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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
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Koo helps Augsburg roll
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ― Nuremberg came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at home against Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga on Sunday, while Sascha Moelders scored two gifted goals to help Augsburg win 3-2 at Fortuna Duesseldorf.Hamburg forward Son Heung-min wasted two late chances to secure a victory, while Duesseldorf was denied a goal in injury time that would have leveled the match.Koreans also played a big part in Augsburg’s win. Moelders notched the first in the 40th when defender Juanan tried
Jan. 21, 2013
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Korea recalls overseas stars
English Premier League midfielder Ki Sung-yueng and Germany-based youngster Son Heung-min headlined the South Korean roster finalized Monday for an upcoming friendly against Croatia.The Korea Football Association unveiled the 24-man roster with a strong overseas flavor, with 13 of those players currently either playing outside of South Korea or soon set to join a new foreign club.South Korea will face Croatia on Feb. 6 at Craven Cottage in London, home of the Premier League club Fulham FC. It w
Jan. 21, 2013
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Sociedad hands Barca defeat
BARCELONA (AP) ― Ten-man Barcelona lost its first match of the Spanish league season Saturday, squandering a two-goal lead in a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad and allowing an injury-time winner.Barcelona set a league record by winning 18 games and one draw at the midpoint.Lionel Messi scored for a 14th straight start to open for Barcelona in the seventh minute, and Pedro Rodriguez appeared to give the visitors full control in the 25th.But Gonzalo “Chori” Castro scored in the 41st and tied it in the
Jan. 20, 2013
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Ulsan defender Kwak to play for Saudi football club
South Korean football defensive back Kwak Tae-hwi, captain of the reigning Asian club champion Ulsan Hyundai Tigers, will join a first-division Saudi Arabian club next season, Ulsan announced Friday.“Kwak Tae-hwi will move to Al-Shabab (in the Saudi Professional League),” Ulsan said in a statement. “Both clubs have agreed not to disclose specifics of the transaction.” Kwak, 31, played the last two seasons for Ulsan in South Korea’s top-division, the K League Classic, after spending the 2010 seas
Jan. 18, 2013
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S. Korea rises to 34th place in FIFA rankings
South Korea rose one notch to 34th place in the FIFA rankings for January, the world’s football governing body said Thursday.The rankings, published on FIFA’s website, showed South Korea with a total of 687 points this month, up one point from December.The increase was calculated from an adjustment in the weighted average of the country’s points in the past four years.South Korea was the second-highest ranking Asian nation after Japan, which ranked 21st.Spain, which has topped the list since Sep
Jan. 18, 2013
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Napoli’s 2-point penalty rescinded on appeal
ROME (AP) ― Italy’s football federation has rescinded a two-point penalty given to Napoli for match-fixing and lifted bans imposed on captain Paolo Cannavaro and defender Gianluca Grava. Following an appeal, the federation’s internal court decided on Thursday to overturn the punishments handed out by its disciplinary commission. Napoli was penalized in December after its former goalkeeper, Matteo Gianello, confessed to attempting to fix the result of a game between Sampdoria and Napoli in May, 2
Jan. 18, 2013
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S. Korea rises to 34th place in FIFA rankings
South Korea rose one notch to 34th place in the FIFA rankings for January, the world's football governing body said Thursday.The rankings, published on FIFA's Web site, showed South Korea with a total of 687 points this month, up one point from December.The increase was calculated from an adjustment in the weighted average of the country's points in the past four years.South Korea was the second-highest ranking Asian nation after Japan, which ranked 21st.(Yonhap News)
Jan. 17, 2013
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Spain heads unchanged top 10 in FIFA rankings
ZURICH (AP) -- World and European champion Spain leads an unchanged top 10 teams in FIFA's latest world rankings.Ecuador at No. 12 and Haiti at No. 38 both climbed one place to highest-ever positions as 46 international matches in the past month counted toward the standings.Spain leads from Germany, Argentina, Italy and Colombia. Europe completes the top 10 with England, Portugal, Netherlands, Russia and Croatia.World Cup host Brazil remains at No. 18.Ivory Coast is the highest-ranked African te
Jan. 17, 2013
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Soccer body lifts lifetime match-fixing bans on players
South Korea’s governing body of soccer announced Thursday it will lift lifetime bans on players involved in a 2011 match-fixing scandal.At a board meeting, the Korea Football Association decided to reduce the penalties on 11 K League Classic players who were either acquitted in court for their alleged roles in match fixing or reported themselves to officials.Dozens of active and former players were indicted or convicted in the first match-fixing scandal to rock the nation’s first-division footba
Jan. 17, 2013
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United, Arsenal advance in FA Cup
LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United and Arsenal won 1-0 in replays Wednesday night to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup, while Chelsea’s Premier League title chances were set back with a 2-2 tie against visiting Southampton.Wayne Rooney scored in the ninth minute at home against West Ham in his first game in three weeks following a knee injury. United next plays Fulham.Arsenal needed Jack Wilshere’s 86th-minute goal to defeat Swansea and advance to a fourth-round game against Brighton.After third
Jan. 17, 2013
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Korean WC hero recalls racist slurs
South Korea’s retired 2002 World Cup hero Ahn Jung-hwan says he was cold-shouldered and subjected to racist slurs from Marco Materazzi during his troubled time with Serie A side AC Perugia.In an interview on a South Korean television talk show, Ahn, 36, alleged that Perugia’s then-skipper Materazzi had been particularly intimidating.“He barged into the locker room one day and barked at me in front of everyone, saying that I reeked of garlic,” Ahn said.“I didn’t understand what he was saying but
Jan. 16, 2013
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Bolton sends Sunderland out
LONDON (AP) ― American midfielder Stuart Holden played his first game in 16 months and only his second in 22 months, returning from knee surgery as Bolton defeated Sunderland 2-0 Tuesday night to advance to the FA Cup’s fourth round.Holden entered in the 74th minute of the third-round replay. The 27-year-old, a member of the 2010 U.S. World Cup team, injured his right knee during a challenge by Manchester United’s Jonny Evans during a Premier League game on March 19, 2011. Holden returned from s
Jan. 16, 2013
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Three more candidates register on deadline to run for top football post
Three more candidates, including two front-runners, registered themselves in the election for the country’s top football job on Monday, the deadline to officially enter the race.The Korea Football Association, the South Korean governing body of football, said the KFA chairman election, set for Jan. 28, will have four candidates in total.Chung Mong-gyu, the former commissioner of the K League, the governing body of professional football, registered his candidacy Monday, along with Heo Seung-pyo,
Jan. 14, 2013
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Title rivals United, City win
LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United’s seven-point lead over Manchester City stayed intact Sunday after the title-chasing rivals defeated two former powers in the Premier League.United scraped its way to a 2-1 victory at home against Liverpool. City won 2-0 at Arsenal after playing against 10 men for most of the match.Robin van Persie sent United on the way to victory over its greatest rival at Old Trafford with his league-high 17th goal of the season. Nemanja Vidic unwittingly made it 2-0 but United
Jan. 14, 2013
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Blues rule at Stoke
LONDON (AP) ― Chelsea routed Stoke 4-0 Saturday to move into third place in the Premier League, taking advantage of Jonathan Walters’ two own goals and missed penalty kick.Walters headed the ball into his own net on attempted clearances in the second minute of first-half stoppage time and in the 62nd.Frank Lampard converted a penalty kick in the 65th for his 194th Chelsea goal, moving past Kerry Dixon into sole possession of second place on the club scoring list behind Bobby Tambling’s 202. Eden
Jan. 13, 2013
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Cho to ask arbitration body to settle wage dispute
Cho Kwang-rae, the former head coach of the South Korean men’s football team, said Friday he will reach out to an arbitration body to settle his contract dispute with the national football governing body.In a phone interview, Cho told Yonhap that he will soon ask the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board to settle his case with the Korea Football Association.“Late last year, I sent the KFA a certification of contents demanding that it pay me the outstanding salary by Jan. 9,” Cho said. “The KFA ha
Jan. 11, 2013
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Hong looks forward to fresh start
INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― Hong Myung-bo, who coached South Korea to the men’s soccer bronze medal at the London Olympics, said Thursday he was looking forward to a fresh start as he is about to begin coaching training at a Russian professional club under his old mentor.Hong left for the United Arab Emirates Thursday to join FC Anzhi Makhachkala’s training camp during the midseason break in the Russian Premier League. There, he will receive training under the team’s head coach, Guus Hiddink.Hiddink
Jan. 10, 2013
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Swansea edges Chelsea in semis
LONDON (AP) ― Swansea beat Chelsea 2-0 in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals Wednesday, capitalizing on two defensive lapses by Branislav Ivanovic. The result moved the Welsh team a step closer to its first major final.Michu made the most of Ivanovic’s poor control to open the scoring from the edge of the penalty area in the 39th minute. It was the Spaniard’s 16th goal of a spectacular first season in British soccer.Ivanovic then made a sloppy back pass that was seized by Danny Graham, w
Jan. 10, 2013
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FIFA extends lifetime bans ...on 41 Korean players
ZURICH (AP) ― FIFA has extended the match-fixing sanctions on 41 players in South Korea to worldwide lifetime bans.The scandal goes back to 2011 when more than 50 players and coaches in the K-League were indicted for accepting money to fix matches.Forty-one players received life bans from the K-League and the Korea Football Association.FIFA said Wednesday that its disciplinary committee extended the sanctions so they take effect worldwide.However, FIFA said it would offer 21 players who admitted
Jan. 10, 2013
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Match-fixing life bans for 41 Koreans: FIFA
The global football governing body said Wednesday it has extended domestic match-fixing sanctions on 41 South Korean players to worldwide lifetime bans."FIFA can today confirm the extension of sanctions on 41 players from (South Korea) related to a domestic match-fixing investigation dating back to the summer of 2011," the Zurich-based FIFA said in a press release. "All 41 players have been sanctioned with a lifetime ban from all football activity by the K League and the Korea Football Associat
Jan. 9, 2013