SANCHEONG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Sancheong County in South Gyeongsang Province announced on Wednesday that it had nominated Park Hang-seo as an honorary ambassador for the county. Park, who became national hero for his success as the head coach of Vietnam national men’s football team, was visiting his hometown for the South Korean Lunar [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam national football team head coach Park Hang-seo said Tuesday his side had a lucky run at the continental tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Park returned to his homeland South Korea for a vacation with his family after leading Vietnam at the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian [...]
ABU DHABI, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea crashed out of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in the quarterfinals on Friday with a 1-0 loss to Qatar. Abdelaziz Hatim’s goal in the 78th minute was all Qatar needed to shock South Korea at Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, as the [...]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea head coach Paulo Bento said Monday his side are confident they can beat Bahrain in the round of 16 at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, although they expect it’s not going to be an easy match. South Korea will take on Bahrain [...]
HANOI, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Lawmakers of South Korea and Vietnam will have their first friendly football match in Hanoi later this month, diplomats in Hanoi said Friday. Twenty-five South Korean lawmakers, including members of the South Korea-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Association, will make a four-day trip to Hanoi, beginning next Thursday, to hold various [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With Park Hang-seo, the South Korean head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, rewriting history by leading the football squad to victory at the AFF Suzuki Cup for the first time in 10 years, an increasing number of South Koreans are being inspired to hit outdoor soccer fields and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Hang-seo, the South Korean head coach of Vietnam’s national football team, has been chosen by Vietnam’s national television broadcaster as Man of the Year. VTV1, Vietnam’s state-owned channel, chose Park for leading Vietnam’s U-23 national football team to a second place finish for the very first time at [...]
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 [...]