Kim Yu-jin, the latest Olympic taekwondo champion from South Korea, took a far more circuitous road to Paris than her teammates and many others who fancy themselves as medal contenders.
Of the four South Korean taekwondo practitioners in Paris,
Kim Yu-jin grabbed a stunning gold medal in women’s taekwondo at the Paris Olympics on Thursday for South Korea’s second title in two days in its traditional martial art.
Kim defeated world No. 2 Nahid Kiani of Iran 2-0
With a surprise taekwondo title on Thursday, South Korea tied its Summer Games record with 13 gold medals.
Kim Yu-jin was crowned the new Olympic champion in the women’s -57-kilogram event Thursday, after beating Nahid Kiani of Iran 2-0
South Korea lost to China in the semifinals of the women’s table tennis team event at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, going down without much of a fight against the world No. 1 unit.
Shin Yu-bin, Jeon Ji-hee and
The reigning bronze medalist Jun Woong-tae ranked fourth after the opening fencing event of the modern pentathlon at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Jeon went 22-13 in his 35 fencing matches in the men’s ranking round and earned 235
Coway Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 154.2 billion won (US$113.1 million), up 43.9 percent from a year earlier.
Operating income for the April-June period was 211.2 billion won, up 8.8 percent from a year ago,
Almost fully charged electric vehicles will be discouraged from entering apartment underground parking garages to prevent overcharging that is often blamed for EV fires, the Seoul city government said Friday.
The city government said it will push to…
South Korean stocks finished more than 1 percent higher Friday as investor sentiment was boosted by better-than-expected recent U.S. jobless data, soothing recent recession fears that had rocked global financial markets. The local currency gained aga…
Hanssem Co. on Friday reported its second-quarter net income of 13.5 billion won (US$9.9 million), swinging from a loss of 419 million won a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June
The Cambodian Oknha Association (COA) and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) are committed to further boosting their bilateral cooperation in business and investment in Cambodia.
The commitment was made during a courtesy meeting between a…