Parliamentary leader meets new S. Korean Olympic chief National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik (R) talks with Ryu Seung-min, ...

South Korea’s capital, Seoul, unveiled its bid on Dec. 25 to host the 2036 Olympics, showcasing a plan to stage events at iconic locations across the city and beyond. Mayor Oh Se-hoon first ...

Seoul, one of South Korea's candidates to host the 2036 Olympics, began inspections on Thursday as per the protocol regarding potential Olympic venues. The South Korean capital already hosted the ...

The protests, scandals, and early elections that the country experienced in the build up to Pyeongchang 2018 were also present in the months before the Summer Olympics of 1988. In 1987, just one year ...

SEOUL--Seoul will pursue a bid for the 2036 Summer Games without reviving efforts to cohost an Olympics with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters. Amid hopes ...

Irish boxer, John Lowey, wins his first match on the first day of the Seoul Olympics. Report shows John Lowey being announced the winner of his match. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The 1988 Paralympics marked the first time in 24 years the Paralympics took place in the same venue as the Olympics. The Seoul Paralympic Organising Committee had only a tangential relationship with ...

Now, the building stands immortal. Almost exactly 100 years later, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 26-year-old Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first-ever heptathlon contestant to surpass 7,000 points.