(Olympics) PGA Tour players ready to do S. Korea proud in France General July 29, 20240 Competing at an Olympic Games means different things to different athletes. For South Korean golfer An Byeong-hun, the son of two Olympic table tennis medalists, representing the country at the quadrennial event takes on extra significance. An’s fat…
Set up a committee to investigate the gambling expert’s complaint that the police raided and forced him to extort 800,000 baht. General July 29, 20240 The Commander of Metropolitan Police Division 3 has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate the case of a gambling guru who complained that the police had arrested him and extorted 800,000 baht, and will also investigate the financial trail of…
(Olympics) On target for improbable gold, teen shooter wants to keep growing General July 29, 20240 While dabbling at different sports growing up, Ban Hyo-jin switched from taekwondo to shooting three years ago, at age 13. It only took her a couple of weeks to realize she could be good at this new sport. And on Monday at the Paris Olympics, the re…
First lady thanks U.N. veterans of Korean War in hand-written letter General July 29, 20240 First lady Kim Keon Hee on Monday thanked a group of visiting U.N. veterans who fought for South Korea in the 1950-53 Korean War, in a hand-written letter sent for a program commemorating their service in the conflict, the veterans ministry said. In…
(LEAD) S. Korea’s total population inches up in 2023 after 2 years of fall General July 29, 20240 South Korea’s total population rebounded in 2023 after two years of on-year fall on the back of the growing number of foreigners, though the country continued to experience falling birthrates and rapid aging, data showed Monday. The country’s total …
Quad ministers condemn N.K.’s nuclear pursuit, commit to ‘complete’ peninsula denuclearization General July 29, 20240 The top diplomats of the United States, Japan, India and Australia condemned North Korea’s rocket launches and its pursuit of nuclear arms, and renewed their commitment to the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” during their talks in …