SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host the top annual Asian football awards ceremony for the first time in October, the sport’s national governing body said Thursday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Annual Awards will take place at Grand Peace Hall on the Seoul campus of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team, will look to start his second tenure off on the right foot in a World Cup qualifying match against Palestine on Thursday. Hong, named as the replacement for Jurgen Klinsmann in July, previously coached South Korea for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — In his first appearance since South Korea’s elimination from the top Asian football tournament last week, Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association (KFA), met with senior executives Friday to determine Jurgen Klinsmann’s fate as head coach of the men’s national team. Chung and nine members of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – It seems that the Korean national soccer team is within an arm’s reach of signing Bert van Marwijk for their new manager. The Korea Football Association announced on August 6 that “Lee Yong-Soo, the head of the technical committee, departed on August 5 from Incheon to negotiate with a new candidate [...]