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[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
[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 finish...

Feb 21, 2018
Olympic Games

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