The reason for the Olympic exclusion of this bird of peace has to do with what happened during the 1988 Olympics. That year, ...

Student riots dominated the build-up to the Games, only the second staged in ... had tested positive for three stimulants during the 1988 Olympic trials. An initial suspension of six months ...

At the time, South Korea was preparing to host the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul - and North Korea was determined to stop it. In an interview with BBC, one of the agents, Kim Hyun-hui said ...

The Seoul 1988 Paralympics were perhaps the most revolutionary Paralympics of all time as they were the first Games where Paralympics were truly considered an equal of the Olympic Games.