President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday named Shim Woo-jung, the vice justice minister, to be the new prosecutor general, his office said.

Shim, 53, has been tapped to be the new prosecution chief who will replace Prosecutor General Lee One-seok, accordin…

Three years ago in Tokyo, Lee Da-bin grabbed her silver medal in taekwondo by losing her last match of the competition.

On Saturday in Paris, though, Lee claimed her bronze medal by winning her final match of the women’s +67-kilogram taekwondo event…

High jump medal hopeful Woo Sang-hyeok missed the podium at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

Woo failed to clear the bar set at 2.31 meters in three attempts and finished the men’s high jump final at 2.27m at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of …

Veteran B-boy Hongten was knocked out of the group stage at the inaugural Olympic breaking competition in Paris on Saturday.

Hongten, whose legal name is Kim Hong-yul, finished third in Group C of the B-boys competition at La Concorde 1 in the Frenc…

Lee Da-bin grabbed a bronze medal in the women’s heaviest weight class in taekwondo Saturday, giving South Korea its third medal in its traditional martial art at the Paris Olympics.

Lee defeated Lorena Brandl of Germany 2-1 (4-2, 5-9, 13-2) in one …

High jump medal hopeful Woo Sang-hyeok missed the podium at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, finishing in seventh place after coming up well short of his personal best and season best.

Woo failed to clear the bar set at 2.31 meters in three attempts …

Jun Woong-tae was in a medal position going into the final event of the men’s modern pentathlon final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

In a venue by the historic Chateau de Versailles in Versailles, west of Paris, Jun was in third place at the sta…

The day began with much promise, but South Korea ended up with two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, the penultimate day of the competition, unable to add a gold medal to break its Summer Games record.

South Korea defeated Germany for…