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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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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Asian Games] Korean coach raising hopes in H.K. soccer
In the round of 16 men’s football match between host South Korea and Hong Kong at the Asian Games, a head coach familiar to South Korean football fans was giving orders and encouraging his players on the pitch from Hong Kong’s bench.Kim Pan-gon, who took the helm of Hong Kong’s football team in 2009, was a former South Korean defender who didn’t leave much of a mark in South Korean football.He made his Korean professional league debut in 1992 and retired after five years. He served as an assista
More SportsSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korea wins silver in women's rifle 3 positions
The South Korean female team picked up the silver medal in the three-position rifle shooting event at the Asian Games on Friday.The squad of Yoo Seo-young, Jeong Mi-ra and Kim Seol-a earned an aggregate 1,734 points in the rifle three positions -- kneeling, prone and standing -- to reach second place on the podium at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in South Korea's western port city of Incheon. China finished first with 1,737 points and Kazakhstan scored 1,727 for bronze.Though South Korea
More SportsSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] Park relishes racing with younger rivals
South Korea's 24-year-old swimming star Park Tae-hwan, who has yet to grab any gold at the Asian Games, said Thursday he is honored to compete against young racers.After settling for four bronzes, Park grabbed the silver in the men's 100-meter freestyle Thursday to rank behind Ning Zetao of China. Shinri Shioura of Japan took the bronze."I believe the race against Chinese and Japanese swimmers in the short distance will serve as a good lesson for me," Park said, referring to Ning and Shioura.The
SportsSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea routs Hong Kong for third baseball victory
Defending Asiad champ South Korea routed Hong Kong 12-0 for its third straight baseball victory on Thursday.At Mokdong Stadium in Seoul, South Korea enjoyed its third straight shutout victory in the final Group B contest. The game ended after seven innings on a mercy rule. Games at the Asiad are called if a team is up by 15 or more runs after five innings or at least 10 runs after the seventh.South Korea had already clinched a spot in the semifinals with a 10-0 win over Chinese Taipei on Wednesd
SportsSept. 26, 2014
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[Asian Games] Hyped-up inter-Korean vault duel fizzles
South Korea's Yang Hak-seon takes home the silver medal in the men's vault at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap)The hyped-up inter-Korean gymnastics duel in the men's vault fizzled at the Asian Games on Thursday, with neither of the two main attractions able to take the top position on the podium. Yang Hak-seon of South Korea took the silver medal, while his North Korean rival Ri Se-gwang, after a botched landing in his first attempt, settled for fourth place. Ri had won the Asiad gold in
SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] N. Korea wins gold in women's balance beam
North Korea's Kim Un-hyang wins gold in the women's balance beam at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap) The 23-year-old scored 14.700 points, edging out Vietnam's Thi Ha Thanh Phan, who took silver with 14.433 points, and Shang Chunsong of China, who claimed bronze with 14.300 points. Kim gave the communist country its second gymnastics gold medal. This was North Korea's first time competing in an Asian Games gymnastics event since 2006, as one of its gymnasts was caught having overreporte
SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korean women’s football coach tells players to ‘stay humble’
On the eve of his team’s quarterfinals clash against Chinese Taipei in the women’s football at the Asian Games, South Korean head coach Yoon Duk-yeo said Thursday his players shouldn’t take their opponents lightly.South Korea, in pursuit of its first Asiad gold in the women’s football, finished the group stage with a perfect 3-0 record, scoring 28 goals while giving up none.Chinese Taipei, on the other hand, was winless in three group matches, with a draw and two losses with two goals scored aga
More SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] Rowing for gold
South Korea’s Ji Yoo-jin won gold in the lightweight women’s single sculls rowing at the Chungju Tangeum Lake International Rowing Center in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, as part of the 17th Asian Games on Thursday. Ji became the second South Korean gold medal winner in rowing, following Kim Ye-ji, who won gold in the women’s single sculls on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
More SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean women set world record in compound archery team event
South Korea set a world record en route to the final in the women’s compound archery team event on Thursday at the Asian Games.South Korea scored 238 points out of a possible 240 in the team’s quarterfinals win over Laos, which managed only 215 points.The competition took place at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field in Incheon. The South Korean archers were Seok Ji-hyun, Choi Bo-min and Kim Yun-hee.They bettered the previous record held by the United States, whose archers shot 236 points in 2011. Th
More SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] Kim sets world record in double trap
South Korean shooter Kim Mi-jin set a world record to win gold in the women’s double trap event at the Asian Games on home soil on Thursday, raising the country’s gold tally in shooting to seven.Kim, 34, shot 110 points for gold, edging out China’s Zhang Yafei by two points at Gyeonggido Shooting Range in Hwaseong, just south of Seoul. Bai Yiting, also from China, scored 107 points for bronze. The victory also made her the world record holder in this discipline, as this year’s Asiad competition
More SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] North Korea wins 2 shooting silvers in 10 m running target
North Korea clinched two silver medals in the men’s 10-meter running target event at the Asian Games on Thursday.North Korean shooting trio Pak Myong-won, Jo Yong-chol and Kim Ji-song combined for 1,705 points to score silver at Ongnyeon International Shooting Range in Incheon. China seized the gold with a total of 1,717 points, while Kazakhstan won the bronze with 1,684 points. In the team component, the combined scores of three shooters for each country in the individual qualification round de
More SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean Yang Hak-seon wins silver in men's vault
South Korean gymnast Yang Hak-seon wins silver medal in the men's vault at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap)South Korean gymnast Yang Hak-seon won the silver medal in the men's vault at the Asian Games on Thursday, failing to defend his title at the Asian competition. Yang scored 15.200 points, only marginally lower than the 15.216 points earned by the gold medalist, Shek Wai Hung of Hong Kong. China's Huang Xi took the bronze with 14.800 points. Yang stuck to techniques that were more f
SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan picks up silver
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan wins silver medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap)South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan picked up the silver medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the Asian Games on Thursday. Park touched in 48.75 seconds to rank behind Ning Zetao of China. Shinri Shioura of Japan took the bronze. Ning set an Asian record with 47.70 seconds to win his third gold medal in Incheon. Shioura finished in 48.85. Park earlier won bronze
SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins two fencing medals
South Korea's female fencing squad comes second to team China at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap)South Korea's female fencing squad captured silver in the epee team event at the Asian Games Thursday, but the the men's foil team ended up winning bronze. The team of Choi In-jeong, Kim Myoung-sun, Choi Eun-sook and Shin A-lam was beaten by China's Xu Anqi, Sun Yujie and Sun Yiwen 43-19 in the gold-medal decider on the women's epee team at Goyang Gymnasium, north of the host city. South Kor
SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] N. Korean lifter Kim Un-ju breaks world record for gold
North Korean weightlifter Kim Un-ju sets a world record in the women's 75-kilogram event at the Asian Games on Thursday. (Yonhap)North Korean weightlifter Kim Un-ju set a world record en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 75-kilogram event at the Asian Games on Thursday. Kim lifted 128㎏ in the snatch and then hoisted a world record of 164㎏ in the clean and jerk for a total of 292㎏ which was a new Asian Games record. Kim beat by 1 kg the previous clean and jerk record owned by Na
SportsSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korean women set world record in compound archery team event
South Korea set a world record in the women's compound archery team event on Thursday at the Asian Games.South Korea scored 238 points out of a possible 240 in the team's quarterfinals win over Laos, which managed only 215 points.The competition took place at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field in Incheon. The South Korean archers were Seok Ji-hyun, Choi Bo-min and Kim Yun-hee.They bettered the previous record held by the United States, whose archers shot 236 points in 2011. The compound event beca
Olympic GamesSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] Pride of Thailand shines bright in Incheon
Thailand has sent 517 athletes along with 184 team officials totaling 701 delegates to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. But that does not account for the fans that come to South Korea of their own accord to cheer on their country’s athletes.Ten friends who have ventured to South Korea, shared they have spent their own money to come all the way here to witness and support their country’s athletes as they compete in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.The friends travel every day to cheer on their fellow co
Olympic GamesSept. 25, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea routs Chinese Taipei to reach baseball semifinals
Defending champ South Korea clobbered Chinese Taipei 10-0 in their baseball clash on Wednesday at the Asian Games on Wednesday, powered by three home runs early in the rout to book a spot in the semifinals. South Korea scored seven runs in the first and two more in the second at Munhak Baseball Stadium in the Asiad host city, and then scored the 10th run in the bottom of the eighth as the Group B game ended on a mercy rule. Under a pre-set rule, the games are called when a team is up by at l
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea's Sa Jae-hyouk empty-handed in comeback bid
South Korea's star weightlifter Sa Jae-hyouk was disqualified in the men's 85-kilogram match on Wednesday, coming up empty-handed in his bid to redeem himself after a severe injury that nearly crippled his career. Sa hoisted 171㎏ in the snatch, the highest among eight competitors, but was disqualified after he failed in all of his clean-and-jerk attempts. Tian Tao of China grabbed the gold with a total of 381㎏, while Iran's Kianoush Rostami and Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Alimov each secured the si
SportsSept. 24, 2014
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[Asian Games] S. Korea wins swimming bronze in men's freestyle relay
South Korea clinched the bronze at the men's 4x100m freestyle relay with a new national record, falling behind defending champ China and Japan at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Olympic champ Park Tae-hwan anchored the team that also included Kim Sung-kyum, Yang June-hyuck and Nam Ki-woong, as they set the new South Korean record of 3:18.44 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center in this port city. It is the fourth bronze here for Park, who has also won one relay bronze and two individual bron
SportsSept. 24, 2014