Han Kwang-seong returns to North Korea… Suspension of overseas soccer career due to UN sanctions

Maekyung.com MK Sports Reporter Park Chan-hyung
‘North Korea’s Ronaldo’ Han Kwang-seong, 23, had difficulty evading the United Nations (UN) sanctions and gave up playing abroad as a soccer player.
The US state broadcaster’Voice of America’ reported on the 27th that “Han Kwang-sung returns to North Korea because he cannot find a team to play overseas.” It has been 4 months since it was released from Alduhail, Qatar 1st Division.
The resolution of UN Security Council No.2397 aims to “repatriate all North Korean workers earning foreign currency to their home country by December 2019”.

Han Kwang-sung gave up his overseas soccer player activities due to UN sanctions against North Korea At the time of signing for Juventus, a prestigious Italian club in February 2019. Photo = Juventus Official SNS

In the report for the first half of 2020, an expert panel of the UN Sanctions Committee under the Security Council mentioned Han Kwang-sung as a target for repatriation, saying, “Athletes who are active overseas are also included in the’foreign currency earning workers’.”
Alduhail recruited Han Kwang-sung in January of last year, but was removed from the first division player list in early September as a work permit was not approved by the Qatar government due to UN sanctions.
Han Kwang-Sung worked in Italy from 2015 to 2019. “Voice of America” ​​said, “There was a team that wanted to sign in from Cyprus, a member of the European Football Federation (UEFA) and Malaysia, a member of the Asian Football Federation (AFC), but due to UN sanctions, the contract was not reached.” [email protected][ⓒ 매일경제 & mk.co.kr, 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]