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      • South Korea play Ivory Coast at Loftus Road

      event date Wed 03 Mar 2010 posted

      South Korea will take on Ivory Coast in a friendly International football fixture at Loftus Road, the home of Queens Park Rangers, on Wednesday 3rd March 2010 – kick-off 2.30pm. Both nations are keen to bring their football to London to entertain the estimated 20,000 Koreans and 10,000 Ivoriens that live in and around the … [Read More]

      Kim Yu-na’s record-breaking gold

      posted updated 9 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

      Congratulations to Kim Yu-na on record-breaking gold at Vancouver 2010. According to the BBC: It will go down as one of the greatest performances in figure skating history, and is South Korea’s first medal at the Winter Olympics in a sport other than speed skating. A couple of days ago the Chosun Ilbo was trying … [Read More]

      Lampard lampooned in Kara video

      posted updated 19 Nov 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

      Frank Lampard scores chart-topping single in South Korea, says the Daily Star http://bit.ly/6nmuPb. Can anyone find it? 12:03 AM Jan 9th from bit.ly JamesTurnbull: @lklinks Try here http://ow.ly/Updr 12:07 AM Jan 9th from HootSuite in reply to lklinks @JamesTurnbull Thanks for the link James – but they’ve already taken the video down 🙁 12:12 AM … [Read More]

      Are you being Serbed?

      event date Wed 18 Nov 2009 venue Online posted

      Aashish Gadhvi reviews Korea v Serbia at Craven Cottage on 18 November Two years ago Fulham’s Craven Cottage played host to a friendly match on a chilly winter evening between Korea and Greece, which went down a success. The stadium was full of crazy Korean fans singing and chanting throughout the match as Korea walked … [Read More]

      The curious case of Jong Tae-se

      posted updated 20 Jul 2022 by Aashish Gadhvi 4 minute read

      Aashish Gadhvi analyses the so-called defector in the Northern ranks. North Korea’s qualification for the 2010 World Cup has brought about many questions in international football. Not least of all, the desire for more information about the team. Most of all, who are these guys? The mystery surrounding the team is pretty much the same … [Read More]

      Yang Yong-eun’s competition philosophy

      posted updated 16 Feb 2022 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

      Congratulations to Yang Yong-eun on winning the US PGA golf championship http://bit.ly/2Jw6M #. “It’s not like you’re in an octagon where you’re fighting against Tiger and he’s going to bite you, or swing at you with his 9-iron,” Yang said through an interpreter. “The worst that I could do was just lose to Tiger. So … [Read More]

      Yeah Seoul! – the FC Seoul theme tune

      posted updated 31 Jul 2020 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

      For those who were disappointed, on reading Ash’s recent corker of an article on Korean Soccer Wars, that they could not find the FC Seoul theme tune on the FC Seoul website, we’ve managed to find a copy of it for your delectation. It’s a catchy little number, complete with lyrics for you to follow. … [Read More]