Japan’s Yoshiki Takei beat Australian defending champion Jason Moloney by unanimous decision on Monday to win the WBO bantamweight world title at the Tokyo Dome. Fighting on the undercard of undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue’s title fight against Mexico’s Luis Nery, Takei started strongly before Moloney came back into the bout in his […]
Bayer Leverkusen’s Lukas Hradecky set a record for a foreign goalkeeper in the Bundesliga on Sunday by making his 292nd appearance .The 34-year-old Finnish keeper played in Leverkusen’s 5-1 win at his former club Eintracht Frankfurt, breaking the record previously held by Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Yann Sommer of Switzerland .“I like to […]
K League-winning coach Kim Sang-sik who was recently named to lead the Vietnamese men’s senior and under-23 national football teams emphasized loyalty and teamwork as he vowed to lead Vietnam to victory Monday.Kim, 47, who helped Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to the K League 1 title in 2021, after serving as the club’s top assistant coach […]
For the first time in more than two weeks, Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has had a multihit effort. Lee batted 2-for-4 from the leadoff spot, though the Giants only managed five hits in total in their 6-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Monday (local time). Lee […]
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Tuesday that crimes involving deepfake pornographic material should be tackled to the same degree as drug crimes. Han made the remark during a meeting with reporters following the discovery of numerous chat rooms suspected of creating and distributing pornographic content using doctored photos of ordinary women and teenagers. “I think […]
The plan to integrate the southeastern city of Daegu and surrounding North Gyeongsang Province has failed, the mayor of Daegu, Hong Joon-pyo, declared Tuesday. Hong said in a social media posting that “it would be hard to expect consent from the provincial assembly of North Gyeongsang Province” for the proposed integration of the local governments. […]
The first video, featuring his pet dog, surpassed 300,000 views within 10 days. However, following a barrage of user reports, the channel was shut down by YouTube in about two weeks. Regarding the closure, YouTube told the Hankook Ilbo, “The ‘Go! Young-wook’ channel was terminated in accordance with our Creator Responsibility guidelines, which prohibit behavior […]
The size of rice paddies in Korea fell 1.5 percent on-year to hit an all-time low in 2024, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice paddies totaled 697,714 hectares in 2024 compared with 708,012 hectares a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. The figure has been on a constant decrease, dropping from more than 1 million […]