Korea Sports Council is a special non-profit organization administered by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Republic of Korea. It promotes and handles all the sport-related issues within the country. It was established in 1920 during the Japanese occupation in hope to replace the Korea Sports Association, that was created by the Japanese at that time. After the independence, the council established the KOC, Korean Olympic Committee

Korean Olympic Committee

The Korean Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee in South Korea for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organization that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send them to Olympic events organized by the International Olympic Committee...

, which successfully hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul. The committee merged back with KSC in 2009..