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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Korean Olympic champion claims 3rd world overall title in short track
Olympic double gold medalist Choi Min-jeong has claimed her third career overall title at the short track world championships in Canada.Choi was crowned the women's overall champion at the International Skating Union World Short Track Speed Skating Championships at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal on Sunday (local time). After winning gold medals in the 500 meters and 1,500 meters on Saturday, Choi earned her third victory in the 3,000m superfinal and finished fourth in the 1,000m for a total o
March 19, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Korean Chung Hyeon suffers hard-fought loss to Federer in ATP Tour quarterfinals
South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon has suffered a hard-fought loss to world No. 1 Roger Federer in their latest meeting.Federer defeated the 26th-ranked Chung in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on Thursday (local time). Chung gave Federer all he could handle in the opening set before running out of steam in the second set.Federer has only lost three sets this year and has matched his previous bes
March 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea's Sin Eui-hyun finishes 5th in 15km sitting biathlon at PyeongChang Paralympics
PYEONGCHANG -- Korea's Sin Eui-hyun finished fifth in the men's 15-kilometer sitting biathlon event at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Friday.Sin clocked 52 minutes, 20.7 seconds to finish fifth among 17 competitors at Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, some 180 km east of Seoul. Sin's compatriot Lee Jeong-min was seventh at 54:07.1.Sin was the interim leader until the 5.9km mark. He, however, missed two shots in his second prone shooting and slipped to 10th. The 37-year-old man
March 16, 2018
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Chung Hyeon reaches 5th straight quarterfinals on ATP Tour, Federer up next
South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon has reached his fifth straight quarterfinals on the ATP Tour.Chung defeated Pablo Cuevas in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, to reach the final eight at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on Wednesday (local time).Having started the year at No. 58 in the world rankings, Chung has climbed all the way to No. 26, thanks in large part to his run to the semifinals at the Australian Open in January. Chung Hyeon of South Korea
March 15, 2018
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S. Korean women's curling team hoping to repeat Olympic success at world championship
Fresh off its surprise silver medal at the PyeongChang Winter Games, the South Korean women's curling team will try to repeat its Olympic success at the upcoming world championship.Led by skip Kim Eun-jung, South Korea left for North Bay, Canada, on Wednesday for the March 17-25 World Women's Curling Championship. "Team Kim" also includes Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Cho-hi. The same members competed at the PyeongChang Olympics, where they took down one giant after another
March 14, 2018
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Chung Hyeon breaks own record for highest ranking position by Korean tennis player
Australian Open semifinalist Chung Hyeon has broken his own record for the highest ranking position by a South Korean tennis player.Chung climbed three spots to reach No. 26 on the latest ATP Rankings released Monday. No South Korean, male or female, has ever ranked higher. Chung himself held the previous record of No. 29 until last week. South Korea`s Chung Hyeon pumps his fist after winning a point against six-time champion Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open 2018 (AP)The 21-year-old had a h
March 5, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea fails to advance to cross-country skiing team sprint final
South Korean men and women failed to reach the cross-country skiing team sprint final at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday.The women's team, comprising Lee Chae-won and Ju Hye-ri, posted a time of 19 minutes, 19.17 seconds to finish last among 11 teams in the first semifinal group and was denied entry to the final round. (Yonhap)At the PyeongChang Olympics, there are two heats in the semifinal round. The top two teams in each heat advance directly to the final, while six lucky losers
Feb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Moon congratulates women's short track skating team on victory in 3,000m relay
President Moon Jae-in sent a congratulatory message to each of the five members of South Korea's women's short track skating team on Wednesday, one day after the team won the gold medal in the women's 3,000 meter relay."I congratulate the women's short track team on winning gold in the 3,000m relay," the president said, according to copies of his letters released by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.This image provided by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae shows a copy of the congratulato
Feb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Ghana's sole Olympic athlete thanks Korean support in PyeongChang
The sole athlete from Ghana at the PyeongChang Winter Games on Friday thanked his Korean financial backer and supporters for making his dream of competing at the Olympics come true. Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana (Yonhap)Skeleton slider Akwasi Frimpong from Ghana, who is also the only athlete representing the West African country, came in last, at 30th, at the men's skeleton event held at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang on Friday. South Korea's Yun Sung-bin won gold, becoming the first Asian to
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean alpine skier hoping to make friends during Winter Games
North Korea's sole female alpine skier at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Friday she is expecting to make friends during her stay in South Korea. Kim Ryon-hyang, who competes in the women's alpine technical events, told reporters that she has yet to make friends from other countries but is looking to make one. North Korean alpine skier Kim Ryon-hyang speaks to reporters after finishing her first run in the women's giant slalom event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Yongpyong Alpine Cen
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Skeleton world champion Dukurs 'not happy' with no medal in PyeongChang
Latvian star skeleton slider Martin Dukurs on Friday expressed disappointment in his performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, where he failed to clinch a medal.The reigning skeleton world champion finished fourth, clocking a combined time of 3 minutes, 22.31 seconds after four heats in the men's skeleton event held at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang. Martins Dukurs of Latvia reacts. (Reuters-yonhap)South Korea's Yun Sung-bin won gold, becoming the first Asian to win a medal in the
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Vomiting Shiffrin complains of 'virus' at Olympic slalom
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin vomited and complained of virus-like symptoms after a disappointing first leg in Friday's Olympic slalom.Shiffrin, who claimed gold in Thursday's giant slalom, finished fourth and said she had vomited at the start gate."Not very well," she said when asked how she felt at the start."I don't know, it was kind of sudden. It almost felt like a virus kind of puking, less about nerves."USA's Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after competing in
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean Olympic athletes mark Lunar New Year with joint traditional ceremony
South Korean Olympic athletes took part in a joint ceremony on Friday to mark the Lunar New Year, when Koreans pay respects to their ancestors and eat a family meal with traditional soup. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee set the table for the traditional service for ancestors at Team Korea House in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, as the Olympic athletes celebrate the Lunar New Year apart from their families. (Yonhap)Every name of the 220-member Team Korea was recited as the joint service began.
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean hockey coach hoping for another shot at Japan
The joint Korean women's hockey head coach Sarah Murray said Friday she'd like nothing more than another shot at Japan during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, after losing to the bitter rival in a hard-fought contest just two days earlier.The unified team, made up of 23 South Koreans and 12 North Koreans, has been knocked out of medal contention after three losses in the preliminary round. The last of those was a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Japan on Wednesday.But both Korea and Japan, which had o
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Kim Yu-na spotted cheering for S. Korean skeleton slider
South Korean figure staking Olympic champion Kim Yu-na on Friday was spotted cheering for Korean athlete Yun Sung-bin, who is closing in on the host country's first Olympic skeleton gold medal.Kim, a two-time Olympic medalist, was seen on the bleachers near the finish zone at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang, where the third heat of the men's skeleton event is under way. (Yonhap)Wearing a beanie and a black mask, Kim was seen applauding as Yun crossed the finish line. Yun maintained his lea
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea to take crack at two short track titles
South Korea could grab multiple gold medals in one day for the first time at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Saturday.Two short track speed skating finals -- in the men's 1,000 meters and the women's 1,500 meters -- are scheduled for Saturday at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung. (Yonhap)Lim Hyo-jun, the men's 1,500m champion from last Saturday, will chase his second gold medal. He is one of three South Koreans to have made it to the quarterfinals, but as fate would have it, Lim, Seo Yi-ra and
Feb. 16, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] US-born forward scores Korea's 1st ever goal in Olympic women's hockey
GANGNEUNG -- US-born forward Randi Heesoo Griffin scored the first goal for Korea in Olympic women's hockey on Wednesday.Griffin scored at the 9:31 mark in the second period against Japan in Group B action at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, cutting the deficit to 2-1. (Yonhap)Born to a Korean mother and an American father in North Carolina, Griffin has been with the South Korean national team since 2015.Marissa Brandt, a Korean-born US adoptee playing under her birth name, Park Yoon-jung, g
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] NK forward back in lineup for joint hockey team vs. Japan
North Korean forward Jong Su-hyon returned to the lineup of the joint Korean women's hockey team at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Wednesday.Jong is one of four North Koreans dressed for the final Group B game against Japan, alongside 18 South Koreans, at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung, host of all ice sports during PyeongChang 2018.Jong played in the team's first game against Switzerland last Saturday on the second line but sat out the next match against Sweden with a wrist injury. Hea
Feb. 14, 2018
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‘Deep down’: Rivalry between Koreas, Japan transcends sport
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -— As South Korea’s national soccer coach prepared to play Japan in a 1954 World Cup qualifier, President Syngman Rhee, who’d been liberated, with the rest of Korea, from Japan’s brutal colonial rule in 1945, had some advice should the Koreans lose: “Don’t think about coming back alive,” he supposedly told the coach. “Just throw yourself into the Genkai Sea.”There are sports rivalries, and then there’s Korea versus Japan — an often toxic mix of violent history and and poli
Feb. 14, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] IOC: USA Hockey free to use Statue of Liberty on masks
The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that American hockey goalies Nicole Hensley and Alex Rigsby are free to use the images of the Statue of Liberty on their masks, without any modifications.USA Hockey spokesman Dave Fischer said Tuesday they were in talks with the IOC to settle the issue regarding the images on the two US goaltenders’ masks.However, an IOC spokesman said, “There seems to have been a misunderstanding, we have not asked for the symbol to be removed.” (Yonhap)According
Feb. 14, 2018