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S. Korea to face top-ranked US in women's football friendlies in Oct.

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  This photo provided by the Korea Football Association on Aug. 19, 2021, shows South Korea's starting XI against the United States in a women's football friendly at Soldier Field in Chicago on Oct. 6, 2019. (Korea Football Association) The South keonhacai women's national football team will play a pair of friendlies against the world No. 1 United States on the road in October, the sport's national federation announced Thursday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said the first match between the two countries will kick off at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. That's 9 a.m. on Oct. 22 (Korean time). The second match will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 26 at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, or 9 a.m. on Oct. 27 in Seoul. The United States won the bronze medal at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. South Korea, ranked 18th, just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics for the first time. Prior to the South Korea matches, the US wi...
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S. Korean nuclear envoy returns home from U.S. visit

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  Noh Kyu-duk, special representative for the Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, talks to the media at the Incheon International Airport, Thursday. Yonhap South Korea's top nuclear envoy returned home Thursday after meeting with his U.S. counterpart and other officials in Washington to discuss efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea. Noh Kyu-duk, special representative for the Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, said he had "in-depth" talks with the U.S. keonhacai and that the visit was a "fairly productive" one. "We confirmed the U.S. stance that it remains committed to resolving the North Korea issues with urgency and as a priority," he told reporters at Incheon International Airport. During the four-day trip, he had a series of meetings with his U.S. counterpart, Sung Kim, and other administration officials, including the White House policy coordinator for Asia, Kurt Campbell. After the talks, the White House reiterated that t...
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[Tokyo Olympics] S. Korea loses to Japan in baseball semifinals, still alive in tournament

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  South Korean national baseball team shortstop Oh Ji-hwan (left) covers his face with his left hand as Korea conceded in a semifinal against Japan Wednesday. (Yonhap) YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Defending champion South Korea lost to its bitter rival Japan 5-2 in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympic baseball tournament on Wednesday. The loss, however, doesn't mean the end of South Korea's run. In the complicated double elimination tournament, South Korea has dropped into the loser's bracket and will play the United States at 7 p.m. Thursday for the right to reach the gold medal game. The US defeated the Dominican Republic earlier Wednesday in a repechage game to stay alive in the tournament. A loss in that Thursday game will send South Korea to the bronze medal game against the Dominican Republic. In a tense and taut game that lived up to hype, Japan broke the 2-2 tie in the bottom eighth courtesy of a three-run double by Tetsuto Yamada. South Korea wasted an opportunity to put pres...
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