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(LEAD) (Olympics) Im Ae-ji takes bronze in women’s boxing

Im Ae-ji grabbed a bronze medal in the women’s 54-kilogram boxing event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, giving South Korea its first medal ever in women’s boxing after losing her semifinal bout.

Im couldn’t get past Hatice Akbas of Turkiye in the s…

(Olympics) Diver goes for 1st medal in springboard

Woo Haram owns the record for the best Olympic performance by a South Korean diver, with his fourth-place finish in the men’s 3-meter springboard event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

He will try to improve on that and grab the country’s first-ever divi…

Kia’s EV sales in U.S. double in Jan.-July

Electric vehicle sales by Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, in the United States from January to July jumped twofold on-year thanks to the strong demand of the company’s EV9 SUV model, industry data showed Monday.

According to the data from …

Shipbuilding training center set up in Indonesia

The industry ministry said Monday it has launched a shipbuilding training center in Indonesia to provide training programs for Indonesian workers seeking job opportunities in South Korea.

The center, located in Serang, 78 kilometers west of Jakarta,…

Extreme heat claims 13 lives in S. Korea this year

Five South Koreans died of heat-related deaths over the weekend, bringing this year’s total to 13, as scorching heat continues to plague the nation, authorities said Monday.

On Saturday, three deaths were reported in the southwestern city of Gwangju…