TOKYO– The right-handed sidearm pitcher Ko Young-pyo will start the semifinal game against Japan in the Tokyo Olympic baseball tournament on Wednesday.Ko will be opposed by right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto.The first pitch is 7 p.m. at Yokohama Stadium …
SEOUL– South Korean Tokyo Olympic stars have become sought-after guests for entertainment programs on local TV stations.The men’s sabre fencing team of Kim Jung-hwan, Gu Bon-gil, Oh Sang-uk and Kim Jun-ho, who won the gold medal for the second Olympic…
TOKYO– Woo Haram finished fourth in the men’s 3m springboard diving event at the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday, the best Olympic result by a South Korean diver.Woo earned 481.85 points from his six dives in the final at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the Japanese …
TOKYO– Teenage table tennis player Shin Yu-bin bid a teary farewell to her first Olympics on Tuesday, following South Korea’s elimination from the women’s team event in Tokyo.South Korea lost to Germany 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the team competition…
<description>TOKYO– By reaching the semifinals of the men’s table tennis team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, South Korea has set up a likely showdown against China, the singular force in international ping pong.South Korea defeated Brazi…
<description>SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell to the 1,200s Monday as fewer people got tested over the weekend, but health authorities remain wary over continued infections during the summer vacation season amid the fourth w…
<description>TOKYO– South Korean gymnast Shin Jea-hwan vaulted into the record books at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, winning the men’s vault gold medal to become only the second Olympic gymnastics champion from the country.Shin scored 14.783 po…
<description>TOKYO– South Korean gymnast Shin Jea-hwan did something on Monday that only one other gymnast from the country had done: winning an Olympic gold medal.And after grabbing the men’s vault title at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, Shin pa…
<description>TOKYO– Artistic gymnast Shin Jea-hwan probably watched fellow Korean Yeo Seo-jeong win the bronze medal in the women’s vault at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday and thought, “I can do better than that.”And Shin did, winning the gold med…
<description>SEOUL– South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said Monday it plans to acquire Hong-Kong based social casino game company SpinX Games in a deal estimated at US$2.1 billion.Under the plan, the South Korean company will purchase a…
<description>TOKYO– With two Olympic medals in two days by up-and-coming athletes still not yet in their primes, the future for South Korean gymnastics looks very bright.Athletes talk about the Olympics being their learning experience. And there…
<description>Before making her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, South Korean LPGA star Park In-bee was dealing with a left thumb injury. The condition was such that she’d barely played on the tour for a few weeks before the Olympics. She …