TEAM HEADED BY SHIN YUNG KYOO LEAVE AIRCRAFT AND BOARDS BUS.




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Background: THE NORTH KOREAN FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THE WORLD CUP FINALS ARRIVED IN LONDON TODAY (THURSDAY). THEY ARE LED BY SHIN YUNG KYOO, 25-YEAR-OLD FULL-BACK WHO HAS WON MORE THAN 60 INTERNATIONAL CAPS.

WITH THEM ARE DOCTORS, MASSEURS AND CHEFS. THEY ARE NOW THEIR WAY BY COACH TO NORTH-EAST ENGLAND WHERE THEY WILL PLAY THEIR GROUP MATCHES AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION, ITALY AND CHILE.

THE NORTH KOREAN TEAM IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN OUTSIDE ASIA. MR KIM YN SAY, CHAIRMAN OF THE NORTH KOREAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION HAS SAID HE THINKS THE SOVIET UNION TEAM WHICH HAVE NOT PLAYED NORTH KOREA AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, ARE THE MAIN DANGERS IN THEIR GROUP. THEY MEET ON JULY 12.