SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — David Beckham will visit South Korea next month for a corporate event, officials in Seoul said Monday. AIA, the pan-Asian insurance group, will bring the 42-year-old retired football star to Seoul on Sept. 20 as its global ambassador. During his stay, Beckham will attend promotional events by the insurance [...]
PAJU, South Korea, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung-yueng said Friday he is recovering from knee surgery faster than expected ahead of national team duty. Ki arrived home early Friday to join South Korea’s training at the National Football Center in Paju, north of Seoul, where the national players have [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A second division club in the South Korean football league on Thursday was ordered to play its next home match behind closed doors after its supporters’ violent behavior. The disciplinary committee of the K League decided that Bucheon FC will have to play their home match against Asan [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung is set to return to Old Trafford after receiving a call-up to play in a testimonial match for a former Manchester United teammate. Michael Carrick on Tuesday (Korean time) posted on his Twitter and Facebook page that Park will take part in his [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean footballer Son Heung-min has set a new single season scoring record for an Asian player in the English Premier League (EPL) Son bagged his ninth league goal in Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-1 win over Swansea City at Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales, on Wednesday (local time), the highest [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – With the political tension between South Korea and China higher than ever over the deployment of a THAAD missile system from the U.S., the strong interest in a football match between the two countries scheduled tonight is seeing tickets resold for up to nearly 1.5 million won. Near Changsha Helong [...]
CHANGSHA, China, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Ten thousand Chinese police officers will be present at a football stadium here for security reasons when South Korea and China play their World Cup qualifying match this week, the national football governing body said Wednesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the Chinese authorities have decided to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Spanish footballer David Villa visited Korea for the launch of a football academy that will serve as a platform to help young children develop personal values through football. “My life has been all about football,” Villa said at a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday announcing the launch of [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Group’s integrated online shopping mall, SSG.com, announced Tuesday the launch of H.M SON, a new brand named after top Korean soccer star Son Heung-min. The brand title H.M SON was taken directly from the Tottenham striker’s English initials, and the brand’s logo was inspired by the pentagons on soccer [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea have reportedly appointed former Bundesliga top scorer Jorn Andersen to lead their national football team, Norwegian media reported on Wednesday (local time). According to Norway’s state broadcaster NRK, Andersen signed a one-year contract with North Korea. His family told NRK that the 53-year-old coach had been in the [...]