(Olympics) Sport climbing medal hopeful misses final in combined event

Sport climbing medal hopeful Lee Do-hyun won’t compete for a spot on the podium at the Paris Olympics, after being eliminated in the semifinal of the men’s combined event Wednesday.

Lee finished 17th in the lead semifinal at Le Bourget Sport Climbin…

Yoon visits southern naval base during summer vacation

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited a major naval base in the southern part of the country this week as part of his summer vacation, his office said Wednesday.

During the two-day visit to the naval base in Changwon, some 310 kilometers southeast of Seou…

(LEAD) (Olympics) Badminton gold medalist says she’s not picking fights with nat’l federation

The Olympic badminton champion An Se-young insisted Wednesday she is not trying to pick fights with her national team or the sport’s national federation, after she’d leveled criticism against them for archaic systems and inefficient operations.

An r…

PM requests Philippines’ support in sending message against N.K. provocations

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo met the Philippines’ top diplomat Wednesday and asked for Manila’s support in efforts to send a stern message against North Korea’s provocations, his office said.

Han made the request during talks with Philippine Secretar…

(Olympics) High jump medal contender Woo Sang-hyeok cruises into final

High jump medal contender Woo Sang-hyeok cruised into the Paris Olympic final Wednesday, moving closer to grabbing South Korea’s first medal in the event.

Woo finished tied for third place with Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, the defending co-gold meda…

(Olympics) S. Korea falls to China in men’s table tennis team quarters

South Korea lost to China in the quarterfinals of the men’s table tennis team event at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.

The team of Cho Dae-seong, Jang Woo-jin, and Lim Jong-hoon went down 3-0 against the world No. 1 team at South Paris Arena 4 in P…

(Olympics) Wrestler loses in repechage, falls short of bronze medal match

Greco-Roman wrestler Kim Seung-jun lost in his repechage match at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, missing out on a chance to fight for a bronze medal in his Summer Games debut.

Kim lost to Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan 8-2 in the repechage contest…