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Geneva music contest final

Members of the Germany-based Quartett Hana, (from L) Johannes Valja, Gyurim Kwak, Emiko Yuasa and Fuga Miwatashi pose for a photo after placing joint-second in the string quartet final at the Geneva International Music Competition at Victoria Hall in Geneva on Oct. 29, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ESPORTS(CN)

(230928) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Teedech Songsaisakul (C) of Thailand, silver medalist Phatanasak Varanan (L) of Thailand and bronze medalist Kwak Junhyouk of South Korea attend the awarding ceremony for the EA Sports FC Online of Esports at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ESPORTS(CN)

(230928) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Phatanasak Varanan (R) of Thailand communicates with Kwak Junhyouk of South Korea after the EA Sports FC Online of Esports at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ESPORTS(CN)

(230928) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Phatanasak Varanan (L) of Thailand celebrates after competing against Kwak Junhyouk of South Korea during the EA Sports FC Online of Esports at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ESPORTS(CN)

(230928) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bronze medalist Kwak Junhyouk of South Korea attends the awarding ceremony for the EA Sports FC Online of Esports at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-SHOOTING (CN)

(230925) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kwak Yongbin of South Korea competes during the Men's 10m Running Target of Shooting at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)

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South Korean Esports team gears up for Hangzhou Asian Games

STORY: South Korean Esports team gears up for Hangzhou Asian Games DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of contestants training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): PARK KI-YOUNG, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Korean): SHIN BO-SEOK, Coach of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK & PARK KI-YOUNG, Contestants of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team 7. various of contestants training STORYLINE: The South Korean FIFA Online 4 team is gearing up for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, which is to be held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, China. With their eyes on the prize, the contestants are training hard to bring home the gold. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KWAK JUN-HYUK, Contestant of South Korean FIFA Online 4 team "My goal is to

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Japan vs. S. Korea in soccer int'l friendly

SAITAMA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) and South Korean defender Kwak Tae Hwi scramble for the ball in the first half of a match in an international friendly at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama City on May 24, 2010. The event was Japan's final World Cup warm-up at its home soil.

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N. Korea team leaves for World Cup

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Vice Premier Kwak Pom Gi (L) sees off officials and players of the national soccer team as they depart Pyongyang airport for a training camp in Switzerland on May 8, 2010, ahead of June's World Cup finals in South Africa. North Korea will make its first World Cup appearance since the 1966 finals in England.

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Film director Suzui set to study movie-making in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Takayuki Suzui, a 42-year-old movie director, plans to study movie-making in Pusan, where Kwak Kyung Taek, a well-known South Korean film director, is working.

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Gov't accepts ruling to help A-bomb survivors abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks at a news conference on a government decision Dec. 18 not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean atomic-bomb survivor who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea.

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Kwak hails government decision

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 after the government decided not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to him. Kwak, who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea, called the decision ''historical.''

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Gov't set to decide not to appeal A-bomb survivor case

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 17 about the Japanese government's decision not to appeal a Dec. 5 high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak, who now lives in South Korea. It was the first ruling by a high court recognizing that someone holding an A-bomb survivor's health card who lives abroad is eligible to receive the allowances on the same terms as those living in Japan.

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(2)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon (R), 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, smiles at a news conference Dec. 5 after the Osaka High Court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad.

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(1)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, walks into the Osaka High Court on Dec. 5. The court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. It is the first high court ruling to recognize that atomic-bomb survivors or ''hibakusha'' living abroad are eligible to receive the allowance based on the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law on the same terms as those living in Japan.

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Korean A-bomb survivor asks gov't not to appeal ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun (2nd from R), 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima who won what could be a landmark suit for overseas survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in 1945, asks Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama (L) not to appeal the ruling. The Osaka District Court on June 1 ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay compensation to Kwak for cutting off his medical allowance after he left Japan for home.

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Osaka court orders redress for Korean A-bomb survivor

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun, 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, bows in thanks to his supporters June 1 after the Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay some 170,000 yen to him in compensation for stopping his medical allowances after he left Japan for home.

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING (CN)

(220211) -- BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kwak Yoongy (bottom) of South Korea sprints to the finish line during the men's 5,000m relay semifinal of short track speed skating at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING-MEN'S 5,000M RELAY-SEMIFINAL (CN)

(220211) -- BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kwak Yoongy (L) of South Korea celebrates with his compatriot Hwang Daeheon after the men's 5,000m relay semifinal of short track speed skating at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING-MEN'S 5,000M RELAY-SEMIFINAL (CN)

(220211) -- BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kwak Yoongy (L) of South Korea celebrates with his compatriot Hwang Daeheon after the men's 5,000m relay semifinal of short track speed skating at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING-MEN'S 5,000M RELAY-SEMIFINAL (CN)

(220211) -- BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kwak Yoongy (front) of South Korea competes during the men's 5,000m relay semifinal of short track speed skating at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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(BEIJING2022)CHINA-BEIJING-OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES-SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING-MEN'S 5,000M RELAY-SEMIFINAL (CN)

(220211) -- BEIJING, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Semen Elistratov (2nd L) of ROC and Kwak Yoongy (3rd L) compete during the men's 5,000m relay semifinal of short track speed skating at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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Gov't set to decide not to appeal A-bomb survivor case

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 17 about the Japanese government's decision not to appeal a Dec. 5 high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak, who now lives in South Korea. It was the first ruling by a high court recognizing that someone holding an A-bomb survivor's health card who lives abroad is eligible to receive the allowances on the same terms as those living in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Kwak hails government decision

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 after the government decided not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to him. Kwak, who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea, called the decision ''historical.'' (Kyodo)

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Film director Suzui set to study movie-making in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Takayuki Suzui, a 42-year-old movie director, plans to study movie-making in Pusan, where Kwak Kyung Taek, a well-known South Korean film director, is working. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea team leaves for World Cup

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Vice Premier Kwak Pom Gi (L) sees off officials and players of the national soccer team as they depart Pyongyang airport for a training camp in Switzerland on May 8, 2010, ahead of June's World Cup finals in South Africa. North Korea will make its first World Cup appearance since the 1966 finals in England. (Kyodo)

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Japan vs. S. Korea in soccer int'l friendly

SAITAMA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) and South Korean defender Kwak Tae Hwi scramble for the ball in the first half of a match in an international friendly at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama City on May 24, 2010. The event was Japan's final World Cup warm-up at its home soil. (Kyodo)

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Gov't accepts ruling to help A-bomb survivors abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks at a news conference on a government decision Dec. 18 not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean atomic-bomb survivor who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea. (Kyodo)

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(2)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon (R), 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, smiles at a news conference Dec. 5 after the Osaka High Court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. (Kyodo)

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(1)Court rejects state appeal of overseas A-bomb survivor ruling

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, 78, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, walks into the Osaka High Court on Dec. 5. The court rejected the state's appeal and upheld an earlier lower court ruling ordering the central and Osaka prefectural governments to pay a medical allowance to an atomic bomb survivor living abroad. It is the first high court ruling to recognize that atomic-bomb survivors or ''hibakusha'' living abroad are eligible to receive the allowance based on the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law on the same terms as those living in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Osaka court orders redress for Korean A-bomb survivor

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun, 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, bows in thanks to his supporters June 1 after the Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay some 170,000 yen to him in compensation for stopping his medical allowances after he left Japan for home.