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Korean fencer Oh Sang-uk reclaims Asian Championships title with borrowed gear

Olympic champion Oh Sang-uk reclaimed the Asian Championships title in India despite Korea's fencing team being unable to retrieve their equipment amid June 3 local election protests.

2026.6.20

From left: Park Sang-won, Gu Bon-gil, Oh Sang-uk, Fares Ferjani, Jeon Ha-young and Choi Se-bin pose for a photo at a press conference at Olympic Parktel in southern Seoul on April 30. [YONHAP]

Olympic fencing champions eyeing Grand Prix medals at home this week

The reigning double Olympic gold medalist Oh Sang-uk will headline the Korean team as Seoul hosts its annual International Fencing Federation (FIE) Grand Prix in sabre this week.

2025.5.1

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Recipients of this year's Korea Image Award pose with President of Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) Choi Jung-hwa at Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Wednesday. From left are fencer Oh Sang-uk, table tennis player Shin Yu-bin, CICI President Choi and chef Edward Lee. [COREA IMAGE COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE]

Olympians Oh Sang-uk, Shin Yu-bin and chef Edward Lee honored for raising Korea's global image

Fencer Oh Sang-uk, chef Edward Lee and table tennis player Shin Yu-bin were awarded the Korea Image Awards on Wednesday for elevating Korea’s image on the world stage.

2025.1.16

A fencer, a shooter and a special selfie: World falls in love with Korea's Olympic stars

There's no doubt that the 12 medals, including six golds, are a testament to the years of blood, sweat and tears of the athletes, but Team Korea is under the spotlight for more than just their talent.

2024.8.1

Korea's Oh Sang-uk, left, and Tunisia's Fares Ferjani compete in the men's sabre individual gold medal bout during the Paris 2024 Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Saturday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Fencer Oh Sang-uk wins Korea's first gold medal in Paris

Fencer Oh Sang-uk won Korea's first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, beating Fares Ferjani of Tunisia in the mens' individual sabre final at the Grand Palais in Palace.

2024.7.27

From left: Swimmer Hwang Sun-woo, weightlifter Park Hye-jeong, fencer Yoon Ji-su, handball player Kang Kyung-min, fencers Gu Bon-gil, Song Se-ra and Oh Sang-uk pose for a photo with the T-torch at SK-T Tower in central Seoul on Saturday. [YONHAP]

Budding Olympians dream big ahead of Paris Games

Kang Kyung-min embraces the pressure of being part of the sole Korean handball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Other athletes, including swimmer Hwang Sun-woo and weightlifter Park Hye-jeong, seek to end medal droughts in their respective sports.

2024.6.30

Oh Sang-uk celebrates after beating Gu Bon-gil in the men's individual sabre finals at the Asian games at Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on Monday. [NEWS1]

Oh Sang-uk dethrones reigning sabre champion Gu Bon-gil in all-Korean final

Korea won both gold and silver in the Asian Games men’s sabre on Monday as Oh Sang-uk and Gu Bon-gil faced off in an all-Korean final at Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.

2023.9.25

Sabre-rattling

Clockwise from top left: Fencers Kim Jung-hwan, Do Gyeong-dong, Gu Bon-gil and Oh Sang-uk pose for a picture after winning the gold medal in men's sabre at the first Fencing World Cup of the 2022-23 season in Algeria on Sunday.

2022.11.14

Fencers assemble

The Korean national fencing team, from left to right: Kim Jun-ho, Kim Jung-hwan, Oh Sang-uk and Gu Bon-gil, celebrate after winning the team gold medal at the 39th Villa de Madrid Men's Sabre World Cup in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.

2022.5.9

From left to right: Seo Ji-yeon, Choi Soo-yeon, Yoon Ji-su and Kim Ji-yeon celebrate winning the women's sabre World Cup team gold medal in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. [KOREA FENCING FEDERATION]

Women's sabre team wins gold at World Cup

Korea won the women’s sabre World Cup gold medal in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday and two men’s individual World Cup bronze medals in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday.

2022.3.21