Exclusive Interview with Hong “Moondog” Moon: Why South Korea will one day win the World Cup
Hong Moon, also known as “Moondog”, has had quite the career. After a youth career in England and Sweden, he had to retire due to […]
Korean Football Reform
Korean Football Reform: The Asan Crisis
When I wrote my original article on how to the reform the military conscription system as it applies to professional footballers, I mentioned that there were […]
Pathways for Son Heung-Min to military exemption / conscription
There are two parallel universes involving Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-Min. One will very soon see Son at the prime of his career leave the the […]
Tavern Podcast: Steve Han joins the crew -dissecting Korea’s wild World Cup and where Korean football goes from here
Join Roy Ghim, Tim Lee and special guest, Korean American sports journalist Steve Han as we deconstruct Korea’s wild World Cup roller coaster ride, the […]
Korean Football Reform – Community Engagement and Marketing
Welcome to another edition of Korean Football Reform. After looking through the comments and getting feedback on Twitter, I realized there are still some unanswered […]
Korean Football Reform – K League Attendance
First of all, I want to thank you all for the great response to the first edition of this new Tavern series. I was blown […]
Korean Football Reform – Military Conscription
Welcome to the Tavern’s new weekly column series, Korean Football Reform! In this series, we will be taking an in-depth look at an issue that […]