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North Korea’s Jong Tae Se To Join South Korean Team

North Korea's World Cup 2010 hero Jong Te Se is confirmed to join a South Korean club - but how will the National Security Law affect the transfer, and what will North Korea think of the deal?

North Korean football player Jong Tae-se will join a first-division South Korean club next week after moving from Cologne in Germany, Yonhap News confirmed on Thursday. Suwon Samsung Bluewings's General Manager Lee Ho-Seung told AFP,

We've reached an agreement with Koln to transfer Jong to us. Jong will arrive here as early as next Monday for a medical test. If he passes the test, we will sign a contract with him.

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