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Netflix Korea ready to rumble as it starts streaming WWE to local screens this week

Netflix will begin streaming World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) content in Korea on Thursday, as part of its expansion into live entertainment, the streaming platform announced on Monday.

2025-12-29

Hulk Hogan, professional wrestling icon, dies at age 71

Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his influence into TV, pop culture and conservative politics died Thursday in Florida at age 71.

2025-07-25

Kim Seung-jun loses Greco-Roman repechage 8-2 to Uzbekistan's Assakalov

Kim's loss follows Lee Seung-chan's exit in the 130-kilogram Greco-Roman contest, ending Korea's run in the sport at the Paris Olympics.

2024-08-07

Lee Seung-chan loses Greco-Roman repechage 9-0 to Iran's Amin Mirzazadeh

Lee failed to bounce back in the repechage bracket after his round of 16 exit, ending his first Olympics run.

2024-08-06

Lee Seung-chan loses 7-0 to Cuba's Mijain Lopez

Lee failed to earn a single point at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris, conceding four points in the first period and three points in the second for the loss.

2024-08-05

Korean wrestlers to hit Greco-Roman floor at Champ-de-Mars

First-time Olympians Kim Seung-jun and Lee Seung-chan will represent Korea in Greco-Roman wrestling.

2024-07-25

Drama! At the fight club: Training like a Korean pro wrestler

A Korea JoongAng Daily sports reporter gets into the ring with a cast of characters at practice-slash-rehearsal with Pro Wrestling Society Korea.

2024-06-27

North Korea makes Olympic return in Paris, but without medal-winning weightlifters

North Korea will return to the Paris Olympics with 14 athletes in six sports after skipping the 2020 Tokyo Games. The reclusive country has won the majority of its 55 medals in weightlifting, but failed to qualify for the competition this year.

2024-06-25

Kim Min-seok takes bronze in men’s 130-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling

Korean wrestler Kim Min-seok beat Naveen of India 5-1 in the men’s Greco-Roman 130-kilogram division bronze medal bout at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday, securing Korea’s second medal in the sport at this year’s Asiad.

2023-10-05

Chung Han-jae wins Korea's first wrestling medal at Asian Games

Korean wrestler Chung Han-jae beat Bakhramov Islomjon of Uzbekistan 5-4 in the men’s Greco-Roman 60-kilograms division bronze medal bout at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday, winning the country’s first medal in the sport at this year’s Asiad.

2023-10-04