In 2021, the DPRK decided not to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the country’s stringent border closure.North Korea Winter OlympicsSince 1964, the DPRK did not appear at seven Winter Olympics (1968, 1976, 1980, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2022)....
The IOC chief said the IOC did reserve the right to make decisions on any individual North Korean athletes who qualify for Beijing 2022 and to reconsider the duration of the country's suspension. North Korea sent 22 athletes to the 2018 Winter Oly...
North Korea's suspension for skipping the Olympics seems unusual for a good reason: It hasn't happened before. Roughly 100 different countries famouslyboycotted various Olympicsin the 1970s and 1980s, all without any formal punishment. The US evenled the biggest-ever Olympic boycott, thenwent...
Geneva— North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC on Wednesday as punishment forrefusing to send a team to the Tokyo Gamesciting the COVID-19 pandemic. IOC president Thomas Bach said the North Korean national Olympic body will also now for...
North Korea was suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until the end of 2022, missing last year's Beijing Winter Games, after failing to send a team to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Asian Games was originally due to host up to 500 athletes from...
North Korea test-fires Hwasong-15 ICBM, capable of reaching the entire United States, and declares it has become a nuclear power. 2018 Feb. 25 North Korean official Kim Yong Chol expresses willingness for U.S. talks while visiting South Korea for the Winter Olympics. March 8 South K...
Athletes from North and South Korea will march together behind a unification flag during opening ceremonies at the Olympics. This is the first time this has happened at the games by the countries of the divided peninsula. In a move to further peace, dialogue, and cooperation, athletes will wea...
IOC president Thomas Bach will speak with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday to further convey an apology over the incident, South Korea's vice sports minister said in Paris. North Korea does have a small delegation of 16 athletes appearing at the Olympics for the first time s...
PYONGYANG, North Korea - (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in said in a statement Wednesday that the countries planned to jointly bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics. At a major summit, the two leaders gave no details of which cities might host c...
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - North Korea has lowered the volume of its border propaganda broadcasts at the inter-Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) since Friday's Winter Olympics opening ceremony, a senior military official stationed at the border told Reuters on Tuesday. North and South...