Kim Baek-du is a ssireum prodigy in the Korean drama Like Flowers In Sand. Early on he excelled at the style of Korean folk wrestling that has been played since the fourth century. In this type of ...

Lee Jun-hee, new chief of the Korea Ssireum Association, the governing body of traditional Korean wrestling, speaks during an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2025.

The event featured the traditional Ssireum wrestling game. Attendees were thrilled to learn and participate in the Korean SSireum tournament. After about 4 rounds of matches for each category (male & ...