A new North Korea World Cup Blog is now published, and occasionally it’ll overlap with South Korea since the two teams are closely linked. Thanks for reading!
While South Korea’s World Cup record isn’t spattered with championships or even many second-round appearances, it’s still miles ahead of its neighbor to the north in terms of time [...]

With the Republic of Korea qualifying for its seventh-straight World Cup and ready to head to South Africa in less than a year, it’s time to review the past six World Cups.
How’d the team do??
Besides Korea’s unexpected fantastic fourth-place finish in front of the home-country crowd in 2002, it’s had a string of first-round [...]

South Korea ended its World Cup Qualifying matches all even, drawing 1-1 with Iran on June 17 in Seoul.
South Korea already qualified for the 2010 World Cup on June 6, but the draw dashed Iran’s hopes of making it to the tournament.
South Korea’s Ji-Sung Park, a rising star for Manchester United in the English Premier [...]

The Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia fought to a scoreless draw Wednesday night at World Cup Stadium in Seoul, despite Korea’s several close-call goals in the second half.
Both at 54 minutes in and just minutes before the end of the second half, Korea nearly scored, missing the goal just inches both times. The closest chance [...]

With two heavily anticipated World Cup Qualifying matches within the next week, you’d think the Korean Republic soccer team would be full of nerves.
That’s not the case, however, for the Red Devils as the team qualified for its seventh-straight World Cup on June 6, beating the United Arab Emirates 2-0 in Dubai.
Now, the upcoming games [...]

Standing in front of a stadium where World Cup games were once played for the first time makes it difficult for one not to smile.
On April 18, as FC Seoul fans decked in black and red prepared for their team’s afternoon match with Daegu, it was impossible to ignore the majestic stadium where their team [...]

Cho Won-hee, a South Korean midfielder, is sidelined for six to eight weeks after enduring a calf injury, it was announced this past weekend.
Cho’s absence from the rest of the three crucial World Cup Qualifying matches in June deals a round of back luck for the South Korean team, which currently stands atop the leader [...]

Just a quick note, as there will be more from the Seoul area in the upcoming days.
For now, though, looks like the football tension between the North and South hasn’t eased since last week’s game, in which the Red Devils from the South beat their rivals 1-0 in the match’s final minutes.
North Korea’s head football [...]

For those football fans who were tired of watching North Korea and South Korea play to a draw, last night’s game brought back some excitement.
The Red Devils of the South beat their arch-rivals 1-0 at Seoul World Cup Stadium. With the victory, South Korea pulls ahead of the North in Asia’s Group B in World [...]

World Cup qualifying started up again March 26. However, one of the biggest matches won’t be played until Wednesday, April 1, when the Red Devils of South Korea play host to North Korea in Seoul.
The first game between these two teams was supposed to be played in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital. However, the host country [...]