In the 26th minute of the first half, Hong Sung-ok broke through the penalty box and shook the net with a calm low shot. Two ...

North Korea lags behind most of the rest of the world in several areas. But the hermit state has had an outsized impact on international women's football.

Juche, North Korea’s unique state ideology, further imparts the importance of sacrificial dedication and self-reliance upon North Korean women. In essence, the North Korean state has been using ...

According to United Nations' assessments, the average North Korean woman has 1.79 children over her lifetime, a rate that falls short of 2.1 needed to maintain the population.

Weich relays a theory that North Korea's focus on women's football sprung from a stage in Mexico in 1986. At that year's Fifa congress, Norwegian Ellen Wille, only 4ft 11in tall, stepped up to the ...

Around 80% of North Korean defectors who arrive in South Korea are women, and among them, approximately 70% have experienced trafficking in China. Those fortunate enough to safely reach South ...

The uneasy truce between the nuclear-armed North and the US-allied South remains one of the most vexing security concerns for ...

'North Korean women and girls are passed through the hands of traffickers, brokers, and criminal organisations. Before being pulled into China’s sex trade, where they are exploited and used by ...

The Sheffield DocFest documentary 'North South Man Woman' by Morten Traavik, Sun Kim follows a refugee matchmaker looking to heal the divided Korea.

The rise and fall of North Korea - the sleeping giant of women's football "Normally when there are 30 shots in the game, it is the United States with about 25 of 'em. Not today!" It wasn't just ...