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S. Korea's volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung returns to Turkish league
Turning to the world of sports. South Korea's volleyball superstar Kim Yeon-koung is heading back to Turkey to get ready for a new season there. After playing a year for Shanghai, the 2012 London Olympic MVP signed a two-year contract with Turkish team Eczacibasi. According to her agency, Inspo-korea, she...
2018-05-21 17:56:01 KST -
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Extra roster spots for athletes will not be granted for joint Korean teams at Asian Games
The organizing committee for the 2018 Asian Games will only support joint Korean teams if those teams aren't granted any extra roster spots for athletes. Lee Kee-heung , head of Korea's Sport and Olympic Committee, confirmed the Olympic Council of Asia's roster decision on Monday. The Asian Games organizing ...
2018-05-15 18:03:38 KST -
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Son Heung-min included in top 100 fooball players in Europe
Son Heung-min, the Korean soccer star active in the English Premier League has been included in a list of Europe's top 100 players, coming in at 97th. Published Monday by the C-I-E-S Football Observatory, the sports research center uses an algorithm to rank athletes from Europe's top five football leagues. The Tott...
2018-05-15 15:17:26 KST -
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30 days to go until Russia 2018 World Cup
Russia is putting the final touches on its stadiums and facilities before this summer's World Cup. (ENGLISH) "With just a few weeks out, most of the infrastructure is ready, we just need to find and do certain details. Maybe brush up a few venues, but in general we are as ready as we could be a...
2018-05-15 10:03:04 KST -
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S. Korea's head coach announces provisional 28-man squad for World Cup
Turning our focus to the lead up to the 2018 world cup in Russia which kicks off next month. Shin Tae-yong, team South Korea's head coach finalized his roster. Two English Premier League stars Son Heung-min and Ki Sung-yueng made the cut as expected. Five of the 28-man squad are back-ups in case of any last-...
2018-05-14 18:03:27 KST -
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Son Heung-min becomes first Asian player to finish in EPL's top ten goal scorers list
South Korean striker Son Heung-min has written himself into the history books, becoming the first Asian player to finish the English Premier League season among the top-ten goal scorers. The Tottenham Hotspur forward found the back of the net twelve times during the EPL season that came to an end on Sunday. Son...
2018-05-14 07:00:40 KST -
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Tennis star Chung Hyeon moves up one spot on ATP world rankings to 21st
Korean tennis sensation Chung Hyeon continues to edge his way up the world rankings, rising one spot to 21st. The 22-year-old, who made it to the last four of the BMW Open in Germany last weekend,.. had been ranked world number 22 for the past five weeks. Chung came to the world's attention earlier this ye...
2018-05-08 09:53:41 KST -
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Issues over forming joint Korea teams in the upcoming Asian Games
Rather than facing each other in the quarterfinals of the table tennis world championships in Sweden on Thursday,… South and North Korea formed a joint team for the first time in 27 years. The last joint squad won the gold medal at the 1991 world championships. In Friday's semifinals, they faced Japan but lost 3-...
2018-05-08 07:02:00 KST -
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Park Sung-hyun wins LPGA Texas Classic
Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun has won her first tournament of the season on the LPGA Tour at the LPGA Texas Classic. She chipped in a birdie from behind the 18th hole on Sunday, helping her fend off a late rally by Linda Duncan. Weather shortened the Texas Classic from 72 holes to 36. Park finished with a total o...
2018-05-07 12:10:32 KST -
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Team Korea 2 games down to Japan in semifinal at Table Tennis Worlds
A unified Korean table tennis team is on the verge of getting knocked out by Japan in a straight set shut-out. They're in the third match of a best of five at the semifinal of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden. Playing for the joint squad today are two South Korean players, Jeon Ji-hee and Yang ...
2018-05-04 19:18:21 KST -
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Joint Korean table tennis team to take on Japan in semifinals at the World table tennis championships
The reconciliatory momentum continues to build up in the realm of sports. The two Koreas are competing as one in the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden. The joint Korean women's squad face Japan in the semifinals which should be going on right now. On paper, Japan has the upper hand as it stands secon...
2018-05-04 16:38:57 KST -
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S. Korea forms joint women's table tennis team with N. Korea for first time in 27 years
Seoul and Pyongyang formed a joint women's team for the first time in 27 years at the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships currently taking place in Sweden. There was originally a quarterfinals match planned on Thursday between the two Korean squads, but as they agreed to compete as one, they advanced to the s...
2018-05-03 18:02:10 KST
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Trump cancels summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
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S. Korea's Blue House says White House informed Embassy in D.C. as released cancellation letter; S. Korea will continue to work to bring Kim, Trump together
"Baffled and very regretful" were the immediate words from South Korea...
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N. Korea makes low-key response to summit cancellation; economic reasons lying behind
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Trump cancels summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
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