Executive Overview In a landmark ruling underscoring South Korea’s uncompromising enforcement of national defense mandates, a Seoul court has sentenced K-pop star Song Min-ho to a suspended one-year prison term for systematic violations of the country’s Military Service Act. Song, a 33-year-old prominent member of the acclaimed YG Entertainment boy band Winner—widely known by his … Read more
Executive Overview For nearly a century and a half, the architecture of professional tennis was defined by a specific physical duality: the battle between the explosive reach of the two-handed backhand and the balletic, sweeping arc of the single-hander. Ever since the inaugural Wimbledon Championship in 1877, a male player wielding a one-handed backhand had … Read more
Executive Overview For 149 years—dating back to the inaugural Wimbledon Championships in 1877—every single Grand Slam men’s singles semi-final featured at least one player wielding a one-handed backhand. That unbroken historical streak came to an abrupt end at the US Open, when Stefanos Tsitsipas, the last remaining single-hander in the singles draw, bowed out in … Read more
