Premier League duo Park and Lee are both included in the squad
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South Korea coach Jung-moo Huh has named two English-based players in his 30-man preliminary squad for this summer's World Cup in South Africa.
Manchester United midfielder Ji-Sung Park and Bolton winger Chung-Yong Lee were both named in the initial group.
But there was no place for ex-Fulham and Reading striker Ki-Hyeon Seol who is still recovering from knee surgery.
South Korea face Ecuador in a friendly on 16 May with the squad to be trimmed to 23 by Fifa's 1 June deadline.
Monaco forward Chu-Young Park is the other European-based player named in Huh's squad for the tournament in South Africa, which begins on 11 June.
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"The Ecuador game is the last opportunity for the domestic players," said Huh. "We will also be checking the condition of the foreign-based stars.
"Seol hasn't been included because he hasn't played as he is still recovering and hasn't trained.
"Of course, it is regrettable for the players who haven't made the squad but those 30 players have the opportunity to play a big part for the national team."
South Korea's first match, in Group B, is against Greece in Port Elizabeth on 12 June, before they face Argentina in Johannesburg on the 17th and finally Nigeria in Durban on the 22nd.
South Korea squad:
Young-Kwang Kim (Ulsan), Woon-Jae Lee (Suwon), Sung-Ryong Jung (Seongnam); Min-Soo Kang (Suwon), Tae-Hwi Kwak (Kyoto), Dong-Jin Kim (Ulsan), Hyung-Il Kim (Pohang), Beom-Seok Oh (Ulsan), Young-Pyo Lee (Al Hilal), Jung-Soo Lee (Kashima Antlers), Jae-Won Hwang (Pohang), Won-Hee Cho (Wigan), Du-Ri Cha (SC Freiburg), Yong-Hyung Cho (Jeju); Ja-Cheol Koo (Jeju), Sung-Yong Ki (Celtic), Bo-Kyung Kim (Oita), Nam-Il Kim (Tom Tomsk), Hung-Min Shin (Pohang), Jae-Sung Kim (Pohang), Jung-Woo Kim (Gwangju), Chung-Yong Lee (Bolton), Chi-Woo Kim (Seoul), Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United); Ju-Young Park (AS Monaco), Jung-Hwan Ahn (Dalian Shide), Seung-Ryul Lee (Seoul), Ki-Hun Yeom (Suwon), Keun-Ho Lee (Jubilo Iwata), Dong-Guk Lee (Jeonbuk)
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