The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries/territories in Asia. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC.
The South Korea national football team represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Asian Games.
The Korea Football Association is the governing body of football and futsal within South Korea. It sanctions professional, semi-professional and amateur football in South Korea. Founded in 1933, the governing body became affiliated with FIFA twenty years later in 1948, and the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 18 December 1997. The result was a victory for opposition candidate Kim Dae-jung, who won with 40.3 percent of the vote. When he took office in 1998, it marked the first time in Korean history that the ruling party peacefully transferred power to the opposition party.
Kim Doo-kwan is a South Korean Democratic United Party politician, former civil servant, and former governor of South Gyeongsang Province. He was elected governor in the 2010 local elections as an independent after two previous unsuccessful attempts. He served as Minister for Home Affairs under the administration of Roh Moo-hyun, and at one point was seen as a potential contender for the DUP nomination in the 2012 presidential election.
Park Maeng-woo is a South Korean politician who formerly served as Mayor of Ulsan from 2002 to 2014.
Kim Joong-soo is a South Korean former badminton player and coach. He is now serve as Badminton World Federation director, Badminton Asia president, and Badminton Korea Association vice-chairman.
Lee Jeong-mi is a South Korean politician. She has served as the leader of the Justice Party since 2022. and previously served as leader from 2017 to 2019 following the previous leadership tenures of Sim Sang-jung. She served as a member of the 20th National Assembly from 2016 to 2020.
Jeong Myeong-hui is a South Korean pharmacist-turned politician serving as the mayor of Buk District of Busan and its first woman mayor from July 2018.
Kim Yung-rok is a South Korean public servant and politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly, Minister of Agriculture. Currently, Kim is serving as the governor of South Jeolla Province. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Korea.
Song Cheol-ho is a South Korean lawyer and politician and served as the mayor of Ulsan from 2018 to 2022.
Jung–Seongdong B is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of Jung District and part of Seongdong District. As of 2016, 172,600 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.
Gwangjin A is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of part of Gwangjin District, Seoul. As of 2016, 152,431 eligible voters were registered in the constituency.
Sejong is a constituency of the National Assembly of South Korea. The constituency consists of Sejong City (citywide). As of 2016, 167,748 eligible voters were registered in the constituency. In the 2020 South Korean legislative election, it was separated into Sejong City A and Sejong B.
The Democratic Party was a political party of South Korea from 1991 to 1995.
The Democratic Party was a political party of South Korea from 1995 to 1997. Formerly named United Democratic Party, it was renamed in 1996.
The People Power Party, formerly known as the United Future Party, is a conservative political party in South Korea. It controls the South Korean presidency and is the second largest party in the National Assembly. The PPP, along with its historic rival, the Democratic Party, make up the two largest political parties in South Korea.
Chung Eui-hwa is a South Korean doctor and politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2016.
Park Jung-hyun is a South Korean politician serving as Mayor of Daedeok District of Daejeon and Daejeon's first woman district mayor from July 2018.
Kim Yong-min is a South Korean lawyer and politician currently serving as the Member of the National Assembly for Namyangju 3rd constituency since 2020. He is one of the prominent pro-Cho Kuk MPs, along with Kim Nam-kuk and Choe Kang-wook.
