Tag: Kim Yuna

Kim Yuna

Latest News

Figure skating twins Kim Yu-jae and Kim Yu-seong pose during an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on May 13. [WOO SANG-JO]

Two is very good company for Korea's up-and-coming twin figure skaters

Born together, training together, competing against each other — Korean figure skating twins Kim Yu-seong and Kim Yu-jae are turning synchronized lives into synchronized success on the ice.

2026.6.2

From left: TV personality Alberto Mondi, retired Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna, Milano Cortina 2026 CEO Andrew Varnier, para Nordic skier Kim Yun-ji and Italian Ambassador to Korea Emilia Gatto pose for a group photograph at High Street Italia in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, during an event to promote the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics on June 25. [PARK SANG-MOON]

From the Dolomites to Kim Yuna, elegance takes center stage at Italy's Winter Olympics event in Seoul

Italian officials highlighted the natural beauty and hospitality of the Dolomites in a star-studded event in Seoul to promote the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to Koreans on Wednesday.

2025.6.25

Most popular

Singer-songwriter Kim Yuna of rock band Jaurim [INTERPARK ENTERTAINMENT]

Kim Yuna of Jaurim to release first solo album in eight years

Singer-songwriter Kim Yuna of rock band Jaurim will release her fifth album, “Tales of Sensuality", her first solo full-length album in eight years.

2024.4.25

Silver medalist Kim Yuna of Korea, right, hugs gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia after the ladies' figure skating free skating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 20, 2014. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

IOC will not investigate Sochi gold medalist's doping admission

The IOC refused a request from Korean officials to reinvestigate the results of the women’s figure skating final at the 2014 Sochi Olympics after gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova recently admitted failing an initial doping test that year.

2023.8.8

Korea to ask IOC to investigate Sochi gold medalist's doping admission

The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee said Tuesday it will ask the IOC to reinvestigate the results of the women’s figure skating final at the 2014 Sochi Olympics after gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova admitted failing an initial doping test that year

2023.7.12

From left: 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics ambassadors Park Jae-min, Kwak Yoon-gy, Soh Jae-hwan, co-heads of the organizing committee Jin Jong-oh and Lee Sang-hwa, and ambassadors Cho Yun-won and Park Sun-young pose in the uniform for Olympic volunteers and staff during an event at Seoul Olympic Parktel in Songpa District, southern Seoul on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Medals and uniforms unveiled for 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics

The medals and uniforms for the 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics were unveiled Thursday during an event marking 200 days before the start of the global sporting competition at Seoul Olympic Parktel in Songpa District, southern Seoul.

2023.7.6

Kim Yuna, left, looks at her groom Ko Woo-rim during their wedding on Oct. 22 last year. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

More Korean brides are going for younger grooms

One out of every five brides last year in Korea were older than their grooms. Of the 148,288 couples that married for the first time last year, 28,781 couples, or 19.4 percent, had brides older than the groom.

2023.3.21

Figure skater Kim Yuna, left, and Choi Jung-hwa, president of the Corea Image Communication Institute, hold up an award during the annual Korea Image Awards 2023 on Wednesday evening. Kim was given the Korea Image Cornerstone Award. [CICI]

Three Koreans receive prize for promoting country at Korea Image Awards 2023

Three iconic figures that represented Korean culture in 2022 were selected as recipients for prizes at the Korea Image Awards 2023, including a globally recognized actor and two Olympians. The ceremony, hosted annually by the Corea Image...

2023.1.12

Tamara Mawhinney, charge d’affaires of the Canadian Embassy in Seoul, left, with newly-appointed honorary ambassador of Canada to Korea, Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kim Yuna, right, at the embassy in Seoul during a ceremony on Monday. Kim was appointed on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of relations between Canada and Korea next year. [EMBASSY OF CANADA IN KOREA]

Kim Yuna appointed honorary ambassador by Canadian Embassy in Seoul

Figure skating champion Kim Yuna was named an honorary ambassador by the Canadian Embassy in Seoul for the 60th anniversary of relations between Canada and Korea coming up next year...

2022.12.15

Lee Jung-jae, Kim Yuna and Hwang Sun-woo are recipients of prizes at the 19th Korea Image Awards, which will be held at the InterContinental Seoul COEX in southern Seoul on Jan. 11. [CICI]

Lee Jung-jae of 'Squid Game' fame to receive Korea Image Stepping Stone Award

“Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae will receive the Korea Image Stepping Stone Award, according to the Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) on Monday. “Lee has contributed to promoting K-content with his genre-bending performances and played a...

2022.12.12