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'Time to cheer': Red Devils gather in Gwanghwamun for Korea's World Cup opener

Hundreds of supporters gathered in Seoul and online Friday to back Korea for their opening World Cup match against the Czech Republic.

2026.6.12

Ban Woo-roung, former head of the Red Devils, Korea’s largest national football team supporters’ group, poses during an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Dec. 22. [KIM JONG-HO]

Bleeding red around the globe: Korean football superfan recounts past World Cups, rise of Red Devils

Since the 1998 World Cup in France, one man has been in the stands for every match Korea have played in the greatest show in sports: Ban Woo-roung, the former head of the Red Devils, the largest supporters’ group for the national football team.

2025.12.30

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Kim Min-jae speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Oman on Monday ahead of a 2026 World Cup qualifier between Korea and Oman on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Kim Min-jae apologizes for not bowing; defends decision to confront fans

Korean defender Kim Min-jae apologized for coming across as disrespectul to fans in a confrontation after Korea's draw with Palestine last week in a press conference Monday, but defended his decision to ask fans to stop booing

2024.9.10

Through thick and thin

Football fans fill Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul and hold up the national flag Taegeukgi as they cheer for the Taeguk Warriors in their match against Brazil at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in the early morning on Tuesday.

2022.12.6

Football fans cheer on Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul early Tuesday during the match between Korea and Brazil for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. [NEWS1]

Cold and the odds were no match for Team Korea fans

In below freezing weather, 33,000 Korea football fans turned out Tuesday morning to watch their team on big TVs and cheer in Gwanghwamun Square, central Seoul, even as the odds suggested defeat was all but certain.

2022.12.6

Quenched hopes

Braving the rain, crowds cheer for Team Korea as they watch it play against Ghana in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul late Tuesday.

2022.11.29

First match

Crowds gather to watch the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul Thursday, ahead of a Group H match between South Korea and Uruguay.

2022.11.24

Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul, where thousands of people are expected to show up on Thursday night to root for the Korean national football team’s first match in the 2022 World Cup [YONHAP]

600 cops to help crowds cheer on Team Korea safely

Some 600 police officers will be dispatched to Gwanghwamun Square on Thursday night to control thousands of people expected to show up to cheer for the Korean national football team’s first match in the 2022 World Cup against Uruguay.

2022.11.23

'You can’t get rid of all cars because an accident happened'

The Red Devils, the official supporters club for the Korean national football team, are seeking to organize rallies at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul during the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

2022.11.21

Fans cheer for the Korean national team during a 2002 FIFA World Cup Group D game against the United States at Daegu World Cup Stadium in Daegu on June 10, 2002. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Red Devils leader remembers excitement of 2002 World Cup

This week marks 20 years since the opening of the 2002 World Cup, when support for the Korean team reached a fever pitch. Yoo Young-woon, decked out in his Taeguk Warriors kit with megaphone in hand, led the Red Devils supporters at the World Cup.

2022.5.29