Lee Kang-in caps October to remember with brace in friendly

Missing their beloved captain and biggest star in a men’s football friendly against Tunisia on Friday night, South Korea received some valuable contribution from others plying their club trade in Europe.

None came up as big as Lee Kang-in, midfie…

Son Heung-min voted Premier League’s top player for Sept.

Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean star Son Heung-min has been voted the Premier League’s top player for September.

The league announced Friday that Son was the Player of the Month for September after netting six goals in four matches for Spurs.

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KBO postseason to begin Oct. 19

The postseason in South Korean baseball will begin next week with a battle between the fourth- and fifth-ranked clubs from the regular season, the league office announced Friday.

The 2023 postseason in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will o…

Blinken, Austin reaffirm support for Israel, condemn Hamas brutality

Top U.S. officials on Thursday reiterated America’s “rock-solid” support for Israel and denounced the brutality of Hamas “terrorists,” as the fighting sparked by the Palestinian militant group’s surprise attack last week has left at least 25 U.S. citi…

Taiwanese AI taken down after it repeats Chinese government line

A top-level research institute in the democratic island of Taiwan has withdrawn a Chinese-language AI chat program after it started spouting Chinese government propaganda, according to multiple media reports.
A researcher at Taiwan’s Academia Sinica po…

Activists slam China’s election to UN Human Rights Council

Rights groups and overseas activists slammed China’s re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying Beijing is ‘demonstrably unfit’ to be a member because it actively seeks to undermine the protection of human rights.

China was among 1…