Short track star Hwang earns ANOC honor for best male performance
Short track speedskater Hwang Dae-heon (center) on Oct. 19 poses for photos after winning the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) award for Best Male...
Son shines again, scores hat-trick as sub in just 13 minutes
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min on Sept. 17 puts up three fingers to celebrate his hat-trick in the eighth week of the English Premier League season at Tottenham...
Korea wins 1st youth women’s world handball title
The final of the ninth World Women's Youth Handball Championship on Aug. 10 is played between Korea (in white uniforms) and Denmark in Skopje, North Macedonia.
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Boys, girls sweep team titles at world junior taekwondo tourney
The national youth taekwondo team on Aug. 7 poses for a commemorative photo at the awards ceremony of this year's World Taekwondo Junior Championships at Arena Armeets in Sofia,...
Autistic golfer wins men’s title in inaugural US Adaptive Open
Lee Seung-min (right) on July 20 poses for photos with Kim Moore of the U.S. as the men's and women's champions of the inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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Nat’l fencing team wins 12th straight Asian championships
The women's national sabre fencing team on June 15 pose for photos after winning the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships at Olympic Fencing Gymnasium of...
Men’s field hockey team wins 1st Asia Cup in 9 years
The men's national field hockey team on June 1 poses for a commemorative photo after defeating Malaysia, 2-1, to win the 11th Asia Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia....
Son nominated for EPL’s best goal of season for 2nd time
Striker Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur has been nominated for best goal of the 2021-22 season in the English Premier League. (Screen capture from league's website)
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Son finishes season as 1st Asian to lead Premiership in scoring
Son Heung-min on May 22 celebrates with his Tottenham Hotspur teammates after scoring in the team's English Premier League's season finale against host Norwich City. (Tottenham Hotspur's...
Dream Program preserves legacy of PyeongChang Winter Games
Michael Chege Mwangi (right) from Kenya on Feb. 23 participates in the Dream Program by skiing at Yongpyong Resort in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province.
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Culture minister proposes ‘cultural Olympics’ to IOC chief
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee (right) on Feb. 7 poses for a photo after talks with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (center) in...
Culture minister to lead gov’t delegation for Beijing Winter Olympics
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as the leader of the Korean government delegation. He is shown...
Kwon wins Korea’s first ATP Tour tennis title in 18 years
Kwon Soon-woo (24, Dangjin City Hall) on Sept. 26 won his first title in an event of the Association of Tennis Players Tour, the Astana Open in Kazakhstan....
California designates Sept. 4 ‘Taekwondo Day’
The U.S. state of California has designated Sept. 4 "Taekwondo Day." (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Hana
The U.S. state of California has officially designated Sept. 4 "Taekwondo Day."
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New website promotes Korean culture, cheering for Olympic team
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee are jointly running the site Team Korea House during the 2020...
Soccer coach Park honored with commemorative coins
The Korea Minting Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) on Feb. 1 unveils its designs for commemorative coins honoring soccer coach Park Hang-seo, who heads...
Korea, Japan, China discuss sports cooperation amid pandemic
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (right) on Dec. 24 takes part online in the third Korea- Japan-China meeting of sports ministers with his Japanese...
Organizing committee launched for 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Younhee on Sept. 3 congratulates the launch of the 2024 Gangwon-do Winter Youth Olympics Organizing...
Gangwon-do Province to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Gangwon-do Province on Jan. 10 earned the right to host the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2024 at the 135th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Minister...
Int’l youth sports program begins in Gangwon-do Province
The Dream Program, which offers training in winter sports and cultural experiences to young people from around the world, is being held from Jan. 6-18 in Pyeongchang-gun...
