Moon Jae-in wins South Korean presidential polls

South Korea's presidential election has been won by liberal Moon Jae-in who favors a more open policy towards the country's hostile neighbour, North Korea. Early results suggested that Moon, the......

Why the world is not over the moon on Ban

T P Sreenivasan, a former Indian ambassador to the United Nations, Vienna, identifies the issues that have made UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon such a controversial figure. India suddenly......

Winter Olympics sidelights: Don't mention nukes

South Koreans learn how to talk to the enemy IMAGE: The North Korea and South Korea Olympic teams enter together under the Korean Unification Flag during the Parade of Athletes during the Opening......

Disgraced Korean shuttlers have domestic bans lifted

Four South Korean badminton players sent home in disgrace from the London Olympics for deliberately throwing matches have had their six-month domestic bans lifted by the Korean Olympic Committee.......

Korea's hockey World Cup squad

Shirt Full Name Date of birth Age Matches 1 Lee Myung Ho (GK) 10 Dec 1979 30 104 2 Lee Seung Il 21 Dec 1982 27 61 5 Nam Hyun Woo 15 Jul 1987 22 30 6 Lee Nam Yong 28......

Saina sails into the final

Title-favourite Saina Nehwal overcame a wobble in the second game before outclassing her Korean rival Kim Moon Hi in straight games to enter the women's singles final of the USD 10,000 Indian......

South Koreans win men's doubles gold

South Korea took the gold medal in the men's doubles badminton at the Athens Olympics on Friday and the southeast Asian nation also won through to the men's singles final for the first time.In an......