Under South Korean law, he is granted an exemption from his mandatory 18-month military service — a term that was set to begin weeks after he returned from the Olympics, as The Korea Herald reports.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea — It was about 10 minutes before puck drop in the much-anticipated unified Korea women’s hockey team debut, when the North Korean cheerleaders stole the show. Kanye West ...

Only a pair of North Korean ice skaters — Kim Ju-sik, 25, and Ryom Tae-ok, 18 — initially qualified for the Winter Olympics, but North Korea neglected to register them by the deadline.

North and South Korean athletes will march together at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony under a unified flag, the South said Wednesday, in a diplomatic breakthrough following days of talks ...

Photos of North and South Korean table tennis players posing for a selfie on the medal podium have gotten people across the globe talking, with some hailing it as a show of rare cross border harmony.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un sends sister as envoy to Olympics 00:57. Along with the rest of the North's senior delegation, Kim Yo Jong was to have lunch with Moon at the presidential Blue House.

Though the unified Korean women’s ice hockey team concluded its Olympics story in PyeongChang, South Korea, on Tuesday, with its fifth defeat in a row, fans and athletes alike hailed the team ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) A North Korean delegation led by a controversial former general arrived in South Korea to attend Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and ...

On November 29, 1987, two North Korean terrorists planted a bomb on KAL flight 858, a plane from Baghdad to Seoul, killing all 115 passengers and crew members, most of whom were South Koreans.

On July 30, 2024, users on several social media platforms shared a video showing Olympic athletes from North Korea, South Korea and China taking a series of selfies together. Many posts focused on ...