NK football team's S. Korea visit signals possibility of inter-Korean cooperation: cheering squad official

A planned visit to South Korea by a North Korean women's football team suggests the possibility of future discussions on inter-Korean cooperation within multilateral frameworks, though it is unlikely to directly lead to broader inter-Korean exchanges, a senior official from an inter-Korean cooperation council said.

Lee Ju-sung, secretary-general of the NGO Council for Inter-Korean Cooperation, made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Friday, as his organization is set to participate in a joint cheerleading squad for the semifinal match between Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women's FC and South Korea's Suwon FC Women in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League.

The North Korean team is scheduled to arrive later in the day at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul.

The match is set to take place on Wednesday at Suwon Sports Complex, located about 30 kilometers south of Seoul. "While civic organizations agreed in principle last month to pursue a joint cheerleading campaign, I was not sure whether North Korea would actually send a team here," Lee