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Amy Yang captures 2nd career LPGA title in Thailand

Amy Yang of South Korea captured her second career LPGA Tour win here in Thailand on Sunday. Yang won the Honda LPGA Thailand by two strokes over three golfers …

PyeongChang to form joint working group with IOC to speed up Olympic prep

The South Korean organizers of the 2018 Winter Games said Sunday they will form a joint task force with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to …

Lydia Ko shoots 61 in New Zealand Women’s Open

Top-ranked Lydia Ko shot a course-record and career-best 11-under 61 on Saturday to take the early second-round lead in the New Zealand Women’s Open. The …

Park asks S. Korean firms to sponsor PyeongChang Winter Olympics

President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday asked South Korea’s top business leaders to actively sponsor the country’s first-ever Winter Olympics to be held …

Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae honored as nation’s top amateur athlete

Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae was honored on Tuesday as South Korea’s top amateur athlete of 2014.   Son, one of the country’s most visible …

Golf: Ko beats Yang for Australian Open crown

MELBOURNE (AFP) – Teenage world No.1 Lydia Ko added the Australian Open to her growing list of achievements with a two-stroke win at Royal Melbourne on …

17-year-old golfer Lydia Ko already looking to retirement

Only 17, top-ranked Lydia Ko says she’s already planning to retire from golf by the time she’s 30, and become a psychologist. Ko makes her second …

Mixed short program performance for S. Koreans at Four Continents

It was a mixed bag of results for the three South Koreans competing in the short program of the ladies’ singles at the Four Continents Figure Skating …

S. Korea jumps 15 spots to No. 54 in latest FIFA rankings

Buoyed by its runner-up finish at the AFC Asian Cup in January, South Korea jumped 15 spots to No. 54 in the latest FIFA rankings announced on Thursday. South …

[Newsmaker] Korea’s Formula 1 dream coming to an end?
[Newsmaker] Korea’s Formula 1 dream coming to an end?

The ambitious plan to make the southern part of the Korean Peninsula a stop on the global racing circuit may have come to a halt as the organizing committee of …

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