Who is that? Korean Players

Interesting. Likely the same Park Chul-ho (1990년생) who was at Racing Santander as a youth.

 

He's a son of an overseas taekwondo instructor. Born and raised in Spain.

 

Does Spain give citizenship to those who are born there?

My cousin was born in Germany but she's a Korean citizen (not by choice)...

 

Your friend doesn't have citizenship in 3 countries.

 

South Korea doesn't allow DUAL Citizenship for adults. (from 18 years and up)

 

I wonder where David Shin, Lee Kang-Ho(that were on lower league English teams), and a bunch of the young ones that went to Brazil are now?

 

Not going to stop you from being potentially drafted into military service if you're written into the family register.

Wiki also says its possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_nationality_law

 

Sorry, but your friend's an idiot. And if he's not careful, he can end up in a lot of trouble since he's past the age of majority.

Germany has very strict dual citizenship rules (like most EU countries). I know from my own experience that the UK has very strict rules regarding dual citizenships.

And as others posted, Korea does not allow dual citizenship. That means he either forfeited his citizenship automatically, or the next time he lands at Incheon, he'll get dragged off to the army unless he filed for an exemption with the consulate/embassy awhile back. Either way, he needs to take care of business and not let things fester.

 

Anybody want to give this one a shot?

http://ssfc-rumors.blogspot.com/2012/01/who-is-this-trialist.html

 

a bit of hijack. how does this no dual citizenship affect people who took an another citizenship as a minor? does the conscription thing still affect them?

 

If you took on another citizenship as a minor, you need to make sure to forfeit your Korean citizenship (before the age of majority - 18 yrs old(?)). Otherwise, you will get shipped off to basic training the minute you go through customs at Incheon (unless you have an exemption). Rationale - for all intents and purposes, you're still considered a Korean citizen and the other citizenship is ignored once you land back home.

 

to throw another curveball, same thing if the person is member of another country's military?

 

Who knows in that hypothetical... If you're a US GI, you're probably ok, but you should still sort that mess out...