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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Son Yeon-jae earns personal-best score in individual all-around at Pesaro World Cup
South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae established a personal best in the individual all-around at an International Federation of Gymnastics competition in Italy on Saturday but failed to grab a medal. Son earned a career-high 73.900 points in total from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon over two days at the season's third FIG World Cup in Pesaro, Italy. This was 0.350 points higher than her previous best score at the FIG World Cup in Espoo, Finland, in February.Son was fourth after the hoop and
April 3, 2016
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Korea struggles to maintain presence on ice
South Korea is struggling to maintain its once-high profile in figure skating. Tension is especially high now, with the 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships set to take off on Wednesday in Boston, U.S.The future number of skaters allowed to participate in subsequent championships will change according to how Korean contenders fare. Less than two years remain until South Korea hosts the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018, and the country’s goal is to at least maintain the current number o
March 29, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Lydia Ko takes 11th LPGA Tour title
Lydia Ko won the Kia Classic on Sunday at Aviara, reaffirming her position as the top player in the world heading into the first major championship of the season.Ko birdied the final three holes for her third straight 5-under 67 and a four-stroke victory over second-ranked Park In-bee.“I just kind of peeked at the leaderboard and saw In-bee was making a lot of birdies -- In-bee doing her In-bee things,” Ko said. “I knew that I needed to focus up until the last moment and fortunately I made some
March 28, 2016
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Korea's Anyang Halla to take on Sakhalin for Asian hockey championship
South Korean club Anyang Halla will begin its quest for its third Asian hockey championship on the weekend against their Russian rival.Anyang Halla will host Sakhalin in Game 1 of the 2015-2016 Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH) finals at 5 p.m. Saturday at Anyang Ice Arena in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. Games 2 and 3 of the best-of-five series will also take place in Anyang, on Sunday and next Tuesday.Anyang swept the Tohoku Free Blades in three straight games in the semifinals last week to reach the
March 24, 2016
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Yang to miss Rio Games due to injury
The reigning Olympic vault champion Yang Hak-seon is likely to miss this year's Rio de Janeiro Summer Games due to an injury, officials have said.An official from Yang's Suwon City Hall gymnastics club on late Wednesday night said the 2012 Olympic gold medalist injured his Achilles tendon during a floor practice at the Taeneung National Training Center in Seoul on Tuesday and had surgery the following day."His surgery went well, but going to the Olympics seems to be almost impossible," said the
March 24, 2016
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Son Yeon-jae marks career-high scores in Portugal
South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae achieved career-high scores in ball and clubs Sunday en route to winning three medals at an International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) competition in Portugal.At the FIG World Cup in Lisbon, Son posted a career-high score of 18.550 in both ball and clubs, surpassing her previous best score set two days prior by 0.050. The 21-year-old marked 18.500 for the first time on Friday in hoop before repeating the same score earlier Sunday.Despite getting caree
March 21, 2016
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Naturalized Russian short tracker to retire after Olympics in native land
South Korean-born Russian short tracker Victor An said Friday he plans to retire after the next Winter Olympics in his native land.An, born Hyun-soo in South Korea and a Russian citizen since 2011, traveled to Seoul to receive an award from his alma mater, Korea National Sport University, for his athletic accomplishments.After the awards ceremony, the 30-year-old said his goal is to retire in style after competing at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics."I wanted to retire after the Sochi Winter
March 18, 2016
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U.S. Go chief says emergence of new player AlphaGo 'tantalizing'
The emergence of the computer Go player AlphaGo is "tantalizing" as it showed unheard-of moves and may take humans to a higher level of the ancient board game, the president of the American Go Association said Wednesday.Andrew Okun, president of the New York-based AGA, said he was shocked and saddened to see South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol losing to the artificial intelligence program developed by Google's DeepMind, but that AlphaGo's emergence could end up being good for the game."Among exper
March 17, 2016
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Korean skeleton slider eyes to win more awards
South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin said Wednesday he wants to be honored frequently in the future as he feels surreal at being in the awards ceremony.Yun was named top rookie athlete at the annual Coca-Cola Sports Awards, which has been honoring amateur athletes in the country since 1995, along with figure skating prodigy You Young. Considering that skeleton has been an almost unknown sport to the public, he was also surprised that he would be a recipient at the awards ceremony. "I hope t
March 16, 2016
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Korean bobsleigh tandem still wants to improve
The South Korean bobsleigh tandem said Wednesday despite being No. 1 in the world, they still have things to improve upon if they want to win a medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. At the 21st Coca-Cola Sports Awards, Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo were named MVPs for their superb performance last season when they ended as the world's top-ranked two-man bobsleigh team. But the achievement still didn't satisfy the duo. "We know we are No. 1 in world ranking, but we still need to im
March 16, 2016
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Korean bobsleigh tandem wins nation's top amateur athlete award
World No. 1 South Korean bobsleigh duo won the grand prize at the nation's amateur athlete award ceremony on Wednesday for their solid performances last season.At the annual Coca-Cola Sports Awards in Seoul, the two-man bobsleigh team of Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo were honored with the MVP Award. The award has been given to amateur athletes since 1995.Pilot Won and brakeman Seo ended the 2015-2016 International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation season as the world's No. 1 pair after winning tw
March 16, 2016
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Korean Choi Min-jeong defends world short track title at home
South Korean short tracker Choi Min-jeong defended her world overall title on home ice Sunday.Choi finished first among all female skaters with 66 points over two days at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Short Track Speed Skating Championships at Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul. The points were accumulated over 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000 super final races.Marianne St-Gelais of Canada finished second with 63 points, and Elise Christie of Britain ranked third with 47 points.Choi is the fi
March 13, 2016
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Lee Sang-hwa ends speed skating World Cup season at No. 4
South Korean speed skater Lee Sang-hwa finished her 2015-2016 World Cup season ranked No. 4.The International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup season wrapped in the Dutch city of Heerenveen Saturday with Lee, two-time Olympic champion and world record holder in the 500 meters, absent. She chose to sit out the final two World Cups to rest her ailing knee and slipped from No. 1 to No. 4 in the points rankings as a result.The ISU scheduled two 500m races in each of the six World Cup stop
March 13, 2016
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Korean short track legend back home as Singapore coach
South Korean short track legend Chun Lee-kyung has dabbled at many things since the end of her decorated career in 1998 -- TV commentary, ice hockey and even politics.This week, Chun is back on home ice as a short track coach -- not for her native country, but for the one-man team of Singapore.Chun will be coaching Lucas Ng at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, which will open later Friday at Seoul's Mokdong Ice Rink with the qualifying races."I'
March 11, 2016
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Teenage figure skater captures first int'l title
Teen figure skating phenom You Young captured her first international title on Thursday in Austria.You, 11, won the advanced novice girls' competition at the Cup of Tyrol in Innsbruck with a combined score of 134.75 points after short program and free skating.Marina Piredda of Italy was a distant second at 102.43 points.You, who made headlines by becoming the youngest South Korean champion in January, led all skaters with 88.03 points in Thursday's free skating. A day earlier, she also topped th
March 11, 2016
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Host Korea looking to extend short track dominance at worlds
South Korea will look to extend its dominance in short track speed skating when it hosts the sport's world championships this week.The International Skating Union World Short Track Speed Skating Championships will be held from Friday to Sunday at Mokdong Ice Rink in the nation's capital. South Korea is staging the competition for the third time.Choi Min-jeong, a 17-year-old sensation, is the defending women's overall champion and will try to become the first South Korean since Jin Sun-yu (2005-2
March 7, 2016
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Toughened drug testing protocols put gov't, sports leagues at odds
When a law giving the government full control of doping tests for all athletes passed the parliament last fall, it was with an attitude of grudging resignation that the professional federations accepted toughened protocols.The Sport Promotion Act came into effect on Nov. 19 on the heels of positive drug tests in pro baseball, football and volleyball. By that time, though, baseball, the nation's most popular sport, had already wrapped up its regular season, and football, the second biggest pro sp
March 7, 2016
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S. Korean Jang Ha-na picks up 2nd LPGA win of season in Singapore
South Korean Jang Ha-na picked up her second LPGA Tour win of the season in Singapore on Sunday.Jang cruised to a four-stroke victory at HSBC Women's Champions at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong Course, after a blistering final round of seven-under 65 took her to 19-under 269 for the tournament. Jang, who won the Coates Golf Championship last month for her maiden victory, is the first LPGA golfer to win twice in 2016, and took home US$225,000 in winner's check.Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand was alon
March 6, 2016
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Son Yeon-jae wins season's first title in Finland
Son Yeon-jaeYonhapSouth Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae captured her first title of the season in Finland on Sunday.Son won the gold medal in ball at the first World Cup of the season in Espoo, Finland, with the score of 18.450. Dina Averina of Russia had the silver at 18.100 points, and Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine took the bronze at 18.000.It was Son's first World Cup gold medal since sweeping up four titles in the individual all-around, clubs, ball and ribbon at the Lisbon World Cup in A
Feb. 28, 2016
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Son Yeon-jae wins World Cup all-around silver with personal-best score
South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae established a personal best to grab silver in the individual all-around at the season's first World Cup stop Saturday in Finland.Son earned a career-high 73.550 points in total from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon over two days at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Espoo, Finland. She finished runner-up to Aleksandra Soldatova of Russia, who earned 73.750 points from her four events.Son was third after hoop (18.400) and ball (18.350) programs Friday, and
Feb. 28, 2016