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S. Korean Football Exec Hopes Nat’l Team Can Show Its ‘Fangs’ at World Cup

S. Korean Football Exec Hopes Nat’l Team Can Show Its ‘Fangs’ at World Cup

SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Former South Korea football coach Hong Myun-bo said Thursday he wants to see the national players’ “fangs” at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Hong, who now works as the general secretary at the Korea Football Association (KFA), said he hopes the national team shows its fighting spirit like a tiger, the animal that symbolizes South Korean football and is engraved on the KFA crest. “South Korea are characterized [...]

S. Korea Nat’l Football Team Set to Train with Full Squad for European Friendlies

S. Korea Nat’l Football Team Set to Train with Full Squad for European Friendlies

SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national football team is set to train with a full squad in Dublin for European friendly matches later this month, as overseas-based players joined the team for their international duty. South Korea, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, called up 23 players for their friendly matches against Northern Ireland and Poland later this month on the road. Shin’s side, 59th in [...]

HHI Unionists to Launch Campaign against Chung Mong-joon’s FIFA Bid

HHI Unionists to Launch Campaign against Chung Mong-joon’s FIFA Bid

ULSAN, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionists from subcontractors of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will stage a campaign against HHI chairman Chung Mong-joon’s bid for election as FIFA chairman in Switzerland, where the headquarters of the International Labor Organization (ILO) are located. The Ulsan branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and trade unions from HHI [...]

FIFA Presidential Hopeful Chung Disapproves of Probe into Past Donations

FIFA Presidential Hopeful Chung Disapproves of Probe into Past Donations

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — FIFA presidential hopeful Chung Mong-joon on Wednesday condemned the world soccer governing body’s alleged probe into his past donations, calling it an “unethical effort” to politically use “even charitable donations.” Bloomberg reported earlier in the day that FIFA’s ethics committee is investigating charity donations made by Chung — US$400,000 [...]