South Korea fell to defeat in their opening match in Group C at the Guangzhou Asian Games football tournament on Monday as their cross-border rivals North Korea emerged victorious in a match that Hong Myung-bo’s men will feel they should have taken something from. Hong started the match with towering Korea University Park Hee-sung forward up front in the...

There was a double celebration for North Korea this weekend as national teams at two different levels emerged victorious in two separate international football tournaments. The North Korean U16 side were crowned Asian U16 champions for the first time in their history on Sunday as they secured a 2-0 victory over 10-man Uzbekistan at the Pakhtakor Stadium in...

Reports from the North Korean camp ahead of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games suggest that national youth team coach and 2010 World Cup assistant manager Jo Tong-sop has been appointed manager of the North Korean national team side. Jo’s appointment to the top job sees him replace Kim Jong-hun, who led the team to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa...

North Korea will face Nepal and Sri Lanka in the qualifying stage for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup as they seek to defend the trophy they won in February this year with a penalty shootout victory over Turkmenistan. The Kuala Lumpur draw put the North Koreans into Group D along side 2010 tournament hosts Sri Lanka and Nepal, who finished second in their group and...

A hat-trick from Jong Il-gwan helped North Korea’s U19 side to a 3-2 victory over their Australian counterparts at the Zibo Sports Centre Stadium in China on Sunday to secure a third AFC U-19 Championship title. The Rimyongsu youngster fired North Korea ahead in the tenth minute before a Kerem Bulut double put the Australians ahead. Jong put past Daniel...

Just over a month after winning the Thang Long-Hanoi Football Cup, the North Korean national team will return to Vietnamese soil to take part in the four-team VFF Sonha Cup at My Dinh National Stadium at the beginning of November. The North Koreans, who finished top of the four-team group ahead of the Vietnamese national team and the U23 sides of Australia and...