SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Up to 33,000 football fans flocked to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to cheer for the national team in its match against Brazil at the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Tuesday morning. In front of the five large screens set up at the square, football fans were seen “armed” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Online cheering culture is emerging as a new trend for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the first World Cup being played in winter. According to industry sources, the number of cumulative viewers for the round of 16 match between South Korea and Brazil that was broadcasted via Naver, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10,000 people were gathered at Gwanghwamun Square on Thursday to cheer for South Korea in their opening World Cup match against Uruguay. The crowd wasn’t as large as initially expected, in part due to cold weather, but also because the nation is still reeling from the trauma [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this weekend, fans attending South Korean professional baseball games and football games will be able to party like it’s 2019 again. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday the two-year ban on vocal cheering at ballparks will be lifted, effective immediately. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s professional baseball league said Tuesday it will ask the sports ministry to lift the ban on cheering at ballparks as part of eased coronavirus restrictions, on the grounds that the activity poses few infection risks. Representatives from the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and its 10 clubs will [...]