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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Kuchar wins Match Play
MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Matt Kuchar finally put Hunter Mahan in a hole and then answered every challenge Sunday to win the Match Play Championship.Mahan had gone 169 holes over 11 matches without trailing in this wild tournament until Kuchar won the fourth hole of their championship match with a par, and Mahan never caught up. Kuchar took advantage of a series of miscues to build a 4-up lead at the turn, and then held off a noble challenge by the defending champion. There was never a dull moment
Feb. 25, 2013
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S. Korean Park In-bee wins LPGA event in Thailand
South Korean golfer Park In-bee captured the Honda LPGA Thailand with a near-flawless final round of play on Sunday, erasing a four-shot deficit for her first win of the season.Park shot a five-under 67 on Sunday at Siam Country Club's Pattaya Old Course for a four-round total of 12-under 276, beating Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand by one shot. Park mixed in six birdies with a bogey.Jutanugarn, 17, stood on the 18th tee with a two-stroke advantage over Park, 24, but committed a disastrous triple b
Feb. 24, 2013
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Poulter, Mahan on collision course
MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Before the first shot of the Match Play Championship, and before the first snowfall, Hunter Mahan was asked for three players with the best reputation in match play.Ian Poulter was on his list.Now he gets to find out for himself.Poulter again proved to be one tough customer Saturday when he beat Steve Stricker with one big putt after another, advancing to the semifinals and improving his record in match play around the world to 19-3-2 over the last four years.Next up is Ma
Feb. 24, 2013
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McIlroy, Tiger ousted
MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods knocked out in the first round of the Match Play Championship? Not many would have given that a snowball’s chance in the desert.Almost as surprising as the freakish snowstorm on Dove Mountain was the sight of golf’s two biggest stars heading to the airport, only the second time in the 15-year history of this wild tournament that No. 1 and No. 2 didn’t last more than a day.Shane Lowry of Ireland chipped in twice and drilled a fairway metal to 3
Feb. 22, 2013
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Merrick takes Northern Trust
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― John Merrick was a young face in the crowd at Riviera for so many years, dreaming of one day playing the fabled course on the PGA Tour.On Sunday, he did better than that. He won on it.Merrick hit two clutch shots that led to two pars in a sudden-death playoff and won the Northern Trust Open on Sunday when Charlie Beljan missed a 5-foot par putt on the second extra hole.Merrick, who closed with a 2-under 69, became only the ninth player make to this tournament his first PGA Tou
Feb. 18, 2013
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Shin Ji-yai rises to No.6
South Korean golfer Shin Ji-yai climbed up to No. 6 on the latest world rankings released Monday after her win at the LPGA Tour's season-opening event.Shin moved up two spots after her two-shot victory over world No. 1 Yani Tseng at the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on Sunday.Tseng, from Taiwan, stayed at No. 1 for the 106th week. The rest of the top five remained the same as the previous week, with Choi Na-yeon of South Korea, Stacy Lewis of the U.S., Park In-bee of South Korea and Feng Sh
Feb. 18, 2013
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Aussie conquest
South Korean Shin Ji-yai captured the first LPGA Tour event of 2013 in Australia on Sunday, holding off the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer and a hot-shot amateur with a dramatic late birdie in an up-and-down final round.Shin claimed the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open at par-73 Royal Canberra Golf Club with the four-round total of 18-under 274 to beat the world No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan by two shots. It was Shin’s 11th career LPGA Tour win.Lydia Ko, a South Korean-born resident of New Zealand a
Feb. 17, 2013
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Uribe leads...at Australian Women’s Open
CANBERRA (AP) ― Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe shot a six-under 67 on Friday to overtake South Korea’s Shin Ji-yai and overnight leader Lydia Ko, taking the second-round lead at the LPGA Tour-opening Women’s Australian Open. Uribe opened with a birdie after teeing off on the par-4 10th and made four more at Royal Canberra, including at the sixth and seventh as she moved to 15-under 131 and a one-stroke lead. Two-time major-winner Shin fired eight birdies against two bogies for 67, sharing second with
Feb. 15, 2013
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Teen star Lydia Ko leads in Australia
CANBERRA (AP) ― Teen star Lydia Ko shot a 10-under 63 on Thursday to take the early lead in the first round of the LPGA Tour’s season-opening Women’s Australian Open.The 15-year-old amateur won the New Zealand Women’s Open on Sunday for her third victory in a professional tournament. Last year, Ko won the New South Wales Open to become the youngest player to win a pro tour event and the Canadian Open to become the youngest LPGA Tour winner. She also won the U.S. Women’s Amateur.Ko opened with a
Feb. 14, 2013
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Snedeker withdraws from Match Play with sore ribs
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Brandt Snedeker withdrew from the Match Play Championship on Tuesday because of sore ribs that have been causing him discomfort despite his torrid stretch of golf.Snedeker said he began feeling soreness in his left rib cage a month ago at the Humana Challenge. He then finished runner-up in consecutive weeks to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, and won the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for his second win in his last seven starts.Already this year, Snedeker has earned nearly $3 mil
Feb. 13, 2013
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Snedeker takes Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, California (AP) ― Brandt Snedeker didn’t have to take a back seat to anyone at Pebble Beach.A runner-up to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson each of the last two weeks, Snedeker finished off a record performance Sunday with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Chris Kirk in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.Snedeker holed a 10-foot birdie on the 17th hole, and then tapped in for par to finish at 19-under 267. That broke the tournament record by one shot held by Mickelson (2007) and
Feb. 11, 2013
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Lydia Ko wins New Zealand Women’s Open
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) ― Top-ranked amateur Lydia Ko won the New Zealand Women’s Open on Sunday for her third victory in a professional tournament.In an outstanding 13-month spell, Ko has now won the New South Wales Open to become the youngest player, male or female, to win a professional event, the Canadian Open to become the youngest-ever winner on the LPGA Tour, and now a professional tournament at home.“It was a pretty good day out there and I’m pretty excited to have my name on this
Feb. 11, 2013
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Lydia Ko wins New Zealand Women's Open
Top-ranked amateur Lydia Ko captured her third win in a professional tournament on Sunday when she took out her home championships, the 54-hole New Zealand Women's Golf Open by one stroke.In an outstanding 13-month spell, the world's No.1 amateur has now won the New South Wales Open to become the youngest player, male or female, to win a professional event, the Canadian Open to become the youngest-ever winner on the LPGA Tour, and now a professional victory at home.The 15-year-old Korean-born N
Feb. 10, 2013
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Hahn’s dance becomes a hit
PEBBLE BEACH, California (AFP) ― James Hahn, a Korean-American rookie on the PGA Tour, has become a YouTube hit ahead of the Pebble Beach National Pro Am after his “Gangnam Style” celebration dance of a Sunday birdie.The 31-year-old, born in Seoul, fired a final-round 62 to share 16th place last week at the Phoenix Open but his birdie dance at the 16th, a grandstand-surrounded hole where rowdy spectators cheer and boo the results of tee shots, stole the show. “I can’t believe that I did that,” H
Feb. 7, 2013
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Mickelson cruises to easy victory
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Phil Mickelson completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Phoenix Open, again flirting with history in a dominating four-day run at TPC Scottsdale.Mickelson shot a 4-under 67 on Sunday to finish at 28-under 256, two strokes off the PGA Tour record of 254 set by Tommy Armour III in the 2003 Texas Open.Mickelson missed a chance for a 59 in the first round when his 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole caught the right edge of the cup, curled 180 degrees and stayed out. He s
Feb. 4, 2013
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Phil Mickelson finishes off Phoenix Open victory
Phil Mickelson completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Phoenix Open, again flirting with history in a dominating four-day run at TPC Scottsdale.Mickelson shot a 4-under 67 on Sunday to finish at 28-under 256, two strokes off the PGA Tour record of 254 set by Tommy Armour III in the 2003 Texas Open.Mickelson missed a chance for a 59 in the first round when his 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole caught the right edge of the cup, curled 180 degrees and stayed out. He settled for a 60 and followe
Feb. 4, 2013
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Mickelson opens 6-shot lead
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Phil Mickelson drew the loudest roars from the biggest crowd in golf history Saturday at the Phoenix Open.Mickelson nearly aced the par-3 16th, hitting a 9-iron to a foot to set up a birdie on the rowdy stadium hole packed with nearly 20,000 screaming fans.Estimated at 179,022, the third-round crowd broke the record of 173,210 set last year, also on a Saturday at fan-friendly TPC Scottsdale. The event has drawn 467,030 for the week and is in position to break the mark
Feb. 3, 2013
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Sterne shoots 10 under to lead Dubai Classic by 1
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ― Richard Sterne nearly broke the course record at the Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday, shooting 10-under 62 in the first round to finish one shot clear of Stephen Gallacher.The 165th-ranked South African, who has struggled in recent years with back problems, started with three birdies on his first four holes in unusually calm conditions. Sterne was on pace to break the course record of 61 set by Ernie Els in 1994, but couldn’t convert late birdie chances.“It’s
Feb. 1, 2013
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Mickelson shoots 60 at Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Phil Mickelson missed out on a 59 by a fraction of an inch Thursday in the first round of the Phoenix Open.Mickelson had a chance to become the sixth player in PGA Tour history to break 60 with a 25-foot birdie attempt on his last hole, the par-4 ninth at TPC Scottsdale. The putt looked good all the way, and Mickelson pointed his putter at the cup as he prepared to celebrate.Right at the end, though, the ball caught the right edge of the cup, curled 180 degrees to the
Feb. 1, 2013
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Singh admits using deer-antler spray
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Vijay Singh says he has used deer-antler spray and wasn’t aware that it may contain a substance banned by the PGA Tour.The 49-year-old Fijian first revealed he used the spray in an interview with Sports Illustrated. The magazine said Singh paid one of Sports With Alternatives To Steroids’ owners $9,000 last November for the spray, hologram chips and other products.The magazine also reported Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis sought help from SWATS in his recovery fr
Jan. 31, 2013