Next Upcoming Matches: 1/23 - Sweden 1-1 North Korea (PK 4-1) [King's Cup]1/26 - North Korea vs Finland/Thailand [King's Cup] Current NorKs Abroad: Pak Kwang-Ryong (loaned out from FC Basel to AC Bellinoza)Cha Jong-Hyok (FC Wil)Rim Chol-Min (SC Bruhl)Jong Tae-Se (Suwon Samsung Bluewings)An Yong-Hak (Kashiwa Reysol)Kim Song-Gi (Cerezo Osaka)Ryang Yong-Gi (Vegelta Sendai)Ri Han-Jae (FC Gifu)Ri Kwang-Chon (Muangthong United)Pak Nam-Chol (Muangthong United)Choe Kum-Chol (loaned out from Muangthong United to Nakhon Nayok FC)Ri Myong-Jun (loaned out from Muangthong United to Thai Port FC)Kim Seong-Yong (Nakhon Ratchasima FC)Kim Myong-Won (FC Ulaanbaatar)
Pak Kwang-Ryong is already making a impact for his team. Test Matches: 01/21 - Bellinzona 1-0 Pirin (Pak subbed in at the 46th min. and scored on the 67th.) 01/22 - Bellinzona 3-1 Servette (Pak started, scored at the 35th and was subbed out at the 60th min.)
Training camp for Cha Jong-Hyok's and Rim Chol-Min's (before he got loaned out.) FC Wil. Test Matches (Against China NT, FC Luzern, GC Zurich)
I wish North Korea followed FIFA-regulated rules so North Korea could lend out its club members to other clubs. That'd be neat.
What? I'm serious. I think it would be interesting to see how more North Koreans played abroad. Though, however, I doubt many would be enticed to live in North Korea. Heck, I wish North Korean clubs just traveled out and took part in competitions.
lol the national team did in fact have one manager from Hungary in the early 90s who got his salary in the form of a duffel bag of cold cash.
A lot of the members here in BSK are anti-NorK, so there is no point with arguing with them. I personally wouldn't mind NorKs like Jong Il-Gwan moving to Europe (or even to the K-League). He has the potential and talent.
*its *dog-shit Learn some grammar before you insult other nations, scrub. CoreanBoy671 Ah, okay. It's a shame. Equality from FIFA but not everyone. So sad.
I'm not anti-NorK but you DO know why your statement is just clearly ridiculous, right? Unless It's a Nork from Japan, Nork players cannot go anywhere else except Switzerland or few of those SE Asian clubs. And if it starts getting out of hand, I'm sure the Nork govt will put limitations. So your statement is all moot.
Of all the things I wish out of North Korea, literally the last thing I can think about is the fate of their footballers who are far better fed than 99% of their countrymen.
Some updates: 02/01/13: North Korean club 4.25 played against Thai club, Phuket FC. 4.25 won 1-0. http://phuketwan.com/entertainment/north-korea-edges-phuket-friendly-17510/ 02/04/13: North Korea defeated UAE 1-0 in a friendly. 02/07/13: North Korea defeated Laos 1-0 in a friendly. (North Korea extends their winning streak to 17 games now) Also Swiss news site did a interview on Pak Kwang-Ryong. You can here him speak English (not bad at all.) [Credits to Pakkim88] http://sport.rsi.ch/home/channels/sport/sport_on_line/2013/02/07--La-Challenge-League-riparte-dai 02/09/13: Cha Jong-Hyok played a full game for FC Wil in a 2-1 win against Biel-Bienne. 02/11/13: Pak Kwang-Ryong's AC Bellinzona will play against Chiasso today.
Did I say the same ethnicity? No. I said the nation. Stop trying to think you're smart but saying "Hey Korea Republic and Korea DPR are same!" when I'm talking about Korea DPR instead of Koreans themselves. It's sad you think like this and result to petty insults. I feel sorry for you, mate.
You're retarded. South Korea doesn't legally recognize Korea DPR as a nation, rather territory which is occupied by the communist forces. In other words, what you call Korea DPR, in the eyes of "Republic of Korea," is simply forcefully occupied land. 나대지 마
No, you're right. South Korea doesn't but FIFA does. I never specified who. And thanks for the names, mate. Thanks for posting in Korean. Must make you feel special knowing I can't read it. I'll just ignore this posting and go on with my day because I know you'll just post some BS excuse and keep picking fights with me
Wow, the dismissive-ness and bullying is getting a little bit intense. Does every dumb/naive/illegitimately-fathered poster have to get ostracized? Speaking as a dumb poster myself, I think we can afford to cut people some slack because yes, this is the internet, but people have feelings.