The International Olympic Committee (IOC) apologized to South Korea after the country’s athletes were wrongly introduced as North Korean during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. IOC President Thomas Bach had a phone conversation with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Saturday, following the blunder hours earlier. In their 10-minute talk, Bach offered his “sincere and…
Only six years after picking up pistol shooting, Oh Ye-jin, still just 19 years old, can call herself an Olympic champion. Oh’s gold medal Sunday in the women’s 10-meter air pistol at the Paris Olympics is as unlikely as any Olympic medal for Korea in recent memory. The teenager came in ranked No. 35 in…
A lot of athletes would love to be in Kim Ye-ji’s position Sunday, with an Olympic silver medal around her neck. But Kim, after grabbing silver behind fellow Korean Oh Ye-jin in the women’s 10-meter air pistol at the Paris Olympics, didn’t fly to France to finish in second place. “I am really disappointed,” Kim…
The reigning world champion Hwang Sun-woo failed to reach the final of the men’s 200-meter freestyle swimming at the Paris Summer Games on Sunday, unable to give himself a shot at winning his first career Olympic medal. Hwang ranked ninth overall in the semifinals with a time of 1:45.92 at Paris La Defense Arena in…
South Korea’s main delegation for the Paris Olympics left for the French capital Saturday as it began the quest for a solid performance at the quadrennial competition. Forty athletes, along with 18 officials of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC), flew to Paris on the day as part of the country’s delegation of 143…
Defending Korean Series champions LG Twins said Saturday they have decided to cut ties with veteran pitcher Casey Kelly. Twins manager Youm Kyoung-youb told reporters Kelly’s scheduled start against the Doosan Bears, Saturday, will be his final one in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Kelly has been pitching for the Twins since 2019, making him…
South Korea announced Sunday high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok and swimmer Kim Seo-yeong will be its flag bearers at the opening ceremony for the Paris Summer Olympics. Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, made the announcement during an open house event at the South Korean training camp at the National Sports Center…
Undone by a late bogey, Korean sophomore Ryu Hae-ran has just missed out on her second career LPGA Tour win. Ryu finished alone in second place at the Dana Open at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, on Sunday (local time), after shooting a six-under 65 in the final round for a four-round total…
The number of registered vehicles in Korea rose 0.7 percent in the first half to over 26 million, helped by environment friendly models, government data showed Sunday. Accumulated car registrations came to 26.13 million units as of end-June, up from 25.95 million at the end of 2023, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said…
Lee Isaac Chung, the Korean American director known for his Oscar-winning film “Minari,” is making waves in the U.S. box office with his disaster film “Twisters.” “Twisters,” a sequel to the 1996 film “Twister,” debuted in 4,151 theaters across the United States and Canada last Friday, earning $32.2 million in ticket sales on its opening…