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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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Korean bobsleigh tandem secures season-ending No. 1 ranking
The South Korean bobsleigh team of Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo secured a season-ending No. 1 ranking with a victory in Germany on Saturday.Won, the pilot, and Seo, his brakeman, captured their second career gold medal at the eighth and the final International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup of the 2015-2016 season in Konigssee, Germany, with a combined time of 1:39.50 after two runs. Their first World Cup title came in January in Whistler, British Columbia.The South Koreans h
Feb. 28, 2016
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Korean Go player confident of beating Google's AI
Lee Se-dol, a top-class Go player from South Korea, is known for his exceptional strategy and skills at the ancient board game, but at the same time, he is also known for his provocative comments toward his opponents.That hasn't changed even though this time, his challenger isn't human.Lee, who has won 18 world titles, said on Monday that he is confident of beating Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo. In a five-game match set for next month, the 32-year-old South Korean expects
Feb. 23, 2016
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Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae wins top nat'l sports award
Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae was honored with the top national sports award Monday.The 21-year-old was the recipient of the grand prize at the 62nd annual Korean Olympic Committee Awards. This was Son's first such award.Son wasn't at the award ceremony in Seoul as she competed at the Moscow Grand Prix in Russia over the weekend. At the event organized by the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, Son took four medals, including silver in the individual all-around on Saturday. She also won a si
Feb. 22, 2016
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Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae wins Grand Prix silver
South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae has claimed a silver medal at the Grand Prix in Russia, showing promise for a podium finish at the upcoming Olympics.Son earned a combined 72.964 points in the individual all-around event at the Grand Prix 2016 in Moscow on Saturday (local time).Russia's Aleksandra Soldatova won gold with 74.066 points. The bronze went to Arina Averina of Russia, who scored 72.682 points.By apparatus, Son earned 18.366 points in clubs, 18.166 points in ribbon, 18.066 po
Feb. 21, 2016
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Norwegian-Korean skier wins his second gold medal at Winter Youth Olympics
Cross-country skier Kim Magnus took his second gold medal at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, after winning the men's 10-kilometer free cross-country skiing on Thursday.Kim, born to a Norwegian father and a Korean mother and competing under the South Korean flag, finished in 23 minutes, 4.8 seconds to beat Vebjoern Hegdal of Norway by 16 seconds at Birkebeineren Cross-Country Stadium. Russia's Igor Fedotov was third after finishing the course in 23:59.2.This was Kim's third
Feb. 19, 2016
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Korean Yun Sung-bin in third midway through skeleton worlds
South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin ranked third midway through the world championships on Thursday in Austria, poised for the country's first medal at the worlds.Yun had the time of 1 minute, 45.19 seconds after the first two of four runs at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation World Championships in Igls, Austria.The final two runs will be held Friday.Latvian Martins Dukurs, the defending world champion, ranked first at 1:44.64. Alexander Tretiakov of Russia, who finished se
Feb. 19, 2016
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Court rejects arrest warrant application for Olympic weightlifting champ
A local court has rejected an arrest warrant application for former Olympic weightlifting champion Sa Jae-hyouk, who's facing assault charges.The Chuncheon District Court in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, said Wednesday that Sa has already admitted to the charge that he assaulted a fellow weightlifter and there is little risk of Sa's fleeing or destroying evidence.The court also noted that Sa is already under a travel ban, and authorities have obtained enough evidence in the case.Sa was first inte
Feb. 18, 2016
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Ministry, KOC still divided over amalgamation of sports bodies
With the deadline for the establishment of a new public sports federation promoting lifestyle and everyday sports fast approaching, the government and the Korean Olympic Committee remain far apart over the issue of the merger of the KOC and the Korea Council of Sport for All. The new sports entity to be created through this merger, tentatively named the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, or KSOC, needs to be launched on March 27 under a revised law. The parties involved in this merger process ar
Feb. 18, 2016
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Gov't to promote athlete representation in efforts to grow sports industry
The government announced Wednesday it would encourage athlete representation in domestic professional sports as part of its efforts to develop the national sports industry.South Korea said despite continuous growth of the sports industry, the absence of proper athlete representation has hindered the development of management, marketing and public relations within the industry.It cited the example of the Korea Baseball Organization, which operates the nation's top pro baseball league.Currently, a
Feb. 17, 2016
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Nat'l anti-doping agency to oversee drug testing for professional sports
South Korea's national anti-doping body said Monday it will oversee drug testing for all major professional sports starting this year, taking over the reins from the respective leagues.The Korea Anti-Doping Agency (KADA) said it will strive for "transparent testing procedures and reasonable degree of punishments."Until now, governing bodies for professional baseball, football, golf, volleyball and basketball came up with their own doping test protocols and imposed penalties on violators through
Feb. 15, 2016
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Korea's Lee Seung-hoon takes world speed skating title in mass start
South Korea's Lee Seung-hoon captured his first world speed skating title in mass start with a late burst in Russia on Sunday.Lee won the men's mass start at the International Skating Union World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia, in 7 minutes, 18.26 seconds. Lee beat the defending champ, Arjan Stroetinga of the Netherlands, by 0.06 second, to become the first South Korean, male or female, to win a world title in a race other than 500m.Alexis Contin of France finish
Feb. 15, 2016
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Korean tandem finish 7th at bobsleigh worlds
The South Korean two-man bobsleigh team of Won Yun-jong and Seo Young-woo finished seventh at the world championship in Austria on Sunday.Won, the pilot, and Seo, his brakeman, posted a time of 3 minutes, 27.12 seconds in four runs at the 2016 International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation World Championship in Innsbruck on Saturday.The duo was in seventh place after the first two runs of 1:43.51, and failed to move up in the standings over their final two runs.Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Ma
Feb. 15, 2016
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Olympic speed skating champ Lee Sang-hwa captures 3rd world title
Two-time Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa captured her third world title on Saturday in Russia.Lee won the women's 500 meter gold medal at the International Skating Union World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia. The South Korean posted the track record time of 74.859 seconds after two runs. Brittany Bowe of the United States took the silver in 75.663 seconds, and Zhang Hong of China got the bronze in 75.688 seconds.It was the first world championship in t
Feb. 14, 2016
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Ex-Olympic champ Lee Seung-hoon well off podium at speed skating worlds
Former Olympic speed skating gold medalist Lee Seung-hoon finished well off the podium at the world championships in Russia on Thursday.Lee finished 10th among 12 skaters in the men's 10,000 meters at the International Skating Union World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia. The 2010 Olympic champion in the distance checked in at 13 minutes, 23.73 seconds.It was nearly 27 seconds worse than Lee's personal best of 12:57.27, set during an ISU World Cup stop in February
Feb. 12, 2016
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Olympic speed skating champ Lee Sang-hwa seeking 3rd world title in 500m
Two-time reigning Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa will be chasing her third world speed skating title in the women's 500 meters in Russia this weekend.Lee will race at the International Skating Union World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia.The women's 500m is set for Saturday.Skaters will have to race twice, and the combined time will determine the winner.Lee, the world record holder with 36.36 seconds, won the 500m title in 2012 and 2013 before defending her Olympic
Feb. 11, 2016
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World's No. 1 men's badminton duo perfect foils for each other
As the world's No. 1-ranked men's badminton doubles tandem, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong of South Korea will be carrying the weight of the nation when this year's Summer Olympics kicks off in Rio de Janeiro -- though that's not exactly why Yoo has been doing extensive weight training.The 29-year-old only hopes to add to his power game -- defined by his formidable smashes -- that perfectly complements Lee's flair around the net and his defensive wizardry."I fully expect our opponents to come a
Feb. 11, 2016
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Djokovic thrashes Murray for sixth Aussie Open title
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- World number one Novak Djokovic hammered a misfiring Andy Murray in straight sets to win a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title and strengthen his grip on men's tennis on Sunday.The Serbian world number one swept to a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) victory in two hours, 53 minutes to hand Murray his fifth defeat in the Australian Open final.Djokovic equalled the tally of Australia's Roy Emerson, who won the tournament six times between 1961 and 1967, an achievement that has gone
Jan. 31, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Korea clinches Olympic soccer berth
DOHA (Yonhap) ― South Korea clinched a record eighth straight Olympic men’s football berth on Tuesday with a 3-1 victory over Qatar at the Asian qualification tournament.Midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon broke the 1-1 tie in the 89th minute at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha to lift South Korea to the final of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship and give the country one of three Asian berths at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Moon Chang-jin put the icing on the cake to make i
Jan. 27, 2016
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Alpine skiing venue officially opens for competition
A South Korean alpine skiing venue for an upcoming Winter Games test event officially opened Friday, two days after receiving its approval from the sport's international governing body.The Jeongseon Alpine Centre, the venue for the International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup on Feb. 6-7, was declared ready for the competition in an opening ceremony. Jeongseon, some 210 kilometers east of Seoul in Gangwon Province, will be among the sub-host cities of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympi
Jan. 22, 2016
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Gov't, ski federation to strengthen efforts for first Olympic medal on snow
The government and the national skiing federation said Friday they will strengthen their efforts to raise South Korea's competitiveness in Olympic snow events at home.Kim Jong-deok, minister of culture, sports and tourism, and Shin Dong-bin, president of the Korea Ski Association, discussed ways to improve the country's chances of winning its first Olympic medal on snow at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, officials said.Kim and Shin both attended the opening ceremony for the Jeongseon Alpine C
Jan. 22, 2016