Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

'I'm the discount version of Kim Ye-ji and that's pushing it': Training like a Korean sport shooter

A Korea JoongAng Daily sports reporter tries her hand at the coldest sport of the Summer Olympics at the firing range with a former Korean university shooting team athlete.

2024-08-20

Korea's Yang Ji-in wins women's 25-meter pistol gold in shoot-off

Yang, 21, missed just one of her final five shots, confidently edging out France's Camille Jedrzejewski for the victory.

2024-08-03

Oh Ye-jin wins women's 10m air pistol gold with new Olympic record

Oh and Kim Ye-ji raised a shared Korean flag following their final two shots, with India's Manu Bhaker coming in third.

2024-07-28

Korea's Lee Won-ho narrowly misses men's 10m air pistol medal

Lee waved to the audience before returning to join his coach on the sidelines. The German shooting coach, sitting next to Korea as fifth-place finishers, gave Lee a few pats on the shoulder after Lee's coach had done the same.

2024-07-28

Shooting team win third silver in men's 25 meter rapid fire

Korea secured its third medal in shooting at the 19th Asian Games with a silver medal finish in the men’s 25 meter rapid fire pistol team contest in Hangzhou, China on Monday.

2023-09-25

Police tracking person who made threat to kill president online

Police are tracking a person who claimed on the internet to have bought a pistol with cryptocurrency to kill the president. The police received a report Sunday about a post on an online community that threatened to kill President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2023-04-10

Man in his 50s found with gunshot wound to the head in Seoul

A man in his 50s was found shot in the head around 5:33 a.m. Tuesday morning on a road near a park in Jamwon-dong of Seocho District, western Seoul, and was taken to a nearby hospital where he is receiving treatment.

2022-10-11