PYONGYANG, North Korea – Her eyes well up when Li Pun Hui recalls her role in a historic example of "ping pong diplomacy." In 1991, the North Korean table tennis star paired with her archrival, South ...

The film “Korea” revealed a bit about Ha Ji Won and Bae Doo Na’s transformation into ping pong athletes. “Korea” is about the 1991 World Ping Pong Championship and the first North-South Korean team.

Wonder what Ha Ji Won’s been up to these days? It turns out she’s been honing her ping pong skills every day with former Korean gold medalist Hyun Jung Hwa. According to local media, the star actress ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Her eyes well up when Li Pun Hui recalls her role in “ping pong diplomacy.” In 1991, the North Korean table tennis star paired with archrival Hyun Jung-hwa of South Korea as ...

In April 1971, an American taking part in the World Table Tennis Championship in Nagoya, Japan, missed his bus after practice. Glenn Cowan boarded the Chinese team’s bus instead, and Zhuang Zedong ...