SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Hang-seo, the South Korean head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, added another feather to his cap as his team won the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup last Saturday. ‘Park Fever’ is enticing Vietnamese customers to buy more South Korean goods. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) held a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — There was such a striking contrast. South Korean men’s football team and baseball team both won gold medals at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Sept. 1. But you couldn’t tell it by the way they were received by fans, both during their run to the top and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The period from the late 1990s to the early 2000s was the golden age of Korean football when it comes to its popularity among young women. Star players like Lee Dong-gook, Ahn Jung-hwan, Ko Jong-soo and Lee Chun-soo drew fans everywhere they went, most of them being females. Screams of [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min wrapped up his tight monthlong schedule with South Korea on Tuesday before returning to the English Premier League. Son played full time in South Korea’s 0-0 draw against Chile at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, south of Seoul. It was his [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean football star Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), currently at the center of controversy due to his grueling schedule, is expected to play a friendly match against Chile scheduled for 8 p.m tonight. Paulo Bento, the head coach of South Korea national team, speaking to reporters at a press conference [...]
HANOI, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnamese news media on Tuesday showed keen interest in an ongoing South Korean public petition to disqualify a South Korean Asian Games football referee. The petition was posted on the website of the South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae right after Vietnam was defeated by the United Arab [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will face Northern Ireland in a pre-World Cup friendly football match in March, the national football governing body said Wednesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the men’s national team, coached by Shin Tae-yong, will take on Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast on March 24. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea have re-entered the top 60 in FIFA rankings following their solid performance in recent friendly matches. According to the November rankings unveiled by FIFA on Thursday, South Korea jumped three spots to No. 59 with 563 points. The men’s national team, which qualified for the 2018 FIFA [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung will be responsible for South Korea’s youth football policies following the national football governing body’s personnel reshuffle on Wednesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Park will be chief of its youth football strategy department. The 36-year-old, who hung up his boots in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam national football team’s new South Korean head coach Park Hang-seo on Wednesday vowed to make his side the best among teams in Southeast Asia. Park officially signed a contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi to lead its men’s national team until 2020. Vietnamese media reported [...]