This news is delighting all the people in the country.

The consecutive successes in the ongoing Asian Games make him very happy, Han Jong Nam, a Pyongyang citizen, told KCNA, adding:

"I don't know how to describe my feelings about the happy news of our women's football team's advance into the finals. I want to embrace all those admirable women footballers who gave great pleasure to the people in the homeland."

Song Kyong Hui, a work-team head of the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill, said:

"Their success gives great strength and courage to me and all other workers at the mill.

As a same woman, I am very proud of those women footballers displaying the honor of the country. The members of my workteam will work harder to boost the fabric production for the country and people as the footballers have done."

Kim Ryong Ho, a resident in Phyongsong City, South Phyongan Province, said: "Well done, the women's football team! I am sure they will prove successful in the finals."