SEOUL– With his team reeling from a 5-1 defeat to world No. 1 Brazil last week, South Korea head coach Paulo Bento said Sunday he’d like to see “more intensity and aggressiveness” from his charges in their next game.South Korea, world No. 29, will hos…
SEOUL– The South Korean baseball club LG Twins announced Sunday they’ve signed former major league infielder Robel Garcia.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Garcia, 29, will make US$180,000 for the rest of the season.The switch hitter fro…
SEOUL– No matter what armchair football coaches say, South Korean winger Hwang Hee-chan on Sunday claimed he still has faith in the national team’s buildup play, the Taeguk Warrior’s bread-and-butter strategy.Head coach Paulo Bento has been sticking t…
SEOUL– The ruling party chief, who is visiting Ukraine, has said the war-torn country is hoping for a large amount of medical and other assistance from South Korea in its ongoing war with Russia, according to his party Sunday.Lee Jun-seok, head of the…
SEOUL– South Korean football star Son Heung-min’s national team jersey bearing his autograph was sold for 6.5 million won (US$5,190) at a charity auction here Sunday.Son’s red No. 7 national team shirt started with a price of 220,000 won, but it reach…
SEOUL– South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases have fallen below 10,000, health authorities said Sunday amid the country’s push to return to pre-pandemic normalcy.A total of 9,835 COVID-19 infections, including 48 cases from overseas, were confirmed…
SEOUL– North Korea reported 73,780 more suspected COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of fever cases to over 4 million.More than 73,780 people showed symptoms of a fever over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official Ko…
SEOUL– South Korean cellist Choi Ha-young has won the Queen Elisabeth Competition for the cello, one of the three most coveted classical music contests in the world.At the awards ceremony in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday (local time), Choi was named …