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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korea ends PyeongChang 2018 without medal
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- North Korea has ended its ninth Winter Olympics appearance here in South Korea without a medal.Short track speed skater Jong Kwang-bom crashed out of heats in the men's 500 meters on Tuesday as the final athlete among 22 from the North to compete during the PyeongChang Winter Games.North Korea sent 12 women's ice hockey players to form a unified team with 23 South Koreans. It had two athletes each in figure skating and short track, and three apiece in alpine skiing an
Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean skeleton slider felt sorry for Latvian great after winning gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin said Wednesday when he won his historic gold medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic last week, he felt sorry for his idol Martins Dukurs, who failed to stand on the podium after finishing fourth.Yun became the first Asian to win a medal in sledding sports at the Winter Olympics after claiming gold in the men's skeleton last Friday. At Olympic Sliding Center, he was the fastest one to cross the finish line in all four heats, w
Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean women's curling team clinches 1st place in round robin
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- The South Korean female curling team clinched first place in round robin on Wednesday with a win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The home team won for the sixth straight time as it defeated the OAR 11-2. South Korea, with seven wins and just one loss so far, had already qualified to move on to the semifinal as of Tuesday. South Korea will wrap up the round robin session against Denmark later Wednesday. The South Korean female cu
Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korea eyes medals in 3 short track events
Korea will try to snatch medals in three short track speed skating competitions on Wednesday.Male short track skaters Lim Hyo-jun, Kim Do-kyoum, Hwang Dae-heon and Kwak Yoon-gy will compete in the 5,000m relay finals at Gangneung Ice Arena. In the a heat event on Feb. 13, the four skaters clocked 6:34.510, beating the previous Olympic record of 6:36.605, held by China.The country will also compete in the quarterfinals of the men's 500m and women's 1,000m on the same day. The semifinals and the f
Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korea's lone Nordic combined skier says PyeongChang 2018 will be remembered forever
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- South Korea's lone Nordic combined skier Park Je-un said Tuesday his first Winter Olympic Games have been a learning experience. Park ended his Olympic campaign by finishing last among 47 contestants who completed the individual Gundersen large hill/10-kilometer event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, with a time of 31 minutes, 28.8 seconds. He was 7:36.3 behind gold medalist Johannes Rydzek of Germany"I will never forget this Olympics," he said. "It's just a pity t
Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Naturalized forward dedicates goal to home crowd
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- Canadian-born South Korean hockey forward Brock Radunske dedicated his first Olympic goal on Tuesday to the partisan fans who supported the team.Radunske, the first foreign native to be naturalized on the men's hockey team here, scored South Korea's first goal in its 5-2 loss to Finland in the qualification playoff match of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. With several thousand fans packing Gangneung Hockey Center, South Korea was down 3-0 when Radunske put the home tea
Olympic GamesFeb. 21, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Short tracker Shim Suk-hee finally wins medal in PyeongChang
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korean short tracker Shim Suk-hee, one of the most anticipated athletes of Team Korea at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, on Tuesday finally won her first medal, after falling short of the podium in previous events.The South Korean team won the women's 3,000 meter relay.The 21-year-old skater raked in three medals at the 2014 Winter Games as a high school student, emerging as a prominent medal hopeful in PyeongChang. In Sochi, Shim captured gold in the 3,000
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korea clinches gold in women’s 3,000m short track relay
South Korea won the gold medal in the women’s 3,000 meters short track speedskating relay finals on Tuesday. Shim Suk-hee, Choi Min-jeong, Kim A-lang and Kim Ye-jin competed in the women’s 3,000 finals against the Chinese, Italian and Canadian teams at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, one of two cities in Gangwon Province hosting the Winter Games. (Yonhap)Choi, already a gold medalist in the women’s 1,500 meters on Saturday, finished the race in 4:07.361, closely trailed by China’s Qu Chunyu. T
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korean women’s curling enters uncharted territory in final four
South Korea has secured its place in the final four of women’s curling at the PyeongChang Winter Games, beating the United States 9-6 on Tuesday. The team of four Kims -- Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Kyeong-ae and Kim Eun-jung -- will next play in the semifinals Friday, against a yet to be determined opponent. The team has won six matches and lost one, to Japan, in the round-robin preliminaries.Tuesday’s win at the Gangneung Curling Centre marks the first time South Korea has made the semif
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Liquor most purchased at convenience stores by Olympic visitors
Liquor and fruit have been among the most purchased items at convenience stores by foreign visitors in Gangwon Province, where the 2018 PyeongChang Games are being held, according to CU, South Korea‘s largest convenience store chain. Nearly 30 percent of the products sold at around 20 convenience stores of the chain near Olympic venues in PyeongChang and Gangneung in the period from Feb. 9-18 included wine, beer, hard liquor and soju, the chain’s sales data showed Tuesday. When broken down by br
Social AffairsFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean Olympians share moments with fans via social media
Speedskater Lee Sang-wha uploaded a picture with archrival and friend Nao Kodaira on Monday via her Instagram account, a few hours after capturing the silver in the women’s 500 meters. The post instantly garnered a torrent of likes and support messages from fans.Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin (Yonhap)After certain wardrobe malfunctions put ice dancer Min Yu-ra in an awkward situation during her pairs routine with partner Alexander Gamelin on Feb. 10, Instagram users came to vigorously cheer her
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korea snatches ticket for semifinals in women's curling
GANGNEUNG -- Korea's women's curling team on Tuesday extended its winning streak to five games and captured a ticket to the semifinals for the first time at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.Korea rallied for a comeback win to beat the United States 9-6 in the round-robin preliminaries at the Gangneung Curling Center.Korea`s women`s curling team high-fives after winning a round-robin match against the United States at the Gangneung Curling Center during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Feb. 20,
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Canadian ice darlings finish in style for last-minute gold
The Canadian figure skating pair of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir conjured up a smoldering finish to secure a last-minute victory in the ice dance at the PyeongChang Winter Games on Tuesday.The Vancouver 2010 ice dance champions looked destined for silver after French rivals Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron came out strong, breaking their own free dance and combined score mark at 205.28. However, skating last to the music of “Moulin Rouge,” Virtue and Moir pulled out the dance of their li
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean freestyle skier fails to reach men's halfpipe finals
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- South Korean freestyle skier Lee Kang-bok failed to reach the finals of the men's ski halfpipe at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday.Lee finished last among 27 skiers with a score of 13.00 points and failed to advance to the final round, which is open only to the top 12 competitors. The qualification round has two runs and only the best run counts. Lee had only 5.8 points in his first run at Phoenix Snow Park in PyeongChang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul,
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Joint Korean women's hockey team loses final match to Sweden
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- The joint Korean hockey team lost its final game at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday, falling to Sweden 6-1 in the seventh place match.Korea did get its second goal of the tournament, a power play marker by forward Han Soo-jin on the team's first shot of the game in the first period, but fifth-ranked Sweden was simply too much for Korea to handle.Korea finished dead last in the eight-team competition with the loss at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung.Th
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Even with losses piling up, unified Korean hockey team hailed as symbol of peace
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- The once-improbable Olympic journey has come to an end for the unified Korean women's hockey team, which, even with losses piling up, has been hailed in many corners as a symbol of peace.Korea lost to Sweden 6-1 in the seventh place match of the women's tournament at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and it was the team's final contest of the competition. Korea lost all five games it played here by a combined score of 28-2.In the minds of those who engineer it all behind
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Ice dancers dedicate 'Arirang' free dance to new home country
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- When the South Korean ice dance couple of Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin decided to choose "Arirang," a Korean folk ballad, as their free dance music for the 2017-2018 Olympic season, their coaches and friends opposed the plan.Their coaches had tried to stop them, saying the audience and even judges would hardly understand the meaning and feeling of such unfamiliar music and rhythm.But they pushed forward with it and skated to the traditional folk song regarded as one
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean ice dance team finishes 18th after Arirang free dance
GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea's sole ice dance team of Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin finished 18th in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics after performing their emotional "Arirang" free dance.Min and Gamelin scored 86.52 points in the free dance at the Gangneung Ice Arena and posted an overall 147.74 points to finish 18th. They were 16th after the short program on Monday with a score of 61.22.The gold medal went to three-time world champions and former Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Sc
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] NK athletes, cheerleaders to return home after Olympics closing ceremony
North Korean athletes and cheerleaders will return home after the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a government official said Tuesday.The North sent 22 athletes and 229 cheerleaders to the Feb. 9-25 PyeongChang Winter Olympics after its leader has extended a rare olive branch following years of frozen communication and heightened tensions."They are expected to go back home after the games' closing ceremony. The two Koreas are discussing details," an official at Seoul's unific
North KoreaFeb. 20, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea's male curling team beats Switzerland in 3rd victory
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's male curling team on Tuesday secured its third victory at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in a match against Switzerland, but still fell short of moving on to the semifinals.In the round robin match with Switzerland at the Gangneung Curling Centre, South Korea's four-member male team won 8-7, marking its third win at the 2018 Winter Games.The men's team had been clinging on to the dim hope of moving on to semifinals by beating Italy the previous day,
Olympic GamesFeb. 20, 2018