korean counterparts before going on to win the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Champions League. The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee announced Thursday the group draw results, which assigned North Korea, South Korea, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Group F. North and South Korea will face off at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan, on Sept. 21, according to Seoul’s Korean Football Association (KFA). Women’s soccer teams were © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |