South Korea's luge tandem Park Jin-yong and Cho Jung-myung finished 20th at an International Luge Federation (FIL) competition here on Saturday.Park and Cho had a combined time of 1 minute, 35.851 seconds to finish 20th among 24 teams in the men's doubles luge at the FIL Luge World Cup in Py
South Korean figure skater Choi Da-bin said Saturday she had an "unforgettable" experience at the International Skating Union (ISU) competition here.Choi finished a career-best fifth in the women's singles at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, Gangwon Province,
In what team officials said was a "highly unusual" move, South Korean short track speed skaters have been given barely an hour of on-ice training time over the next two days before the Asian Winter Games here.It won't be nearly enough for skaters competing at Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink for
Veteran U.S. snowboarders topped the qualification round for the halfpipe event at an International Ski Federation (FIS) competition here on Friday.Shaun White, who holds the X-Game records for most gold medals and highest overall medal count, finished first in the men's halfpipe qualification r
South Korea's figure skating pair Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin finished eighth in the ice dance short program at an International Skating Union (ISU) competition here on Thursday.Min and Gamelin marked a total segment score of 59.01 points at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championshi
A lower court on Thursday sentenced a 51-year-old Chinese man to 25 years in prison for murdering a South Korean woman who was praying at a church on the country's southern resort island of Jeju last year.Chen Guorui attacked the 61-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Kim, in Septembe
Midnight has recently become the go-to release window for major South Korean idol singers putting out new music online. But this may soon change as the industry-at-large is seeing it as unfair, according to officials Thursday.Melon, Mnet, Genie and Bugs Music plan to revamp their methodologies in ag
Building on its two-year experience, the Yecheon County, one of local autonomous entities in the southeastern province of Gyeongsangbuk-do, will host the Yecheon 3rd World Archery Festival on Oct. 13-16, 2017. On the theme of ‘Bow of Yecheon, Arrow of Cupid’, the archery festival will feature a vari
South Korean football club Jeju United said Tuesday they've reacquired Australian defender Alexsandar Jovanovic.The K League Classic club said they've signed the 27-year-old center back, better known as Alex here, from Chinese club Tianjin Teda. The details of the footballer's contract w
South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh won the grand prize at the nation's amateur athlete awards ceremony Tuesday for his performance at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.At the annual Coca-Cola Sports Awards in Seoul, Jin was honored with the MVP Award. The award has been given to amateur athletes since 1
The world's top winter sports stars will be in South Korea this week to compete at test events for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, the organizers said Monday.This week will be the busiest week for the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POC
South Korean mogul skier Seo Jung-hwa said she has earned confidence ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics after posting a strong result at an International Ski Federation (FIS) competition here on Saturday.Seo finished sixth in the women's moguls competition with a score of 73.50 at the
Two South Korean male aerial skiers said Friday their first ever International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup has served a good teaching ground ahead of the Winter Olympics next here.Kim Nam-jeen and Yoon Gi-chan failed to qualify for the men's aerials finals at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup i
The secret to South Korean Lee Sang-hwa's success at the speed skating world championships Friday was rather straightforward: sticking to her own race plan.Lee took the silver medal in the women's 500m at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Championship
South Korea's media content production grew at a pace faster than the growth rate recorded in the global market in 2015, securing the country a status as the world's seventh largest content creator, a state agency said Sunday.South Korea's media content market stood at US$52 billion as o
South Korea will host Syria in an upcoming World Cup qualifying match in the capital city, the national football federation said Thursday.The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea and Syria will clash at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on March 28. It will be South Korea's seventh
HWACHEON, South Korea, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- The ongoing 2017 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival has crossed the 100,000 mark in the number of foreigners visiting the event, reconfirming its fame as one of the world's four biggest winter festivals, the organizer said Tuesday."The number of foreigne
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Major Seoul-bound expressways across South Korea were congested Sunday as people returned from the Lunar New Year's holiday.Rain or snow in many areas worsened traffic jams.Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans spent a few days in their hometowns for Lunar New Year
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Wang Jeung-hun earned his third career European Tour victory in Qatar on Sunday.Wang captured the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club in Doha in a playoff. He ended the regulation tied at 16-under with Joakim Lagergren of Sweden and Jaco Van
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's cosmetics industry saw its exports rise by more than 40 percent last year in large part thanks to Chinese consumers' bigger spending power and their increasing interests in grooming and beauty products, industry experts said Sunday.According to data f