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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The issue of the exploitation of Korean football star Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) has surfaced once again, spurred by news reports published by the international press over Son’s participation in one-too-many football matches recently. The English football-related news website “90min Football News” published a story earlier this month with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — On Monday morning, many Koreans woke up to the news that K-pop boy band BTS clinched a second victory on the Billboard’s main albums chart. It’s been only three months since the group dominated the same Billboard 200 albums chart with the second of its “Love Yourself” trilogy, becoming [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Winning a medal is a pretty big deal for most athletes. But it means a whole lot more for those in South Korea, where it can land them an exemption from serving in the military. In South Korea, every man aged between 18 and 35 faces conscription into the armed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min was named the top South Korean male player of 2017 by the national football governing body on Tuesday. Son earned the honor at the annual Korea Football Association (KFA) Awards. This is Son’s third KFA Player of the Year accolade after 2013 and 2014. He [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Tottenham Hotspur’s attacker Son Heung-min has been named the top South Korean athlete of 2017 in a national survey. Gallup Korea said Tuesday that Son won the support of 38.1 percent of respondents to top national sports figures in its poll of 1,300 South Koreans over the age of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s football governing body confirmed Friday that the men’s national team will play Morocco in an international friendly next month. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea will take on Morocco at Tissot Arena in Biel, Switzerland, on Oct. 10. It will be South Korea’s second friendly [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — After the Korean national football team passed up a golden chance to clinch a berth in the 2018 World Cup by registering a 0-0 draw with Iran, one of the hot topics of conversation was the condition of the pitch at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Son Heung-min, the ace [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean footballer Son Heung-min on Thursday departed for London to prepare for a new English Premier League (EPL) season with Tottenham Hotspur. Son stayed in his homeland about 70 days after having a successful season with Tottenham. He netted 21 goals in all competitions during the 2016-2017 season, [...]
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 [...]