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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
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Samsung entangled in legal risks amid calls for drastic reform
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Heavy snow alerts issued in greater Seoul area, Gangwon Province; over 20 cm of snow seen in Seoul
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[Herald Interview] 'Trump will use tariffs as first line of defense for American manufacturing'
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Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
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[Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance
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[Health and care] Getting cancer young: Why cancer isn’t just an older person’s battle
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Prosecutors seek 5-year prison term for Samsung chief in merger retrial
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UN talks on plastic pollution treaty begin with grim outlook
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Herald named official English news supplier for 2014 Incheon Asiad
Herald Corp. has been named the official supplier of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games English news service. The agreement was signed by Lee Young-man, CEO and publisher of Herald Corp., and Kwon Kyung-sang, secretary general of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, at the committee in Incheon on Tuesday. Under the agreement, The Korea Herald, the nation’s No. 1 English newspaper since 1953, and The Herald Business, will supply the service exclusively.They are also entitled to use the em
June 5, 2013
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Rogge defends system on wrestling’s Olympic status
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) ― IOC president Jacques Rogge defended the process that led to the removal of wrestling from the Olympic program and the sport’s quick return as a candidate for inclusion in the 2020 Games.“I don’t see any shortcoming in the system,” Rogge said Friday. “I don’t see an error in the system.”Wrestling was eliminated from the list of core sports by the IOC in February but, after revamping its structure and adopting new rules, was selected Wednesday as a possible additiona
June 2, 2013
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Sochi unveils medals for Olympics
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) ― Sochi organizers unveiled the medals for the 2014 Winter Olympics ― and now hope to make sure most of them stay in Russia to make up for the miserable medal performance at the 2010 Vancouver Games.Organizers presented the medals featuring a “patchwork quilt” design representing the different regions of Russia, which will be hosting its first Winter Games next February in the Black Sea resort.One of the first to get a close up look at the medals was Russian President
May 31, 2013
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IOC eyes global betting monitoring system
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ― The IOC is proposing the establishment of a global system for monitoring betting patterns during major sports events, the latest step in efforts to guard against corruption and match-fixing.An International Olympic Committee working group held its fourth meeting Tuesday on the threat of illegal and irregular betting in sports.The IOC already has its own system in place for monitoring betting during the Olympics. The panel called for an “Olympic movement monitoring sy
May 15, 2013
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Singapore member seeks IOC presidency
LONDON (AP) ― IOC vice president Ng Ser Miang of Singapore is set to become the second declared candidate in the race to succeed Jacques Rogge as IOC president.Ng will announce his candidacy in Paris on Thursday, several officials with knowledge of the decision told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement hasn’t been made yet.Rogge, who succeeded Juan Antonio Samaranch in 2001, steps down Sept. 10 after 12 years in charge of the Int
May 15, 2013
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Emblem of 2018 PyeongChang Games unveiled
The official emblem of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games was unveiled on Friday. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) held simultaneous ceremonies in two places ― Seoul and PyeongChang in Gangwon Province ― to disclose the emblem.The emblem was also disclosed worldwide through its website.The design of the emblem has its roots in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. The emblem consists of the initial consonants of two Korean words ― Pyeon
May 3, 2013
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'Pyeongchang' picked as UNCBD host city
The 12th Conference of the Parties to United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) will be held in South Korea's alpine city of Pyeongchang in September next year, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The conference will be attended by 20,000 delegates from 193 countries, it said. Ways to implement the so-called "Nagoya Protocol" will be discussed during the conference, the ministry said. The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing
April 30, 2013
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[Photo News] Going swimmingly
April 30, 2013
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Gwangju on path to hosting aquatics worlds
GWANGJU ― Gwangju took one step closer to its dream of hosting the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Tuesday as it completed a crucial test by an evaluation team from the International Swimming Federation (FINA).The team, who arrived here on Monday, wrapped up the inspection Tuesday with a tour of two sites ― an aquatic venue to be constructed at Nambu University, and Naju Lake where open-water and high-diving events will take place.Gwangju plans to cluster a water polo pool, a synchronized swim
April 30, 2013
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Rogge to meet with wrestling chief
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ― Facing a wave of criticism from around the world, IOC president Jacques Rogge will meet with the head of wrestling’s governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to save its place in the Olympics.The IOC executive board dropped wrestling from the program of the 2020 Games on Tuesday, a decision which brought a sharp backlash from wrestling organizations and national Olympic bodies around the world ― including the United States, Russia and Iran.The move must sti
Feb. 14, 2013
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Olympics drops wrestling, keeps taekwondo
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ― An official familiar with the decision says IOC leaders have dropped wrestling from the program for the 2020 Olympics.In a surprise decision Tuesday, the offficial tells The Associated Press that the IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon and remove wrestling instead.The official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision hadn’t been announced yet.The IOC board reviewed the 26 sports on the current Olympic program. Eliminating one
Feb. 12, 2013
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Former judo chief to run for KOC post
South Korea’s top former judo official on Wednesday declared his candidacy for the country’s highest sports job, vowing to use his administrative experience to strengthen the foundation for elite sports in the country.Kim Jung-haeng, former head of the Korea Judo Association, said he will run for the chairmanship of the Korean Olympic Committee. He is currently one of three vice chairmen of the KOC.The former national judo team star is trying to become the first ex-athlete to head the KOC in the
Feb. 6, 2013
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Lee awards state medal to IOC chief
President Lee Myung-bak awarded a state medal to International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge on Friday for his contribution to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.Rogge, who has been on a four-day trip here since Wednesday, received the Cheongnyong Medal, the highest medal in the Order of Sport Merit, the presidential office said in a statement.In Friday's ceremony, Rogge also awarded Lee the Olympic Order in Gold, the highest honor awarded by the IOC, in recognition of his cont
Feb. 1, 2013
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Rogge praises Korea’s commitment
JINCHEON (Yonhap News) ― The global Olympic chief on Friday acknowledged South Korea’s commitment to excellence in sports and praised the country’s preparations for the upcoming Winter Olympics.Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, paid a visit to the Jincheon National Training Center, a national training ground for Olympic athletes located about 90 kilometers south of Seoul.Addressing South Korean sports officials and athletes, Rogge said the facility, which opene
Jan. 31, 2013
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Foreign journalists get taste of the Special Olympic spirit
David Miller, a British sports journalist who covered the Olympics for more than 50 years, was skeptical going into YongPyong Dome Tuesday night as the opening ceremony unfurled a procession of formal speech-making for the Special Olympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province.Miller’s skepticism was perhaps unsurprising for a veteran sports journalist. He was a senior staff reporter for The Times of London for 15 years and had been covering the Olympics since the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. He has seen
Jan. 31, 2013
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Special Olympians can inspire activists in Burma: Suu Kyi
PYEONGCHANG ― Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday that those struggling for democracy and human rights in her country can draw inspiration and strength from the some 3,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from all over the world competing in this year’s Special Olympics. The thousands of athletes who gathered in PyeongChang to compete in the world winter games hail from over 120 countries, from different regions and cultures. Yet, a common story of neglect and isolat
Jan. 30, 2013
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Special Olympics kicks off with spirit, enthusiasm
The 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games kicked off Tuesday amid cheers and palpable enthusiasm from a huge international crowd of athletes, sports fans and supporters at YongPyong Dome at the PyeongChang winter resort in Gangwon Province. About 3,300 athletes and officials from 111 countries will compete in the eight-day athletic contest for the intellectually disabled. International athletes will vie in eight Olympic-type winter competitions in the same PyeongChang venues as th
Jan. 29, 2013
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Special Olympics set to open
The opening ceremony of the 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics will be held Tuesday at YongPyong Dome in YongPyong Resort, Gangwon Province. About 3,300 athletes and officials from 111 countries will compete in the eight-day athletic contest for the mentally disabled. For Pyeongchang, the Special Olympics also are a good chance to gauge the town’s readiness to host the 2018 Winter Olympics with the same main venues being used ― Pyeongchang Alpensia, YongPyong Resort and Gangneung Indoor Ice Rink.
Jan. 27, 2013
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Report: Olympian says she was a prostitute
Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was a Las Vegas prostitute for the past year and said it was “a huge mistake,” thesmokinggun.com reported.Favor Hamilton, 44, said her husband knew about her secret life as a call girl with an escort service, the report said.“I take full responsibility for my mistakes. I‘m not the victim and I’m not going that route. I‘m owning up to what I did. I would not blame anybody except myself,” she said. “Everybody in this world makes mistakes. I made a huge mista
Dec. 23, 2012
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Special Olympics all about participation
The 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games will be held in Pyeongchang and Gangneung, Gangwon Province, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5. The Special Olympics is a global sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities seeking to remove social prejudice against them. The PyeongChang Games will be the first Special Olympics hosted by Korea. About 3,300 athletes and officials from 133 countries will participate in 55 events of seven sports ― alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowbo
Dec. 16, 2012
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