It will be the first time at the Olympics for Kim, who will be 22 years old when the Games begin in July, and the second time for 32-year-old An, who qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics and finished in 11th place.
Korea has qualified a single team to the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics across all team sport competitions — women’s handball — after a series of narrow misses and a few major upsets. Here's how Korea fumbled the qualifiers.
Former Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho's passion for sports and culture elevated Korea's standing in the world.
Mega, 24, joined the Daejeon Jung Kwan Jang Red Sparks ahead of the 2023-24 V League season through the Asia Quota draft and led her side to the postseason for the first time in seven years.
The declining birthrate is affecting the country's supply of athletes, seeing schools discontinue sports clubs and national teams shrink.
Japan narrowly missed out on one of the 12 spots after finishing third at a qualification tournament over the weekend.
Swimmer Kim Woo-min will represent Korea in the men’s 400-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 1500-meter freestyle and 4x200-meter freestyle events in Paris after earning a berth in all four events at the national squad selection contest
Athletes — national, professional, active, retired — who make up the bulk of this season's cast, have dominated a lot of the competition.
LG Uplus officials monitor a broadcasting relay line control system displayed on electronic boards at the telecommunication service provider's office building in Anyang, Gyeonggi.
Korea’s Woo Sang-hyeok took bronze in the high jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday, clearing 2.28 meters to win a spot on the podium but falling short of a successful title defense.
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