SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean players scored a goal apiece in the team’s 3-0 win over Thailand in their latest World Cup qualifying match Tuesday night in Bangkok, and defender Park Jin-seop had a particularly emphatic celebration. As soon as his right-footed shot from close range found the back of the net [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With distractions from the post-Asian Cup controversy behind them, South Korea will look to put on a better performance in their World Cup qualifying campaign this week when they visit Thailand for a return match. South Korea and Thailand will play for the second time in six days when [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 64,000 fans at Seoul World Cup Stadium suddenly fell silent, so deafening after they’d been screaming at the top of their lungs for most of this Thursday night. South Korea were leading Singapore 4-0 about 80 minutes into their World Cup qualifying match, when captain Son Heung-min [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fried chicken franchises saw their sales rise during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last fall despite an industry-wide slump for restaurants, data showed Monday. According to a report from the state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corp., the total revenue of the nation’s restaurant businesses amounted to 11.1 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Lotte Confectionery Co.’s signature chocolate brand “Ghana” surged after the South Korean men’s national football team joined the round of 16 at the Qatar World Cup with the help of Ghana losing to Uruguay by only two goals. According to industry sources, sales of Ghana chocolate products [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Up to 33,000 football fans flocked to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to cheer for the national team in its match against Brazil at the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Tuesday morning. In front of the five large screens set up at the square, football fans were seen “armed” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Energy drink and coffee sales at convenience stores soared ahead of the knock-out match between South Korea and Brazil at the 2022 Qatar World Cup on Tuesday. Convenience store chain CU reported a more than threefold increase in energy drink sales from 8 p.m. to midnight on Monday prior [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Online cheering culture is emerging as a new trend for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the first World Cup being played in winter. According to industry sources, the number of cumulative viewers for the round of 16 match between South Korea and Brazil that was broadcasted via Naver, the [...]
DOHA, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — It wouldn’t really be an underdog story without challenges overcome and hurdles cleared. And to be sure, South Korea faced more than their share during their unlikely journey to the knockout phase of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. South Korea lost to Brazil 4-1 in the round of 16 [...]
LONDON, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — FootballCoin, a blockchain-powered fantasy football game, has announced the launch of the Fantasy Football World Cup 2022. The World Cup-inspired contests provide players with the opportunity to collect all of the player NFTs available in-game, as well as earn crypto prizes. Established in 2017, FootballCoin was built using blockchain [...]