Q&A with Joel Y Song
Joel is a die-hard Korea Republic National Football Team fan & photographer who has attended his 3rd FIFA World Cup (2002, 2018, 2022). We are […]
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The Next Generation: Potential K League Transfers to Europe Part 2
We continue exploring some of the talented K League players who have the potential to make a move to Europe in the future. In case […]
The Next Generation: Potential K League Transfers to Europe Part 1
After a World Cup there are always transfer rumors, but after 2014 and 2018 we didn’t get many meaningful transfers to Europe. Transfers from the […]
Obrigado Bento! Candidates for the Inevitably Disappointing Search for the Next KNT Manager
Does anyone remember that one video of GAMST (a Korean football Youtuber) bowing down, fully on his hands, knees, and forehead, in apology to Hwang […]
We’re back! World Cup reflections
Back in 2017-2018, the Tavern crew members realized that we each had too many things going on in our personal lives. Over the past 4 […]
Youth Players Abroad: Lee Kangin and Jeong Wooyeong Update
It’s been a while since our last youth update, but since then Lee Kangin and Jung Wooyeong in particular have made some impressive progress at […]
Lee Kang In’s Competitive Debut + Various Youth Updates
Guys… it’s happening! The kid we’ve been following since the good old days of Shootdori … the kid we’ve kept a watchful eye on since […]
Meet the Asian Games Squad: Defenders
Name: Kim Minjae (김민재) Club: Jeonbuk Hyundai FC (Korea) Age: 21 Height: 189 cm Weight: 70 kg Oh Kim Minjae… if it hadn’t been for […]
Lee Kangin’s Story
As many of you may have heard, Lee Kang-in recently signed a new contract and yesterday, made his professional debut for Valencia CF (the first […]
Tavern Guest Post – What can make Korea good at football?
Some of us on the Tavern started out on a site called Bigsoccer Korea (BSK). Things can get crazy on that site, but for every […]