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Taekwondo instructor accused of killing toddler abused victim 140 times, police say

The taekwondo instructor charged with suffocating a toddler was revealed to have abused the boy at least 140 times before the fatal incident, according to police.

2024-11-13

Korea win 10 medals in first few days of Paris Paralympics

There may have only been three days of action so far at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, but Team Korea have already brought their medal count up to double digits as of press time Sunday.

2024-09-01

Korea's Lee Da-bin secures taekwondo bronze with win over Lorena Brandl

Korean taekwondo athlete Lee Da-bin secured her second Olympic medal with a 2-1 victory over Lorena Brandl of Germany in the women’s +67kg bronze match at the Paris Olympics.

2024-08-11

Seo Geon-woo misses podium in men's -80kg taekwondo

Seo Geon-woo missed out on a medal in the taekwondo men’s -80-kilogram competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, losing 2-0 to Edi Hrnic of Denmark at the Grand Palais in Paris.

2024-08-10

Kim Yu-jin takes comfortable gold in women's -57-kilogram taekwondo

Kim Yu-jin secured Korea’s second taekwondo gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, beating Nahid Kiyanichandeh of Iran in two rounds in the women’s -57 kilograms.

2024-08-09

Park Tae-joon wins Korea's first taekwondo gold since Rio in dramatic end to -58kg competition

Park Tae-joon won Korea’s first Olympic taekwondo gold since the 2016 Rio Olympics on Wednesday, beating Gashim Magomedov of Azerbaijan in a dramatic end to the men’s -58-kilogram competition.

2024-08-08

Korea invented Taekwondo. They've now been outperformed. Can this year's Olympians smash the slump?

Team Korea began a quest at the Paris Olympics Wednesday to recreate their glory in the sport they invented: Taekwondo.

2024-08-07

Gold eluded Korean taekwondo in Tokyo. Four seek to reclaim it.

Four athletes, two men and two women, will be tasked with starting a new gold-medal streak at the Paris Olympics.

2024-07-25

Korea is after a taekwondo comeback for the first time. Can it strike gold in Paris?

Soon, a four-person squad of all but one first-time Olympians will start a quest to recreate Korea’s gold medal glory at the Paris Olympics.

2024-06-26

From K-pop to Cairo, Africa embraces Korea's cultural influence

The whole package of Korean culture will make its way to the African continent, as part of the Culture Ministry’s initiative to bridge cultural ties between Korea and African nations ahead of the Korea-Africa Summit in June.

2024-03-29