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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)

Deal on Olympics will do little to disarm North Korea

The meeting came after months of confrontation over North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, with both parties seeking...

10 Jan 2018 8:20 PM GMT

A Unification Ministry official said, the North Korean delegation walked over the border inside the joint security area (JSA) to the Peace House around 0030 GMT. (Photo: AP)

North, South Korea begin talks as Winter Olympics helps break ice...

Five senior officials from each side met at the three-storey Peace House on the South Korean side of the Panmunjom truce...

9 Jan 2018 5:33 AM GMT

It has been hailed by some as a landmark moment in Games history and the footage went viral on social media. (Twitter/GusKenworthy)

Let's hope gay Olympians spark even greater change

Let's hope the rest of the world has been watching, and learning, and growing ever more accepting.

21 Feb 2018 12:42 PM GMT

It has been hailed by some as a landmark moment in Games history and the footage went viral on social media. (Twitter/GusKenworthy)

Skier Gus Kenworthy's televised gay kiss with boyfriend lights up...

The 26-year-old American finished 12th in the slopestyle on Sunday but still found himself making headlines.

19 Feb 2018 5:16 AM GMT

A Swiss team spokesperson said one of athletes was Fabian Boesch but did not want to name the other as the athletes relatives had not yet been informed. (Photo: AP)

Swiss skiers become first athletes to be hit by norovirus at Winter...

While more than 200 people have been hit by the virus, this is the first time anyone from the athletic delegations has...

16 Feb 2018 12:49 PM GMT

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are freezing cold but they might just be the hottest dating spot on the planet right now. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pyeongchang winter thaw raises hopes

The lessons of history necessitate a degree of scepticism

14 Feb 2018 8:36 PM GMT

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from right, applauds with Kim Yo-jong, third from right, North Korean leader Kim Jong Uns sister, during a performance of North Koreas Samjiyon Orchestra at National Theatre in Seoul on Sunday.

Dragons' dance to herald talks?

Moon had to deal with Shinzo Abe's prod on military exercises in the spring and yet he ensured Japan was not offended in...

12 Feb 2018 7:06 PM GMT

$\When I came out was when I was able to breathe,\ Rippon said. (Photo: Twitter/Gus Kenworthy)$ Newsmakers

Out Olympians Rippon, Kenworthy share kiss at Winter Olympics

Both the athletes went public with their homosexuality in October 2015, and felt better for it.

10 Feb 2018 7:48 AM GMT

A worker wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus walks past a display of the Winter Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon, left, and Winter Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen near the Olympic Green in Beijing. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

With the success of the Games and China's national dignity at stake, Beijing is doubling down on its 'zero-tolerance'...

13 Jan 2022 7:25 AM GMT

Russia would be banned for four years from the Olympic and Paralympic Summer and Winter Games. That rules an official Russian team out of Tokyo 2020 and the Beijing Winter Olympics of 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron scare in China's Tianjin close to Beijing ahead of Winter...

Thousands of people commute between Tianjin and Beijing as it takes hardly 30 minutes by the high-speed train

9 Jan 2022 11:04 AM GMT

AC DC sounds rocked the Winter Olympics.

Sounds of rock music bring warmth to Winter Olympics

The International Skating Union's decision to allow music with lyrics was taken back in 2012.

5 March 2018 8:17 PM GMT