In the previous blog post I mentioned how the global media had a series of stories on North Korean World Cup soccer team striker Jong Tae-Se, a North Korean passport-holder born and raised in Nagoya, Japan.

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He worked with Guus Hiddink, Frank Rijkaard, Louis van Gaal and Dick Advocaat at three World Cups and three European Championships with Netherlands, Russia and Korea, as well as with the Korean national team at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

BBC: Total fitness from the land of Total Football

Or, is the exciting World Cup that featured an inspired North Korean team of underdogs a window of opportunity not to be missed, a chance to continue dialogue somewhere, someplace?

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England captain David Beckham is still on course make the World Cup opener against Sweden as the countdown continues on the South Korean paradise island of Jeju.

BBC: Beckham stays on track

Left out of the squad for the 2006 World Cup, he switched position to right-back, but remained outside the Korean set-up during two seasons with Koblenz in the German Second Division.

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Jong could have taken Japanese citizenship (and the Japanese World Cup team could have used a good striker) or tried to link up with the South Korean soccer team.

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