[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korea's delegation to Paralympics returns home

SEOUL/PAJU -- North Korean athletes and officials at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics returned home Thursday after participating in a winter Paralympic Games for the first time.The North's 20-member athletic delegation and four-member team of National Paralympic Committee officials crossed the border at 1:50 p.m., according to a pool report.With smiles on their faces, the North Koreans did not answer at a border checkpoint when asked by pool reporters about how it was to participate in the Par

Olympic GamesMarch 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea trounced 7-0 by Canada in ice hockey semifinals at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea failed to reach the men's ice sledge hockey finals at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics after suffering a 7-0 loss to Canada on Thursday.The men's team was blanked by top-ranked Canada at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. With the latest result, South Korea extended its losing streak against Canada to 17 games. South Korean ice sledge hockey players compete in the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics ice hockey semifinals match against

Olympic GamesMarch 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea reaches wheelchair curling semifinals at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea has reached the semifinals of the wheelchair curling competition at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics on Thursday.The team of Seo Soon-seok, Bang Min-ja, Cha Jae-goan, Jung Seung-won and Lee Dong-ha beat Britain 5-4 in their 10th qualifying match at the PyeongChang Paralympics. South Korean wheelchair curlers celebrate after they beat Britain 5-4 in a round-robin match at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics at Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, Gang

Olympic GamesMarch 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean Paralympic delegation leaves PyeongChang to return home

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The North Korean delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics left the athletes' village here Thursday to return home.The 24-member delegation, led by Kim Mun-chol, the head of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, departed from the athletes' living quarters in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, around 9:30 a.m. aboard sedans and a bus prepared by the South Korean government. The North Koreans arrived in South Korea on March 7

Olympic GamesMarch 15, 2018

Chung Hyeon reaches 5th straight quarterfinals on ATP Tour, Federer up next

South Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon has reached his fifth straight quarterfinals on the ATP Tour.Chung defeated Pablo Cuevas in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, to reach the final eight at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, on Wednesday (local time).Having started the year at No. 58 in the world rankings, Chung has climbed all the way to No. 26, thanks in large part to his run to the semifinals at the Australian Open in January. Chung Hyeon of South Korea

More SportsMarch 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Speed skater hospitalized for psychological treatment after PyeongChang Olympics

South Korean speed skater Kim Bo-reum, who won silver in the women‘s mass start at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, has been hospitalized for psychological treatment, along with her mother, the athlete’s agency said Wednesday. Bravo and New said Kim visited a hospital in her hometown of Daegu on Monday, and a doctor advised hospitalization after she showed symptoms of anxiety disorder. Kim‘s mother showed similar symptoms and was recommended for hospitalization, it added. Kim was at the center o

Olympic GamesMarch 14, 2018

S. Korean women's curling team hoping to repeat Olympic success at world championship

Fresh off its surprise silver medal at the PyeongChang Winter Games, the South Korean women's curling team will try to repeat its Olympic success at the upcoming world championship.Led by skip Kim Eun-jung, South Korea left for North Bay, Canada, on Wednesday for the March 17-25 World Women's Curling Championship. "Team Kim" also includes Kim Yeong-mi, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Cho-hi. The same members competed at the PyeongChang Olympics, where they took down one giant after another

More SportsMarch 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Record number of Winter Paralympic tickets sold

More than 320,000 tickets have been sold four days into the 10-day Paralympics in PyeongChang, overtaking the total sales of the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, which sold around 316,000 tickets in total. Lee Hee-beom, the president of the Organizing Committee for the international sports event, said Wednesday that the sales surpassed the initially anticipated goal by 146 percent. Lee accredited the encouraging sales streak to the people’s increased interest for athletes who have overcome their physical

Olympic GamesMarch 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean Paralympians, officials to leave PyeongChang before closing ceremony

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean athletes and officials staying in South Korea for the Winter Paralympics will leave before the weekend's closing ceremony, officials said Wednesday, with representatives from Pyongyang's Paralympic committee returning home ahead of schedule.North Korea sent a 20-member athletic delegation, including skiers Ma Yu-chol and Kim Jong-hyon, to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, which began last Friday and will wrap up Sunday. Joining them were four offic

Olympic GamesMarch 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans finish their last PyeongChang Paralympics event

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean athletes finished their last event at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on Wednesday before they return home.Ma Yu-chol and Kim Jong-hyon competed in the men's 1.1 kilometer sprint cross-country skiing event in the sitting category at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics. Ma and Kim finished 31st and 32nd respectively among 36 competitors.Ma clocked in at 3 minutes 59.48 seconds, while Kim had a time of 4:23.87, which was more than a mi

Olympic GamesMarch 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Suspicions about N. Korean Paralympic athletes ‘raised by North Koreans’

North Koreans expressed doubts about their country’s participants in the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, according to Radio Free Asia, an international radio broadcasting station.A source from North Hamgyeong Province told the RFA that North Korean athletes at the 2018 Paralympic Games were likely to have been “arranged in a hurry by North Korean authorities to utilize the Winter Games for international propaganda.” North Korean skiers Ma Yu-chol (left) and Kim Jong-hyon practice at the Alpensia

Olympic GamesMarch 13, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang 2018 sets Winter Paralympics ticket sales record

PYEONGCHANG -- Ticket sales for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games have surpassed more than 320,000, a record for the most tickets sold at a Winter Paralympics, the organizers of the multisport event said Tuesday.The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games said ticket sales for the PyeongChang Paralympics had reached 320,531 as of Monday, and it has surpassed the 316,200 tickets sold for the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics. The ticket sales for the PyeongChang

Olympic GamesMarch 13, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean ice sledge hockey team falls 8-0 to US at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's ice sledge hockey team suffered a 8-0 loss to the United States at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Tuesday.The men's national team was thrashed by the Americans at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, in their last match in Group B. Despite the defeat, South Korea has reached the semifinals as the runner-up in Group B, which also features Japan and the Czech Republic. South Korea previously beat Japan 4-1 and edged the Cz

Olympic GamesMarch 13, 2018

Korean Kim Si-woo hoping to make PGA Tour history at flagship event

South Korean youngster Kim Si-woo is hoping to make history at the PGA Tour's flagship tournament this spring.The 22-year-old is the reigning champion of The Players Championship. No player has successfully defended the prestigious title since the tournament began in 1974, and during a media event at the tournament's venue, TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Kim said he will look to change that."Someone told me there hasn't been any back-to-back champion, and I've noticed a lot of champ

GolfMarch 13, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean curler surprised to learn she would be cauldron lighter for Paralympics

EUISEONG, North Gyeongsang Province -- When Kim Eun-jung, the skip for the women's curling team that won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, was told she would be a cauldron lighter for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, she couldn't believe it. Kim thought she wasn't qualified, considering her status, but she was wrong. "I doubted when I first heard it," Kim said to Yonhap News Agency on Monday. "It was something that Kim Yu-na did (at the Olympics), and I had nothing to show. I was really sur

Olympic GamesMarch 13, 2018

[Photo News] Uiseong residents welcome ‘Garlic Girls’

The “Garlic Girls” returned Monday to their hometown of Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, where they received a warm welcome. The members of the South Korean women’s curling team, which won silver at the PyeongChang Olympics, are nicknamed “Garlic Girls,” as all of the athletes, except for Kim Cho-hee, are from Uiseong county, whose specialty is garlic.The North Gyeongsang Province government invited about 300 people, including members of the national curling team and the athletes’ families, f

Olympic GamesMarch 12, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean wheelchair curlers at Paralympics buoyed by elementary students

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's wheelchair curlers at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics said Monday they were buoyed by local elementary students' support in their victory against Canada. The South Korean wheelchair curling team collected its fourth straight win at the PyeongChang Paralympics after beating defending champions Canada 7-5 at Gangneung Curling Center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Monday. The match between South Korea and Canada started at 9:05 a.m. and unlike pre

Olympic GamesMarch 12, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] KCDF presents Paralympic athletes with ‘warm gift’

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has partnered with the Korea Craft and Design Foundation to present Paralympic athletes with traditional winter wearable goods, specifically “bolkki.” Bolkki is made through the process of folding a piece of leather filled with fur or cotton. Its design provides warm cover over the head, ears and cheeks. The wearable product has been utilized by Koreans during the cold winter season since the Joseon era (1392-1910).  (Korea Craft and Design F

Olympic GamesMarch 12, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] KBS extends total duration of Paralympic programs to 34 hours

South Korean state-run broadcaster KBS has decided to extend its broadcast duration of Paralympic programs to 34 hours.According to Joongang Ilbo on Monday, KBS added nine hours of Paralympic programs to its broadcast schedule in response to criticism of local TV networks’ lack of interest in the Paralympic Winter Games. Paralympic athletes compete in the Men`s 20km cross-country skiing event held at the Alpensia Biathlon Center on Monday. (Yonhap)KBS’ two channels, KBS 1TV and KBS 2TV, were pre

Olympic GamesMarch 12, 2018

Olympic short track speed skaters to compete at world championships this week

South Korean Olympic short track speed skaters will compete at the world championships in Canada this week, only weeks after combining for six medals on home ice during the PyeongChang Winter Games.The International Skating Union World Short Track Speed Skating Championships will begin their three-day run Friday in Montreal. And South Korea will be represented by the same 10 skaters that flew the national flag at PyeongChang 2018 last month.Competing on the men's side will be Lim Hyo-jun, Hwang

Olympic GamesMarch 12, 2018