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The KFA held a meeting of executives on matters related to the Korean national soccer team at the Korea Football Center located in Sinmun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul on Wednesday. As a result of the meeting, coach Jurgen Klinsmann was dismissed. The aftermath of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup is serious. Coach Klinsmann, who…

Korean divers Kim Su-ji and Yi Jae-gyeong have captured a bronze medal in a synchronized event at the ongoing World Championships in Qatar.Kim and Yi scored 285.03 points to finish third in the mixed 3-meter synchronized event at the World Aquatics Championships at Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Saturday (local time).Maddison Keeney and Domonic Bedggood…

Tottenham Hotspur’s Korean striker Son Heung-Min celebrates the team’s second goal during the English Premier League Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou hailed “world-class” Son Heung-min after the Korea star capped a hectic week by inspiring his club’s dramatic 2-1 win against Brighton, Saturday.Postecoglou’s side were seconds away from being held to a frustrating draw in north…

Korea’s Kim Woo-min won gold in the men’s 400m freestyle at the world championships in Doha on Sunday.Kim clocked 3 minutes 42.71 seconds to edge out Australia’s Elijah Winnington, the 2022 world champion. Germany’s Lukas Martens took third place.The 22-year-old Kim was on course to break Paul Biedermann’s world record going into the final 100m…

Patrick Mahomes conjured another Super Bowl comeback on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs snatched a thrilling 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers to win their third NFL championship in five seasons.In a perfectly scripted finale before a celebrity-studded Las Vegas crowd including pop icon Taylor Swift, Mahomes found Mecole Hardman in the…

Lotte Tour Development Co Ltd, controller of the Jeju Dream Tower resort with foreigner-only casino (pictured) in Jeju, South Korea, announced on Friday refinancing of approximately KRW700 billion (US$539.6 million) in borrowings. A filing that day to the Korea Exchange said the exercise was a “maturity extension for the funds raised to the development and…

South Korea will extend a visa fee-exemption scheme to Chinese group travellers until the end of 2024. An existing exemption programme on the usual US$15 fee for such travellers began in September and had been due to expire at the end of this year. News of the initiative’s extension was given at South Korea’s 8th…

Of 438 South Koreans repatriated from overseas between January and November to face criminal charges, 14.8 percent – or 65 individuals – stood accused of “cyber gambling”, reported Yonhap news agency, citing Thursday comment by the country’s National Police Agency. The report did not specify the nature of the alleged online-related gambling offences. More than…

Ko Woo-suk will board a flight to Seattle via Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 9th and join the spring camp in San Diego. After the 2023 season, Ko was asked to check his status by the Major League Baseball. He signed a two-plus-one-year contract with the San Diego Padres on April 4…

Multiple local media outlets, including the New York Post and MLB.com , said on the 10th (Korea time), “Cory Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, announced his retirement and ended his 13-year major league career.” Kluber started his professional career in 2007 after being drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 134th round…