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Seoul (CNN) -- South Korean officials will meet with football's world governing body, FIFA, Thursday amid speculation that they will lobby for a player stripped of his Olympic bronze medal for displaying a politically-charged banner.
The Korean Football Association (KFA) said Park Jongwoo did not receive his medal after his team's win over Japan during the London Games at the request of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which prohibits political statements by competitors.
The message backed Seoul in its sovereignty dispute with Japan over an island chain known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.
South Korean singer swims into island dispute
The KFA declined to comment on the details and purpose of Thursday's meeting in Zurich, but South Korean media are reporting that the association's general secretary, Kim Joo-sung, is meeting with FIFA officials to discuss Park's case.
Protester swim escalates island dispute
FIFA has taken over the investigation into the incident at the request of the IOC, an official from the KFA told CNN. He declined to be named.
The official said it was still unclear whether Park would receive his medal, though he insisted the player's actions were unintentional.
"As you can see from photos, a fan was holding the sign during the match and Park got it from the fan," he said.
Many in South Korea have criticized the decision, with the English-language paper The Korea Times asking whether the IOC had overreacted.
The country's sports minister even revealed Park would be exempted from compulsory military service -- a benefit usually accorded to Olympic medal winners in South Korea.
"Our military law... says those who win third place or above at the Olympic Games will be exempted from the service, and it never mentions an actual medal," Choe Kwang-Shik said in an interview with TV Chosun channel, in quotes carried by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
"He won the third place in Olympics football... as part of a team," Choe added.
The Park incident comes amid heightened tensions between Japan and South Korea over the islands.
Last week, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited the tiny islands in the Sea of Japan, while Japan recalled its ambassador to South Korea and threatened to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice.
Dokdo /Takeshima is one of several of disputed island chains in the region and fears are emerging that competing territorial claims in the South China Sea further south could create a new Cold War in Asia.
China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all have claims in the area and tensions have risen in recent months.
Colour of success: A red post box in Barker's Pool, Sheffield gets an Olympic makeover to honour local medal-winning heroine Jessica Ennis
The guide - recently updated - pinpoints all 43 of the county's finest athletes and includes a profile on each.
It also features the locations of five golden postboxes, painted in honour of gold medal winners Jessica Ennis, Alistair Brownlee, Ed Clancy, Katherine Copeland and Andy Triggs Hodge from as far south as Sheffield and as far north as Stokesley.
Royal Mail is painting some of its iconic red post boxes gold to celebrate every Team GB and ParalympicsGB gold medal won. The post boxes are located in the home towns of the gold medallists where possible.
The guide - recently updated - pinpoints all 43 of the county's finest athletes and includes a profile on each.
It also features the locations of five golden postboxes, painted in honour of gold medal winners Jessica Ennis, Alistair Brownlee, Ed Clancy, Katherine Copeland and Andy Triggs Hodge from as far south as Sheffield and as far north as Stokesley.
Royal Mail is painting some of its iconic red post boxes gold to celebrate every Team GB and ParalympicsGB gold medal won. The post boxes are located in the home towns of the gold medallists where possible.
Postbox painted gold in honour of Jessica Ennis's Olympic heptathlon triumph is vandalised with graffiti
A postbox that was painted gold in Jessica Ennis's home city to celebrate her Olympic triumph has been vandalised.
Graffiti was daubed on the box in Barkers Pool in Sheffield city centre, which has already become a tourist attraction, within 24 hours of it being painted.
A new layer of gold has been applied by a Royal Mail engineer, a Sheffield City Council spokeswoman said.
A postbox that was painted gold in Jessica Ennis's home city to celebrate her Olympic triumph has been vandalised.
Graffiti was daubed on the box in Barkers Pool in Sheffield city centre, which has already become a tourist attraction, within 24 hours of it being painted.
A new layer of gold has been applied by a Royal Mail engineer, a Sheffield City Council spokeswoman said.
Please stop painting our postboxes, pleads Royal Mail as public takes tribute to Team GB medal winners into their own hands
Royal Mail has pleaded with the public to stop taking matters into their own hands by painting its postboxes in honour of Team GB's medal winners.
The company spoke out as its initial gesture to colour postboxes gold in recognition of our Olympic winners looked in danger of spiralling out of control.
However, it appears it has a confused approach to the problem as today it allowed one 'illegally' painted box to remain gold.
Royal Mail has asked the public to stop painting its postboxes after a man was arrested for allegedly spray-painting one in the town where gold-medal sailor Ben Ainslie lives
A post box in Lymington, Hampshire, where gold-medal sailor Ben Ainslie lives, was painted gold without the company's authorisation.
Rob Smith, 54, was arrested but later released without charge and at the same time Royal Mail performed a U-turn and announced that the postbox would keep its new golden colour.
Another box, in Doddington, Lincolnshire, was painted bronze to congratulate the British women's hockey team, who beat New Zealand in a third-place play-off.
A Royal Mail spokeswoman told the Guardian: 'We understand the sentiment and congratulate the women's hockey team on their achievement.
'However, we'd rather people left the painting of postboxes to us. We are liaising with our engineers to ensure that it is repainted red as soon as possible.'
Mr Smith decided to paint the Lymington postbox in an apparent protest that Royal Mail had instead chosen to paint one gold in Cornwall, where Ainslie was brought up.
Mr Smith, who owns a bar and restaurant at Lymington Yacht Haven, described the climbdown as a victory for common sense.
'Thousands of people wanted the post box to be painted gold - I’m just the person who did it.
'I’m so glad now it’s going to be done officially. I think the Royal Mail has been swayed by public opinion and has taken a very sensible decision.'
The four-time Olympic gold medallist has lived in the Hampshire coastal town for 12 years and is an honorary life member of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club.
Explaining it's U-turn, a Royal Mail spokesman said: 'There’s been a huge amount of interest in this.
'We understand the depth of feeling involved as Ben is a local hero and sailing is very much part of the Lymington community. Ben loves the gold post box in Restronguet but would love to have one in
Lymington as well and we’re happy to oblige.'
A Facebook campaign backing a golden postbox in Lymington attracted more than 1,700 supporters.
Ainslie also described Mr Smith as a 'legend of Lymington' for painting the box gold.
It was latest in a long line of incidents over the last fortnight.
Fans of Olympic bronze medal boxer Anthony Ogogo struck in his hometown of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
A painter touches up a postbox that had been vandalised after being painted gold by Royal Mail in Jessica Ennis's home city of Sheffield to celebrate her Olympic triumph
Emblazoned with 'Congratulations Ogogo! Olympic bronze medalist', the fishing town's first-ever Olympic bronze medalist is thrilled.
A postbox that was painted gold in Jessica Ennis's home city to celebrate her Olympic triumph has also been vandalised.
And a pensioner who painted a postbox gold in honour of Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee has branded Royal Mail 'miserable' after it quickly covered over his handiwork.
Peter Moran, 82, was inspired to pick up a paintbrush after watching his neighbours the Brownlee brothers secure the gold and bronze medals in the gruelling triathlon last Tuesday
Arrested: Rob Smith, 51, poses next to the postbox he painted gold in the Hampshire town where Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie lives. He was held by police on suspicion of criminal damage but then release
Botched job: A man was apparently cautioned by police after making an attempt to paint this postbox in Belvedere, south London
Taking matters into their own hands: Supporters of bronze medal-winning boxer Anthony Ogogo painted this Royal Mail postbox in his hometown of Lowestoft, Suffolk, in honour of his achievements
'Miserable': Peter Moran was dismayed to find the postbox he painted gold in honour of his neighbour Alistair Brownlee has been returned to its original red
Royal Mail has pleaded with the public to stop taking matters into their own hands by painting its postboxes in honour of Team GB's medal winners.
The company spoke out as its initial gesture to colour postboxes gold in recognition of our Olympic winners looked in danger of spiralling out of control.
However, it appears it has a confused approach to the problem as today it allowed one 'illegally' painted box to remain gold.
Royal Mail has asked the public to stop painting its postboxes after a man was arrested for allegedly spray-painting one in the town where gold-medal sailor Ben Ainslie lives
A post box in Lymington, Hampshire, where gold-medal sailor Ben Ainslie lives, was painted gold without the company's authorisation.
Rob Smith, 54, was arrested but later released without charge and at the same time Royal Mail performed a U-turn and announced that the postbox would keep its new golden colour.
Another box, in Doddington, Lincolnshire, was painted bronze to congratulate the British women's hockey team, who beat New Zealand in a third-place play-off.
A Royal Mail spokeswoman told the Guardian: 'We understand the sentiment and congratulate the women's hockey team on their achievement.
'However, we'd rather people left the painting of postboxes to us. We are liaising with our engineers to ensure that it is repainted red as soon as possible.'
Mr Smith decided to paint the Lymington postbox in an apparent protest that Royal Mail had instead chosen to paint one gold in Cornwall, where Ainslie was brought up.
Mr Smith, who owns a bar and restaurant at Lymington Yacht Haven, described the climbdown as a victory for common sense.
'Thousands of people wanted the post box to be painted gold - I’m just the person who did it.
'I’m so glad now it’s going to be done officially. I think the Royal Mail has been swayed by public opinion and has taken a very sensible decision.'
The four-time Olympic gold medallist has lived in the Hampshire coastal town for 12 years and is an honorary life member of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club.
Explaining it's U-turn, a Royal Mail spokesman said: 'There’s been a huge amount of interest in this.
'We understand the depth of feeling involved as Ben is a local hero and sailing is very much part of the Lymington community. Ben loves the gold post box in Restronguet but would love to have one in
Lymington as well and we’re happy to oblige.'
A Facebook campaign backing a golden postbox in Lymington attracted more than 1,700 supporters.
Ainslie also described Mr Smith as a 'legend of Lymington' for painting the box gold.
It was latest in a long line of incidents over the last fortnight.
Fans of Olympic bronze medal boxer Anthony Ogogo struck in his hometown of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
A painter touches up a postbox that had been vandalised after being painted gold by Royal Mail in Jessica Ennis's home city of Sheffield to celebrate her Olympic triumph
Emblazoned with 'Congratulations Ogogo! Olympic bronze medalist', the fishing town's first-ever Olympic bronze medalist is thrilled.
A postbox that was painted gold in Jessica Ennis's home city to celebrate her Olympic triumph has also been vandalised.
And a pensioner who painted a postbox gold in honour of Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee has branded Royal Mail 'miserable' after it quickly covered over his handiwork.
Peter Moran, 82, was inspired to pick up a paintbrush after watching his neighbours the Brownlee brothers secure the gold and bronze medals in the gruelling triathlon last Tuesday
Arrested: Rob Smith, 51, poses next to the postbox he painted gold in the Hampshire town where Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie lives. He was held by police on suspicion of criminal damage but then release
Botched job: A man was apparently cautioned by police after making an attempt to paint this postbox in Belvedere, south London
Taking matters into their own hands: Supporters of bronze medal-winning boxer Anthony Ogogo painted this Royal Mail postbox in his hometown of Lowestoft, Suffolk, in honour of his achievements
'Miserable': Peter Moran was dismayed to find the postbox he painted gold in honour of his neighbour Alistair Brownlee has been returned to its original red
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Golden homecoming: 10,000 fill Sheffield streets as Olympic champion Jessica Ennis gets freedom of home city
Surrounded by jubilant faces welcoming back their golden girl, Jessica Ennis soaked up the adulation from thousands of fans at an emotional - and rather soggy - homecoming tonight.
Supporters were asked to dress in gold to welcome her back to South Yorkshire and celebrate her winning Britain's first gold medal at the Olympics heptathlon in 12 years.
Cheering well-wishers braved heavy downpours to catch a glimpse of the 26-year-old Olympic poster girl in the flesh and see her presented with a golden 'Walk of Fame' plaque to mark her achievement.
It will be set in the pavement outside the Town Hall alongside the plaques already there of 16 other of the city's luminaries including Olympics chief and former athlete Sebastian Coe, Monty Python's Michael Palin, novelist Margaret Drabble, singer Joe Cocker, actor Sean Bean... and rock band Def Leppard.
Yesterday trees and lampposts along the approach to the City Hall where the civic reception was held were wrapped in gold sheets. A red post box had already been painted gold by the Royal Mail in her honour.
First to arrive and bag some of the best spots at the front of the stage - at 12.50pm, five hours and 40 minutes before Jessica Ennis was due to appear - were Phoebe Malone, 14, and her brother Joseph, 13, accompanied by their grandmother Mary Malone, 67.
'She's an inspiration,' said Phoebe. 'I do a bit of sport at school but I think I'll have a bit more of a go at athletics after Jess.
'I watched her on the telly at the Olympics and I think she's great.'
Ennis's gold in the heptathlon helped Yorkshire athletes finish with a total of seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals, placing the county twelfth in the medal table if it had been competing in its own right.
Thousands packed out a wet Sheffield city centre to catch a glimpse of the hometown Olympics champion
Surrounded by jubilant faces welcoming back their golden girl, Jessica Ennis soaked up the adulation from thousands of fans at an emotional - and rather soggy - homecoming tonight.
Supporters were asked to dress in gold to welcome her back to South Yorkshire and celebrate her winning Britain's first gold medal at the Olympics heptathlon in 12 years.
Cheering well-wishers braved heavy downpours to catch a glimpse of the 26-year-old Olympic poster girl in the flesh and see her presented with a golden 'Walk of Fame' plaque to mark her achievement.
It will be set in the pavement outside the Town Hall alongside the plaques already there of 16 other of the city's luminaries including Olympics chief and former athlete Sebastian Coe, Monty Python's Michael Palin, novelist Margaret Drabble, singer Joe Cocker, actor Sean Bean... and rock band Def Leppard.
Yesterday trees and lampposts along the approach to the City Hall where the civic reception was held were wrapped in gold sheets. A red post box had already been painted gold by the Royal Mail in her honour.
First to arrive and bag some of the best spots at the front of the stage - at 12.50pm, five hours and 40 minutes before Jessica Ennis was due to appear - were Phoebe Malone, 14, and her brother Joseph, 13, accompanied by their grandmother Mary Malone, 67.
'She's an inspiration,' said Phoebe. 'I do a bit of sport at school but I think I'll have a bit more of a go at athletics after Jess.
'I watched her on the telly at the Olympics and I think she's great.'
Ennis's gold in the heptathlon helped Yorkshire athletes finish with a total of seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals, placing the county twelfth in the medal table if it had been competing in its own right.
Thousands packed out a wet Sheffield city centre to catch a glimpse of the hometown Olympics champion
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