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 ...

The Philippines topped the men’s curling event for its first gold medal in the Asian Winter Games on Friday morning at the Pingfang Curling Arena. A tip of the iceberg of a lead for an article packed ...

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 ...

The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ Overseas tour agents enter N. Korea for 1st time in 5 yrs amid resumption of foreign tourism SEOUL -- Foreign tour ...

North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.

North Korea may be poised to move into production its intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, the ...

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 ...