North Korea has not yet allowed the entry of a U.N. resident coordinator appointed nearly six months ago, a U.N. official said Tuesday, noting discussions with Pyongyang still continue over the return of international staff to the reclusive country. In March, Joe Colombano of Italy assumed his role as the coordinator for the North in…
Korean professional baseball games will be streamed live for free for fans overseas starting Thursday, the league office announced. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the global streaming platform SOOP will carry live games, starting with a slate of five games Thursday. Fans living outside South Korea will be able to watch games on SOOP’s…
Australia’s head swimming coach Rohan Taylor has urged his Olympic team not to get distracted by a Chinese doping scandal that has rocked the sport, calling it “a waste of energy.” Reports in April revealed 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the prescription heart drug trimetazidine — which can enhance performance — ahead of the…
For a while, a smile is back on the face of Korean football. Winning in Singapore is nothing special. No disrespect to the Southeast Asian nation, but Thursday’s World Cup qualifier went as well as it could have. Firstly, it was a 7-0 thrashing. Son Heung-min scored twice, as did Lee Kang-in with the first…
Even with his Korean team having far less at stake than China in their upcoming World Cup qualifying match in Seoul, captain Son Heung-min said Monday he wants nothing less than a victory. Korea will host China at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Seoul World Cup Stadium in their final Group C match of the second…
Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) shone once again. Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) played to a 1-1 draw against Leipzig (GER) in their 2024-2025 pre-season friendly at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, on Nov. 11 (ET). PSG conceded an early goal in the 13th minute through Loic Offenda. However, Gonzalo Hamus equalized in the…
Park Hye-jung (21-Goyang City Hall) won a prized silver medal on the final day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a Korean record-breaking performance. Dedicating the silver medal to her mother, Nam Hyun-hee, who passed away in April, Park flashed the world’s biggest smile from the second highest spot on the podium, saying, “My…
“Wow, I can’t believe it actually happened. I’m just grateful to our athletes for performing so well with so few people, haha.” Jang Jae-geun (62), the head of the Jincheon National Athletes’ Village, couldn’t stop smiling when we met at the Korea House at the Maison de la Simie in Paris, France, on Nov. 11…
The South Korean athletes finished the Paris 2024 Olympics in 8th place overall. It’s a ‘best ever’ result that far exceeds expectations. South Korea concluded the Games with a silver medal from Park Hye-jung in the women’s weightlifting 81kg and above event on Wednesday (June 11). On the final day of competition, Sung Seung-min added…
Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a statement released Saturday by the German Olympic Sports Confederation, though Leonie Beck went on social media…