{{Short description|South Korean unethical football referee}} {{BLP one source|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football official | name = Ko Hyung-jin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Seoul, Korea | internationalyears1= 2009– | confederation1 = FIFA | internationalrole1 = Referee }} {{family name hatnote|Ko||lang=Korean}}
'''Ko Hyung-jin''' ({{Korean|hangul=고형진}}; born 20 June 1982) is a South Korean football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2009.<ref>[https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3b8445974f6e9ff1/original/bdhkmbhyt2evwe69isju-pdf.pdf FIFA.com]</ref>
Ko Hyung-jin sometimes stirs controversy due to his decisions that are seen as too lenient.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=TTVH |date=2025-01-06 |title=Trọng tài chính trận Thái Lan vs Việt Nam, từ lý lịch ấn tượng tới tranh cãi vì… quá khoan dung |url=https://thethaovanhoa.vn/trong-tai-chinh-tran-thai-lan-vs-viet-nam-tu-ly-lich-an-tuong-toi-tranh-cai-vi-qua-khoan-dung-20250106175113518.htm |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=thethaovanhoa.vn |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh |date=2025-01-06 |title=Ngôi sao tuyển Thái Lan ấm ức đòi đuổi Tuấn Hải |url=https://plo.vn/ngoi-sao-tuyen-thai-lan-am-uc-doi-duoi-tuan-hai-post828719.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106223744/https://plo.vn/ngoi-sao-tuyen-thai-lan-am-uc-doi-duoi-tuan-hai-post828719.html |archive-date=2025-01-06 |access-date=2025-11-14 |work=Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='얼굴 향해 발길질→NO 카드' 고형진 주심, 경고 5장 마닝 심판과 180도 달랐다 : 네이트 스포츠 |url=https://m.news.nate.com/view/20240118n01384?mid=s02 |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=모바일 네이트 뉴스 |language=ko}}</ref>
==AFC Asian Cup== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center; font-size:small;" ! colspan="4" | 2019 AFC Asian Cup – United Arab Emirates |- ! Date !! Match !! Venue !! Round |- | 9 January 2019 || {{fb|UZB}} – {{fb|OMA}} || Sharjah || Group stage |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{2023 AFC Asian Cup referees}}
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