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[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean Paralympians, officials to leave PyeongChang before closing ceremony

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean athletes and officials staying in South Korea for the Winter Paralympics will leave before the weekend's closing ceremony, officials said Wednesday, with...

Mar 14, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans finish their last PyeongChang Paralympics event

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean athletes finished their last event at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on Wednesday before they return home. Ma Yu-chol and Kim Jong-hy...

Mar 14, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Suspicions about N. Korean Paralympic athletes ‘raised by North Koreans’

North Koreans expressed doubts about their country’s participants in the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, according to Radio Free Asia, an international radio broadcasting station. A source from Nort...

Mar 13, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang 2018 sets Winter Paralympics ticket sales record

PYEONGCHANG -- Ticket sales for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games have surpassed more than 320,000, a record for the most tickets sold at a Winter Paralympics, the organizers of the multisport ...

Mar 13, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korean ice sledge hockey team falls 8-0 to US at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's ice sledge hockey team suffered a 8-0 loss to the United States at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Tuesday. The men's national team was thrash...

Mar 13, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korean curler surprised to learn she would be cauldron lighter for Paralympics

EUISEONG, North Gyeongsang Province -- When Kim Eun-jung, the skip for the women's curling team that won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, was told she would be a cauldron lighter for the PyeongCha...

Mar 13, 2018
Olympic Games
[Photo News] Uiseong residents welcome ‘Garlic Girls’

The “Garlic Girls” returned Monday to their hometown of Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, where they received a warm welcome. The members of the South Korean women’s curling team, which won silver...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korean wheelchair curlers at Paralympics buoyed by elementary students

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's wheelchair curlers at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics said Monday they were buoyed by local elementary students' support in their victory against Canad...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] KCDF presents Paralympic athletes with ‘warm gift’

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has partnered with the Korea Craft and Design Foundation to present Paralympic athletes with traditional winter wearable goods, specifically “bol...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] KBS extends total duration of Paralympic programs to 34 hours

South Korean state-run broadcaster KBS has decided to extend its broadcast duration of Paralympic programs to 34 hours. According to Joongang Ilbo on Monday, KBS added nine hours of Paralympic progr...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
Olympic short track speed skaters to compete at world championships this week

South Korean Olympic short track speed skaters will compete at the world championships in Canada this week, only weeks after combining for six medals on home ice during the PyeongChang Winter Games. ...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Amid passionate support, Winter Paralympic Games kick off

In a move to support the successful hosting of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, various events were held Saturday to encourage the athletes and welcome the tourists. As the Winter Paral...

Mar 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Nordic skier Sin Eui-hyun wins Korea's 1st medal at PyeongChang Winter Paralympics

PYEONGCHANG -- Nordic para skier Sin Eui-hyun earned South Korea's first medal at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games Sunday, taking bronze in the men's 15-kilometer sitting cross-country skiing ...

Mar 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans officially make Winter Paralympics debut

PYEONGCHANG -- North Korean para athletes have officially made their Winter Paralympics debut here as two sit skiers competed in the men's cross-country skiing event on Sunday. Kim Jong-hyon and Ma ...

Mar 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Slovakia's Farkasova wins first gold of Winter Paralympics

Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on Saturday in women's vision impaired downhill skiing. Farkasova and her guide Natalia Subrtova finished...

Mar 10, 2018
Olympic Games

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