Michael Phelps will set his sights on a record-extending 20th Olympic swimming gold on Tuesday when he tries to wrest back the 200m butterfly title from Chad le Clos.Katie Ledecky will also be battling for another key swimming title on an Olympic day in which 14 golds will be up for grabs.Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time has already topped the podium in Rio after the USA's 4x100m win, and will now go for individual glory at the age of 31. United States` Michael Phelps competes in

Monday was barren day for South Korea at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with a handful of medal contenders unable to deliver on expectations.With no medals won Monday, South Korea remained stuck at two gold, two silver and one bronze. The country has set out to grab at least 10 gold medals and finish in the top 10 in the medals table for the fourth consecutive Olympics.South Korea is now eighth in the medal standings. The U.S. led the medal standings for the second straight day with five golds, se

[THE INVESTOR] The South Korean government Friday vowed to work towards improving relations with China in light of escalating concerns of fraying relations on political, economic and cultural fronts due to an advanced missile defense system deployment here. They also denied news reports that China was possibly taking “retaliatory actions.”“The government is keeping a keen eye on the Chinese media’s reaction and various measures carried out (by the Chinese government). We (the government) will wo

　South Korea’s presidential office Friday reiterated that the U.S. advanced missile system would be deployed by the end of next year as backlash continued after President Park Geun-hye suggested the day before that she was open to considering changing the deployment location. 　Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk told reporters the president’s remarks were intended “to respond to the request for a review” from the protesting residents. He added that the government would “look into other are

[THE INVESTOR] The South Korean Defense Ministry said Thursday that it may revise its plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system in Seongsan-ri, Seongju-gun, North Gyeongsang Province.The ministry’s statement followed President Park Geun-hye’s remarks earlier in the day that she will consider stationing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in other places in Seongju.“If the local government requests so, the ministry will review other places within the Seongju area for THAA

LONDON (AP) -- London is under Harry Potter’s spell once more -- and J.K. Rowling hopes the rest of the world will eventually follow. The stage play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” had its gala opening Saturday in London’s West End and is already the theater event of the year.　 JK Rowling arrives at the Palace Theatre in London, Saturday. (Yonhap)Rowling joined director John Tiffany, playwright Jack Thorne and the cast onstage to receive a raucous standing ovation at the end of the two-part

China’s ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters.Two state-owned companies plan to develop floating nuclear reactors, a technology engineers have been considering since the 1970s for use by oil rigs or island communities. Beijing is racing Russia, which started developing its own in 2007, to get a unit into commercial operation.In China's case, the achievement would be tempered by concern its reactors might be sent into harm’s way to support oil exploratio

(AFP) Turkish authorities rounded up dozens of senior military personnel and judges in a ruthless crackdown Sunday, after thousands massed in the streets nationwide overnight to denounce a coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.   World leaders including US President Barack Obama have strongly condemned the attempted putsch but also urged Turkey to respect the "rule of law" in its aftermath, especially after pictures emerged showing the rough treatment of some coup plotters when ar

[THE INVESTOR] South Korea is facing opposition within and beyond the peninsula following its announcement made with the U.S. of a plan to station an advanced U.S. missile defense system here, On Friday, Seoul and Washington presented their plan to complete the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system here to counter growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, ending a five-month consultation period. As of Sunday, North Korea had yet to release a statement on the ma

NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system.NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California erupted in cheers as the solar observatory entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighborhood at 11:53 p.m. “We are there. We are in orbit. We conquered Jupiter,” said Scott Bolton, NASA’s principal investigator from the Southwest Resea