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[PyeongChang 2018] Veteran S. Korean cross-country skier bids adieu to Winter Games

South Korean veteran cross-country skier Lee Chae-won bid farewell to the Winter Olympic Games as she competed in her last event, in her hometown on Wednesday. Lee, the oldest South Korean athlete a...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] Witch hunt or mob justice? Inside South Korea’s world of ‘inseong’ trials of athletes

A glimpse into South Korea’s strange obsession with ‘character trials’ of sports stars

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Women curlers glide smoothly into final four

The South Korean women’s curling team topped the round robin preliminaries with an 11-2 win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the PyeongChang Winter Games on Wednesday morning. The home team,...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang2018] Korea's male curling team beats Japan in last round-robin match

GANGNEUNG -- Korea's male curling team on Wednesday captured its fourth victory, against Japan, in its last round-robin match at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Posting four wins and five losses at...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Chinese fans slam Koreans over speedskating penalty

Some of the infuriated Chinese fans have launched a verbal warfare against Korean counterparts on short track speedskater Choi Min-jeong’s Instagram account. The online confrontation came after the ...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] ‘Yeong-mi-yah!’ and other hallmarks of curling sweeping Korea

From vacuum-broomstick parodies to memes of ‘sternface Kim Eun-jung,’ Koreans can’t get enough of women’s curling team on track for historic Olympic medal

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[Photo News] ‘Mama, can you hear me?’

Korean figure skater Choi Da-bin participated in ladies single skating short program on Wednesday at Gangneung Ice Arena and earned a total score of 67.77, a season’s best, securing a ticket to Frida...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] ‘Iron Man’ Yun Sung-bin aims another gold in World Championships

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- For Yun Sung-bin, his gold medal in the skeleton at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics is not the end of the story. The 23-year-old South Korean slider said he can...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Olympic torch relay for Paralympics to kick off

The torch for the 2018 Paralympics will be ignited simultaneously in five areas of Korea on March 2 and carried to PyeongChang in a relay run ending on the opening day of the events on March 9, where...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korea's figure skater Choi Da-bin places 8th in short program

Korea's teenage figure skating star Choi Da-bin on Wednesday performed a flawless short program to pull off a personal high and rank eighth at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics ladies' singles figure s...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korean 4-man bobsleigh team aims for podium finish

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's four-man bobsleigh team said Wednesday it will aim to collect a medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The team comprised of Won Yun-jong, Seo Young...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[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 ...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[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 Martin...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[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. T...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games
[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 ...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games

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