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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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North Korea holds drills simulating nuclear counterattack against enemy
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[Tokyo Olympics] Teen swimming sensation eyes another record in Tokyo
TOKYO -- South Korean swimming phenom Hwang Sun-woo has already broken the national record en route to the men's 200m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics. While he's at it, the 18-year-old wants to set another record. Hwang qualified for the final by finishing sixth overall in Monday's semifinals with the time of 1:45.53 at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The final is scheduled to start at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday. He'd made it to the semifinals by winning the heats Sunday, with a new South Korean record
Olympic GamesJuly 26, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Why is S. Korea so good at archery? Athletes find answer in transparency, internal competition
TOKYO -- South Korea has dominated archery in the Olympics the way few other countries have in other sports. South Korea leads everyone with 26 gold medals, including two over the first two days of competition at the Tokyo Olympics this month. South Korea won the inaugural gold medal in the mixed team event Saturday and then captured its ninth consecutive gold medal in the women's team event Sunday. This leads to the question: Why is the country so good at archery? Theories abound, and gold m
Olympic GamesJuly 26, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Swimmer Hwang Sun-woo reaches 200m freestyle final, 1st S. Korean in 9 years
TOKYO -- South Korean teen swimming sensation Hwang Sun-woo reached the men's 200m freestyle final of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, becoming the first swimmer from the country to reach that stage in nine years. Hwang finished his semifinals race in 1:45.53 at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, fifth in his heat but sixth overall among 16 swimmers. The top eight will race in the final, scheduled for 10:43 a.m. Tuesday. Hwang, 18, set a new national record in Sunday's heats with 1:44.62 and led everyone in
Olympic GamesJuly 26, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Fencer proud of work despite falling short in gold medal defense
CHIBA -- South Korean fencer Park Sang-young came out of nowhere to snatch gold in the men's epee event at the 2016 Olympics, capturing the imagination of his country. The affable athlete with an easy smile and a dogged determination -- Park rallied from a 14-10 deficit against Geza Imre of Hungary and won 15-14 -- became an instant star of the Rio de Janeiro Games for South Korea. But along with newfound fame came the weight of expectations, something Park now admits became unbearable at time
Olympic GamesJuly 26, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Shooter to take final aim at record-breaking medal
TOKYO -- Veteran South Korean pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh will take his one last shot at a medal to further bolster his Olympic legacy on Tuesday. He and teammate Choo Ga-eun will participate in the 10m air pistol team event at Asaka Shooting Range on the fourth day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Jin, now competing in his fifth Olympics, has so far collected six medals, with four golds and two silvers. The seventh medal will make him the most decorated South Korean Olympic athlete ever an
Olympic GamesJuly 26, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea beat Romania 4-0 to take Group B lead
TOKYO -- South Korea jumped to the top of Group B in the Tokyo Olympic men's football tournament with a 4-0 victory over Romania on Sunday. Midfielder Lee Kang-in grabbed a brace against the 10-man Romania at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Kashima, about 110 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, for South Korea's first victory of the competition. A Romanian own goal and a second-half score by Um Won-sang gave South Korea more than enough offense. South Korea, which lost to New Zealand 1-0 in last week's
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Teen swimmer breaks natl. record to win 200m freestyle heats
South Korean teen swimmer Hwang Sun-woo broke an 11-year-old national record in the men's 200m freestyle on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics, while winning the heats to reach the semifinals. Hwang finished first in Heat 3 with the time of 1:44.62 at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Park Tae-hwan had the previous mark of 1:44.80, set while winning the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games gold medal. This was also Hwang's new personal best, topping his world junior record of 1:44.96 set in May. Hwang finished first o
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] An Baul wins bronze in men's judo
South Korean judoka An Baul claimed the bronze medal in the men's 66kg event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, reaching the podium for the second consecutive Summer Games. An defeated Manuel Lombardo of Italy by a decisive ippon in the bronze medal match at Nippon Budokan for his second straight medal. An won silver in the same class at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. An's is the first judo medal for South Korea in Tokyo. An got his ippon with his signature "seoi nage," or a shoul
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Young veteran archer makes Olympic debut count with historic team gold
At only 25, South Korean archer Kang Chae-young has already been through more than her share of ups and downs, with one particularly gut-wrenching moment sticking out. At the national team trials for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Kang finished one point behind Chang Hye-jin for the third and final spot. The two embraced and cried in each other's arms -- Kang upset at her loss and Chang feeling terrible for an archer nine years her junior. Chang went on to win two gold medals in Rio, sweepi
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] With 2nd gold, rising archery star joins elite company, inches closer to history
By capturing her second Olympic gold medal in as many days, South Korean archer An San has joined legends that came before her. The 20-year-old also has a chance to do what no archer has done in Olympic history: win three gold medals at a single competition. An combined with Jang Min-hee and Kang Chae-young for the women's team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. They beat the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) by the set score of 6-0 at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field. By helping South K
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] On cloud nine: S. Korea wins 9th consecutive gold in women's archery team event
South Korea has done it again -- for the ninth time, in fact. South Korea claimed its ninth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the women's archery team event on Sunday, beating the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) by the set score of 6-0 in the final of the Tokyo Summer Games. An San, Jang Min-hee and Kang Chae-young extended the most impressive winning streak in Olympic archery history. South Korea has won every gold medal in this event since it was introduced in Seoul in 1988. South Korea is
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Ex-UN chief Ban meets Japan's Emperor Naruhito at Olympics: sources
TOKYO -- Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon briefly met with Japanese Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo on the occasion of the Tokyo Olympics, diplomatic sources said Sunday. The encounter took place in the Olympic stadium late Friday following the opening ceremony of the games, the sources familiar with the matter said. In the talks, Ban reportedly congratulated the emperor for the opening of the Olympics and Emperor Naruhito expressed appreciation in return, according to the sourc
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Shocked taekwondo star rues another missed opportunity
CHIBA -- The third time didn't prove to be the charm for Lee Dae-hoon, the South Korean taekwondo icon who was chasing his first gold in his third Olympic appearance Sunday. That dream ended after the first match, as the top-seeded Lee lost to Ulugbek Rashitov of Uzbekistan 21-19 in the round of 16 at the men's 68kg event at Makuhari Messe Hall A in Chiba, east of Tokyo. Rashitov scored his two "golden points" in the extra period, after the two finished three rounds of regulation kno
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Taekwondo star Lee Dae-hoon stunned in round of 16
CHIBA -- South Korean taekwondo star Lee Dae-hoo suffered a shocking loss in his first match at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, missing out on his third and likely final crack at an Olympic gold. Lee lost to Ulugbek Rashitov of Uzbekistan 21-19 in the round of 16 at the men's 68kg event at Makuhari Messe Hall A in Chiba, east of Tokyo. The two practitioners were tied at 19-19 after three rounds, setting up the sudden-death extra period. Rashitov got his two "golden points" with a kick
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Baseball players escape with minor injuries from tuneup game
Two key players on the left side of the South Korean infield have sustained minor injuries in a recent pre-Olympic tuneup game. Shortstop Oh Ji-hwan received five stitches to his neck after a collision with a base runner during the national baseball team's exhibition game against the LG Twins of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Saturday in Seoul. A KBO official said Oh is fully participating in team practices. Oh was trying to tag out Chae Eun-seong as he slid into the second base bag,
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Samsung to donate $1,000 per medal won by Team Canada in Tokyo Olympics
Samsung Electronics Co.'s Canada operations said Sunday it will donate $1,000 for every medal won by Canadian athletes at the Tokyo Summer Games in a promotional event. Samsung Canada plans to deliver up to $25,000 for as many as 25 medal wins to stand by Team Canada athletes during the summer sports games under way amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a statement. The funding effort, which will support the Canadian sport system through the Canadian Olympic Foundation
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Gymnastics' coach heartened by surprise showings in qualification
A pair of South Korean artistic gymnasts have found themselves in surprise contention thanks to strong performances in the qualifying rounds at the Tokyo Olympics. And coach Shin Hyung-ook is so heartened by what he saw from Shin Jea-hwan in the men's vault and Ryu Sung-hyun in the men's floor exercise on Saturday that he believes they can both capture gold medals. Shin Jea-hwan won the men's vault qualifying with 14.866 points from his two attempts. Ryu ranked third among eight finalists in t
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korean-born taekwondo coach for Thailand wants to look at 'bigger picture'
CHIBA -- Over the past two decades, South Korean-born taekwondo coach Choi Young-seok has transformed Thailand from a fledgling presence to an emerging force at international events. The culmination came Saturday with the country's first Olympic taekwondo gold medal, as Panipak Wongpattanakit won the women's 49kg title at the Tokyo Summer Games. Thailand had previously collected two silvers and three bronzes. And Choi, who has been coaching Thailand since 2002, is undergoing the naturalization
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] Tokyo-born S. Korean judoka chases 1st Olympic medal
TOKYO -- Born in Tokyo to second-generation Japanese-Korean parents, judoka An Chang-rim has been representing South Korea internationally since 2014. The 27-year-old has been gearing up for just this kind of moment: a chance to win his first Olympic medal in none other than Japan, and likely against a Japanese opponent. An will enter the men's 73kg event on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics. And his path to the gold will likely go through the Japanese great and the defending Olympic gold medalist
Olympic GamesJuly 25, 2021
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[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea captures inaugural gold in archery mixed team event
South Korea claimed the very first Olympic gold medal in archery's mixed team event on Saturday in Tokyo, once again flexing its muscle in the sport it has dominated for decades. The 17-year-old Kim Je-deok and his 20-year-old teammate An San beat Gabriela Schloesser and Steve Wijler of the Netherlands by the set score of 5-3 at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in the Japanese capital. This was also the first gold medal by South Korea at these Olympic Games. Kim and An are the youngest members
Olympic GamesJuly 24, 2021