Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Pyongyang welcomes back women's soccer world champions (Reuters)

(Reuters) - North Korea's under-20 women's soccer team paraded through the streets of Pyongyang in a flower-covered vehicle on Tuesday, celebrating their World Cup win upon their return to the isolated nation's capital. North Korea beat France 3-1 in the final of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Footage filmed by North Korea's state media KCNA, which could not be verified by Reuters, showed the players greeted by North Korean officials and emotional family members at Pyongyang's international airport. ...

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