SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean football club FC Seoul were slapped with a fine on Wednesday for putting sex dolls in the stands for a recent match. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) on Wednesday ordered FC Seoul to pay a fine of 100 million won (US$81,410) for their use of lifesize dolls [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With their season on hold indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, South Korean professional football clubs stand to lose millions in revenues, data showed Tuesday. The Korea Professional Football League, or simply K League, said its 22 clubs — 12 in the top-flight K League 1 and 10 in [...]