South Korea’s table tennis team, Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee, are disappointed after losing to China’s Chen Meng and Wang Man-yu in the women’s team semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 8th (Korean time). The Korean women’s table tennis team failed to…
Kim Yu-jin advances to the finals in Taekwondo 57kg class secures silver medal
South Korea’s national taekwondo team member Kim Yu-jin is competing against Turkey’s Hatidze Qibra Ilgwin in the round of 16 of the women’s 57kg class taekwondo event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the afternoon of the 8th (Korean time). After defeating world No. 5, No. 4,…
Korean women’s table tennis blocked by the Great Wall of China Bronze medal match on the 10th
South Korea women’s table tennis team Shin Yu-bin (right) and Jeon Ji-hee are disappointed after losing to China’s Chen Meng and Wang Man-yu in the semifinals of the women’s team table tennis match at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France on the 8th (local time). The Korean women’s…
Morocco Olympic Football Bronze Medal North Africa, World Football Powerhouse
Morocco’s Zakaria El Ouadi (left) attacks Egypt’s Osama Faisal during the men’s bronze medal match of the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Stade de Labojoire in Nantes, France on the 8th. Morocco won the bronze medal by beating Egypt 6-0 in the match. Morocco won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics with a…
Pardoned EcoPro founder tasked with overcoming battery industry slump
Expectations are rising that EcoPro will boost investments in the battery materials sector following the release of its founder from jail on Thursday, thanks to a special presidential pardon granted on the occasion of Aug. 15 Liberation Day. Lee Dong-chae, the founder and former chairman of the company, was set free about a year and three…
Hyundai, Kia unveil tech for battery management system
Hyundai Motor and Kia unveiled a number of technologies for their battery management system (BMS) to ensure customers of the safety of electric vehicles (EVs), following a recent EV fire that burned over 100 vehicles at a parking garage in Incheon. In a press release Thursday, Hyundai Motor and Kia said they are making extensive…
Migrant worker’s fight for justice: lung disease, compensation struggle in Korea
When Ajit Roy first arrived in Korea in 2011, he was already overqualified with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and aspired to become a medical doctor. But he needed money to support himself and his girlfriend back home in Bangladesh. He went back in 2016 only to be devastated by the news that his girlfriend…
How does Bacha Coffee’s $1,000 java taste?
A Korean influencer has shared his experience visiting the country’s first Bacha Coffee shop and tasting its coffee, which generated buzz for charging 1.4 million won ($1,000) per 100 grams of beans. Kim Bo-kyem posted on Tuesday a short clip on his YouTube channel Bokyem TV in which he visited the store in central Seoul…
From bullpen hopeful to closer.
From bullpen hopeful to closer. The 22-year-old hard-throwing pitcher is turning into a true closer. The SSG Landers switched their closer from Moon Seung-won to Cho Byung-hyun on the 2nd. The move took the pressure off Seung-won Moon, who has been the closer since the beginning of the season, and put it on the hard-throwing…
“Who is a domestic pitcher?”
They don’t have the domestic resources to offer a contract extension to a foreign pitcher with an ERA in the 7s. Brandon Waddell’s slow recovery from injury is the primary reason, but when his rehabilitation takes longer than expected, the reality that the only other option is Keisho Shirakawa is bittersweet. Doosan Bears manager Lee…