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  "id": 1880511,
  "title": "Meet the candidates for interim coach of Korea's national football team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/meet-the-candidates-for-interim-coach-of-koreas-national-football-team",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260819/meet-the-candidates-for-interim-coach-of-koreas-national-football-team"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Football Association has narrowed down the candidates for the interim head coach position of the Korean national football team to five foreign coaches. Among them are three Spanish nationals, namely Robert Moreno and Jesús Casas, who have previously been considered for the role. Dutch coach Erwin Koeman and Serbian coach Dragan Stojković are the other two candidates in the running. Moreno was interviewed by the KFA in 2023 during its search for a successor to Paulo Bento but lost out to Jürgen Klinsmann. Casas, meanwhile, was interviewed during the 2024 search for a new national team coach, having been managing the Iraq national team at the time. Both coaches have now been given another chance to take charge of the Korean national team.",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Meet the candidates for interim coach of Korea's national football team",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/meet-the-candidates-for-interim-coach-of-koreas-national-football-team-1882392",
        "published": "2026-08-19T07:02:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}