SEOUL– South Korean star Ko Jin-young captured her fourth LPGA title of the season on home soil Sunday, while also recording the 200th LPGA win by a South Korean golfer.Ko defeated countrywoman Lim Hee-jeong in a playoff to claim the BMW Ladies Champi…
Day: October 24, 2021
Practice makes perfect as Ko Jin-young returns to No. 1 ranking in women’s golf
SEOUL– Ko Jin-young went into the Tokyo Olympic women’s golf tournament in early August as a strong medal contender for South Korea. Instead, she finished tied for ninth and watched American star Nelly Korda, who had dethroned Ko as world No. 1 in Jun…
Media reports of N.K. leader’s sister staging coup not true at all: spy agency
SEOUL– South Korea’s spy agency said Sunday media reports of North Korean leader’s sister succeeding coup against her brother are not true at all.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) dismissed reports that claimed Kim Yo-jong ousted North Korean le…
Jeonbuk return to top, clubs split into tiers in K League football
SEOUL– Four-time defending champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors climbed back into first place in South Korean football Sunday, as the dozen clubs were split into two groups heading into the final stretch.With 33 matches in the books, the top six teams mad…
Bears’ ace Ariel Miranda breaks KBO single-season strikeout record
SEOUL– Doosan Bears’ left-hander Ariel Miranda is the new single-season strikeout king in South Korean baseball.Miranda got his 224th strikeout of the 2021 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season Sunday against the LG Twins, surpassing a 37-year-old …
New virus cases below 1,500 amid progress in vaccination campaign
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 1,500 on Sunday amid signs of a letup in the fourth wave of the pandemic, with the country seeking to phase out social distancing restrictions, as its vaccination rate reached the milestone of 70 pe…
S. Korean movie industry mogul Lee dies
SEOUL– Lee Tae-won, a renowned South Korean movie producer, died Sunday after his health waned following an accidental fall last year, according to his aides. He was 83.Lee died in the afternoon at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital in Seoul, wher…
US envoy urges North Korea to stop missile tests
SEOUL — The US on Sunday urged North Korea to stop “counterproductive” missile tests, but expressed hope Pyongyang would respond positively to Washington’s call for dialogue. It comes after North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLB…
US Envoy Urges North Korea to End ‘Provocations’
The U.S. envoy for North Korea once again urged Pyongyang on Sunday to engage in talks to denuclearize.Special Representative Sung Kim called Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missile test concerning and counterproductive against lasting peace in the Korean…
U.S., S. Korea to continue discussing end-of-war declaration, other options for N. Korea diplomacy: Washington envoy
SEOUL– The U.S. point man on North Korea said Sunday that he looks forward to continuing exploring different options with South Korea to resume dialogue with Pyongyang, including the proposed declaration of a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War.Sung …