Bissau, along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the Middle East, are making their Winter Olympic debuts, while North Korea has not received an invitation. The exclusion is not due to political ...

North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media confirmed, with the isolated nation's athletes conspicuously ...

North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympicsafter failing to secure qualification spots.

"Amid pressing international conflicts, the Olympics is one of the most significant geopolitical events of the year." ...

But few athletes may have a more impactful presence next month at the games, which are being promoted as a chance to ease political and nuclear tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula after North ...

North Korea, which failed to secure a berth for the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, is holding the "2026 National Winter Sports Competition" at Mount Paektu. According to the Korean ...

Bach said he regarded North Korea's participation purely in sporting terms despite the rapid round of diplomacy between the two Koreas during the opening days of the Games. "This is about sport and ...

If one of the athletes wanted to defect, the time is right -- but that's not likely to happen, experts say. "One of the main reasons North Korean athletes don't defect is because of their families ...

The joint North and South Korean women’s ice hockey team competed together for the first time Sunday in a friendly match against Sweden, under a controversial Olympics unity deal. It was the first and ...