As Mayor of PyeongChang from 2014 to 2018, and again from 2022, Shim Jae-guk had a key role in both the Olympic Winter Games ...

Long before the action on the snow and ice got under way, the Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (YOGOC) for Gangwon ...

But by the end of the 1980s — when South Korea was transitioning from a military dictatorship to a democracy and it prepared to host the 1988 Olympics — uncomfortable questions were beginning to be ...

The South Korean government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to satiate intense demand for adoptable ...

The extraordinary church story of the 20th century is struggling with a demographic crisis, disillusionment with Christianity ...

Returning athletes have reportedly faced “ideological evaluations” and potential punishment for actions that their government ...

Swimming Australia has terminated the contract of coach Michael Palfrey after he voiced support for a South Korean athlete at the Paris Olympics, the governing body confirmed in a statement to CNN. Pa ...

PARIS -- South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men's 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final on Saturday. Park scored 249.4 points, only 1.2 shy ...

PARIS (AP) — South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men’s 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final on Saturday. Park scored 249.4 points ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may be smiling, but his country’s table tennis champs could be penalised for “grinning” with competitors at the Olympics. Picture: KCNA VIA KNS / AFP North ...

The North Korean table tennis silver medalists who practiced some selfie love with the competition at the Paris Olympics could face disciplinary action for “grinning” from the podium. North ...

By Jin Yu Young Reporting from Seoul The flames and smoke from a burning Mercedes-Benz electric sedan spread rapidly through the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in South Korea this ...