Among them is ''Yeong-mi ya,'' or ''Hey Yeong-mi,'' which the team's skip, or captain, repeatedly called out to give guidance to lead sweeper Kim Yeong-mi. Commentators dissected the skip's ...

Kim Eun-jung was the curling center’s first recruit, just 16 years old at the time, closely followed by her friend Kim Yeong-mi, who also brought along her younger sister.

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, a South Korea supporter holds a picture of South Korea’s skip Kim Eunjung as she watches her team during a women’s semi-final curling match against ...

Kim Yeong-mi’s sister, Kim Kyeong-ae, decided to pick up curling, after she dropped by the stadium to drop off some items for her sister. Later Kyeong-ae’s classmate, ...

Free flights and baseball tickets are just some of the freebies South Korean companies are offering to anyone named Yeong-mi, the first name of the lead sweeper for the women's curling team that ...

Only two of the curlers, sisters Kyong-ae and Yeong-mi, are related. So they’ve taken on nicknames from, of all places, what they like for breakfast. Eun-Jung is “Annie,” after the ...

If she wants Kim Seon Yong, she hollers for S. Kim. Kim Kyeong Ae is K. Kim. Kim Yeong Mi is Y. Kim. Kim Chohi is C. Kim. You get the gist. "Many foreigners ask us, ...

The word of the year 2018 was “Yeong-mi,” the given name of a national curling team player Kim Yeong-mi, as the name was shouted dozens of times during the games by the team leader Kim Eun ...

The trail-blazing women’s curling team of South Korea is making Olympic history at PyeongChang, as it prepares for the medal match after securing a string of surprise victories over the world ...

It’s hard to imagine how a teacher’s chalkboard and four simple words 12 years ago could bring together a team of South Korean curlers – the “Garlic Girls” – that went on to win an ...