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An left for New Delhi on Friday to prepare for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships, which will run from Monday to Aug. 23. It will be An's first competition since she withdrew from the second round of the Japan Open on July 15 due to a left foot injury. She had told South Korean media in late July that she was nearly back to full health and she would be ready for the world championships. Then offering her update Friday, An, the 2023 world champion, said she has been a full participant in all training sessions lately. "My focus will be on getting back my feel for matches," the world No. 1 told reporters at Incheon International Airport, just west of Seoul. "I have had plenty of training, but playing in matches is a different View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 2 #badminton Top-ranked badminton men's doubles team seeking to return to winning ways at worlds Sports 11:20 Aug. 14 By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, the world No. 1 men's doubles team in badminton, said Friday they will try to return to their winning ways at the upcoming world championships. Seo and Kim will be the defending champions at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships, which will begin Monday in New Delhi and conclude on Aug. 23. They will seek to become the first South Korean men's doubles team to defend a world title, with Seo going for his third crown in a row after winning the 2023 championship with a different partner, Kang Min-hyuk. "Although we won the title last year, whatever happened then is already in the past," Seo told reporters at Incheon International Airport, just west of Seoul. "We have to work even harder to win for the second year in a row." Kim chimed in: "We have some fond memories of winning this title last year and we will try our best to repeat as the champion." Seo and Kim enjoyed a dominant 20 View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 3 #football Son Heung-min's LAFC eliminated from Leagues Cup tournament Sports 14:02 Aug. 14 By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min and his Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) have been eliminated from a continental club tournament. LAFC ended up in fifth place in their group when the opening phase of the Leagues Cup concluded Thursday (U.S. time), as only the top four clubs advanced to the knockout round. The Leagues Cup features 36 teams from Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Mexican circuit Liga MX. Teams played three matches against opponents from the other league, and the four teams from each side progressed to the quarterfinals. LAFC were clinging to third place with seven points when they completed their opening phase Wednesday with a 5-3 shootout win over Club Queretaro. Earlier, LAFC had beaten Chivas de Guadalajara 5-4 on penalties and then defeated Toluca FC 1-0. In the opening phase, a regulation win was worth three points, a shootout victory was worth two points and a shootout loss was still good for one point. Austin FC and Chicago View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 4 #constitutional reform (LEAD) Lee reiterates support for four-year, two-term presidential system Politics 20:09 Aug. 14 (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details in paras 2-8) SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday reiterated his support for a four-year, two-term presidential system through a constitutional revision, stressing that he is also open to shortening his term. "It has been my campaign pledge and consistent position that we should pursue a constitutional revision to introduce a four-year presidency allowing either nonconsecutive or consecutive terms, enabling voters to conduct a midpoint evaluation, while strengthening local autonomy and the people's basic rights," Lee said in a social media post. Lee noted that he is open to shortening his term when necessary for the constitutional revision. Article 128 of the Constitution stipulates that an extension of the presidential term shall not apply to the president in office at the time the amendment is proposed. "The Constitution, which is now 40 years old, is no longer suited to the current era, and a majorit View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 5 #defense chief (LEAD) UNC not to proceed with plan for security brigade after talks with S. Korea: defense minister Defense 17:03 Aug. 14 (ATTN: ADDS Ahn's remarks, other details in paras 9-13, 16-19) By Kim Seung-yeon and Kim Hyun-soo SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations Command (UNC) has agreed to not proceed with its plan to establish a brigade combining its border security and armistice enforcement operations after consultations with South Korea, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Friday. Ahn made the remark following news reports that the UNC is pushing to create a new brigade responsible for guarding the Joint Security Area (JSA) inside the border village of Panmunjom and enforcing the Armistice Agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. Under the existing structure, the UNC's security battalion at Camp Bonifas in Paju, north of Seoul, guards the JSA, while the secretariat of the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, some 60 kilometers south of Seoul, handles border entry approvals and investigations into armistice violations, among other missions. The reported View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 6 #UFS (LEAD) N. Korea warns of 'new level of deterrent' ahead of key S. Korea-U.S. military drills North Korea 11:37 Aug. 14 (ATTN: ADDS more details in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday denounced an upcoming joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States, warning it will respond to the drills "with a new level of a deterrent." A spokesperson at North Korea's foreign ministry made the statement, as South Korea and the U.S. are set to begin the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise starting Monday until Aug. 27. North Korea said the U.S. had described the annual exercise as "quite different from the ones of the past five years," framing it as Washington's effort to master modern warfare tactics, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "By doing so, it did not conceal its aim to complete preparations for the substantial military confrontation with" North Korea, the statement read. "It is our consistent principle of ensuring security to respond to a new level of a threat with a new level of a deterrent," it said. The statement s View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 7 #SK SK Group chairman again appeals divorce suit to Supreme Court National 00:02 Aug. 15 SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has appealed the latest court ruling ordering him to pay 944 billion won (US$668 million) in property division to his former wife, Roh Soh-yeong, sources said Saturday. In July, the Seoul High Court handed down the ruling after the Supreme Court sent the case back for review in October last year while finalizing the divorce and Chey's alimony payment of 2 billion won to Roh, the daughter of the late former President Roh Tae-woo. The newly determined amount was lower than the 1.38 trillion won that the court initially ordered Chey to pay in property division in 2024. As the Supreme Court reviews whether a lower court misinterpreted legal principles, experts said there is little chance of the ruling being overturned, as it already reviewed the case when it sent it back to the lower court in October last year. Chey initiated divorce proceedings in 2017 after admitting two years earlier to having an extramarital love View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 8 #Trump (LEAD) Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory 'pretty soon' Diplomacy 06:03 Aug. 15 (ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks, details in paras 5, 7-12) By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States "pretty soon," asserting America's control of the crucial waterway through its naval blockade. Trump made the remarks during a visit to a police academy in Garden City, New York, as disruptions to shipping through the strait, a key shipping route for oil, natural gas and other commodities, have continued amid the war in the Middle East, leaving energy prices high. "After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated ... pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said. "We have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to," he added. Trump did not elaborate on his plan to declare the strait a U.S. territory at a time when Tehran seeks to maintain control over the waterway, View Option SHARE LIKE Facebook X Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger close 9 #special counsel (LEAD) 4 PPP lawmakers indicted for blocking investigators from detaining ex-President Yoon in 2025 Politics 13:32 Aug. 14 (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details) SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team said Friday it has indicted four lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) for allegedly obstructing investigators from detaining former President Yoon Suk Yeol in the wake of his failed 2024 martial law bid. Reps. Na Kyung-won, Kim Gi-hyeon, Kwon Young-jin and Yoon Sang-hyun face charges of special obstruction of official duties for allegedly forming a human wall with Yoon's supporters outside the presidential residence on Jan. 15, 2025, when investigators made their second attempt to detain Yoon over…