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...
Women’s polo team scores Korea’s 1st goal in world tourney
Members of the national women's water polo team are ecstatic on July 16 after scoring their nation's first goal in the 2019 FINA World...
U-20 men’s team gets welcoming reception after runner-up finish
Chung Jung-yong, head coach of the men's under-20 soccer team, on June 17 is tossed into the air by his squad at a welcoming...
FINA World Aquatics Championships see 1st medalists on Day 4
Medalists in the mixed duet technical event of artistic swimming at the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships on July 14 pose for photographs at...
Korean Sport & Olympic Committee chief elected IOC member
Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, on June 26 shakes hands with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee...
Gwangju making final preparations to host World Aquatics Championships
Gwangju Metropolitan City and the organizing committee for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships are in the final stages of preparation for the competition,...
