Representing South Korea in archery at an Olympics isn’t for the faint of heart. Expectations are on a wholly different level than many other sports. Anything less than a gold medal is considered a failure, but none more so than in the women’s team event, where South Korea has literally never lost. Imagine the kind […]
South Korea was on target for two gold medals at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, raising its total to three after just two days of competition. South Korea edged out China 5-4 in a nervy shoot-off in the final of the women’s archery team event, as Jeon Hun-young, Nam Su-hyeon and Lim Si-hyeon brought their […]
The United Christian Churches of Korea (UCCK), the largest coalition of Protestant churches in Korea, has joined international protests against the segment of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday that parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, The Last Supper. The segment recreated the biblical scene of Jesus Christ and his apostles sharing a last […]
Lee Won-ho and Oh Ye-jin qualified for the bronze medal of the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event at the Paris Olympics on Monday, with Oh taking a crack at her second medal in France. The South Koreans will be up against Sarabjot Singh and Manu Bhaker of India in the bronze medal contest on […]
Yeo Gap-soon Hyun, who was in the third grade at Seoul Chegyo High School at the time of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, won South Korea’s first Olympic gold…
Women’s pistol shooter Oh Ye-jin (19-IBK Corporate Bank), who gave South Korea’s shooting team its first Olympic gold medal in eight years, is a product of…
South Korea’s Lee Kyung-hoon kept his playoff hopes alive with his third top-10 of the season on the PGA Tour. Lee carded four birdies and one bogey in…
‘The youngest ace’ was one of the nicknames of fencing star Oh Sang-wook (27, Daejeon Metropolitan Government), who won the first gold medal for South Korea…
A former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives said Tuesday that he has not seen any desire for a drawdown of American troops in South Korea amid concerns that former President Donald Trump could consider such a move should he return to office. Kevin McCarthy, a key supporter of Trump, made the remarks in […]
A close aide to first lady Kim Keon Hee has claimed that Kim ordered the return of a Dior bag she received as a gift from a pastor on the same day it was given, sources said Monday. Kim’s aide, surnamed Yoo, made the statement during questioning at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office in […]