2018 Winter Olympics - Page 2

U.S. Olympian Adam Rippon has ramped up his attacks on Vice President Mike Pence as the Winter Olympics continue in PyeongChang, South Korea.

A “record-setting” light display consisting of 1,218 drones was revealed during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Friday.

With all the love and unity surrounding the joint appearance of the North and South Korean Olympic teams at the opening ceremony, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un decided it was time to end their war of words and embrace each other at the games in a show of solidarity.

Nothing says Winter Olympics like a well-oiled, shirtless Tongan.

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton discussed North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Matt Boyle.

Climate change believers are hoping this year’s Winter Olympics are an opportunity to help advance their cause.

North Korea launched its Olympic “charm offensive” in earnest on Thursday with performances by cheerleaders and a mostly-female marching band, followed by an announcement that dictator Kim Jong-un’s sister will meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that the United States will “soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever.” U.S. officials said those sanctions would be imposed before the end of the Winter Olympics, which means Pence will quite possibly be in Pyeongchang, South Korea when they go into effect.

According to a CNN report, North Korea is planning to show off “hundreds” of missiles and rockets during its pre-Olympic parade on February 8, including dozens of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

North Korea suddenly canceled an upcoming joint “cultural event” with South Korea on Monday, while complaining about “biased” and “insulting” South Korean media coverage. The cancellation marks a significant setback in the highly touted “thawing” of relations with the outlaw Communist nation.

North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Han Tae Song claimed on Tuesday that the United States is using the Winter Olympics as an excuse for provocative military maneuvers, and boasted North Korea has a “powerful and reliable” nuclear deterrent ready to thwart foreign invaders.

As the 2018 Winter Olympics are set to begin next month, Team USA revealed their uniforms which feature a state-of-the-art heated jacket and fringe suede gloves to keep athletes warm in freezing PyeongChang, South Korea.

Despite the diplomatic “thaw” that made North Korean participation in the Winter Olympics possible and a general media atmosphere of excitement around Pyongyang’s relative openness after years of defiant isolation, South Korean officials say North Korea has not responded to their call for military talks.

NBC already made it clear, that the cameras will show any players who protest during the Super Bowl. Now, according to Mike Tirico, NBC will cover protesting athletes at the Olympics as well.

The reportedly first openly gay U.S. Winter Olympian, American men’s figure skating champion Adam Rippon, has criticized the selection of Vice President Mike Pence as the leader of the U.S. Olympic delegation to the 2018 games in South Korea and said he will not meet with the veep.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says rival Koreas have agreed to form their first joint Olympic team and march together in opening ceremony.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in gave a press conference on Wednesday in which he said President Donald Trump “deserves big credit for bringing about the inter-Korean talks” that were held this week.

Delegations from North and South Korea met at the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday to discuss North Korea’s participation at the Winter Olympics and generally improving the tense situation on the peninsula. At the meeting, North Korea made an obvious play to fracture the international coalition aligned against its nuclear missile program and weaken South Korean resolve.

North Korea announced on Sunday that it will send a five-member delegation to talks in the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday, the first formal contact between the two Korean nations in over two years.

North and South Korea will hold high-level talks next week in the border village of Panmunjom to discuss both the upcoming Winter Olympics and how to “improve the two Koreas’ relations” more broadly, according to a statement from the South Korean Ministry of Unification on Friday.

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in decided in a phone conversation on Thursday to suspend joint U.S.-South Korean military drills during the 2018 Winter Olympics in a diplomatic overture to North Korea, which constantly complains about such exercises.

Signals from North Korea remain as difficult to read as ever. Wednesday brought news that dictator Kim Jong-un has ordered the reactivation of a hotline to South Korea that has been dormant for nearly two years, but also that he has ordered the construction of North Korea’s largest missile ever, with an eye towards launching it on the 70th anniversary of the Communist regime in September.

South Korea’s Yonhap News reported on Tuesday that Seoul has proposed high-level talks with North Korea next week, ostensibly to discuss North Korean participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The offer came after North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s intriguingly “conciliatory” annual address on New Year’s Day.

Another North Korean soldier made a dash for freedom across the Demilitarized Zone on Thursday. His escape came just hours after two North Korean civilians attempted to defect in a fishing boat.

Olympian Lindsey Vonn says she plans on representing her country and not her president at the 2018 winter games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.