He is Zainichi Korean. Those ethnic Koreans who are living in Japan for decades (since World War II and Japanese occupation of Korea) but owe their allegiance to North Korea. They have a special alien card in Japan and normally he would have got Hong Kong visa but it requires lot of paperwork and processing time.
Interesting facts about Kim Song Yon 1) Born and brought up in Japan. 2) He has a Japanese name also. 3) Never been to North Korea 4) His father played for North Korea National team.
A normal North Korean player would have got it more easily but this special status of Zainichi koreans delay the visa entry into many countries.
Closer to home, there plight is similar to Bihari Muslims stuck in Bangladesh in limbo over Pakistan citizenship and now nobody wants them or Nepali refugees of Bhutan who are now neither Bhutan / India / Nepal citizens. Same way Japan didnt give these zainichi koreans full citizenship.
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Interesting facts about Kim Song Yon
1) Born and brought up in Japan.
2) He has a Japanese name also.
3) Never been to North Korea
4) His father played for North Korea National team.
A normal North Korean player would have got it more easily but this special status of Zainichi koreans delay the visa entry into many countries.