A different national team. On Friday, the Wonju General Gymnasium in Wonju, Gangwon Province, will host the South Korean men’s national basketball team against Thailand in a Group A matchup in Window 1 of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. The team arrived in Wonju at midnight on the 24th after their game against Australia, […]
The draws for the men’s and women’s soccer competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place next month. The draw for the Olympic Games will take place in Paris, France, on March 20 at 8 p.m. local time (4 a.m. ET on March 21), the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) announced today. […]
The Chinese national soccer team has a new head coach. Aleksandar Jankovic, who led the team to a poor showing at the Asian Cup, is out and Branko Ivankovic, who led Oman, is in. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced on its official website on Thursday (June 24) that “Jankovic will no longer be the […]
Bucheon FC1995 has strengthened its goalkeeping position with the signing of goalkeeper Seol Hyun-bin. The signing of Seol Hyun-bin will keep him in the Bucheon jersey until the 2025 season. Seol is a former Ulsan University soccer player who joined Ulsan HD FC on a free transfer in 2022. At 190 centimeters and 84 kilograms, […]
Foreign investors have been active in the Korean stock market over the past two weeks, contributing to the recent rally in the main KOSPI index, data showed Sunday.Offshore investors scooped up a net total of 5 trillion won ($3.75 billion) worth of local shares from Jan. 29-Feb. 8, according to the data from the Korea […]
“Old sayings are generally shadows of skeletons of things that once had a being,” declared a newspaper article from the late 1880s. The article was about a Korean artifact that had been added to the Smithsonian Institution or museum and was on display. The artifact was, of course, a Jaewoong (재웅), a doll made from […]
Korea is on the verge of a substantial advancement in defense procurement with the Middle East following the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia, aimed at bolstering defense procurement and cooperation between the two nations.Saudi Arabia ranks fifth in global military spending, and it is the second-highest spender on defense […]
North Korea said Monday it has newly developed controllable shells for a multiple rocket launcher and its ballistic control system as part of its push to expand its weapons arsenal.The Academy of Defence Science conducted a test firing of 240 millimeters-caliber controllable multiple rocket launcher shells on Sunday in a bid to evaluate their accuracy […]
GS Caltex Wins First Heungkuk Game of the Season After 10 Months: ‘Silva Scores 27 Points’. Heungkuk Sinsang’s 10-game winning streak came to an end at home, and GS Caltex’s victory over the team came nearly 10 months after their last meeting in the sixth round of the 22-23 season. Their last win over Heungkuk […]
Manchester City, Including Holland, Fined 200 Million Won for Protesting ‘Controversial Decision’ Holland protests. Manchester City (Man City, England), whose players protested a ‘controversial decision’ made just before the end of the Tottenham game earlier this month, was fined approximately 200 million won. Sports media The Athletic reported on the 19th, “Man City players were […]