North Korea’s Kim lauds U-20 women’s soccer World Cup victory

BY REUTERS North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met the country’s women’s football team that won the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia last week, lauding their achievement as a source of national celebration and people’s unity, state media KCNA said on Tuesday. North Korea’s title win, with a 1-0 victory against Japan, means the country joined Germany and the United States as the only three-time champions of the tournament, following wins in 2006 and 2016. As the players showed up with a trophy and gold medals at the ruling Workers’ Party headquarters on Monday in Pyongyang, Kim greeted and lauded them for beating powerhouses including the United States, Brazil and Austria, KCNA said. “Each and every valuable achievement that […] The post North Korea’s Kim lauds U-20 women’s soccer World Cup victory first appeared on 93.3 KFM.