The Korea Herald

Men's nat'l football teams set for rare exhibition matches

Oct 8, 2020

South Korean football fans will be treated to a pair of exhibition matches between their two men's national teams this month, with the first showdown set for Friday, the Hangeul Day holiday. The sen...
Ahead of long-awaited matches, U-23 nat'l football coach feels alive again

Oct 5, 2020

PAJU -- It has been nine months since the South Korean men's under-23 national football team played a match, and for head coach Kim Hak-bum, the pair of exhibitions against the senior national team c...
Tottenham's Son Heung-min stays hot in Europa League qualifier

Sept 25, 2020

When you're hot, you're hot. Son Heung-min scored a goal and set up two others, helping Tottenham Hotspur past Shkendija 3-1 in North Macedonia on Thursday (local time) in the third-round qualifying...
Changes at top, bottom of K League table looming

Sept 18, 2020

By Sunday evening, there could be a new team at the top of South Korean football for the first time in two months. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will try to overtake Ulsan Hyundai FC for first place in the...
Tottenham's Son Heung-min looking to build off successful season

Sept 11, 2020

Tottenham Hotspur's offensive star Son Heung-min will kick off the new Premier League season, looking to build off a successful campaign, in which he joined a select company of attacking aces. Totte...
Bunched-up table setting up wild final stretch in K League football

Sept 10, 2020

It has mostly been a two-horse race for the South Korean club football title in 2020, but there are intriguing battles elsewhere on the bunched-up table. Ulsan Hyundai FC are at the top of the K Lea...
Messi fails to attend coronavirus test: sources

Aug 30, 2020

BARCELONA (AFP) -- Lionel Messi missed a coronavirus test at Barcelona's training ground on Sunday morning, club sources have confirmed to AFP, raising the possibility he will now boycott preseason t...
Vietnam football coach Park Hang-seo honored for int'l success

Aug 27, 2020

HANOI -- Park Hang-seo, the South Korean head coach of the Vietnamese men's national football team, has received a state badge of honor for his accomplishments in his adopted home. The Vietnamese go...
Top dogs, cellar dweller all victorious in K League

Aug 24, 2020

After playing their first 15 matches of the season without a victory, Incheon United have now won two consecutive matches. Just like that, their hopes of avoiding relegation from the top division K ...
Korean football league adjusts fixtures ahead of Asian club tournament

Aug 11, 2020

The top South Korean football league announced changes to its fixtures on Tuesday, a move designed to accommodate teams playing at a continental tournament in October. The six K League 1 matches set...
Every player in S. Korean football league to be tested for coronavirus

Aug 4, 2020

The South Korean football league said Tuesday it will conduct a second round of coronavirus tests on all players and coaches on its 22 teams across two divisions by next week as part of precautionary...
Football clubs set to welcome fans for 1st time this season

Jul 31, 2020

After months of waiting, South Korean football clubs will finally be playing in front of their supporters this weekend. Three matches on Saturday and three more matches on Sunday in the K League 1 w...
Coach for struggling football club resigns

Jul 30, 2020

Choi Yong-soo, head coach of the struggling football club FC Seoul, stepped down Thursday. The K League 1 club made the announcement less than 24 hours after FC Seoul were knocked out of the quarter...
Son Heung-min finishes Premier League season with career high in offensive points

Jul 27, 2020

Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-min has finished his roller coaster of a season with a new career high in attacking points, though he failed to add to the tally in the Premier League ...
Ki Sung-yueng looks forward to fresh start in return to K League's FC Seoul

Jul 22, 2020

Ki Sung-yueng has come home again. And he believes he can regain the form that made him one of the top midfielders to come out of South Korea. Ki was reintroduced as the member of FC Seoul in the K ...