‘Three wins out of three’ Japan to meet Spain in semifinals
After winning all three of their group matches at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Japanese national soccer team will meet the ‘invincible’…
Top prospect…Pittsburgh pitcher Joon-seok Shim traded to Miami
Top pitching prospect Jun-seok Shim (20) has been traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Miami Marlins. The Pittsburgh organization announced the trade on…
Player’s replica of The Open championship trophy sells for $600 million
A replica of Gary Player’s (South Africa) 1974 British Open (The Open) trophy, the Claret Jug, has sold for more than $600 million on an auction site…
Paris prosecutors open investigation into ‘anti-Semitic crime’ at soccer field
Prosecutors in Paris, France, have opened an investigation into a possible criminal “anti-Semitic act” at the Olympic men’s soccer stadium. “The Paris…
Jeju SHINHWA OP narrows losses and receives extension from PAGCO
Hong Kong-listed casino developer Xinhua World Inc. (formerly Landing International Development Inc) reported a loss of 216.9 million Hong Kong dollars ($27.6 million) of its shareholders for all of 2022. That compares with an annual loss of 1.06 billion Hong Kong dollars in 2021, according to data filed on Thursday. The results were group-wide sales
Melco Resorts Q2 EBITDA Reinvestment Likely Weak
JP Morgan Securities LLC lowered its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) estimate for Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Inc. in the second quarter of 2024. The agency currently expects Melco Resort’s property-level EBITDA to be $336 million, down from its previous estimate of $313 million. Of the latest quarterly group-wide property-level EBITDA estimate
New partner Park Ha-joon to secure 10-meter mixed air rifle silver
The first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics came in shooting, as expected. Park Ha-joon (KT) and Ban Ki-hyun (Gyeonggi Provincial Office), who were born in 2000, secured a silver medal in the 10-meter mixed air rifle event. Park Ha-joon and Ban Ki-hyun scored 631.4 points in the 10-meter mixed shooting air rifle competition at
Korean Air to order up to 50 wide-body aircraft from Boeing for estimated $22 bil.
Korean Air signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boeing in the U.K. on Monday (local time), marking a significant commitment to expand its fleet with the purchase of 20 Boeing 777-9 aircraft and 20 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners, with an option to purchase 10 more of the largest variant of the 787 Dreamliner in the
Korea drafting bill to grant access to abortion pills
The Korean government is seeking to grant access to abortion pills, as officials plan to include the right to using such drugs in their legislation bill, The Korea Times learned, Monday. An official who has direct knowledge of the issue at the Ministry of Health and Welfare said that pregnant women’s right to medication abortion,
Fewer foreign residents in Korea wire money back home
An increasing number of foreign residents in Korea are opting to deposit their income into their own Korean bank accounts rather than remitting it back to their families abroad, a survey showed, Monday. The majority of these individuals belong to Generation MZ, encompassing Millennials (born between 1981 and 1995) and Generation Z (born between 1996