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Led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, a dozen South Korean players and reserves departed for Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah on Monday for their pre-World Cup training camp. Hong unveiled his 26-man squad for the June 11-July 19 World Cup on Saturday. From that list, six players selected from the domestic K League, and three players from the English Football League (EFL) Championship whose seasons ended earlier this month, traveled for Salt Lake City. The six K Leaguers are: Lee Dong-gyeong and Jo Hyeon-woo of Ulsan HD FC, Kim Jin-gyu and Song Bum-keun of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Kim Moon-hwan of Daejeon Hana Citizen FC and Lee Gi-hyuk of Gangwon FC. The three EFL Championship players are: Bae Jun-ho of Stoke City, Eom Ji-sung of Swansea City and Paik Seung-ho of Birmingham City. These nine players were joined by three reserves selected by Hong as “training partners”: Kang Sang-yoon and Cho Wi-je of Jeonbuk and Yoon Ki-wook of FC Seoul. The Korea Football Association (KFA) chose Salt Lake City, which sits 1,300 meters above sea level, as the site of training camp so that South Korean p