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  • Eom Ye-jin, Kim Han-seol Win Women’s Doubles at Korea Soft Tennis National Team Trials
    Eom Ye-jin, Kim Han-seol Win Women’s Doubles at Korea Soft Tennis National Team Trials Eom Ye-jin of Mungyeong City Hall and Kim Han-seol of iM Bank won the women’s doubles title at the 2026 soft tennis national team trials. In the final on the last day of competition, held on the 7th at Palma Soft Tennis Stadium in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, Eom and Kim beat Kim Yeon-hwa and Kim Yu-jin, both of Anseong City Hall, 5-3. In men’s doubles, Lee Hyeon-gwon and Park Jae-gyu, both of Eumseong County Hall, defeated Lee Ha-neul and Ryu Tae-woo, both of Suncheon City Hall, 5-3. The top three doubles teams from the trials and the top two finishers in singles will be selected for this year’s national team. Earlier, on the 2nd, Kim Jin-ung of Suwon City Hall and Hwang Jeong-mi of NongHyup Bank won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the 2026 trials. The athletes plan to enter the national training center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, in mid-April. A final roster for this year’s Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games will be set through internal evaluation matches at the center.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-03-07 20:15:00
  • Hong Young-wan Elected President of Korea Publishers Association
    Hong Young-wan Elected President of Korea Publishers Association The Korea Publishers Association said Monday it elected Hong Young-wan, CEO of Willbooks, as its 14th president. Hong, who ran unopposed, won election at the group’s regular general meeting with 98% support from those who voted. The president’s term is three years. Hong said he would work with members to build a sustainable publishing environment in the age of artificial intelligence, adding that the industry should prepare for the coming wave of AGI, or artificial general intelligence. He listed four key priorities: setting response strategies for the AI era; promoting support programs to globalize K-publishing; introducing a tax credit for publishing content production costs within the year; and developing and distributing a reading literacy index. Hong previously served as the association’s policy committee chair and as a vice president. He is currently an advisory member of the Culture and Arts Policy Advisory Committee under South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Founded in 1998, the Korea Publishers Association is a major publishing group with about 500 member companies. * This article has been translated by AI. 2026-02-10 20:54:00