Li Binghua, vice executive president ... Seoul is the 17th stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay. "During the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, many of the games were held at the stadiums ...

The opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Olympics provided two very ... the first Korean to win an Olympic medal, bring the torch into the stadium and hand it to another athlete.

76-year-old Sohn Kee-chung ran the torch into the Olympic stadium ... the latter was set as part of her Olympic double in Seoul that she achieved just before ending her career with retirement.

SEOUL -- The Olympic torch relay in Seoul, the 17th leg of its global tour, started at 2:00 p.m. (0500 GMT) Sunday after a launching ceremony at the Olympic Park. Li Binghua, vice executive ...

which hosted the 1988 Olympics. Demonstrators supporting Tibetan culture in China also held a peaceful march in Seoul. Activists have previously interrupted Olympic torch runs in London and Paris ...

It will mark the first time in nearly 30 years for the capital city to hold a torch relay event since the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul. The 2018 Winter Games will kick off in PyeongChang ...

Pool/AP The Olympic torch towers above the Olympic stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 17, 1988, during the opening ceremonies for the summer Olympic Games. Mark Duncan/AP, FILE After Seoul's ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay Sunday in Seoul, throwing rocks and punches at the latest stop on the flame’s troubled ...

The Olympic torch ended its journey through the South Korean capital of Seoul on Sunday afternoon. The torch received a warm welcome from Seoul residents and Chinese people living and studying in ...