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Korean B-Boy Hongten, pushing 40, adds another title to his breaking career: Olympian

Korea’s Hongten fell short of a spot in the quarterfinals — but still did it all with his signature smile.

2024-08-11

Korean B-Boy Hongten misses cut for breaking quarterfinals

Korean B-Boy Hongten took the stage at the Paris Olympics Saturday in front of an energized crowd at La Concorde in the center of Paris but failed to make the cut for the eight-man quarterfinals.

2024-08-11

Breaking veteran Hong 10 to rep Korea at La Concorde

Hong 10, also known as Kim Hong-yul, will be the oldest B-boy at the Olympics. He broke out onto the international breaking scene during the early 2000s — and never left.

2024-07-23

B-boy legend Hong 10 to represent Korea at Paris Olympics

Veteran B-boy Hong 10 will be Korea’s sole representative in breaking at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the sport will make its Olympic debut, after winning third place at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest.

2024-06-24

Korea's Seo Chae-hyun, Hong 10 to make final Olympic bids in Budapest

Korea could see a bit of redemption in its run-up to the Paris Olympics as a handful of individual stars make their final bids for spots in the flashiest sports in Budapest, Hungary this weekend.

2024-06-18

Gov't to confirm expansion of medical college seats with focus on rural access

The government will announce on Wednesday how many seats will be added at each medical college nationwide.

2024-03-20

SNU medical school professors to resign en masse over gov't treatment of doctors

Every professor from Seoul National University’s (SNU) medical school will resign from their posts amid an ongoing standoff between the government and doctors.

2024-03-12

Health crisis hits peak warning level as nearly 10,000 trainee doctors resign

The government on Friday raised the national health crisis level to the uppermost tier of “serious” as mass resignation of trainee doctors continued nationwide in protest of the medical school enrollment quota hike.

2024-02-23

SK hynix swings to profit, remains cautious on facilities investment

SK hynix plans to maintain a conservative approach to facilities investment despite reporting its first profit in a year in the October-December period of 2023 and drawing a rosy picture for premium memory chips.

2024-01-25

LG Display to downsize facilities investment to around 2 trillion won this year

LG Display reported its first profit in seven quarters on increased demand for OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels for mobile and TVs.

2024-01-24