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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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S. Korean women lose 3-2 to Japan in regional football tournament opener
CHIBA, Japan -- The South Korea women's national football team lost 3-2 to Japan at a regional tournament here Friday.South Korea conceded the winner to Mana Iwabuchi late in the second half in their opening match of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship at Soga Sports Park in Chiba, Japan.(Yonhap)The four-nation tournament also features North Korea and China.Earlier in the day, North Korea beat China 2-0, thanks to Kim Yun-mi's double.South Korea, led by head coach
Dec. 8, 2017
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N. Korea women's football coach: We're not playing for money
CHIBA, Japan -- North Korea women's national football head coach Kim Kwang-min said Friday his players are not competing for money at a regional tournament that kicked off earlier in the day in Japan.Both North Korea men's and women's team are participating in the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship, where they will compete against South Korea, Japan and China. Kim's team defeated China 2-0 to open the women's tournament Friday. (Yonhap)The EAFF awards US$250,000 to t
Dec. 8, 2017
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Park Ji-sung vows to develop S. Korea's youth football with European experience
SUWON, South Korea -- South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung said Friday that he will devote himself to his new job as the chief of the country's youth football program with his European experience. Park was named the Korea Football Association's youth strategy department chief last month. It was the first time the 36-year-old took an official position within the KFA. "The KFA had been asking me to work together, but I wasn't able to accept its offer back then because of my situation," Park tol
Dec. 8, 2017
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Midfielder eyes regional football title ahead of military service
TOKYO -- South Korean midfielder Ju Se-jong said Thursday he wants to lift the trophy of the top East Asian football competition before he starts his military service.Ju is a member of the South Korea national football team that will compete against Japan, China and North Korea at the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championship. The men's competition will be staged at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo from Saturday to Dec. 16.Ju, who has one goal in six international appearances, was on th
Dec. 7, 2017
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Korea football coach confident of East Asian title defense
TOKYO -- South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong on Wednesday said his side is ready to achieve a successful title defense at the upcoming regional tournament. South Korea will compete against Japan, China and North Korea at the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championship. The men's competition will be staged at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo from Saturday to Dec. 16.The E-1 Football Championship, formerly called the East Asian Cup, started in 2003, and this will be its seventh edition
Dec. 7, 2017
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Korea ranks 8th in GDP terms among 32 2018 FIFA World Cup participants: data
South Korea ranks eighth in terms of gross domestic product among the 32 countries which qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, government data showed Thursday.South Korea, whose FIFA ranking is 59th, had a GDP of $1.41 trillion last year, according to the data by Statistics Korea.Japan topped the GDP list among the 32 participants in the 2018 FIFA World Cup with $4.93 trillion.The United States and China, the world's biggest economies, failed to reach the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. T
Dec. 7, 2017
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Korean football giants Jeonbuk drawn with Hong Kong champs at 2018 AFC Champions League
South Korean pro football champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have been drawn with Hong Kong league winners at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation Champions League. In a drawing held at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday, Jeonbuk, the 2017 K League Classic winners, were paired with Kitchee SC, which will make their AFC Champions League group stage debut. They will be joined by two teams that come through the playoffs in Group E. Jeonbuk are looking for their third ACL title. Choi Kang-hee's sid
Dec. 7, 2017
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Tottenham's Son Heung-min scores 6th goal of season in Champions League action
Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean attacker Son Heung-min has scored his six goal of the season at the top European club football tournament.Son scored his team's second goal in Spurs' 3-0 win over Apoel FC in their last group stage match at the UEFA Champions League at Wembley Stadium in London on Wednesday (local time). This was Son's third Champions League goal and his sixth total in the 2017-18 season. He has three goals in the English Premier League. In this photo taken by the Associated Pre
Dec. 7, 2017
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Korea plan to train in Middle East next month for 2018 World Cup preparations
South Korea plan to train in the Middle East next month to prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, an official at the national football governing body said Wednesday.The official said the Korea Football Association is currently searching for overseas venues where the men's national team can train for up to two weeks in January."Since South Korea will have cold weather, the association is considering holding its training (somewhere) in the Middle East, such as the United Arab Emirates," the official
Dec. 6, 2017
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North Korean national soccer teams in Japan for tournament
North Korea's national soccer teams have arrived in Tokyo as an exception to Japanese sanctions against Pyongyang's missile and nuclear development.North Korea is competing against Japan, China and South Korea in the E-1 Football Championship, which starts Friday.North Korean national soccer team (Yonhap)The arrival of North Korea's men's and women's teams comes amid growing tension in the region. Pyongyang test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed within Japan's 200-nautic
Dec. 5, 2017
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Korean left back released by Dortmund
South Korean defender Park Joo-ho has been released by Borussia Dortmund, ending his poor stint with the German football club.Dortmund announced Monday (local time) that they've parted ways with Park after the two sides agreed to terminate the player's contract by mutual consent.Park joined Dortmund from fellow German club Mainz in 2015 on a transfer fee of 3 million euros ($3.56 million) but failed to impress. He played only 712 minutes in 11 matches after signing a three-year deal with the clu
Dec. 5, 2017
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Korea looking to defend regional football title, test players ahead of 2018 World Cup
South Korea will try to defend their regional football title and test players in Japan this week ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. South Korea, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, will compete at the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championship that features North Korea, China and Japan. The men's competition will be staged at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo from Saturday to Dec. 16.South Korea will open the tournament against China on Saturday and then take on North Korea next Tuesday. Shin
Dec. 5, 2017
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Two Koreas to meet at youth football tournament in China
South and North Korea will meet at a youth football tournament in China later this month, a civic group in Seoul said Monday, a move aimed at promoting inter-Korean exchanges despite escalating inter-Korean military tension.The South-North Sports Exchange Association said that South and North Korea will compete at an international under-15 football tournament that will be staged in Kunming, China, from Dec. 19 to 22. The two Koreas and China will send two teams each to the tournament. They'll be
Dec. 4, 2017
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'Korea has chance to reach knockout stage'
INCHEON -- South Korea soccer coach Shin Tae-yong said Sunday that his side has a chance to reach the round of 16 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite the tough group draw. Shin returned home from Moscow after attending the draw ceremony for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. South Korea is part of Group F that is made up of the defending champions Germany; the North, Central and Caribbean qualifying winners Mexico; and Sweden, which beat Italy in the European qualifying playoffs to reach soccer’s sho
Dec. 3, 2017
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Football coach says Korea have chance to reach knockout stage at 2018 World Cup
INCHEON -- South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong said Sunday that his side has a chance to reach the round of 16 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite the tough group draw.Shin returned home from Moscow after attending the draw ceremony for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. South Korea is part of Group F that is made up of the defending champions Germany; the North, Central and Caribbean qualifying winners Mexico; and Sweden, which beat Italy in the European qualifying playoffs to reach football's s
Dec. 3, 2017
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Korea in same group with Sweden, Mexico, Germany
MOSCOW (AP) Spain and Portugal, the last two European champions, were drawn Friday to meet in the first round of the World Cup, one day after Russia opens the tournament in one of the easiest groups of the competition.The Russians will play their first match at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 14 against Saudi Arabia – the only team ranked lower than the hosts. Egypt and Uruguay are also in Group A.Defending champion Germany will play first against Mexico in Group F and then face Sweden and So
Dec. 2, 2017
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Football legend Cha Bum-kun inducted into Korean Sports Hall of Fame
South Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun was inducted into the country's Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday.Cha joined other sporting legends in a ceremony in Seoul organized by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee.KSOC has been naming "Korean Sports Heroes" each year since 2011. Previous inductees include Sohn Kee-chung, the 1936 Olympic marathon champion who ran under the Japanese flag, former wrestling Olympic champion Yang Jung-mo, ex-International Olympic Committee Vice President Kim Un-yong
Nov. 29, 2017
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Korea hoping to avoid football powerhouses in 2018 World Cup draw
As one of the lowest seeded teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, South Korea will be hoping to avoid the big guns when the draw for football's showpiece event takes place later this week in Russia. South Korea will find out their group stage opponents Friday when the draw ceremony opens at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Even though their fate will be in hands of those who pick the draw balls, South Korea will be looking for the best pairings in their 10th World Cup appearance.FIFA previously a
Nov. 29, 2017
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Korean midfielder on 3-game scoring streak in French league
South Korean midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon has stretched his scoring streak to three matches in the French football league.Kwon, who plays for Dijon FCO in the Ligue 1, scored an equalizer when his club was trailing 1-0 to Amiens SC at Licorne Stadium in Amiens, France, on Tuesday (local time). Starting on the right flank, Kwon found the net in the 15th minute following a pass from Frederic Sammaritano.This was Kwon's fifth goal of the 2017-18 season. The 23-year-old is also on a three-game scoring
Nov. 29, 2017
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Korean football icon Park Ji-sung to attend 2018 World Cup draw in Moscow
South Korean football icon Park Ji-sung will attend the 2018 FIFA World Cup draw ceremony in Russia later this week, a source close to the former player said Tuesday.The source said Park will attend the draw for the 2018 World Cup at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Friday after receiving an invitation from FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Park, who hung up his boots in 2014, was named youth program chief at the Korea Football Association earlier this month, but has yet to make appearance a
Nov. 28, 2017