15 en South Korean speed skater Kim Min-sun clinched bronze at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Hamar, Norway, on Sunday. Kim finished third in the women's 500 meters in 37-point-835 seconds, claiming her first medal of the season and her first top-five finish. She came in close behind Poland's ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:29:33 +0900 Sports South Korean teen snowboarder Choi Gaon won the women’s halfpipe at the International Ski Federation(FIS) Snowboarding World Cup in the Chinese city of Zhangjiakou on Friday. The 17-year-old phenom finished first with 92-point-75 points to claim her first World Cup title of the season and her second ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:30:31 +0900 Sports Two people were convicted of attempting to extort money from football star Son Heung-min and sentenced to prison on Monday. The Seoul Central District Court found a woman in her 20s surnamed Yang, who falsely claimed to be pregnant with Son's child, guilty of extortion and attempted extortion and sentenced ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:21:34 +0900 Sports South Korea will face off against Mexico, South Africa and a qualifier from the European playoffs in the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. South Korea was selected in Group A at a draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Friday local time, ahead of the 2026 World Cup set to be co-hosted by the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:21:45 +0900 Sports Lee Chang-ho, a master of go, known as baduk in Korea, who has long been dubbed the Stone Buddha, set a new wins record on Friday with his 1,969th career victory, taking the title from his mentor, Cho Hun-hyun. The fifty-year-old secured the milestone in the second playoff match of the 2025 Incrediwear ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:31:58 +0900 Sports Pitcher Cody Ponce of the Hanwha Eagles has been named the most valuable player(MVP) of the Korea Baseball Organization's(KBO) 2025 season, becoming the first foreign Eagles player to secure the title.  The 31-year-old American received the honor at the KBO’s annual awards ceremony in Seoul on Monday ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:31:07 +0900 Sports Kiwoom Heroes infielder Song Sung-mun is making the move to Major League Baseball.   The secretariat of the Korea Baseball Organization(KBO) on Friday asked Major League Baseball(MLB) to post Song to 30 MLB teams, at the request of Kiwoom Heroes.   Once the MLB announces Song’s posting, it will open ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:58:38 +0900 Sports Former All-Star outfielder and slugger Choo Shin-soo has become the first Korean eligible for the Major League Baseball(MLB) Hall of Fame. Choo, who played in the MLB from 2005 to 2020, was among 12 newcomers on the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released by the Baseball Writers' Association of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:02:16 +0900 Sports Speed skater Kim Joon-ho won a bronze medal at the first International Skating Union(ISU) Speed Skating World Cup of the season in Salt Lake City on Sunday. Kim finished the men's 500-meter with a time of 33-point-78 seconds, breaking the South Korean record. Cha Min-kyu set the previous South ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:08:21 +0900 Sports The Korean Sport and Olympic Committee will open its world-class skating facility to the public this winter season and offer a variety of programs. The committee announced Wednesday that the opening of the Taereung International Ice Rink in Seoul's Nowon District will help establish the facility ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:14:08 +0900 Sports The LG Twins clinched their fourth Korean Series championship on Friday, defeating the Hanwha Eagles 4-1 in Game Five to win the best-of-seven series 4-1. Playing on the road in Daejeon, LG overcame early pressure to secure back-to-back wins after taking both Games Four and Five. Designated hitter Kim ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 01 Nov 2025 13:19:10 +0900 Sports Major League Soccer(MLS) named Los Angeles Football Club(LAFC) forward Son Heung-min's free kick, completed in his MLS debut match on August 23, the 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year. According to the MLS website, the South Korean superstar's Goal of the Year award honors "his stunning free kick in ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:41:02 +0900 Sports The South Korean men’s national football team finished its October friendlies with one win over Paraguay and one loss to Brazil.   The team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, defeated Paraguay 2-0 in an international friendly at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Tuesday.   Eom Ji-sung scored South Korea’s ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:40:43 +0900 Sports The Samsung Lions have advanced to the playoff round of the Korean Baseball Organization(KBO) postseason, having beaten the SSG Landers three games to one in their best-of-five first round series.  The Lions secured their spot by defeating the Landers 5-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday in front of their home fans ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:03:52 +0900 Sports [Sounds from last regular KBO season match between the LG Twins and Doosan Bears] Anchor: More than 12 million people turned out for professional baseball games this season, marking an all-time high for Korean baseball attendance and a second straight annual record. To mark the milestone, KBS World ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:43:27 +0900 Sports The LG Twins secured the KBO regular season championship for the first time in two years. The Twins clinched the pennant on Wednesday, despite a 7-3 loss to the NC Dinos in their final game, after the second-place Hanwha Eagles fell to the SSG Landers. LG finished with a .603 winning percentage, edging out ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:20:35 +0900 Sports Head coach Hong Myung-bo has announced that forward Hwang Hee-chan and midfielder Hwang In-beom will return to South Korea's men's national football team for the squad's October friendlies. Hong announced Monday that the two players, who were absent in September, would join Lee Kang-in, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:35:00 +0900 Sports South Korean football star Son Heung-min scored twice for Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) in a Major League Soccer match on Saturday. Son netted his first goal during added time in the first half against St. Louis City SC at Energizer Park in St. Louis. He added a second in the second half, extending ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:00:23 +0900 Sports Son Heung-min scored his first Major League Soccer hat trick on Wednesday, leading Los Angeles FC(LAFC) to a 4–1 win over Real Salt Lake. Son struck twice in the first half and sealed his third goal in the 82nd minute, bringing his season tally to five goals in six matches in his first month of play for ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:18:58 +0900 Sports South Korean high jumper Woo Sang-hyeok won his second silver medal at the world outdoor championships, falling short of claiming his nation's first outdoor championship gold in track and field. Woo jumped two-point-34 meters during the final round of the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:36:26 +0900 Sports South Korean football star Son Heung-min scored his second goal in Major League Soccer (MLS) on Saturday, continuing his strong start since joining the league last month after a decade with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. Son opened the scoring just 52 seconds into the match against the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:56:56 +0900 Sports South Korea's professional baseball league surpassed the 200 million mark in regular season attendance in its 44th season. According to the Korea Baseball Organization(KBO), the cumulative attendance tally as of Friday was 200-million-781. From its launch in 1982 through the 2024 season, the KBO attracted ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:03:34 +0900 Sports South Korea football team captain Son Heung-min has set a new milestone by making his 136th international appearance to top the nation's male ranking in a three-way tie. Son's 136th appearance came when he subbed in for Bae Jun-ho at the start of the second half of a friendly against Mexico ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:16:05 +0900 Sports The LG Twins secured a spot in the KBO postseason on Monday, becoming the first team this year to guarantee fall baseball. With a record of 78 wins, 47 losses and three draws (.624), even losing all 16 remaining games would not knock LG out of the top five. This marks LG’s seventh consecutive ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:01:42 +0900 Sports South Korea secured a 2–0 victory over the United States in a friendly football match held in Harrison, New Jersey. Led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, the South Korean national team triumphed Saturday at Sports Illustrated Stadium.  Captain Son Heung-min opened the scoring in the 18th minute and later ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 07 Sep 2025 12:06:59 +0900 Sports Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization(KBO) broke the record for single-season attendance in the country's professional baseball, surpassing one-point-four million. The Lions attracted the full capacity crowd of 24-thousand fans on Friday, when it defeated the Kiwoom Heroes eight-three during a ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:23:42 +0900 Sports German-Korean midfielder Jens Castrop of Borussia Mönchengladbach has been named to South Korea’s national football team for the first time, becoming the first foreign-born mixed-heritage player to earn selection. Head coach Hong Myung-bo announced the 26-man roster on Monday for September friendlies ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:52:25 +0900 Sports The Korea Baseball Organization(KBO) unveiled the schedule for 53 makeup games in the 2025 season, setting up a late-September showdown between the first-place LG Twins and second-place Hanwha Eagles that could decide a direct berth in the Korean Series. According to the KBO on Tuesday, the games will be ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:22:11 +0900 Sports Son Heung-min earned a game-tying penalty in his debut for Los Angeles Football Club, just three days after joining the Major League Soccer side following a decade-long stint with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Son entered the match as a substitute in the 61st minute during LAFC’s away game ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 10 Aug 2025 14:45:04 +0900 Sports The Los Angeles Football Club(LAFC) in Major League Soccer has announced that South Korean football star Son Heung-min has become its new player. The LA-based club said Wednesday that it has completed the full transfer of Son from Tottenham Hotspur, calling him one of the most talented and popular Asian ...

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