All posts tagged "Hong Myungbo"

  • The Korea national football team manager Hong Myung-bo, right, speaks during a press conference last week ahead of its friendly against Greece. He said selecting players for his World Cup squad is almost done. (Yonhap)
    Hong finalizes pre-World Cup plan

    By Kim Tong-hyung The Korean national team’s schedule ahead of this summer’s World Cup is complete, with the Taeguk Warriors hosting the Tunisians on May 28 before traveling to Brazil. Manager Hong Myung-bo is close to picking...

    • Posted March 11, 2014
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  • Hong Myung-bo, manager of Korea’s national football team, listens to a question at a news conference at Incheon International Airport on Friday. Hong returned from Athens, following Korea’s 2-0 win over Greece inan international friendly on Thursday that represented the country’s last tune-up before he announces his roster for the World Cup in Brazil. (Yonhap)
    “It’s not all about Park Chu-young”

    By Kim Tong-hyung Korean manager Hong Myung-bo was happy to see Park Chu-young pull off an impressive return to international football. He wasn’t happy that the performance inspired media talk on whether Korea’s World Cup hope predominantly...

    • Posted March 7, 2014
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  • Korean manager Hong Myung-bo. (Korea Times file)
    It’s all Greek to him

    Greece match critical in shaping Hong Myung-bo’s World Cup lineup By Kim Tong-hyung With the World Cup less than 100 days away, Korea manager Hong Myung-bo has arrived at perhaps the most critical moment in preparation. Korea’s...

    • Posted March 3, 2014
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  • Park Chu-young, left, and Kim Shin-wook will get plenty of looks on Wednesday's friendly against Greece. (Yonhap)
    Park Chu-young or Kim Shin-wook on top?

    S. Korean National team’s striker position still up for grabs heading into friendly against Greece in Athens Wednesday By Kim Tong-hyung Kim Shin-wook seems to exist in his own version of “Groundhog Day,” where certain themes, such...

    • Posted March 3, 2014
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  • Korea new uniform
    Korea’s New World Cup Uniform Unveiled

    ▲Korea’s national football team manager Hong Myung-bo, right, talks about the team’s new uniform was unveiled Thursday at Gwanghwamun in Seoul ahead of the Brazil World Cup. (Yonhap)   ◎History of Korean World Cup football uniform

    • Posted February 28, 2014
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  • Alarmed by his team’s lack of offensive production as the World Cup finals near, Korea’s national football team manager Hong Myung-bo has decided to add Watford forward Park Chu-young to his squad. (Yonhap)
    Park Chu-young back in World Cup mix

    By Kim Tong-hyung A disappointing European football career looks to be winding down for Korean forward Park Chu-young, now reduced to a benchwarmer in the English second division. But he is significantly more valuable to Korean national...

    • Posted February 19, 2014
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  • National team manager Hong Myung-ho bites his lips before Korea's friendly against the United States at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. on Feb. 2. Hong will visit the Netherlands before returning home to meet SV Eindhoven midfielder Park Ji-sung, apparently to talk him out of his retirement from international competition. (Yonhap)
    Park Ji-sung on his mind

    Korean manager Hong Myung-bo will make another attempt  to talk Park Ji-sung out of retirement from international football By Kim Tong-hyung Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung has rejected another chance to play for Korea’s World Cup...

    • Posted February 5, 2014
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