October 14, 2024
In a stunning sweep of victories, the U-20 Chollima women’s soccer team of the DPRK won the World Cup final, September 22, defeating Japan 1-0 in Bogota, Columbia. The Chollima (mythic winged horse) team takes its place along side of the US and Germany as having won three World Cup finals, the first in 2006, and the second in 2016. The players received a hero’s welcome upon their return home.
“In practice the North Korean style was energetic and high pressure, but also free, creative and fun, all inventive high-speed combinations,” observed The Guardian sports writer, Barney Ronay. The players were engaging and a joy to watch,” he continued.
Amid the ever-escalating tensions between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the U.S. – Republic of Korea alliance, the Korea Policy Institute would like to acknowledge this remarkable achievement of North Korean women athletes, as a reminder that the future they and all of Korea inherit, will depend upon whether the parties to the Korean war make peace or war today.
-Korea Policy Institute
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