Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Drama! At the fight club: Training like a Korean pro wrestler

A Korea JoongAng Daily sports reporter gets into the ring with a cast of characters at practice-slash-rehearsal with Pro Wrestling Society Korea.

2024-06-27

Junior doctors and gov't fail to agree on medical reforms

The government and medical sector failed to narrow their differences over planned medical reforms despite a face-to-face meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and the head of a junior doctors’ group on Thursday.

2024-04-05

Heroic doctor who saved captain shot by Somali pirates named Armed Forces Hospital director

Dr. Lee Cook-jong, who saved a wounded freighter captain shot by Somali pirates and gunshot North Korean defector, was appointed as the director of the Armed Forces Hospital in Daejeon on Wednesday.

2023-12-27

Women with doctorates suffer from 'sticky floors' and 'glass ceilings'

Women with doctorate degrees are paid less than men with equivalent degrees, according to government-funded research on Tuesday. The gender gap was the most apparent at the lower and upper ends of the pay scale.

2023-12-26

LG Twins sign Dietrich Enns on one-year, $1 million deal

The American pitcher heads to the KBO after two years in Japan.

2023-12-14

Korea finish second at Asian baseball tournament after extra-innings loss

Korea lost 4-3 to Japan in the final of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship on Sunday, falling behind in extra innings to finish in second place at the U-24 tournament.

2023-11-20

Here we go again

The Korean national team trains at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo ahead of the opening game of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship on Wednesday

2023-11-15

Biaggio Ali Walsh follows in grandfather's footsteps with Las Vegas knockout win

It's fight night under the Las Vegas lights as Biaggio Ali Walsh lives up to his grandfather Muhammad Ali's legacy in a mixed martial arts exhibition fight as part of PFL 2, the second night of the Professional Fighter’s League regular season.

2023-04-09

Float like a butterfly, sting like your grandpa: Biaggio Ali Walsh enters the family business, sort of

Mixed martial artist Biaggio Walsh is a rising star in the Professional Fighters League with a big fight coming up on April 7. But there’s one thing that sets Walsh apart — his full name is Biaggio Ali Walsh and you might have heard of his grandpa.

2023-04-01

Korean Falcon eyes championship title in return to PFL

Mixed martial artist Jo Sung-bin will start his bid to win the Professional Fighters League (PFL) championship title with his first fight of the season in Las Vegas on Saturday.

2023-03-29