"'HELL EXPEDITION' IS A REALITY." EVEN AT 5 P.M., 44 DEGREES CELSIUS → BULLETPROOF BUS → POLICE ESCORT...LEE KANG-IN JOINS TODAY, AND THE FIRST FULL GROUP TRAINING ON THE 4TH

Hong Myung-bo entered Iraq with only 11 consecutive World Cup finals remaining. Team A will play its ninth Group B match against Iraq in Basra, Iraq, in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup. The Taegeuk Warriors, who departed Korea on Sunday, flew 11 hours by chartered plane and arrived in Basra, Iraq on Sunday.