Bae Sang-moon won his second PGA Tour event as he claimed a two-shot victory at the Frys.com Open in California.

Sang-Moon Bae will enter the final day of the Frys.com Open with a four-shot lead after an excellent seven-under-par 65 in his third round in California.

I had no intention of writing about this topic until I saw a former basketball legend singing Happy Birthday to a North Korean dictator.

Former US basketball star Dennis Rodman led an auditorium of North Koreans in singing Happy Birthday to their leader yesterday.

A US citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for what North Korea has described as hostile acts against the state started life at a “special prison” today, state media said.

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labour in the North.

An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of “compulsory labour” for unspecified crimes against the state.

North Korea said today it will soon put a detained American on trial for allegedly trying to overthrow the government.

World number three Luke Donald put himself firmly in contention as Bae Sang-moon and Fredrik Jacobson shared the lead at the halfway stage of the Northern Trust Open in California.

A man with domestic problems has shot dead eight people, including a pregnant woman and two children, after taking alcohol and drugs in a rampage near the Philippine capital Manila.

A man has fatally shot seven people and wounded six others before being shot dead by police in the Philippines.

The Dublin International Piano Competition announces its semi-finalists today, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

Hunter Mahan, the man whose defeat to Graeme McDowell decided the last Ryder Cup, raced into the semi-finals of the Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.

Four birdies in the first seven holes from Korean Bae Sang-moon showed that Rory McIlroy again had nothing to fear from the Congressional course in Bethesta, Maryland as the final round of the US Open began.

Two South Korean teenagers have been crowned fastest texters in the world.

RORY McILROY will come home a little richer for his appearance in the Korean Open but he picked-up nothing in terms of his world ranking.

South Korean star Bae Sang-moon held his nerve to capture the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open today.

Bae Sang-moon fired a two-under-par 69 on Sunday to claim victory at the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open as Ian Poulter’s challenge collapsed on the closing holes.

Laura Diaz fired a six-under-par 65 to make the early running after the first round in the Canadian Women’s Open at the Royal Mayfair Country Club.

South Korea today said 22 hostages remained in Taliban captivity after a Korean pastor was killed by the militant group in Afghanistan, drawing outrage from Seoul that warned those responsible would face consequences.

South Korean officials today said they believed North Korea tested a nuclear weapon as it claimed, but determining whether the atomic explosion was successful would take a couple weeks.