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 […]