The 2026 FIFA World Cup is here. North Korea is not.Why?Their elimination came in March 2025 — a 2-1 defeat to the UAE, finishing bottom of their qualifying group with just two points from eight matches.With the tournament on American soil for the first time, it's a missed opportunity that goes beyond football.Read @joonhawrites' story from March 2025:

March 1998. State House Nakasero. The courtesy call between two First Ladies began with diplomatic pleasantries. Then Hillary Clinton noticed Janet Museveni's vibrant dress. "Tell me about this. It's magnificent." What followed was not a discussion of policy. It was an offering, draped across the shoulders of an American First Lady in a sunlit garden.The Gift: Hillary, Janet, and the Mwenda - 1998Janet spoke of the women of Ankole, the bedrock of a cattle‑keeping society, and of the mwenda, the