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- Incheon Asian Games seen through numbers
- Sep 24, 2014
- The 2014 Incheon Asian Games have much to do with the numbers three, six and nine.Korea.net would like to take a closer look at the games' 16-day official run, from the opening ceremony on September 19 through to the closing ceremony on October 4, as seen through numbers. 3rd▶ ...
- Smaller countries face challenges in Asian Games
- Sep 23, 2014
- The 2014 Incheon Asian Games, currently on day four of its 15-day run, are being participated in by more than 9,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries and territories. The athletes from all across Asia are competing in 36 sports and vying for over 1,300 medals. Among them are a num...
- Some sports only available at Asian Games
- Sep 23, 2014
- Incheon is in a festive mood these days as it hosts the 17th Incheon Asian Games, currently on day four of its 15-day run. A range of sports are making the games even more exciting, as they are non-Olympic events that can only be seen in the Asian Games. Among them are sepakta...
- Asian athletes unite in Incheon, regardless of wins, lo...
- Sep 23, 2014
- Four days into the Incheon Asian Games 2014, and cheers and shouts of, “Go, Korea!” and “Go, Hong Kong!” echoed across the Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Seo-gu, Incheon, on September 22 as Asia's biggest sporting event continued on its 15-day run. The women’s cricket teams from Korea...
- Sepaktakraw, beach volleyball start off Day 2 of Asian ...
- Sep 22, 2014
- A range of preliminary and run-off sporting events has been well under way in Incheon, where the 17th Asian Games are currently taking place. On September 20, the second day of the competition, two net sports -- sepaktakraw and beach volleyball -- were showcased. Sepaktakraw, alo...
- Korea wins series of gold medals in judo, fencing
- Sep 22, 2014
- Korea won a series of gold medals at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon over the weekend. On September 20 and 21, Korean fencers won four gold medals in men's épée, women's sabre, women's foil and men's sabre, as well as three silver and one bronze, winning medals in all categories ...
- Asian Games kick off in Incheon
- Sep 20, 2014
- The Incheon Asian Games 2014, one of the biggest sporting events on the continent of Asia, kicked off its 16-day run on September 19, with a spectacular opening ceremony at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. Under the theme of “Diversity Shines Here,” the sporting festival for all 4...
- Games anthem reverberates across Incheon
- Sep 18, 2014
- Poet Ko Un's voice will resound across the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium at 6:00 p.m. on September 19 during the opening ceremony for the Incheon Asian Games 2014. The anthem for the 17th Asiad, where visitors will, "Meet the Future of Asia," was specially produced under the dire...
- Men's soccer team beats Saudi Arabia, enters Round of 1...
- Sep 18, 2014
- The Korean national men's soccer team defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0, entering the Round of 16 in the football competition at the Incheon Asian Games. During the second Group A match, at the Wa Stadium in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), on September 17, Kim Seung-dae scored th...
- North Korean athletes arrive for Incheon Asian Games
- Sep 17, 2014
- The second group of North Korean athletes competing in this year's Asian Games in Incheon arrived in South Korea on September 16. The delegation, including officials and 87 athletes, flew on Air Koryo from Pyongyang to Incheon International Airport. They later arrived at the offi...
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