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N. Korea says it test-fired tactical ballistic missile with new guidance technology
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[Weekender] Geeks have never been so chic in Korea
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NewJeans members submit petitions over court injunction in Hybe-Ador conflict
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[News Focus] Mystery deepens after hundreds of cat deaths in S. Korea
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S. Korea's exports of instant noodles surpass $100m for 1st time in April: data
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[Herald Interview] Byun Yo-han's 'unlikable' character is result of calculated acting
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US Air Force blames power loss, weather for F-16 crash in S. Korea in May 2023
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Samsung expected to introduce new Exynos processor in next Galaxy series
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Ex-president Moon recalls in memoir NK leader voiced will not to use nukes
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US military commander in S. Korea during Gwangju uprising dies
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Tournaments, broadcasts herald rise of e-sports
On a cold, chilly night in Seoul, thousands flocked to an auditorium to witness this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Several thousands more watched via live stream. As the event drew to a close, the audience drowned the auditorium with their cheers and deafening applause.The big draw? StarCraft II. The December tournament brought cyber contestants to battle it out on the popular PC game.Korea hosted the first StarCraft I World Cyber Games tournament in 1999, drawing participants from across the glo
More SportsFeb. 8, 2012
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PyeongChang continues Dream Program
2018 Olympic Games host invites children to promote winter sportsMore than 100 youths from around the world arrived in Korea Wednesday to participate in the Dream Program in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. The annual program is designed to introduce winter sports to young people from countries where such sports are not available. This year, 143 youngsters from more than 30 countries have been invited to benefit from the program. The participating counties include eight African countries, such a
More SportsFeb. 8, 2012
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Three volleyball players arrested for match-fixing
Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they had arrested three former and current volleyball players from the country’s top league and one broker on suspicion of match-fixing.The Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office said four men, including a 30-year-old surnamed Yum and a 29-year-old broker surnamed Kang, were in custody for alleged involvement in rigging matches for illegal sports gambling.Yum, who played with KEPCO45 in the Korean Volleyball League until last year before his retirement in July, i
More SportsFeb. 8, 2012
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PyeongChang continues ‘Dream Program’
The 2018 Olympics host invites youths from around world to promote winter sportsMore than 100 youths from around the world arrived in Korea Wednesday to participate in the Dream Program in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. The annual program is designed to introduce winter sports to young people from countries where such sports are not available. This year, 143 youngsters from more than 30 countries have been invited to benefit from the program. The participating counties include eight African coun
More SportsFeb. 8, 2012
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Players, broker arrested over volleyball match-rigging
Prosecutors arrested five former and incumbent professional volleyball players and a broker for alleged involvement in match-fixing.Dallas Soonias of Cheonan Hyundai Capital spikes the ball against Suwon KEPCO45`s Andelko Cuk during a match on Jan. 29. (Yonhap News)They were suspected of sharin
More SportsFeb. 8, 2012
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Yu to lead Korean Olympians to London
The Korean Olympic Committee has appointed Yu Kyung-sun, chairman of Eugene Group, as head of the Korean team for the 2012 London Olympics.The KOC board members approved Yu Tuesday as the head of Korean delegates to the London Summer Games, which is scheduled from July 27 to Aug. 12, according to the sport governing body.Previously, Yu, 56, served as a vice president of the KOC from 2005 to 2009, and president of the Korea Triathlon Federation between 2000 and 2009.He has also headed the Asia Tr
More SportsFeb. 7, 2012
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Contador’s Tour de France title stripped
MADRID (AP) ― Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sports’ highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping.The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest day.The three-man CAS panel upheld appeals by the International Cycling Union and World Anti-Doping Agency, which challeng
More SportsFeb. 7, 2012
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Djokovic, Barca win at 2012 Laureus Awards
LONDON (AP) ― Novak Djokovic won the top individual honor at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards on Monday, and Barcelona captured the team prize.The top-ranked Djokovic won sportsman of the year at the ceremony in London, one week after the Serbian triumphed at the Australian Open to become the fifth man in the Open era to win three Grand Slam titles in a row.Barcelona was recognized as the best team after a stellar 2011 in which Pep Guardiola’s players won the Spanish league and Champions League.Ke
More SportsFeb. 7, 2012
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Capello may have breached contract
LONDON (AP) ― Just like before the 2010 World Cup, a dispute revolving around John Terry is unsettling England’s preparations for a major tournament.But this time, rather than acting as a unifier, Fabio Capello has been accused of exacerbating tensions ahead of the European Championship.And as a result, the coach may have breached a lucrative contract worth about $9.5 million a year.Capello’s authority appears to have been undermined by his employers when Terry was fired as England captain on Fr
SoccerFeb. 7, 2012
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Coughlin says he will return
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ― Tom Coughlin is looking forward to the parade and a couple weeks off to reflect on the Giants’ second championship in five seasons. Then he will begin preparations for defending the title.The 65-year-old coach sees no reason to retire now.“I mean, it’s what I do,” Coughlin said Monday morning, hours after New York beat the New England Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl. “So the alternative I’ve never really given it a whole lot of consideration. (Just coach) as long as I can.”C
More SportsFeb. 7, 2012
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Super Bowl champs Giants return home
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) ― Smiles were the order of the day, as the Super Bowl-champion New York Giants returned home, victorious once again.The team’s charter plane from Indianapolis touched down around 1:55 p.m. Monday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.Several players saluted the crowd as they departed the aircraft, and some used cameras and video recorders to capture the moment and the scene. Coach Tom Coughlin also had a big smile as he waved to the crowd.Once on the groun
More SportsFeb. 7, 2012
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LPGA Tour set to begin new season with more events
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (AP) ― A dry board in the office of LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan is filled with black-and-blue, an appropriate color scheme for a tour that had been taking its lumps over the last couple of years.The colors are used for the schedule ― blue ink for those that are a work in progress, black ink for the done deals.The board is mostly black these days.A new LPGA Tour season gets under way this week at Royal Melbourne with the Women’s Australian Open, one of four additional
GolfFeb. 7, 2012
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LeBron leads Heat to win
MIAMI (AP) ― LeBron James took a hard foul and clearly was not happy. So the next time he saw the ball, he made sure no Toronto player could reach him.James’ steal and dunk with just more than two minutes left gave Miami some breathing room, and the Heat held on to defeat the Toronto Raptors 95-89 on Sunday. James finished with 30 points and Dwyane Wade added 25 for the Heat (18-6), who won for the 10th time in its last 12 games and moved within one game of Chicago (20-6) for the best record in
More SportsFeb. 6, 2012
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Stanley wins Phoenix in remarkable rally
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Kyle Stanley rebounded from a devastating loss to win the Phoenix Open, overcoming an eight-stroke deficit Sunday in a comeback as unlikely as his collapse last week at Torrey Pines.In tears seven days ago in San Diego after blowing a big lead ― dropping the final strokes with a triple-bogey 8 on the final hole ― and losing a playoff, Stanley took advantage of Spencer Levin’s meltdown Sunday to win his first PGA Tour title.“I’m not sure what I’m thinking right now,” St
More SportsFeb. 6, 2012
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Man United rallies from 3 down
LONDON (AP) ― Javier Hernandez completed Manchester United’s comeback from a 3-0 deficit at Chelsea on Sunday with a late header that salvaged a 3-3 draw and leaves the defending champions two points off the Premier League lead.After storming to a 3-0 lead by the 50th minute, Chelsea collapsed at home by conceding two penalties that Wayne Rooney converted and then allowing Hernandez to tie it in the 84th.“It’s two points lost,” Rooney said. “We understand that, but after being 3-0 down ― the (Ma
SoccerFeb. 6, 2012
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S. Korea draws with Saudi Arabia in soccer qualifier
Kim Bo-kyung saved Korea’s U23 team from a shocking loss to Saudi Arabia, smashing a fierce volley to earn a 1-1 draw in the Asian qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday.Kim, who plays with Cerezo Osaka in Japan, scored the equalizer in the dying minutes of the game to earn a crucial point for the visiting side at Prince Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, having drawn one and lost two of its previous three matches, went into the match desperate to keep its hopes alive for
SoccerFeb. 6, 2012
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Korea wins Asian handball title
The Korean men’s handball team successfully defended its Asian Championship title after a trilling 23-22 victory over Qatar in the final on Sunday.It was the team’s third consecutive title, and ninth overall in the championship. With Sunday’s victory, Korea has also secured an automatic berth for the 2013 World Championship in Spain.At the 15th Asian Men’s Handball Championship held in Saudi Arabia, Korea advanced to the finals after beating the home side 27-26 in the semifinals.In the finals, K
More SportsFeb. 6, 2012
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Giants among men
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ― Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton.Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday’s Super Bowl ― in older brother Peyton’s house, at that.Just as Manning did four years ago when the Giants ruined New England’s perfect season, he guided them 88 yards to the decisive touchdown, which the Patriots didn’t contest as Ahmad Bradshaw ran 6 yards with 57 seconds left.Patriots c
More SportsFeb. 6, 2012
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Korea wins Asian handball title
The Korean men’s handball team successfully defended its Asian Championship title after a trilling 23-22 victory over Qatar in the final on Sunday.It was the team’s third consecutive title, and ninth overall in the championship. With Sunday’s victory, Korea has also secured an automatic berth for the 2013 World Championship in Spain.At the 15th Asian Men’s Handball Championship held in Saudi Arabia, Korea advanced to the finals after beating the home side 27-26 in the semifinals.In the finals, K
More SportsFeb. 6, 2012
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Korea draws 1-1 with Saudi Arabia in Olympic qualifier
Kim Bo-kyung scores equalizer in 90 min Kim Bo-kyung saved the Korea U23 team from a shocking loss to Saudi Arabia, smashing a fierce volley to earn a 1-1 draw in the Asian qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday.Kim, who plays with Cerezo Osaka in Japan, scored the equalizer in the dying minutes of the game to earn a crucial point for the visiting side at Prince Stadium in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia, having drawn one and lost two of their previous three matches, went into the m
SoccerFeb. 6, 2012