A North Korean women’s soccer team arrived in South Korea on Sunday ahead of a highly anticipated inter-Korean match, the first time in almost eight years a DPRK sporting delegation has entered the South.

The entourage of 27 players and 12 coaching staff representing Pyongyang’s Naegohyang Women’s Football Club emerged with a rapturous reception at Incheon International Airport shortly before 3 p.m. KST.

Sporting navy blue jackets with a lapel badge that bore the faces of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the Naegohyang delegation was greeted by news reporters and cheering groups.

Multiple groups,