SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Professional Football League (K League)’s crowdless matches, held to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, are becoming the new landscape of a common soccer game. The 2020 K League 1 season opener between Pohang Steelers and Busan IPark, held at the Pohang Steel Yard in Pohang, North [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening match of the 2020 South Korean football season last week drew millions of viewers around the world on its social media platforms, the league office said Tuesday. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said the K League 1 showdown between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Samsung [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Football and women’s basketball have a high percentage of family spectators, while men’s basketball and baseball are particularly popular among couples. According to a survey of 34,978 spectators of five professional sports and nine leagues by the Korean Professional Sports Association, the number of family visitors to football matches [...]
JEONJU, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — It’s been a long time coming, but professional football is finally here in South Korea. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors hosted Suwon Samsung Bluewings before some 42,000 empty seats at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul, to kick off the 2020 K League 1 season. The [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean star Son Heung-min completed a three-week military training program with the best performance among all trainees Friday, as he excelled in shooting skills and other areas, officials said. Son is one of the top five trainees to receive a prize at the camp’s graduation ceremony [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top-flight professional football matches will be broadcast live in 17 countries in 2020, the league office said Thursday. On the eve of the start of the new season, the Korea Professional Football League (K League) said its matches will be available to viewers in the following countries: [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football league announced Wednesday it will stream its upcoming season-opening match live on YouTube and Twitter, complete with English-language commentary for international viewers. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said the 2020 K League 1 opening contest on Friday between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean professional football clubs are speeding up preparations to begin a first round of crowdless games. Daejeon Hana Citizen FC, competing in the Korea Professional Football League (K League)’s second division, set out for a second practice match with Cheongju FC on Wednesday at the Daejeon World Cup [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With the start of the new season around the corner, the South Korean football league said Monday it has sold broadcasting rights to 10 countries this year, mostly in Asia and Europe. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) added that its international rights holder, Sportsradar AG, has been [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After more than two months of delay caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the South Korean men’s professional football season will kick off on May 8. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) announced Friday that its top-flight K League 1 and the second-tier K League 2 will both begin [...]