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한국축구, U-20 월드컵 포르투갈.아르헨.남아공과 ‘죽음의 조’
WATCH: North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam
2019-02-24 13:05
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Kim Jong Un departs North Korea for Trump summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departs Pyongyang for his second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Kin Cheung, AP, File)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armoured train chugged across China on Sunday as he headed to his highly anticipated second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam.
Emulating his late father and grandfather, who took epic train trips when they were leaders, Kim set off on the long journey from Pyongyang on Saturday, with a military honour guard seeing him off in the North Korean capital.
His departure from the Pyongyang railway station was confirmed by North Korea's official KCNA news agency, with official photos showing him waving from the train for what could be a 60-hour journey to Vietnam.
The train crossed the border city of Dandong later that day, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency and the specialist outlet NK News, but its route remained a tightly-held secret.
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Kim Jong Un sets off to meet Trump - amid warnings of a food crisis
The North Korean leader is set to meet the U.S. President for their second summit in Vietnam as the Asian nation say they've been forced to slash food rations by half. Saskia O'Donoghue reports The train's crossing into China follows days of speculation over Kim's travel plans, as his team gathered in Hanoi ahead of the talks expected next Wednesday and Thursday.
Accompanying the North Korean leader was right-hand man and top general Kim Yong Chol, who met with Trump in the White House last month, along with several other top dignitaries, KCNA said.
Security was tight before the train's arrival in Dandong, with police cordoning off the border bridge area with tape and metal barriers, and leading an AFP journalist out of the area.
A hotel facing the bridge was closed for impromptu renovations on Saturday.
"The train is long and crossed the bridge slower than the tourist train, but it's definitely him, there's a lot of police presence," an unidentified source told NK News.
Windows on the train were blacked out, the source said, with only headlights turned on as it crossed.
Skipping Beijing
The train usually takes 13 hours to reach Beijing, but there were no signs of heightened security around the railway station, indicating that the train likely bypassed the Chinese capital on the nearly 4 000-kilometre journey to Vietnam.
Kim has met Chinese President Xi Jinping four times in the past year, briefing his country's sole major ally before and after his historic summits with Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The North Korean leader, who last met Xi in January, could be saving their next meeting for his trip back to Pyongyang to debrief the Chinese leader.
Trump and Kim met in June in Singapore, producing a vaguely worded agreement on denuclearisation, but progress has since stalled, with the two sides disagreeing over what the agreement meant.
Observers say tangible progress is needed in Hanoi to avoid the talks being dismissed as a publicity stunt.
Kim travelled to Singapore last year on a plane lent by Beijing.
Several sources said Kim was expected to arrive in Vietnam by train, stopping at the Dong Dang train station near the China border, then driving to Hanoi.
Soldiers were deployed to Dong Dang station and along the road to the capital, according to AFP reporters at the scene.
Vietnam previously announced the unprecedented move of closing that 170-kilometre stretch of road on Tuesday between 06:00 and 14:00 - suggesting Kim could travel along it between those hours.
"Vietnam wants to contribute its part to world peace... at this upcoming summit. Vietnam will ensure maximum security and safety to all the distinguished guests to Vietnam," Vietnamese Prime Minister Xuan Phuc told reporters on Sunday.
As Kim travelled, delegations prepared for the summit, with US National Security Council official Allison Hooker spotted at a Hanoi hotel where members of the North Korean side have been seen in recent days.
Grandfather's footsteps
Rail travel is a family tradition that was started by Kim's grandfather, the North's founder Kim Il Sung, who travelled to Eastern Europe for his longest train ride in 1984.
His late father, Kim Jong Il, travelled all the way to Moscow by train in 2001.
"It sends a strong message to North Koreans that Kim Jong Un has inherited his
grandfather's good qualities, and the Kim Dynasty is stronger than ever," said Koh Yu-hwan, professor at Seoul's Dongguk University.
Jeong Young-tae of the Institute of North Korean Studies in Seoul said the safest way to travel would be to take a plane provided by Beijing.
"But by choosing to travel by their own special train over a Chinese aircraft, Pyongyang may be signalling its willingness to be independent," Jeong said.
The journey from China's frozen northern border to subtropical Vietnam presents a logistical headache and complex security challenges.
Zhao Jian, who studies China's railway system at Beijing Jiaotong University, said one route would take Kim straight down to southern China, before heading west into Guangxi province, which borders Vietnam.
Justin Hastings, associate professor in international relations at the University of Sydney, said that would be "a pretty major operation."
"They would have to clear the tracks, they would have to provide security for basically the entire length of the Chinese eastern seaboard," he told AFP.
But China may view the hassle as a necessary cost to get Kim to the summit.
"China wants North Korea to make some steps to denuclearise as much as anyone else,"
Hastings said.
한국축구, U-20 월드컵 포르투갈·아르헨·남아공과 '죽음의 조'
송고시간 | 2019-02-25 05:56
정정용호, 3 월 11 일 소집 예정
2019 FIFA U-20 월드컵 조추첨(EPA=연합뉴스)
(서울=엯합뉴스) 이영호 기자 = 2019 국제축구엯맹(FIFA) 폴란드 U-20 월드컵(5월 23 일~6 월 16 일)에 나서는 한국 축구가 '강호' 포르투갈, 아르헨티나, 남아프리카공화국과 함께 '죽음의 F 조'에 편성됐다.
정정용 감독이 이끄는 한국 U-20 축구대표팀은 25 일(한국시간) 폴란드 그디니아에서 연린 2019 U-20 월드컵 조 추첨에서 포르투갈, 아르헨티나, 남아프리카공화국과 더불어 F 조에 포함됐다.
[그래픽] 한국축구, U-20 월드컵 '죽음의 F 조'
한국으로서는 사실상 피하고 싶은 상대를 모두 만난 셈이다.
아르헨티나는 U-20 월드컵 최다 우승국으로 무려
6 차례(1979 년·1995 년·1997 년·2001 년·2005 년·2007 년)나 정상에 올랐고, 1 차례 죾우승(1983 년)을 차지했다.
포르투갈도 두 차례(1989 년·1991 년) 우승과 1 차례 죾우승(2011 년), 1 차례 3 위(1995 년)를 차지했다.
그나마 역대 U-20 월드컵 최고 성적인 16 강(2009 년)인 남아프리카공화국이 '정정용호'가 노리는 1 승 상대다.
비록 강호들과 엮였지만 희망이 없는 것은 아니다.
아르헨티나는 2007 년 대회 우승 이후 내림세로 2009 년 대회 본선 짂출에 실패 이후 2017 년 한국 대회 때까지 최고 성적이 8강(2011 년)이다.
아르헨티나는 2019 U-20 월드컵 예선인 2019 남미 U-20 챔피언십 최종예선에서 에콰도르(3 승 1 무 1 패)에 이어 2 위(3 승 2 패)로 본선 짂출권을 따냈다.
한국은 U-20 대표팀 역대 젂적에서도 4 승 1 무 3 패로 앞선다. 한국은 2017 년 대회에서
아르헨티나와 조별리그 A 조에 편성됐다. 아르헨티나와 맞대결에서 이승우와 백승호의 득점으로 2-1 승리를 따냈다.
2017 년 U-20 월드컵 조별리그에서 아르헨티나를 꺾고 기뻐하는 한국 선수들[연합뉴스 자료사진]
오히려 한국의 가장 힘겨운 상대는 포르투갈이 될 젂망이다.
한국은 포르투갈과 U-20 대표팀 역대 젂적에서 3 무 5 패로 아직 한 차례도 이기지 못했다.
2017 년 대회에서 한국은 포르투갈과 16 강젂에서 만나 1-3 으로 완패하며 8강 짂출에 실패했다.
한국은 남아프리카공화국과는 U-20 대표팀끼리 두 차례 맞붙어 1 승 1 무를 거둔 바 있어 조별리그 통과를 노리는 정정용호로서는 반드시 승리해야 할 상대가 됐다.
조 추첨 결과가 나오면서 한국의 조별리그 일정도 완성됐다.
한국은 5월 26 일 오젂 1시 폴란드 비엘스코-비알라에서 포르투갈과 F 조 1 차젂을 펼치고, 5 월 29 일 오젂 3시 30 분 폴란드 티히에서 남아프리카공화국과 2차젂에 나선다.
조별리그 짂출의 사활이 걸린 조별리그 3차젂은 6 월 1 일 오젂 3 시 30 분 티히에서 아르헨티나와 펼친다.
정정용 감독이 이끄는 U-20 대표팀은 3 월 11 일 파주 NFC(대표팀트레이닝센터)에서 소집돼 담금질을 시작한 뒤 스페인 젂지훈련을 통해 대회 최종 죾비에 나설 예정이다.
2019 FIFA U-20 월드컵 조편성 결과[FIFA 인스타그램 캡처]
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