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 ...

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 ...

South Korea condemned North Korea’s demolition of a 12-story resort where families separated by the Korean War held brief ...

North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the ...

Yeom Tae-ok (R) and Han Kum-chol of North Korea acknowledge the crowd from the podium after winning silver in the pair free ...

Some of the best and most accomplished NHL players of their era will retire without ever playing on the world’s biggest stage ...

North Korea has named two national players who won silver medals in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games mixed doubles event as among ...