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The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held in Suwon, then it moved to Yeosu in 2008 and Hwasun in 2009. In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.

It became a BWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both the Asian Games and the Badminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: in Hwasun in 2011 and 2012, then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015, then Seogwipo and Gwangju. In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.

In 2018, this tournament is the part of the BWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.

Korea Masters er en international badmintonturnering, der afholdes i Seoul, Sydkorea. Turneringen er en del af BWF World Tour og klassificeres som en Super 300-turnering.

Den første Korea Masters-turnering blev afholdt i 2007. Turneringen er blevet afholdt hvert år siden da, med undtagelse af 2020, hvor den blev aflyst på grund af COVID-19-pandemien.

Korea Masters er en prestigefyldt turnering, der tiltrækker nogle af verdens bedste badmintonspillere. Vindere af turneringen omfatter Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan og Viktor Axelsen.

2023 Korea Masters blev afholdt fra den 24. til den 29. januar. Vinderne af turneringen var:

* Mænds singler: Kodai Naraoka (Japan)
* Kvindernes single: An Se-young (Sydkorea)
* Herredouble: Choi Sol-gyu og Kim Won-ho (Sydkorea)
* Damedouble: Kim So-yeong og Kong Hee-yong (Sydkorea)
* Blandede double: Seo Seung-jae og Chae Yu-jung (Sydkorea)