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Gangneung ceremony kicks off countdown to 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
There are now exactly 365 days left until the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics kick off here in Korea. To celebrate, there's been a flurry of cultural events and countdown ceremonies around the country throughout the week, but the eastern coastal city of Gangneung, which will host most of the events during the Games, ...
2017-02-09 14:50:53 KST -
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Kia Motors' ad voted best Super Bowl commercial this year: USA Today
Korean automaker Kia Motors' eco-friendly commercial for this year's Super Bowl has been ranked the best in a USA Today survey. According to Ad Meter, a tool created by the newspaper to evaluate public opinion on Super Bowl commercials, Kia's ad for its 2017 Niro featuring Melissa McCarthy, topped the list with sev...
2017-02-07 06:23:45 KST -
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Japan will allow entry of N. Korean athletes for 2017 Asian Winter Games
Japan will reportedly allow the entry of North Korean athletes who applied to compete at this month's Asian Winter Games in Sapporo. Kyodo News Agency reports that Tokyo will make an exception to its travel ban on North Koreans for the sports competition that starts its eight-day run on February 19th. However, the ...
2017-02-06 10:32:04 KST -
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Online ticket lottery for 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics to open on Feb. 9-Apr. 23
Korea closes down on the one-year countdown to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics this month and if you're looking to be close to the action make sure to apply for tickets next week. The Games' organizers announced Thursday the first online ticket lottery will start on February 9th through April 23rd. ...
2017-02-02 18:45:46 KST -
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PyeongChang Organizing Committee under pressure, as 2017 test events kick off
It's the first test event of 2017. One-hundred-35 competitors from over a dozen countries have gathered to take part in the Alpine Far East Cup at the Yongpyong Alpine Centre, one of next year's Olympic venues. Five test events have already taken during this winter season, and, as with the others, the ...
2017-01-17 18:33:10 KST -
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Park Tae-hwan wins 3rd gold, lowers records at world championships
Park Tae-hwan continues his winning streak at one of the world's top swimming competitions. The man with a pemanent spot in Korea's sports history captured his third gold medal in the men's 15-hundred-meter freestyle at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Windsor, Canada on Sunday. Park came in at...
2016-12-12 14:08:42 KST -
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Park Tae-hwan wins Korea's 1st gold at short-course world championships
Korea's swimming hero Park Tae-hwan continues to make history. This time by winning Korea's first FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships gold. Park touched the wall in a time of in three minutes 34-point-five-nine seconds in the men's 400-meter freestyle in Windsor, Canada on Tuesday. Setting the fastest ...
2016-12-07 14:06:46 KST -
Test event season starts before PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics
(Standup) "I'm here at the Alpensia Ski Jump Center, where the first of more than 20 test events of the winter season is taking place. First up, it's the Snowboard Big Air event, the newest discipline to be added to the Winter Olympics line-up." Snowboard Big Air is a breathtaking event t...
2016-11-25 18:02:27 KST -
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Korea's national cricket team taste first international success
If you were to ask most people in Korea what they thought of their national cricket team, their response is likely to be 'What is cricket?' (Korean) "Nine out of ten people ask me what kind of sport is that? I spend all my time explaining the game to people." In 2013 a decision was made to form a national ...
2016-11-24 09:38:35 KST -
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Chun In-gee takes Vare Trophy for LPGA season's lowest scoring average
Korean golfer Chun In-gee has edged out New Zealand's top-ranked Lydia Ko for the Vare Trophy for the LPGA season's low scoring average. Chun birdied the last three holes of the CME Group Tour Championship in Florida to take the trophy, her second title of the season after winning the "Rookie of the Year" award. ...
2016-11-21 10:25:12 KST -
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Pak Se-ri retires, leaving lasting legacy for Korean golf
The trail blazer in Korean women's golf, Pak Se-ri has retired from the professional circuit. On Thursday, the 39-year-old was given an emotional send-off on as she withdrew after the first round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in Korea. Pak burst onto the scene in 1998, and became the first Korean golfer t...
2016-10-14 04:08:14 KST -
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South Korea beats Qatar by 3-2 in World Cup qualifiers
South Korea took another small step toward the 2018 World Cup in Russia on Thursday night, beating Qatar three-two in a qualifier. In front of the home crowd, captain Ki Sung-yueng scored the opener after 11 minutes, but the Korean team went in two-one down at half-time. However, they turned it around in the seco...
2016-10-07 04:08:03 KST
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