Narae Kim

IOC chief Bach vows toughest anti-doping program ever

August 24, 2021 at 10:30 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Anti-doping measures for the 2014 Sochi Olympics will be the toughest of any Winter Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Thursday. Bach, speaking...

Korean women’s soccer in turmoil over gender issue

August 24, 2021 at 10:07 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Seoul City Amazones jumped to the defence of forward Park Eun-seon on Thursday after rival managers in the South Korean women's top flight threatened to boycott the...

Ice Queen Yuna returns with a Golden Spin

August 24, 2021 at 10:01 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will make her return to competition at the Golden Spin event in Zagreb next month after her preparations for the Sochi...

Ice Queen Yuna returns with a Golden Spin

August 24, 2021 at 10:03 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will make her return to competition at the Golden Spin event in Zagreb next month after her preparations for the Sochi...

South Korea on the right track with Hong, says Hiddink

August 24, 2021 at 9:28 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Guus Hiddink, who led South Korea to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals, threw his support behind his former skipper Hong Myung-bo on Wednesday and said the new...

Jail, stigma await South Korean men who refuse military service

August 24, 2021 at 7:37 p.m.

SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Sentencing a young man to 18 months in prison in July for refusing to do his mandatory military service, the judge in the South Korean...

Jail, stigma await South Korean men who refuse military service

May 14, 2019 at 5:06 a.m.

SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Sentencing a young man to 18 months in prison in July for refusing to do his mandatory military service, the judge in the South Korean...

Former North Korean child beggar wins fame as TV chef

August 24, 2021 at 6:42 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - With her flower-print dress and black hair dyed a fashionable light brown, Kim Ha-na does not seem like a former child beggar who risked her life three...

Former North Korean child beggar wins fame as TV chef

May 14, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - With her flower-print dress and black hair dyed a fashionable light brown, Kim Ha-na does not seem like a former child beggar who risked her life three...

‘Yuna Kids’ aim to continue Korean star’s legacy

August 24, 2021 at 5:09 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Life as one of the 'Yuna Kids' demands sacrifices few 16-year-olds are willing to make, but for budding South Korean starlets Kim Jin-seo and Kim Hae-jin the...

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