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The National (Scotland)
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Mark Walker

Celtic & Hibs stars set for reward with international bows

South Korea boss Hong Myung-bo has revealed he met with Scottish-based duo Yang Hyun-Jun and Kwon Hyeok-kyu and is set to hand them international call-ups.

Celtic star Yang has been impressing recently after getting plenty of game time under Brendan Rodgers with the Hoops.

And his Parkhead teammate Kwon has made 22 appearances for Hibs this season on loan from Celtic.

South Korean boss Hong made a scheduled trip to meet with his European-based players earlier this month.

And he revealed he went to Scotland to speak to his South Korean-based players.

He said: "My trip to Europe was very beneficial. Accompanied by my coaches Park Geon-ha, Kim Dong-jin, and Kim Jin-gyu, we watched games in Scotland, England, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium.


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"We met with Yang Hyun-jun at Celtic and Kwon Hyuk-gyu at Hibernian, along with several other European-based players.

All the European players are working hard and we need to continue to observe them."

Yang hasn't played for his country for over a year and has won three caps, while Kwon was called up for a World Cup qualifier against Iraq in October, but has yet to make his full debut.

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