Striker Hwang Ui-Jo is expected to be named in Norwich City's squad to face Watford tonight despite being dropped by his national team over allegations of sexual misconduct.
The 31-year-old is currently being investigated by police in South Korea over claims he secretly filmed a woman and shared the footage.
The forward, who is on a season-long loan from Nottingham Forest, was questioned about the allegations - which he strongly denies - by cybercrime officers in Seoul earlier this month.
However, the Korea Football Association (KFA) has now issued a statement saying that he will not play for the national team again until the inquiry is over.
The news has put pressure on the Canaries, but he is understood to be named in the squad for tonight's Championship game.
Hwang started for Norwich City against Queens Park Rangers on Saturday and scored the decisive goal in a 1-0 victory.
Before that game, manager David Wagner said the issue was being handled by new sporting director Ben Knapper but that Hwang would be "involved on the pitch".
In an interview after the game, Wagner said: "Privately, it has not been super easy for him.
"His head is with us and football - anything else we have to see how it continues."
Following the KFA's announcement, a spokesman for Norwich City said the club "acknowledged the situation with the KFA and are aware of the ongoing process".
Hwang denies all the allegations against him and has brought a counter-claim for defamation and blackmail against his accuser.
He claims the footage was taken with the woman's consent and that he later lost the phone, while playing in Greece for Olympiacos.
The woman, who claims to be a former partner of Hwang's, made allegations against him on social media in June.
When news of the investigation broke earlier this month, his national team manager, the former German striker Jurgen Klinsmann, gave Hwang his backing.
He told Korean journalists: “Ui-jo, you know, these things that are going on are speculations.”
He added: “I live in this world since 40 years, professional football, there are always speculations. And until there is nothing proven to something that people speculate, I don’t believe it. So it’s, for me, totally normal that Ui-jo, whatever is speculated there in Korea at the moment, is not true.”
Lee Yoon-nam, head of the ethics committee, said: "National athletes have a duty to behave with high moral standards and a sense of responsibility and must manage his private life according to such standards."
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