Is North Korea in the Olympics? No, North Korea is not at the 2026 Winter Olympics. It's not actually because of a ban, ...

North Korea has had a turbulent relationship with the Winter Olympics in the past few years. They last competed at the Winter Games at the 2018 PyeongChang edition and were absent from the 2020 Tokyo ...

SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after failing to secure ...

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 ...

MILAN (AP) — Political pressure on Olympic officials, like in the case of the Ukraine skeleton racer’s memorial helmet at the Milan Cortina Games, is nothing new, according to a long-time IOC insider.

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

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 ...

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 ...