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FILE - In Jan. 19, 2011 file photo, North Korea's player Jong Tae Se, left, fights for the ball with Iraq's player Ahmed Ibrahim during their AFC Asian Cup group D soccer match at Al-Rayyan Stadium, in Doha, Qatar. South Korean club, The Suwon Samsung Bluewings said Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 it has acquired North Korea striker Jong from Germany's Cologne.
SEOUL, South Korea—A South Korean club says it has signed North Korea striker Jong Tae Se from Cologne.

The Suwon Samsung Bluewings say they have agreed to pay the German club (EURO)300,000 ($394,000) for Jong, but declined to say how much they will pay the 27-year-old forward who played for North Korea at the 2010 World Cup.

Bluewings official Lee Ho-seung says Jong had sought the transfer and the negotiations lasted several months.

Jong was born and raised in Japan, but holds a North Korean passport. He will become the fourth such player to join South Korea's K-League, league officials said.

He began his professional career with Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale in 2006 before signing with German second-division club VfL Bochum in 2010 and joining Cologne last year.