New head of traditional Korean wrestling body Lee Jun-hee, new chief of the Korea Ssireum Association, the governing body of traditional Korean wrestling, speaks during an interview with Yonhap ...

For 30 years, a Queens man has tried to bring Korean wrestling to the United States. Despite many reasons to give up, and many doubts, he battles on.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Divided for about seven decades, North and South Korea together won their first international recognition of Korean traditional wrestling as one of the world's cultural ...

Traditional Korean wrestling—“Ssirum” in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and “Ssireum” in the Republic of Korea—has deep significance for all Koreans. Fundamentally linked to land and ...

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime moment, lost in the political shadows, and a reminder of wrestling’s strange ability to cross even the most impenetrable borders. Collision in Korea isn’t just rare ...

Korea has 36 medals in wrestling at the Olympics, including 11 gold. Korea last medaled in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2016 Rio Olympics — a bronze from Kim Hyeon-woo.

In Champion, Train to Busan star Ma Dong-seok gives a solid performance, taking on the role of Mark, an adopted Korean child who grew up in the United States. Now an adult, he works several ...

Korean-American actor and athlete Ma Dong-seok (billed here as “Don Lee”) ... The plot involves the usual boxing drama elements, transferred to the world of arm-wrestling.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Gregory Gauntt (Ryan Oshun) celebrating his winning wrestling match in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Feb. 9, 2019. (Senior Airman Stefan Alvarez/Air Force) When Air Force Tech ...

North Korea plans to host an international pro-wrestling competition in its capital city of Pyongyang late in August, jointly organized by the Japanese wrestler-turned-politician who took part in ...

SEOUL, South Korea – Divided for seven decades, North and South Korea together won their first international recognition of Korean traditional wrestling on Monday. The Koreas had earlier pushed ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Divided for about seven decades, North and South Korea together won their first international recognition of Korean traditional wrestling as one of the world's cultural ...