1942 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is born. He took power after his father Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country, died in 1994.

The Chinese win twice as many gold medals (32) as nearest challengers South Korea, with Japan third with 10. Read more at ...

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic 5,000m champion, set a new indoor mile world record of 3min 45.14sec at a ...

MANILA, Philippines – The men’s national curling team will come home to a grand welcome Saturday night following its historic golden feat at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China. The ...

Games closed in Harbin on Friday with host China dominating the medals table a year out from the Olympics and the Philippines ...

South Korea's world-class skaters came ... honour to beat her at a big competition like this." North Korean figure skater ...