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

North Korea's state media announced the opening of the national winter games at Samjiyon's sports village. The nation missed ...

The Winter Olympics – my favorite sporting event(s) of all, any where on the planet, ever – begin this week, taking place in and around Cortina-Milan, Italy.

North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympicsafter failing to secure qualification spots.

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where hockey and snowboarding events will ...

North Korea, which failed to secure a berth for the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, is holding the "2026 ...

At the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, that superpower rivalry was on full display on the ice. The U.S. men’s ice ...

North Korea enters 2026 with domestic stability intact but facing a complex external environment. Inter-Korean relations remain frozen under Pyongyang’s ‘hostile two states’ policy, even as restraint ...

Kim Jong Un, center, inspects test-flights of hypersonic missiles, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 4, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) North Korea said Monday that leader ...

North Korea on Sunday fired a number of ballistic missiles to its east prior to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung heading to China, the South Korean military said, according to The Associated Press ...

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday, according to South Korean officials. The launches took place just hours before South Korea's president left for China ...