South Korean captain Son Heung-min collected his 127th cap for the national team Tuesday, moving into a tie for fourth place on the country’s all-time list. Son was in the starting XI for the host South Korea in their World Cup qualifying match against China at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Son is now level with […]
With the second round of the World Cup qualification in the books, Korea will resume their search for the new head coach for the men’s national team. Korea played their final four matches in the second round of the Asian qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup under two different caretaker managers: Hwang Sun-hong for […]
The Kia Tigers’ All-Star Kim Do-yeong became the youngest member of the “30-30” club in Korean baseball history Thursday. Kim launched his 30th home run of the 2024 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season in the top of the fifth inning against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, a two-run shot off Heroes […]
Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), won an overwhelming victory in a primary in Seoul on Saturday, and is poised to become the party leader for a second term. Lee won 92.43 percent of combined ballots cast by registered party members in the capital, the last round […]
Since taking over as head coach of Suwon Samsung, Byun Sung-hwan has extended the club’s unbeaten league record to 10 games (4 wins, 6 draws), most notably by knocking off first-place FC Anyang (46 points). However, Byun said, “I’m not too impressed with the unbeaten record,” and will focus on the upcoming matches. Byun Sung-hwan’s […]
The 2003-born U-22 international is racking up points at an impressive pace. He has three goals and two assists in five games for Suwon Samsung. The match between Suwon Samsung and FC Anyang kicked off at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 at Mir Stadium in Yongin for the 26th round of the Hana Bank K […]
The first foreigner to be ejected from the KBO is now… Robert Duggar, 29, Las Vegas Aviators, allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts and one walk in 4 1/3 innings of relief for the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees of the 2024 Minor League at Smith Ballpark in Salt Lake City, Utah, on […]
Badminton Association ‘not ready to pardon’ The Olympics are over. However, the controversy and scrutiny of the Korea Badminton Association, which began with Ahn Se-young’s interview, is just beginning. After the Paris 2024 Olympics ended, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially announced on the 12th that it would begin investigating the Korea Badminton […]
Park Hye-jeong captured silver in the heaviest weight class in women’s weightlifting Sunday for South Korea’s final medal of the Paris Olympics. Park finished with the total of 299 kilograms, with 131kg in the snatch and 168kg in the clean and jerk in the women’s +81kg event at South Paris Arena 6 in the French […]
The 2021 bronze medalist Jun Woong-tae finished sixth in the men’s modern pentathlon at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while his South Korean teammate Seo Chang-wan was right behind him in seventh. Jun was in a bronze medal position in the late stages before being passed by the eventual bronze medalist, Giorgio Malan of Italy. […]