All posts tagged "Park Ji-sung"

  • Park also announced that he will tie the knot with a former local television personality, Kim Min-ji, left, on July 27. (Yonhap)
    Park Ji-sung retires

    SUWON (Yonhap) — Park Ji-sung, arguably the most celebrated soccer player in Korean history, retired from the sport on Wednesday at age 33, citing debilitating pain in his surgically repaired right knee. Park, former national team captain and...

    • Posted May 14, 2014
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  • Models show the newly-released ''Park Ji-sung Chianti Riserva,’’ an Italian wine packaged with a label designed by the footballer, at the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul, on Tuesday. (Yonhap)
    ‘Park Ji-sung wine’ goes on sale in Korea

    By Kim Tong-hyung Kumyang International, the country’s largest wine importer, has released a fruity Italian red with a label designed by Korean footballer Park Ji-sung. The product, priced at 30,000 won, or about $30 per bottle, is...

    • Posted May 13, 2014
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    Kim Min-ji leaves her TV anchor job to get married to Park Ji-sung

    By Baek Byung-yeul Kim Min-ji, news presenter and show host, has decided to leave SBS television ahead of her marriage with Park Ji-sung, the Korean footballer now playing for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven, according to a local...

    • Posted February 26, 2014
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  • The decision is final. Park Ji-sung, middle, will not be teaming up with Ki Sung-yeung and Lee Chung-young again. (Korea Times file)
    No Park-ing

    Park Ji-sung won’t return for World Cup Park Ji-sung, former captain of the South Korean men’s national football team, won’t return for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the team’s head coach said Friday. Hong Myung-bo,...

    • Posted February 14, 2014
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    Lee retires after illustrious football career

    By Jung Min-ho The long, ceremonial departure of Korea’s golden generation of footballers continued with Lee Young-pyo’s retirement news conference in Seoul on Thursday. The 36-year-old fullback, who in his prime displayed an impressive mix of smarts,...

    • Posted November 14, 2013
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