The Asian Games has drawn to a close in Guangzhou with Korea Republic’s rather ‘disappointing’ bronze medal finish on the football pitch. Japan came away with the gold medal, their first ever in the continental games while Korea on the other hand were left to a consolation of being 3rd placed. A feat that took 8 years that a Korean football...

Korea improved over the course of 90 minutes after a horrible start to the match, but hardly deserved anything more than what it got. In all honesty, even a draw was a flattering result for the home side considering its sheer mediocrity for the majority of the match that was controlled by Japan. Japan, having lost to Korea in previous two meetings earlier this...

Welcome to Part II of our special editorial series! As the match between Korea and Japan on October 12th nears, the third match this year between the East Asian giants, FootKorean has decided to collaborate with longstanding Japanese football website the Rising Sun News and JapaneseSoccer.net to provide our readers with insightful look at the storied rivalry of...

Welcome to Part I of our special editorial series! As the match between Korea and Japan on October 12th nears, the third match this year between the East Asian giants, FootKorean has decided to collaborate with longstanding Japanese football website The Rising Sun News to provide our readers with insightful look at the storied rivalry of the two neighbors. In...

Welcome to Part I of our special editorial series! As the match between Korea and Japan on October 12th nears, the third match this year between the East Asian giants, FootKorean has decided to collaborate with longstanding Japanese football website The Rising Sun News to provide our readers with insightful look at the storied rivalry of the two neighbors....

Park Ji-sung cut a frustrated figure as he left the pitch at Sangam World Cup stadium on Tuesday night. The national team captain had been battered by an aggressive Iranian midfield and came away with little to show for his effort but for his bruises and the echoes of his complaints to an uninterested referee. Perhaps more disappointing to the Manchester United...