Is the South Korean golf boom over on the LPGA Tour?

In South Korea, the generation has been called “Seri Pak’s Kids,” because it’s a group of young women who became inspired by the golf star’s ascendance with her watershed 1998 U.S. Women’s Open ... Read More

World’s No. 1 golfer headlines field for LPGA event at Shadow Creek

Ayaka Furue has reached the championship match of the T-Mobile Match Play each of the past two years at Shadow Creek. She’ll have to overcome the best field in tournament history if she hopes to ... Read More

South Korea's birth rate is so low, one company offers staff a $75,000 incentive to have children

Seoul — South Korea's overall birth rate hit a record low of 0.72 in 2023, and with that figure projected to fall even further in 2024, some Korean businesses have started offering remarkably ... Read More

Gushue extends strong run of play with wins over Netherlands, South Korea at worlds

Gushue wins twice at men's curling worlds, including 50th of career at the event Canada's ... Zealand's Anton Hood (0-8) and South Korea (0-9) remained winless. The top two seeds will earn direct ... Read More

South Korea's liberal opposition wins absolute majority

South Korea's liberal opposition ... The ruling People's Power Party (PPP) and its satellite party garnered 108 seats. According to reports by national news agency Yonhap, PPP leader Han Dong ... Read More

Yonhap news agency says South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential advisers have offered to resign

Yonhap news agency says South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential advisers have offered to resign SEOUL, South Korea -- Yonhap news agency says South Korea’s prime minister and top ... Read More

South Korea's president meets leader of doctors' strike as he seeks to end their walkouts

Yoon also listened to Park’s views on problems facing South Korea’s medical system, and the two exchanged opinions on how to improve working conditions for interns and medical residents ... Read More

Explainer-South Korea's Yoon Hints at Flexibility in Doctors' Strike as Election Looms

Explainer-South Korea's Yoon Hints at Flexibility ... which was echoed by a Gallup poll from Friday. Yoon's speech came as his People Power Party is aiming to win a majority in and the single ... Read More

Social media supercharges South Korea's 'politics of hatred'

Online disinformation and hate speech are poisoning politics the world over, but in South ... don't win a majority, Lee Jae-myung will surrender our nation to Red China and destroy the Korea ... Read More

South Korea’s April 10 Election: What’s at Stake for the Crypto Universe

South Koreans will vote on April 10 having considered crypto-related poll promises that the two main parties have made. The role of crypto may have become even more significant in this election ... Read More

South Korea’s Semiconductor Output Rises by Most in 14 Years

South Korea’s output of semiconductors jumped the most in 14 years in February in an indication of ongoing recovery in the country’s most important industrial sector and global tech demand. Read More

South Korea’s 2024 Parliament Election: What to Know

But two major handicaps ... scores a decisive win, it will further weaken Mr. Yoon’s leadership and may turn him into an early lame duck, political analysts say. But South Korea’s worsening ... Read More