The Go board was made from the prized wood of Torreya nucifera, a tree native to Jeju. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Zhao Yitang had always dreamed of playing football for China and this summer he finally did -- not in boots on a pitch, but ...

South Korea's new president presented Chinese leader Xi Jinping with "the finest" wooden board for ancient strategy game Go during a state visit on Saturday, days after he gave U.S. President Donald ...

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With just 10 days to go before the ­curtain rises on the 15th National Games, the organizing committee on Thursday confirmed ...

Lee's gifts offered a glimpse into the art of symbolic exchange between world leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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"I know that I could go everywhere I wanted to in Japan and never see another scout," Ted Heid, the longtime Mariners Pacific ...