Could a soccer match help mend ties between North and South Korea?

A North Korean women’s soccer team will take the field Wednesday in South Korea, a rare cross-border clash as Kim Jong Un pursues a more hostile policy toward his neighbor.

SEOUL, South Korea — Rivals. Neighbors.

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It’s a storied sporting narrative, but one that has rarely carried such meaning.

A North Korean women’s soccer team took the field Wednesday in South Korea, becoming the first sports team from the isolated, nuclear-armed state to visit the democratic south in nearly eight years.