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Unified Korea's Lim Yung-hui (C) leaves the court after defeat during the women's gold medal basketball match between Unified Korea and China at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on 1 September, 2018. Picture: AFP

Pyeongchang winter olympics

North and South Korea to bid for 2032 Summer Olympics

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The North’s decision to participate in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February triggered a dramatic diplomatic turnaround on the peninsula.

  • President of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov. Picture: en.kremlin.ru

    Russia says IOC reinstates its membership

    Russians competed as neutrals in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the IOC suspended Russia in December over doping allegations.

    1583 days ago
  • The Olympic Athletes from Russia's players sing the Russia national anthem after receiving their gold medals after the men's gold medal ice hockey match between the Olympic Athletes from Russia and Germany during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Picture AFP

    Russians sing banned anthem after beating Germany to gold

    The Russians, competing as neutral athletes at Pyeongchang as punishment for a years-long Russian doping scandal, came back from one-goal down on a goal by Nikita Gusev with less than a minute left in regulation time.

    1586 days ago
  • FILE: After President Trump's tweeted taunt at Kim Jong-un, North Korea reaches out to South Korea. Picture: CNN screengrab.

    S Korea splurges on sister of Kim Jong Un; drops his name from border broadcasts

    Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong and the other North Korean officials stayed at the Walkerhill Hotel, a five-star riverside hotel in eastern Seoul.

    1589 days ago
  • FILE: Russia's bronze medallists Anastasia Bryzgalova (left) and Alexander Krushelnitsky (right) celebrate on the podium during the curling mixed doubles venue ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Picture: AFP.

    Russia hopes doping case won’t hurt bid for Olympic status

    Russians are competing as neutral athletes at the Games due to allegations the country ran a systematic doping programme, which Moscow denies.

    1590 days ago
  • North Korea, on 20 January, pledged to send a large delegation to February’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Picture: @pyeongchang2018/Twitter.

    ‘Peace’ doesn’t sell at Pyeongchang - Games sponsors

    Olympic sponsors are concerned the peace message could put them too close to a hot-button issue: North Korea’s participation in the Games.

    1590 days ago
  • In this photo taken on 17 February 2018 Slovenia's Ziga Jeglic scores the game-winning goal against Slovakia during a penalty-shot shootout in the men's preliminary round ice hockey match between Slovakia and Slovenia during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung. Picture: AFP

    Slovenia ice hockey player Jeglic fails doping test, to leave Games: CAS

    The Slovenian Olympic committee said Ziga Jeglic was tested four days ago and that only the ‘A’ sample had been examined before the player accepted the violation.

    1591 days ago
  • Canada's Scott Moir kisses Canada's Tessa Virtue while holding the Canada flag after they won the gold during the free dance of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 20, 2018. Picture: AFP

    Virtue, Moir win second ice dance gold with world record

    Skating last to “Moulin Rouge,” the pair embraced and grinned on the ice after their dynamic performance that had the audience roaring.

    1591 days ago
  • FILE: A general view of Olympic Village. Picture: @Olympics/Twitter.

    IOC gives Pyeongchang Games thumbs-up at halfway mark

    The 9-25 February winter Games have not drawn sold-out crowds, with several venues far from filled and organisers bringing in volunteers to fill the seats.

    1593 days ago
  • Gold medallist Germany's Eric Frenzel reacts on the podium following the Nordic combined men's individual normal hill NH/10km final at the Alpensia cross-country centre during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on 14 February 2018 in Pyeongchang. Picture: AFP

    Frenzel wins Nordic combined gold for Germany

    Eric Frenzel moved clear of the group of five who had broken away, but the lead changed hands several times before the German tried to go alone on the last lap.

    1597 days ago
  • Volunteers walk past the Olympics Rings at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Jeongseon on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    'Olympic Destroyer' malware targeted Pyeongchang Games: firms

    Games Organisers confirmed the attack on Sunday, saying that it affected internet and television services but did not compromise critical operations.

    1598 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 21  June 2016 shows International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach leaving a press conference following an Olympic summit in Lausanne. Picture: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP.

    IOC boss to visit North Korea after winter Games

    North and South Korean leaders swapped warm handshakes and smiles at Friday’s opening ceremony, enabling the IOC to present the Games as enablers of peace.

    1599 days ago
  • US Vice President Mike Pence talks to South Korea's President Moon Jae-in during the short track speed skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on 10 February, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    North Korea heading for diplomacy gold medal at Olympics

    That is the assessment of a former South Korean government minister and political experts who say the North has used the Games to drive a wedge between South Korea and its US ally.

    1599 days ago
  • Volunteers walk past the Olympics Rings at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Jeongseon on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Games organisers confirm cyber-attack, won't reveal source

    The Winter Games are being staged only 80km from the border with North Korea, which is technically still at war with the South since their 1950-1953 war ended.

    1600 days ago
  • US Vice President Mike Pence talks to South Korea's President Moon Jae-in during the short track speed skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on 10 February, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Amid Olympic thaw, Pence says allies united in isolating North Korea

    The official said Pence and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, while watching speed skating together on Saturday night, discussed intensifying sanctions.

    1600 days ago
  • Volunteers walk past the Olympics Rings at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Jeongseon on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    On paper, Russia's Olympic podium chances strong despite ban

    A further 47 banned coaches and athletes, including Ahn, had appealed the IOC decision but on Friday their appeals were dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

    1600 days ago
  • North Korea, on 20 January, pledged to send a large delegation to February’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Picture: @pyeongchang2018/Twitter.

    IOC: Neutral Russians positive sign for anti-doping

    Russia as a nation was banned from the Games and its 168 athletes who have travelled to South Korea, invited by the IOC, are competing under the Olympic flag.

    1601 days ago
  • Torchbearers carry the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium on February 9, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Pyeongchang Games organisers probe possible cyberattack

    Some local media reported system problems, including the Games website and some television sets, were due to a cyberattack.

    1601 days ago
  • Volunteers walk past the Olympics Rings at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Jeongseon on 7 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    CAS dismisses 47 appeals from Russian athletes, coaches

    The Russians had appealed their exclusion from the Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the doping scandal from the 2014 Sochi Games.

    1601 days ago
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