[Photo News] PyeongChang gears up for 2018 Paralympic Games

With the opening of 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games just a day away, the city is busy making final preparations for the event. The torch for the games arrived in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Thursday afternoon, on a route that even took a brief trip above the sea via the Aranabi zip-line that connects Amnok and Namhangjin beaches. The torch for the PyeongChang Paralympics arrives in Gangneung via the Aranabi zip-line on Thursday.Athletes from North Korea, China and Uzbekistan made their offici

Olympic GamesMarch 8, 2018

[Graphic News] Paralympic Winter Games

　The 2018 Paralympic Winter Games opens from March 9 to 18, for 10 days.　The PyeongChang Paralympics will be the biggest yet, with around 570 athletes from over 49 countries participating. 　There are six sports, with 80 total medal events, on the Winter Paralympic program:

SportsMarch 8, 2018

Korean LPGA rookie surprised with own quick start

South Korean LPGA rookie Ko Jin-young would be the first to tell you she herself is quite surprised by her own quick start to her debut season.The 2016 Korea LPGA Player of the Year may just win the same award on the US tour this year, after picking up a victory and two other top-10 finishes in her first three tournaments as an official LPGA member.Ko earned her LPGA eligibility by winning the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship on home soil last October as a nonmember. And the 22-year-old has prove

GolfMarch 8, 2018

Tottenham's Son Heung-min scores 16th goal of season in Champions League action

Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean attacker Son Heung-min has scored his 16th goal of the season at the top European club football tournament, though his English club fell to the Italian opponents.Son scored his team's only goal in Spurs' 2-1 loss to Juventus in the second leg of their round of 16 match at the UEFA Champions League at Wembley Stadium in London on Wednesday (local time). This was Son's fourth Champions League goal and his 16th of the 2017-18 season. He has 10 goals in the English P

SoccerMarch 8, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Fierce competition to become life-size Bandabi mascots

More than 7,000 people volunteered to become one of 24 life-size Bandabi mascots at the opening ceremony of the upcoming Winter Paralympics, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee said Wednesday. Bandabi is the mascot for the Paralympic Games set to begin Friday. Forty-eight volunteers were chosen for the 24 mascots. They signed up in pairs, with one person to don a life-size costume, and the other to accompany the mascot.Among those selected were a person rehabilitating from a former disability a

Olympic GamesMarch 7, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans enter Paralympic Village in PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korea's delegation to the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games entered the athletes' village in the South Korean alpine town of PyeongChang on Wednesday.Kim Mun-chol, who heads the central committee of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, expressed warm greetings to South Korea after arriving at the Paralympic Village in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province."Hello, our beloved compatriots and people with disabilities in the South," Kim told reporters

Olympic GamesMarch 7, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang skies to be lit by fireworks during Paralympics

The night skies of PyeongChang will be lit up during the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, according to the culture and sports ministry Wednesday.During the nine days of the Paralympic Games, which will run from Friday to March 18, there will be many cultural events, performances and fireworks in various venues, including the Olympic Festival Park in PyeongChang, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said. A performer dances with sparklers during "Fire Fantasy_Magical Night" in this photo pr

Olympic GamesMarch 7, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean delegation to Paralympics arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL/PAJU -- A 24-member North Korean delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics crossed the border into the South on Wednesday, according to pool reporters.The delegation, including sit-skiers Kim Jong-hyon and Ma Yu-chol, who will compete in Para Nordic skiing events at a wildcard invitation, will join the Paralympics which start Friday. They will return home on March 15."I am pleased," Hwang Chung-song, a senior official at the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, s

Olympic GamesMarch 7, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Record number of anti-doping tests conducted during PyeongChang 2018: IOC

The International Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday that a record number of anti-doping tests were conducted during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics last month.The IOC said 3,149 tests were carried out, making it "the most robust anti-doping program in the history of the Olympic Winter Games." It said 1,393 of the tests were in competition, and 1,756 were out of competition.According to the IOC, 1,615 out of 2,963 accredited athletes, or 54 percent, were tested at least once, the majority

Olympic GamesMarch 7, 2018

Korea football coach says reaching World Cup knockout stage is possible

INCHEON -- South Korea men's national football team head coach Shin Tae-yong said Tuesday he believes there is a possibility that his side can reach the round of 16 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.Shin returned home after inspecting Europe-based players and South Korea's World Cup training base in St. Petersburg, Russia, since Feb. 24. The 48-year-old coach said if South Korea can have good preparations, reaching the knockout stage at the upcoming World Cup is possible.At the World Cup in Russia, Sou

SoccerMarch 6, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean Paralympic squad officially welcomed at athletes' village

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- The South Korean Paralympic team was officially admitted Tuesday into the athletes' village for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games.A welcome ceremony for the South Korean team took place at the athletes' village in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, and 62 athletes and officials, including Vice Sports Minister Roh Tae-kang, attended the ceremony.The alpine skiers and wheelchair curling team members missed the ceremony due to training. South Korea was

Olympic GamesMarch 6, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Trump names delegation to PyeongChang Paralympics

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump on Monday named additional members of a delegation to the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Paralympic Games.The designations come after he chose Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to lead the group to the event this Friday. Donald Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen (AP)The other members are Marcia Lee Kelly, deputy assistant to Trump; Marc Knapper, charge d'affaires at the US Embassy in Seoul; John Bardis, assistant secretary for administration at

Olympic GamesMarch 6, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Paralympic medals similar to Olympic medals, but differences hidden

The medals for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics are similar to those of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics as they are both inspired by unique Korean culture, but there are differences. According to local organizers Monday, both medals for the Olympics and the Paralympics were inspired by the Korean alphabet, "hangeul," Korean traditional clothing, "hanbok," and Korean traditional houses, "hanok." Both medals, designed by famed industrial designer Lee Suk-woo, use straps that are created with "ga

Olympic GamesMarch 5, 2018

LPGA rookie Ko Jin-young leading major categories in early going

The sample size may be small, but four tournaments into the 2018 LPGA Tour season, South Korean rookie Ko Jin-young finds herself as the leader in major statistical categories.Ko took her talent to the biggest women's golf tour in the world this year, after winning the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship on home soil last October as a nonmember.Then in February, Ko won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, her first event as an official LPGA member, and became the first LPGA player in 67 years to w

GolfMarch 5, 2018

Chung Hyeon breaks own record for highest ranking position by Korean tennis player

Australian Open semifinalist Chung Hyeon has broken his own record for the highest ranking position by a South Korean tennis player.Chung climbed three spots to reach No. 26 on the latest ATP Rankings released Monday. No South Korean, male or female, has ever ranked higher. Chung himself held the previous record of No. 29 until last week. South Korea`s Chung Hyeon pumps his fist after winning a point against six-time champion Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open 2018 (AP)The 21-year-old had a h

More SportsMarch 5, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Two-thirds of Koreans don't know Winter Paralympics opening day: survey

Two thirds of South Koreans don't know the opening day of the Winter Paralympic Games in their country, a survey showed Monday.According to local pollster Realmeter, which last Friday asked 500 adults about the opening day of the 2018 Winter Paralympics, only 33.6 percent of them answered correctly.The PyeongChang Winter Paralympics run from March 9 to 18 in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, and two adjacent cities, Gangneung and Jeongseon. Torchbearers for the PyeongChang Winter P

Olympic GamesMarch 5, 2018

Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin recovers from norovirus, to make spring debut this week

Los Angeles Dodgers' left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin has recovered from norovirus and will make his spring debut this week, the team announced Monday.The South Korean pitcher was scratched from his scheduled start last Wednesday (local time) in Arizona while dealing with the norovirus, which is known to cause stomach pain and diarrhea and worked its way through the Dodgers' spring training clubhouse. A report on MLB.com said Ryu is now healthy enough to pitch in the unofficial "B" game against the Chic

BaseballMarch 5, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea to hold hallyu festival to boost Paralympics

South Korea will hold a cultural festival with "hallyu," or Korean Wave, stars for domestic and foreign tourists as part of its efforts to promote the PyeongChang Paralympics, which are set to kick off later this week, the country's tourism promotion agency said Sunday. Snow Festival in March will begin Friday with actor Jang Keun-suk's two-day meeting with fans, according to the Korea Tourism Organization.Jang will provide 2,018 tickets to his fans to watch an ice hockey event together in Gangn

Olympic GamesMarch 4, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Torch relay starts for PyeongChang Paralympics

The torch relay for the March 9-18 PyeongChang Paralympic Games kicked off on Saturday, heralding another international sports festival following the two-week Winter Olympics held in the same host city last month.The organizing committees of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics held a torch lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. at Olympic Park in eastern Seoul.Eight flames were unified into a single flame at a cauldron, with the flames representing the five regions of host country South Korea;

Olympic GamesMarch 4, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean athletes arrive for PyeongChang Winter Paralympics

The first group from the South Korean squad for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics arrived in the host city of PyeongChang on Saturday, with a goal of achieving the country's best results ever.The group composed of 71 of the squad's 83 members checked in at the PyeongChang Athletes' Village, while the wheelchair curling team will join them at the village Tuesday.  (Yonhap) (Yonhap)The athletes were to begin training in the afternoon to prepare for the medal race set to begin next Saturday. The S

Olympic GamesMarch 3, 2018