How does isolation affect access to international competitions and training opportunities?

Mar 30, 2024 ... Soccer Football - AFC Qualifiers - Group B - Japan v North Korea ... Japan beaten North Korea 1-0 in another qualifying match in Tokyo this month. Mar 22, 2024 ... However, North Korean officials abruptly notified their Japanese counterparts and the Asian Football Confederation that they were not going ... Jul 29, 2010 ... North Korea's football squad have been subjected to a public humiliation in the wake of their World Cup failure. Mar 28, 2019 ... President Trump discussed using the “nuclear football,” a briefcase that can be used to authorize a nuclear attack, on North Korea during a ... Jun 12, 2017 ... What's a North Korean football academy like? ... It is estimated that over a billion people watched Spain beat the Netherlands in Johannesburg ... Feb 28, 2024 ... Paris 2024: Japan women beat North Korea to qualify for Olympic football ... Japan clinched a 2-1 win after a 0-0 draw in the first leg to secure ... Sep 11, 2024 ... North Korea has relocated a men's World Cup qualifying match against Iran from Pyongyang to Laos due to “security concerns,” according to ... Apr 29, 2015 ... In 1966, North Korea dealt one of the greatest blows in football history by defeating Italy at the World Cup. Their reward back home? For the last 25 years, the Northern Azaleas have emerged from periods of international isolation to conquer all comers, usually by scoring bucketloads of goals. Apr 29, 2020 ... The man whose jacket contents had so startled the young soldier had informed me that he worked for the North Korean Olympic Committee. When told ...