Category talk:South Korean National Team Players
Up to 50. 8 of them are Lees and 8 are Kims. - --Mischa 13:04, 2 June 2008 (EDT)
Our third country to 100 after the USA and Japan; Cuba is just shy. - --Mischa 12:38, 1 April 2009 (EDT)
Third country to 150, following the US and Japan. That means we've added 50 players in under five months. - --Mischa 12:41, 23 September 2009 (EDT)
Fourth country to 200, following the US, Japan and Cuba. The Kims lead the Lees, 31 to 28; that's almost 30% of the players with two surnames - --Mischa 16:57, 7 January 2013 (EST)
Sung-bum Na brings us to 250, again following the USA, Japan and Cuba. - --Mischa (talk) 12:36, 2 December 2015 (EST)
Ha-seong Kim is #300. Still behind the USA, Japan and Cuba. 53 Kims to 41 Lees. - --Mischa (talk) 17:01, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
The 350th is Kang-min Kim, 12 years after he played for the team but didn't get the category added to his name! South Korea's down to 6th, behind the USA, Japan, Cuba, the Dominicans and Venezuela, being overtaken by the latter two Latin American powerhouses since they hit 300. - Mischa (talk) 00:14, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
Keon-chang Seo was the 400th. They're 8th there, following the US, Japan, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico. Passed by Taiwan and Mexico since they got to 350. - Mischa (talk) 16:15, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
The 450th was Jae-heon Seong. Still #8, again after the US, Japan, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico. They've been gaining on Mexico. - Mischa (talk) 16:17, 9 October 2024 (UTC)
Jin-woong Kim gets it to 500. Back up to 6th, after the US, Japan, Taiwan, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, having passed Cuba and Mexico. - Mischa (talk) 19:09, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
#500 is Min-wook Seo. Up to 5th now, getting there after the US, Japan, Taiwan and the Dominicans, having passed Venezuela - Mischa (talk) 17:34, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
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