North Korea's sole female alpine skier at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Friday she is expecting to make friends during her stay in South Korea. Kim Ryon-hyang, who competes in the women's alpine technical events, told reporters that she has yet to make friends from other countries but is looking to make one. North Korean alpine skier Kim Ryon-hyang speaks to reporters after finishing her first run in the women's giant slalom event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Yongpyong Alpine Cen

Cha Jun-hwan’s mane was in full majesty as he completes a jump at the short program of the men’s figure skating, Friday.Cha finished with a score of 83.43 points, putting him in 15th place. Cha was trained by Korean figure skating legend Yuna Kim’s former coach Brian Orser, who also coached Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu and Spain’s Javier Fernandez.The event finishes Saturday morning with the free skating program slated for 10 a.m.Cha, 16, modeled for chocolate snack Choco Pie and several other TV commer

Latvian star skeleton slider Martin Dukurs on Friday expressed disappointment in his performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, where he failed to clinch a medal.The reigning skeleton world champion finished fourth, clocking a combined time of 3 minutes, 22.31 seconds after four heats in the men's skeleton event held at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang.  Martins Dukurs of Latvia reacts. (Reuters-yonhap)South Korea's Yun Sung-bin won gold, becoming the first Asian to win a medal in the

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin vomited and complained of virus-like symptoms after a disappointing first leg in Friday's Olympic slalom.Shiffrin, who claimed gold in Thursday's giant slalom, finished fourth and said she had vomited at the start gate."Not very well," she said when asked how she felt at the start."I don't know, it was kind of sudden. It almost felt like a virus kind of puking, less about nerves."USA's Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after competing in

South Korean Olympic athletes took part in a joint ceremony on Friday to mark the Lunar New Year, when Koreans pay respects to their ancestors and eat a family meal with traditional soup. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee set the table for the traditional service for ancestors at Team Korea House in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, as the Olympic athletes celebrate the Lunar New Year apart from their families. (Yonhap)Every name of the 220-member Team Korea was recited as the joint service began.

The joint Korean women's hockey head coach Sarah Murray said Friday she'd like nothing more than another shot at Japan during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, after losing to the bitter rival in a hard-fought contest just two days earlier.The unified team, made up of 23 South Koreans and 12 North Koreans, has been knocked out of medal contention after three losses in the preliminary round. The last of those was a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Japan on Wednesday.But both Korea and Japan, which had o

A British International Olympic Committee member was sent home from the Winter Olympics, Thursday, following an altercation with a security guard.Adam Pengilly, one of three British IOC members, was accused of injuring a guard who blocked his path.According to South Korean public broadcaster KBS, the incident took place on Thursday at around 8:40 a.m.The security guard claimed that he asked Pengilly to use the footpath rather than the bus lane. But Pengilly allegedly swore at him and at Korea, s

South Korean figure staking Olympic champion Kim Yu-na on Friday was spotted cheering for Korean athlete Yun Sung-bin, who is closing in on the host country's first Olympic skeleton gold medal.Kim, a two-time Olympic medalist, was seen on the bleachers near the finish zone at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang, where the third heat of the men's skeleton event is under way. (Yonhap)Wearing a beanie and a black mask, Kim was seen applauding as Yun crossed the finish line. Yun maintained his lea

Yun Sung-bin becomes the first Asian to win Olympic skeleton competition, bringing second gold medal to South Korea

The following is the list of events for South Korean athletes on Saturday at the2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. All times are local.  Austria`s Katharina Liensberger competes in the Women`s Slalom at the Jeongseon Alpine Center during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang on February 16, 2018. (AFP-Yonhap)- Biathlon (Alpensia Biathlon Centre)Women's 12.5km mass start (8:15 p.m.)- Curling (Gangneung Curling Centre)Men's round robin session 6 (South Korea vs Britain) (2:05 p.m

South Korea could grab multiple gold medals in one day for the first time at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Saturday.Two short track speed skating finals -- in the men's 1,000 meters and the women's 1,500 meters -- are scheduled for Saturday at Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung. (Yonhap)Lim Hyo-jun, the men's 1,500m champion from last Saturday, will chase his second gold medal. He is one of three South Koreans to have made it to the quarterfinals, but as fate would have it, Lim, Seo Yi-ra and

After suffering two shutout losses against Switzerland and Sweden, the unified Korean women’s ice hockey team made Olympic history by scoring its first and only goal in its match against Japan on Wednesday.Although Korea ended up losing to Japan in a 4-1 loss, the goal was celebrated by South Korean and American spectators as well as North Korea’s all-female cheerleading squad at the Kwandong Hockey Center.Takeuchi Aina of Japan (left) in action against Randi Heesoo Griffin of Korea (right) duri

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea’s female curling team on Thursday defeated Canada, considered the strongest gold candidate, in its first event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.　During the competition held at the Gangneung Curling Centre, the team achieved a score of 8-6 against Canada. The Canadians lead the world in the sport and posted 13 consecutive wins at last year’s 2017 World Women‘s Curling Championship.The South Korean women`s curling team competes against Canada during the

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- Greg and Robin Brandt are proud hockey parents. They have not one, but two daughters playing in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics here this month.Sisters Hannah and Marissa Brandt (Instagram: @marissacbrandt)The twist: their two daughters, Marissa and Hannah, actually play for two different countries.Marissa Brandt, 25, is a minute-eating defensewoman for the joint Korean team. Born in South Korea, she was adopted by the Brandts as an infant, and after regaining her

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean figure skating pairs team of Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik on Thursday established new personal best scores at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.　In the free skating held at the Gangneung Ice Arena, Ryom and Kim earned 124.23 points to break their previous personal high of 119.9 points. With a personal best 69.40 points in the short program on the previous day, they earned 193.63 points overall, the highest total of their career, to finish 13th. It‘s the hi