[2] In a 2004 interview with The Dong-a Ilbo, Mun states that his father defected to South Korea during the Korean War, and that this had a negative impact on his life growing up in The North.
[3] However, in another 2014 interview with Seoul Shinmun, he states that his father was executed for opposing the Communist Party when Mun was three years old.
[2] Regardless, Mun moved to capital city Pyongyang at some point during his youth, either living with his mother and her new husband,[3] or with his mother-in law.
[4] Mun began his managerial career by coaching the North Korea national under-20 football team at the 1990 AFC Youth Championship.
[5] He also served as a coach of the unified Korea team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.