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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean star Son Heung-min was named the Premier League’s Player of the Month for September on Friday, becoming the first Asian winner of the honors. The league announced on its website that Son beat out Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana, Everton striker [...]
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, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) - Tottenham Hotspurs’ attacker Son Heung-min was chosen best athlete of the year in a survey carried out by Gallup Korea. The 23-year-old earned 24.4 percent of the vote in the nationwide survey conducted on 1,700 men and women aged 13 and above between Oct. 29 and Nov. 21, Gallup said. [...]
“I’m very proud that Tottenham valued me so much. I’ll show that I’m worth it.” “I always dreamed of playing in the Premier League. I haven’t played yet, so it hasn’t hit me yet. However, I feel good. As so many fans have welcomed me, I had goosebumps when I entered the home turf of [...]
“I think we were too loose (in the first half). We weren’t 100 percent prepared mentally. One small play led to another, and the problems just kept snowballing. But we were able to bear down in the second half and played with better focus, which I think led to a good result.” - Son Heung-min, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The rapidly spreading social philanthropic movement, “Ice Bucket Challenge” hits South Korea and is daring some of the most famous celebrities and sports stars to take the challenge and participate in its goodwill. One of the most-favored actors of Koreans, Cho In-Sung, posted an video of him getting a bucket [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has unveiled a new commercial of the Ultra HD TV that depicts the dynamic movement of Koo Ja-Cheol and Son Heung-min, the Bundesliga football players, in a special filming technique that makes the images look like super-high-resolution 3D videos. The commercial video released on YouTube shows vividly the [...]