Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: 47 dope-tainted Russian athletes lose appeal to participate
Forty-seven Russians implicated in doping lost a last-minute court bid to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony.
Feb 09, 2018, 14:06 PM IST
Norway Winter Olympics team accidentally orders 15,000 eggs in Pyeongchang
Egg sandwiches. Bacon and eggs. Egg salad. Eggs on toast. Scrambled eggs, or fried. After taking receipt of 15,000 eggs instead of the 1,500 they wanted, Norway's team at this month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics may have a pretty limited menu.
Feb 09, 2018, 13:55 PM IST
CAS rejects appeal of 13 Russians on the eve of Winter Olympics
A group of 13 Russians lost a last-ditch bid to beat their country's doping ban and take part in the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday, the day before the opening ceremony.
Feb 08, 2018, 19:02 PM IST
Kim Jong-Un’s sister Kim Yo-Jung set to make her debut on international stage
The first member of the family of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is slated to visit South Korea.
Feb 08, 2018, 08:56 AM IST
Pence says US to announce new, tough sanctions on North Korea
US Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that Washington would soon announce new, tough sanctions to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programmes, calling it the planet`s "most tyrannical and oppressive regime".
Feb 07, 2018, 16:02 PM IST
North Korea has asked for oil to refuel ferry carrying Olympics delegation - South Korea
North Korea has asked South Korea to provide oil to refuel a ferry carrying its Olympics delegation, Seoul`s Unification Ministry said on Wednesday.
Feb 07, 2018, 10:06 AM IST
Trump speaks to Japan's PM, S Korea's President about North Korea
President Donald Trump spoke with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the upcoming Winter Olympics and the current situation in the Korean peninsula, the White House said today.
Feb 03, 2018, 06:28 AM IST
Pyongyang cancels joint event, blames South Korean media
Pyongyang has cancelled one of the joint events it had agreed to hold with Seoul following a "historic" meeting earlier in January, and has blamed the South Korean media for it.
Jan 30, 2018, 10:04 AM IST
Massive South Korean hospital blaze leaves 37 dead
Nearly 180 people were inside the Sejong Hospital in Miryang when the fire broke out around 7.30 am.
Jan 26, 2018, 22:09 PM IST
Kremlin denies Russia violates sanctions on North Korea
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, asked about allegations that Russia is re-exporting North Korean coal, said on Friday that Russia abides by norms of international law.
Jan 26, 2018, 17:14 PM IST
Despite sanctions, North Korea exported coal to South Korea and Japan via Russia: Sources
North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of UN sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said.
Jan 26, 2018, 16:03 PM IST
Winter Olympics 2018: North, South Korea hockey players team up
Female hockey players from the rival Koreas were paired up with each other today to form their first-ever Olympic squad during next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games, as their countries press ahead with rare reconciliation steps following a period of nuclear tensions.
Jan 25, 2018, 18:33 PM IST
Koreas to march under unified flag at Winter Olympics
The two Koreas have also agreed to hold a joint cultural event at Mount Kumgang on the North Korean east coast before the Winter Games.
Jan 17, 2018, 21:21 PM IST
Bitcoin slides 14% on crackdown fears, hits four-week low
Bitcoin slid on the news, trading as low as $11,730 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, down 13.6 percent on the day.
Jan 16, 2018, 15:09 PM IST
North Korea offers talks with South Korea on Winter Olympics art troupe
North Korea proposed a working-level dialogue on January 15 in Tongilgak, a building controlled by North Kora in the truce village of Panmunjom, to discuss the issue.
Jan 13, 2018, 14:55 PM IST
North Korea's 'army of beauties' all set to invade South for Winter Olympics
North Korea recently agreed to send a delegation of athletes for next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea. With them will be a group of cheerleaders for whom this would be their fourth visit to the neighbouring country.
Jan 11, 2018, 08:28 AM IST
Live updates - 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Supreme Court orders re-investigation of 186 cases
Here are the live news updates for January 10, 2018.
Jan 10, 2018, 08:15 AM IST
Denuclearisation is path to peace: South Korea`s Moon Jae-In
Delegates from North and South Korea held their first official talks for two years on Tuesday at Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula.
Jan 10, 2018, 07:25 AM IST
North Korea to participate in Winter Olympics in rival South
Seoul and Olympic organisers have been keen for Pyongyang - which boycotted the 1988 Summer Games in the South Korean capital - to take part in what they repeatedly proclaimed a "peace Olympics"
Jan 09, 2018, 20:03 PM IST
South Korea, North Korea agree to restore military hotline: Seoul official
North and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to restore a military hotline, an official said, less than a week after a civilian cross-border phone link was reopened.
Jan 09, 2018, 14:54 PM IST
