South Korea
New Balance, Fila among brands signing with KBO teams ahead of new season
Korean KBO baseball league teams are busy agreeing commercial deals ahead of the start of the 2021 regular season on April 3
Webinar replay | Creating value for media-rights partners in APAC club football
Replay of a live SportBusiness webinar held March 18 discussing the challenges faced by football leagues in the Asia-Pacific region as they seek to develop their media-rights businesses
South Korea to visit Japan for football friendly
South Korea's men's football team is to become the first international sports team to visit Japan since the country tightened its border restrictions in late December, for a friendly later this month
South Korea bids to host World Cup qualifying group
South Korea's national football governing body has applied to host matches for the delayed Group H Asian 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying games, with the aim of setting up a bio-secure bubble for the games
Average salary for Korean baseball players drops for second season
The average player salary in the Korea Baseball Organization, South Korea's top-tier baseball league, has dropped for the second season in a row, as a number of highly remunerated players bowed out and…
K League launches streaming service with Sportradar
The Korea Professional Football League and sports data firm Sportradar are launching a new streaming platform, K League TV, targeting international markets
K League and KT to create joint-venture football channel
Korea's football league, the K League, has agreed a joint venture with telco KT Corporation to create a football television channel
Korean baseball club sale raises questions over traditional company patronage model
SportBusiness looks at the sale of Korean KBO baseball league club SK Wyverns by telco SK Telecom to the retail group Shinsegae, and why this appears to be a departure from the usual protocol in the Korean world of company-owned professional sports teams.
Formula E confirms second set of 2021 races, Asian legs postponed
Formula E and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) have revealed details of the races to follow next month’s season opener in Saudi Arabia.
LPGA of Korea Tour reveals 31-event calendar with record KRW28bn prize money
The Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association has announced its LPGA of Korea Tour schedule for 2021, its largest yet with 31 events and total prize money of KRW28bn (€21m/$25m), its highest total e…
K League hails increase in digital audiences
South Korean football's K League has reported significant increases in audiences for its digital content in 2020 compared to the previous season
Chung Mong-gyu to serve third term as Korea FA president
The Korea Football Association, the governing body of football in South Korea, has named Chung Mong-gyu, as its new president
K League president elected unopposed for third stint
Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings chairman Kwon Oh-gap has been reappointed as president of the K League, the Korea Professional Football League, for another four-year term
Round-Up: ITTF axes 2020 World Team Championships, Formula E postpones January races, and more
Due to a spike of Covid-19 cases in South Korea the ITTF has cancelled the 2020 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships
Uefa club competition TV rights on market in Korea, three other Asian territories
The sale of broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions during the 2021-24 cycle has begun in four Asian territories, including Korea
Discovery and JTBC build on PGA Tour rights deal with JV project
South Korean broadcaster JTBC Plus has built on its association with global media group Discovery by signing an agreement to form a joint venture to further develop golf in the country
Round-Up: Australian Open uncertainty, Foxtel eyes AFL extension, Tamil Nadu bans online gaming, and more
The first Grand Slam of 2021 could be delayed by one or two weeks from the scheduled January 18 start, due to Covid-19
KBO permits clubs to cut salaries from 2021
From next year South Korean baseball clubs will be permitted to reduce player’s pay if the season is disrupted by extraordinary events.