Hong Kong, Seoul —
Kim Jong Un led the celebrations, and players wept with joy, as Asian club soccer’s newest women’s champions toasted a continental conquest that caps a remarkable run for North Korea’s female footballers.
Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC lifted the Asian Champions League trophy last month, on enemy soil in South Korea. Their reclusive nation is also reigning world champion in under-17s and under-20s women’s soccer.
At a celebratory exhibition match last week in the capital, under the watchful eye of the supreme leader, Naegohyang faced off against the under-17s team, who just added an Asian Cup to their impressive array…