South Korea has traditional sports of its own, as well as sports from different cultures and countries. Taekwondo, a popular martial sport is often claimed...

North Korea's participation in international sporting events has been hindered by the relations with South Korea. Until the 1990s, North Korea used to...

League. Football is the most popular sport in South Korea. In ancient times, Silla, one of Three Kingdoms of Korea, had a ball game called "Chuk-guk" (축국;...

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...

guide to South Korea: South Korea – densely populated sovereign presidential republic located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia...

Korea National Sport University (KNSU) is a South Korean national university located in the neighborhood of Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. It is the only...

Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Korean: 대한체육회; Hanja: 大韓體育會, abbr. KSOC) is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea)...

The South Korea national football team (Korean: 대한민국 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international football...

Women in South Korea have experienced significant improvements for social changes in recent years, compared to previous times, when Confucianism was deeply...

growing sport in South Korea. South Korea national team is ranked 3rd in the world.[citation needed] In 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, South Korea finished...

institutions of higher education in South Korea. Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong Ajou University...

1953 which ended in an armistice agreement but without a peace treaty. North Korea is a one-party state run by the Kim family. South Korea was formerly governed...

union in South Korea is a minor but growing sport. Of the two Korean nations, the game tends to be mostly played in South Korea; North Korea's mostly...

The Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic...

Kim Ye-ji (Korean: 김예지; born 4 September 1992) is a South Korean pistol shooter. Born in Danyang, she started shooting in sixth grade after her gym teacher...

are various forms of folk dancing still practiced in Korea. Although not commonly considered a sport, traditional mask dance drama is physically demanding[1]...

Korea and South Korea in 1945 and the further destabilisation of the Korean War from 1950–53, baseball has become one of the most popular sports in South...

Son Heung-min (Korean: 손흥민; Korean pronunciation: [son.ɣɯŋ.min]; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for...

Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province...

Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...

Asia Rugby. Rugby union in South Korea Sport in South Korea Korea Super Rugby League Korea Rugby Union Korea on irb.com Korea Archived 2018-11-09 at the...

The South Korean mass media consist of several different types of public communication of news: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based...

Smoking in South Korea has decreased overall for both men and women in the past decades. However, a high prevalence of tobacco use is still observed, especially...

In South Korea, video games are considered to be a major social activity, with most of the games being cooperative or competitive. Locally developed role-playing...

Ssireum (Korean: 씨름; Korean pronunciation: [ɕ͈iɾɯm]) or Korean wrestling is a folk wrestling style and traditional national sport of Korea that began in the...

Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024 (Korean: 강원 2024), were a winter multi-sport event, cultural festival, and fourth edition of the Winter...

National Universities (국립대학교) in South Korea were established by the South Korean government to provide higher education for aiding the development of...

The V-League is a South Korean club volleyball competition. It was founded in 2005 and currently has seven men's clubs and seven women's clubs. Ansan...

Because of their proximity and similar sporting cultures, South Korea and Japan are frequent rivals in a wide variety of international sports. FIFA World Cup...

The South Korea national football team have appeared eleven times at the FIFA World Cup, including ten consecutive tournaments from 1986 to 2022. The...