FIFA President Gianni Infantino blasted critics of Qatar for being hypocritical, saying the host country of this year’s World Cup has made progress in improving rights of migrant workers — one of many off-field issues that have dominated the buildup to the tournament. On Saturday, the eve of the opening kickoff, Infantino launched into an … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared a resolute nuclear response to threats by the United States during an on-site inspection of the country’s test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Saturday. The missile, launched from Pyongyang International Airport, flew 999.2 kilometers for 4,135 seconds at an apogee … Read more
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called on Pacific Rim leaders on Saturday to make efforts to strengthen the multilateral trade regime and build stable supply chains during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Thailand, his office said. Han made the remarks during the plenary session of the two-day summit taking place this week in … Read more
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases bounced back to above 50,000 on Saturday amid concerns of a possible resurgence in the winter. The country reported 50,589 new COVID-19 infections, including 50 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,512,754, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The Saturday tally increased from 49,418 on … Read more
North Korea revealed leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter for the first time Saturday in photos showing them attending the test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day. The North’s state media reported that Kim inspected the launch of a Hwasong-17, the country’s largest ballistic missile, at Pyongyang International Airport on Friday. He was present … Read more
A U.S. B-1B Lancer strategic bomber joined a South Korea-U.S. joint air drill Saturday, one day after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea, military officials said. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the supersonic bomber made a sortie over South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) escorted … Read more
With South Korea’s first match at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar just days away, head coach Paulo Bento is trying to keep things under wraps as much as he can. Which player did what in a training session may seem to be a piece of trivial information, but don’t tell it to Bento, who … Read more
South Korean forward Cho Gue-sung is nothing if not confident. The 24-year-old forward is never shy about telling everyone who will listen how great he feels ahead of his first FIFA World Cup in Qatar. “I’ve been able to stay in great form here,” Cho said after a training session on Saturday at Al Egla … Read more