South Korea took silver in the women's sabre fencing team event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, after blowing a late lead against Ukraine in the final. South Korea, world No. 4, lost to third-ranked Ukraine 45-42 at Grand Palais in the French capital. Jeon Eun-hye, Jeon Ha-young, Choi Se-bin and alternate Yoon Ji-su tried to give South Korea its first gold in the women's sabre team event. South Korea won bronze at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics but Yoon, 31, was the only carryover from tha

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South Korea defeated Germany for the bronze medal in judo's mixed team event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, its first medal in the event that made its Summer Games debut three years ago. This was South Korea's fifth medal in judo in the French capital, after two silver medals and two bronze medals in individual events. With the score tied at 3-3 after six matches involving three male and three female judokas each, the teams went to a sudden-death match in the men's -73-kilogra

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PARIS -- Lim Si-hyeon captured the gold medal in the women's archery individual event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, beating fellow South Korean Nam Su-hyeon to become the country's first triple gold medalist in France. In the first all-South Korean final in women's archery in 20 years, Lim defeated Nam 7-3 in the set score at Invalides in Paris. Lim had earlier won gold medals in the women's team and mixed team events. She became the third athlete overall to win at lea

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CHATEAUROUX, France -- Yang Ji-in captured the gold medal in the women's 25-meter pistol shooting event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday for South Korea's third shooting gold of the competition. Yang defeated Camille Jedrzejewski of France 4-1 in a shoot-off after the two finished the 10 series of shots in the final all tied at 37-37 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Chateauroux, south of Paris. This was the eighth gold medal overall for South Korea at the ongoing Olympics. In t

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PARIS -- World No. 1 An Se-young advanced to the semifinals of the women's singles badminton event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday after knocking off her longtime rival from Japan. An, the 2023 world champion, defeated Akane Yamaguchi 2-1 (15-21, 21-17, 21-8) in the quarterfinals at La Chapelle Arena in Paris. Yamaguchi was in control of the first game, getting An to move all over the court with some deft shotmaking. Each time An got close, Yamaguchi pulled away with a series of her own w

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WASHINGTON -- Former US President Donald Trump has highlighted that he brought back home some people held in North Korea during his presidency, as public attention shifted to a landmark prisoner swap deal that saw the release of 16 people from Russian captivity this week. In an interview with Fox Business on Thursday, Trump called the deal a "win" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, while President Joe Biden and his staff were credited with facilitating what was hailed as the largest

Foreign Affairs Aug. 3, 2024

WASHINGTON --US Vice President Kamala Harris has officially earned the necessary number of delegate votes in a virtual voting process to become the Democratic Party's standard-bearer for the Nov. 5 presidential election, the party's national committee chief said Friday. Just a day after online voting kicked off, Harris, the only party candidate, received more than a majority of votes from delegates to become the nation's first woman-of-color presidential nominee as she has been

World News Aug. 3, 2024

PARIS -- Kim Min-jong won the silver medal in the heaviest weight class in men's judo at the Paris Olympics on Friday, after falling to French legend Teddy Riner in the final. Kim lost by an ippon (a full point) to Riner in the men's +100-kilogram final at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. Riner clinched his third Olympic gold medal with a decisive "harai-goshi," or a hip throw, with 16 seconds left in the four-minute battle. Kim's was the second judo medal of Friday for S

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PARIS -- Kim Ha-yun earned a bronze medal in women's judo at the Paris Olympics on Friday, after battling her way through the repechage. Kim, world No. 4 in the women's +78 kilograms, defeated third-ranked Kayra Ozdemir of Turkiye in the bronze medal contest at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris. Kim had earlier lost in the quarterfinals but then won a match in the repechage round to reach one of two bronze medal matches. And then Kim defeated Ozdemir by scoring two "waza-ari," o

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PARIS --Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon joined forces for the mixed team gold medal in archery at the Paris Olympics on Friday, South Korea's third archery gold and seventh gold overall in France. Kim and Lim defeated Germany by the set score of 6-0 at Invalides in the French capital. Kim and Lim had earlier helped the men's and women's teams win gold medals in Paris. They joined sabre fencer Oh Sang-uk as two of three double gold medalists for South Korea here. Kim and Lim will ea

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PARIS -- South Korea captured its third archery gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Friday, going a perfect 3-for-3 so far with two more medal events remaining in the sport it has long dominated. A day after getting shut out of medals, South Korea also collected medals in judo and badminton on Friday. In archery, Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon were on target for the gold medal in the mixed team event. They defeated Florian Unruh and Michelle Kroppen of Germany by the set score of 6-0. South Kore

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President Yoon Suk Yeol will leave for a summer vacation next week, his office said Friday. Yoon is scheduled to go on vacation starting next Monday, but the exact duration or itinerary have not been fixed and remain flexible, an official from the presidential office said. The official added that Yoon may visit a regional military facility to meet and encourage servicemen or a marketplace to inspect people's livelihoods, the official said. Earlier this week, Yoon urged Cabinet members to fu

Politics Aug. 2, 2024

A court on Friday granted cash-strapped e-commerce platforms Tmon and WeMakePrice one month to seek debt restructuring on their own, after they failed to make payments to their vendors. The decision by the Seoul Bankruptcy Court to allow an autonomous restructuring support program (ARS) for Tmon and WeMakePrice came as the platforms' delayed payments are estimated to reach 274 billion won ($200 million). The total amount is estimated to escalate to nearly 1 trillion won if future payments a

Industry Aug. 2, 2024

Thailand's top diplomat requested the South Korean government Friday to make it more convenient for Thai travelers to visit, the foreign ministry said, amid reports of negative sentiment within the Southeast Asian country due to Thai travelers being denied entry. The request was made during bilateral talks between South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Thai counterpart, Maris Sangiampongsa, in Seoul, the ministry said in a release. Since last year, stricter screening under the ne

Foreign Affairs Aug. 2, 2024

Severe heat caused the cancellation of a South Korean baseball game Friday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the regular-season game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants scheduled in the southeastern city of Ulsan was scrapped due to extreme heat. This marks the first game in the KBO's 42-year history to be canceled because of heat wave. Per KBO regulations, games may be canceled in cities where the highest daily temperature has reached 35 C for at least two consecutive days.

Baseball Aug. 2, 2024