South Korean short track speed skater Choi Min-jeong became the host country's first double gold medalist at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday, and took a step closer to a rare milestone.Choi helped South Korea to the gold medal in the women's 3,000-meter relay, at Gangneung Ice Are
South Korea's speed skating sprinter Lee Sang-hwa, the defending Olympic champion, won silver in the women's 500 meter race at the PyeongChang Winter Games on Sunday.In the event's finals at the Gangneung Oval, Lee clocked in at 37.33, 0.39 second behind winner Nao Kodaira of Japan, who
South Korea's Yun Sung-bin, who won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the PyeongChang Winter Games, said Friday he focused on winning by imagining himself on the Olympic podium.Yun won gold with a combined time of 3 minutes, 20.55 seconds after four heats at the Olympic Sliding C
South Korean men's hockey players entered their first Olympic match against the Czech Republic on Thursday with a chip on their shoulders, perhaps the only group of people inside Gangneung Hockey Centre who believed South Korea could win this game.On paper, this shouldn't have been as close
Host South Korea wasted little time picking up its first gold medal of these PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, as short track speed skater Lim Hyo-jun won the men's 1,500-meter title. Lim crossed the finish line in an Olympic record time of 2:10.485 at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, the sub-h
The joint Korean women's hockey team will look to have a bounceback game against Sweden in its second game of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Monday.Korea was hammered by the sixth-ranked Switzerland 8-0 on Saturday at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, the host city of all ice events, loca
South Korean bobsledder Won Yun-jong partnered with North Korean hockey player Hwang Chung-gum to carry one flag together at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Games here on Friday, showing moments of unification in the name of sports.The South and the North Korean athletes marched together und
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with North Korea's ceremonial head of state in South Korea and delivered his hope for a peaceful denuclearization of the isolated state, a spokesman said Friday.Guterres met with Kim Yong-nam at a dinner marking the opening of the PyeongChang Winter Ol
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S. and its allies remain fully prepared to defend themselves from any threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Pence, who was in South Korea leading the U.S. delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, made the remark in an
South Korean President Moon Jae-in sought to win international support for his country's recently resumed dialogue with North Korea on Friday, noting such an opportunity may have not come in the first place if not for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games."Today, many heads of state and leaders
The 2018 Olympic Winter Games kicked off in PyeongChang on Friday with an opening ceremony themed around peace and future. The two-hour ceremomy was highlighted by a rare joint march by athletes from the two Koreas. The opening ceremony of the first Winter Olympics in South Korea took place
Jeon Dong-pyeong, mayor of Yeongnam County in South Jeolla Province, has won the coveted “2018 Korea CEO Leadership Award” for two years in a row, which proves his dedication to innovative leadership in local administration. He was awarded the honor from the leading national daily, Joong-Ang Ilbo, o
International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams said Saturday that people who plan to visit PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony should "wrap up" for cold weather.During a press briefing on an IOC Executive Board meeting, Adams said he is aware of the
North Korea has been invited to participate in the Paralympic Games in South Korea next month, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said Friday.The IPC said that it has invited North Korea to take part in its first Winter Paralympics and offered two bipartite slots to athletes to compete in
South Korean tennis sensation Chung Hyeon bowed out to Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinals Friday, ending a historic run that has captivated a nation hungry for new sporting heroes.The 58th-ranked Chung withdrew against the second-ranked Federer with blisters on his left foot, when the s
Former National Hockey League (NHL) forward Richard Park is now a proud coach for the South Korean men's national team. As an assistant to Jim Paek, another former NHL player, Park, who was born in Seoul but raised in the United States, said he particularly likes the drive and determination in h
South Korea's twin curlers Lee Ki-bok and Lee Ki-jeong have different personalities, but when it comes to curling, the two share the same dream of winning the country's first medal in the sport at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics."My older brother smiles while playing, but I tend to be a lit
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has expressed support for the creation of a unified inter-Korean women's ice hockey team for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a U.S. broadcaster reported Friday.The two Koreas agreed at their working-level talks on Wednesday to field the jo
A South Korean hockey fan has filed a petition at the national human rights watchdog over the government's push for a joint team with North Korea at the upcoming Winter Olympics, saying it infringes on the rights of homegrown athletes.The fan, surnamed Hong, said Wednesday he filed the petition
South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin said Sunday he doesn't feel pressure to win a gold medal at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games.Yun, currently ranked world No. 1 in men's skeleton, returned home after winning the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in St.