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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. By Kim Hayeon Photos = Lee...

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." The...

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...

Vice Culture Minister Choi gives pep talk to nat’l team for Winter Youth Olympic...

Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Younhee on Jan. 3 poses with the national team for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic...

Vietnamese PM fetes men’s soccer coach Park at official residence

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Dec. 11 embraces Park Hang-seo, head coach of the Vietnamese men's under-22 soccer team, at the prime minister's official...

Celebratory event marks 12th annual Taekwondo Day

A celebratory event to mark the 12th annual Taekwondo Day is held on Sept. 4 at Taekwondowon, a taekwondo venue and park in Muju-gun...

Honduras kick-starts taekwondo class expansion at public elementary schools

Children at a public elementary school (Centro Escolar Básico Gubernamental Guatemala) in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, on Aug. 7 practice punching techniques in...

First lady Kim cheers for Korea at World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju

By Kim Hyelin and Kim Minji First lady Kim Jung-sook on July 22 cheers for swimmer Kim Seo-yeong competing in the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the...