All posts tagged "Asian Games"

  • nkorea4
    N. Korea delegates arrive in S. Korea for Asian Games

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — The first batch of 94 members of the North Korean delegation to the Asian Games in South Korea arrived here on Thursday. The group that flew from Pyongyang to Incheon International Airport included athletes...

    • Posted September 11, 2014
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  • South Korean pop star Psy. (Yonhap)
    Psy and Big Bang to open and close Asian games

    (Yonhap) — South Korean rapper Psy and boy band Big Bang will perform the finales of the opening and closing ceremonies, respectively, at the Asian Games later this month, their management agency said Sunday. The 2014 Asian...

    • Posted September 8, 2014
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  • A squad of North Korean cheerleaders arrive at Incheon International Airport on Aug. 31, 2005, to attend the 16th Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon. North Korea said on July 7, 2014, it will dispatch a cheerleading contingent to the Incheon Asian Games in September along with its athletes to help improve inter-Korean relations and to show Pyongyang's commitment to unification. (Yonhap)
    North Korea to send downsized delegation to Asian Games

    UPDATED (Yonhap) — North Korea has scaled down the size of its delegation to the Asian Games to be held in South Korea next month, a ministry official said Friday, as it called for the resumption of...

    • Posted August 21, 2014
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  • Son Heung-min
    There goes the military exemption

    German club refuses to release Son Heung-min for the Asian Games By Nam Hyun-woo The Korean national football team’s quest to win a gold medal in the upcoming Asian Games hit a snag Wednesday, as it failed...

    • Posted August 13, 2014
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  • son
    Will Son Heung-min be allowed to play in Asian Games?

    Precious mandatory military service exemption is on the line, but his German club is not obligated to give him permission under FIFA rules  (Yonhap) — The Asian Games will be held on home soil, in the western...

    • Posted July 31, 2014
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  • Secretary General Kwon Kyung-sang of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, second from front in the right row, introduces other South Korean delegates to Son Kwang-ho, back in the left row, vice chairman of Pyongyang's National Olympic Committee, during working-level talks between the two Koreas event at Panmunjeom, Thursday, about the quadrennial sporting event. Kwon and Son led their respective three-member delegations. (Yonhap)
    Two Koreas fail to reach agreement over Asian Games

    By Yi Whan-woo The two Koreas failed to reach an agreement over Pyongyang’s plan to dispatch athletes and cheerleaders to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games in September, the government said Thursday. The South Korean delegation said the...

    • Posted July 17, 2014
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  • A squad of North Korean cheerleaders arrive at Incheon International Airport on Aug. 31, 2005, to attend the 16th Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon. North Korea said on July 7, 2014, it will dispatch a cheerleading contingent to the Incheon Asian Games in September along with its athletes to help improve inter-Korean relations and to show Pyongyang's commitment to unification. (Yonhap)
    North Korea to send cheerleading squad to Incheon Asian Games

    (Yonhap) — North Korea will dispatch a cheering squad to the upcoming Asian Games to be held in the South Korean city of Incheon in September, the country said Monday in a renewed conciliatory gesture toward Seoul....

    • Posted July 7, 2014
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