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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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[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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[More than APT] Changing the value of 'home'
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K-pop fandoms wield growing influence over industry decisions
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N. Korea wins first gold in London in judo
LONDON (Yonhap) -- Judoka An Kum-ae won North Korea's first gold medal at the London Olympics Sunday, taking the women's under-52-kilogram class.An defeated Yanet Bermoy Acosta of Cuba with a yuko. An won silver in the same category at the Beijing Olympics four years ago.On Saturday, female weightlifter Ryang Chun-hwa won bronze in women's 48㎏ class for the North's first medal.North Korea sent 56
July 30, 2012
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S. Korean judoka Cho grabs bronze following judging controversy
LONDON (Yonhap) -- South Korean Cho Jun-ho grabbed bronze medal in the men's under-66-kilogram judo on Sunday at the London Olympics, bouncing back after a judging controversy knocked him out of the quarters earlier in the day.Cho beat Sugoi Uriarte of Spain in the bronze medal contest. He had advanced through repechage round after losing his bid for a semifinal berth on an unprecedented overturni
July 30, 2012
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Michael Phelps aims for redemption in 200 fly
LONDON (AFP) ― Michael Phelps, shockingly shut out of the medals in the 400-meter medley, will try to bounce back in an event he has long dominated when he launches his Olympic 200-meter butterfly title defense on Monday.Ryan Lochte, for one, thinks Phelps will come back with a vengeance.“The next event he is in, he is going to light it up,” Lochte predicted after claiming gold in the 400 medley as Phelps floundered to fourth.Phelps couldn’t ask for a better forum in which to reassert himself.He
July 29, 2012
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Park Tae-hwan wipes away tears after long day in the pool
LONDON (AP) ― Park Tae-hwan wiped away tears at the end of his long day. A day that nearly ended prematurely and instead concluded with a bittersweet silver medal.After getting reinstated from a temporary disqualification following morning heats, the South Korean had his Olympic 400-meter freestyle title taken away by Chinese rival Sun Yang.Park led throughout the first half of the race Saturday and was under world record pace for a long stretch, but Sun pulled ahead in the final 150 meters.“I s
July 29, 2012
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Lee congratulates South Korean medal winners
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak sent a congratulatory message to South Korean medal winners Sunday at the ongoing London Summer Olympics, the presidential office said.Pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh won South Korea's first gold medal Saturday at the men’s 10-meter air pistol event, while Park Tae-hwan took the silver in the 400-meter freestyle swimming hours after an earlier false start disqualification ruling was overturned.South Korea's third medal came from the men’s archery team, which settl
July 29, 2012
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S. Korea grabs three medals on topsy-turvy day
LONDON -- South Korea had on Saturday everything a country could possibly have on a single day at an Olympic Games: a feel-good gold medal; a silver medal that almost never came; and a bronze medal that seemed as disappointing as an Olympic medal could be.Pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh captured South Korea‘s first gold medal in London in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event. It was also the country‘s first medal of any color at this year’s Olympics.Star swimmer Park Tae-hwan survived a ruling fiasco
July 29, 2012
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[Photo] Olympic opening ceremony
Highlight photos of the London Olympic opening ceremony(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)
July 29, 2012
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S. Korean men's archery team takes bronze day after setting world record
LONDON (Yonhap) -- South Korean men's archery team took the bronze medal at the London Olympics Saturday, a day after setting a world record in the ranking round.From left: Im Dong-hyun, Kim Bub-min and Oh Jin-hyek (Yonhap News) The South Koreans Im Dong-hyun, Kim Bub-min and Oh Jin-hyek beat the Mexican trio of Juan Rene Serrano, Luis Eduardo Velez and Luis Alvarez 224-219 in the bronze medal
July 29, 2012
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Pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh wins S. Korea's first gold in London
Jin Jong-oh (Yonhap News)Pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh captured South Korea's first gold medal at the London Olympics Saturday, taking the men's 10-meter air pistol event.In the final held at Royal Artillery Barracks, Jin fired 100.2 points. Combined with his qualification score of 588, also tops in the field the 32-year-old took the gold with 688.2 points.Luca Tesconi of Italy won the silver, after
July 29, 2012
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Park wipes away tears after long day in the pool
South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan (Tonhap News)Park Tae-hwan wiped away tears at the end of his long day. A day that nearly ended prematurely and instead concluded with a bittersweet silver medal.After getting reinstated from a temporary disqualification following morning heats, the South Korean had his Olympic 400-meter freestyle title taken away by Chinese rival Sun Yang.Park led throughout the
July 29, 2012
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Swimmer Park Tae-hwan to lead potential golden day
LONDON (Yonhap News) -- Swimmer Park Tae-hwan will enter the men's 400-meter freestyle race Saturday, the first of his three events at the London Olympics. He is the reigning Olympic gold medalist and a two-time world champion in 400 meter free.Park isn't the only South Korean medal hopeful on this day. Male archers will compete in the team event, and they've earned the bye to the quarters after s
July 28, 2012
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Opening ceremony grapples with social issues
LONDON (AFP) - A celebration of free healthcare, the trade union struggle, the battle for women's rights and a fleeting lesbian kiss: the Olympics opening ceremony Friday did not shy away from weighty social issues.Unsurprisingly, the show devised by Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle drew accusations from the British political right that it had strayed into "leftie" issues.Aidan Burley, a
July 28, 2012
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Beijing show liberated us: Boyle
LONDON (AFP) - Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle said he had felt liberated rather than daunted by Beijing 2008's spectacular opening ceremony as his quirky but impressive show opened the London Games in style.In front of 80,000 spectators and VIPs, women in smocks and bonnets shepherded sheep, geese and cows on landscaped grass in the "Isles of Wonder" vision dreamed up by Boyle as the ceremony
July 28, 2012
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S. Korea men, women earn high seeds in archery
LONDON (Yonhap News) -- South Korean archers were off to a rousing start at the London Olympics Friday, as both men and women secured high seed positions in the ranking rounds held hours before the opening ceremony.On a cloudy but calm day at the training range at Lord's Cricket Ground here in the host city of the 2012 Summer Games, Im Dong-hyun fired 699 to break his own 72-arrow record by three.
July 28, 2012
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London Olympics kicks off with lavish opening ceremony
LONDON (Yonhap News) -- The 2012 London Summer Olympics kicked off here Friday with a lavish opening ceremony celebrating Britain's rich history and great figures, by turns dramatic, imaginative, humorous and solemn.With light rain falling early on at the Olympic Stadium, London began its third Summer Olympics with the ceremony titled "Isles of Wonder," as thousands of performers weaved the story
July 28, 2012
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S. Korean archers find mixed fortunes to start Olympics
LONDON (Yonhap News) -- In the tranquil sport of archery, South Korean men sent a loud message to the rest of the competition at the Olympics Friday.If you want to win, you'll have to do better.Im Dong-hyun shot 699 in the men's ranking round at Lord's Cricket Ground, breaking his own 72-arrow world record by three points. Teammate Kim Bub-min also surpassed the old standards, firing 698. The thir
July 27, 2012
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ABU grants Olympic broadcasting rights to North Korea
A non-government organization dealing with Olympic broadcasting rights for North Korea said Thursday it will allow the North to air the international sports events across the country.The decision came after Kim In-kyu, the president of South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS and chief of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, returned from a three-day visit to the North over the broadcasting issue. Kim said the four-men ABU delegation he led struck an agreement with the North’s Radio and Television B
July 27, 2012
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N.K. to organizers: No more flag mistakes
LONDON (AP) ― North Korea’s IOC member wants Olympic organizers to take steps to ensure there are no more mix-ups of national flags ― especially at the medal ceremonies.Chang Ung expressed his disappointment Thursday after the South Korean flag was mistakenly displayed on the giant screen before the women’s soccer game between North Korea and Colombia in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday night.The North Koreans refused to take the field for about an hour before the match went ahead. London organiz
July 27, 2012
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Joo ready for potential showdown
LONDON (Yonhap News) ― In the annals of the Summer Olympics, it could be argued that perhaps no country has dominated a single sport quite the way China has ruled table tennis.Granted, the sport only became a medal event at the 1988 Olympics, but China has swept up 20 gold medals, including all four up for grabs at the 2008 Beijing Games. South Korea, with three titles, and Sweden, with one, are the only other countries with Olympic table tennis gold.In the International Table Tennis Federation
July 27, 2012
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Korea lacks firepower vs. Mexico
NEWCASTLE, England (Yonhap News) ― Before South Korea opened the men’s soccer tournament at the London Olympics Thursday against Mexico, the patchwork defensive line was seen as the team’s Achilles’ heel. The head coach, Hong Myung-bo, acknowledged as much earlier this month.But following its scoreless draw against Mexico that started Group B action in Newcastle, South Korea appears to have an entirely different sort of problem at hand.The defense did yeoman’s work against the Latin Americans; b
July 27, 2012
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