North Korea, whose World Cup qualifier against South Korea in March was moved out of capital city Pyongyang because it refused to fly the South's flag, has demanded to play the return match outside South Korea.

The communist North asked world governing body FIFA for the change in venue, but South Korea has no plans to give up hosting the June 22 match.

"We're saying we will let North Korea fly its flag and sing its anthem, but if that's the response they're showing, we're not considering any changes," a South Korean Football Association official said.

The governments of the two Koreas have yet to sign a peace treaty to end their 1950-53 war, each claiming to be the rightful ruler of the entire peninsula.

North Korea has not allowed a display of the South Korean flag or the playing of the anthem of its neighbour at a public event on its side of the divided peninsula since that time.

Its refusal to do so for the March qualifier led FIFA to move the match to Shanghai, where the teams played out a goalless draw.

The South has permitted the North's flag to be flown and its anthem played.

This is the first time the two Koreas have been drawn in the same World Cup qualifying group, in which teams play home and away matches.

South Korea top Group Three in Asian qualifying on four points after thrashing Turkmenistan 4-0. The North beat Jordan 1-0 in February.

Reuters