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S. Korean Paralympic heroes bring national flag into opening ceremony

Eight South Korean athletes, including a handful of Paralympic medalists, carried the national flag into the main stadium for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, during the opening ceremony on F...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
Moon hails PyeongChang Games for making Korean peace a possibility

President Moon Jae-in on Friday extolled the PyeongChang Winter Games for setting the stage for a detente in which "the denuclearization and peace of the Korean Peninsula is becoming a reality." In ...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korea Tourism Organization offers VR experience to Paralympic visitors

With the Paralympics kicking off Friday, visitors to South Korea can participate in a number of activities related to the Paralympics in Seoul, the Korea Tourism Organization said Friday. Located ne...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Host country offers far less TV coverage of Paralympics

Despite being the host country of the 2018 Winter Games, South Korea is far behind other countries in its TV coverage of the Paralympic Games, which kicked off on Friday. Three major Korean broadcas...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Bye, Soohorang -- Bandabi takes over as mascot

Last month, the white tiger Soohorang received global attention for his adorable antics as the PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascot. The position will now be handed over to the black bear Bandabi, the...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
PyeongChang kicks off Paralympic festivities

Still rumbling with excitement from the Winter Games, which wrapped up last month, South Korea’s Gangwon Province is playing host to another multinational sporting event, the PyeongChang Paralympics,...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[Herald Interview] Capturing the unseen: photographer Cho Sei-hon

[Herald Interview] Renowned veteran portrait photographer talks about excitement in Paralympics, documenting athletes’ private, public moments

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Nordic skier to carry S. Korean flag at Paralympics opening ceremony

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Para Nordic skier Sin Eui-hyun will carry the South Korean national flag at the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Friday after the host n...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Team Korea House revamps for Paralympics

Team Korea House, a facility that promotes the country and offers support for international athletes and guests, reopened its doors Friday for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics. The house, whi...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Two Koreas not to have joint march at opening ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Paralympics

PYEONGCHANG -- The two Koreas have decided not to have a joint march at the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, the South's Korean Paralympic Committee (KPC) said Thursday. South...

Mar 8, 2018
Olympic Games
S. Korean president confers state decoration on IOC chief

South Korean President Moon Jae-in conferred a state medal on Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), on Thursday for his contributions to the PyeongChang Winter Olympic G...

Mar 8, 2018
Olympic Games
[Photo News] PyeongChang gears up for 2018 Paralympic Games

With the opening of 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Games just a day away, the city is busy making final preparations for the event. The torch for the games arrived in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Thursd...

Mar 8, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Fierce competition to become life-size Bandabi mascots

More than 7,000 people volunteered to become one of 24 life-size Bandabi mascots at the opening ceremony of the upcoming Winter Paralympics, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee said Wednesday. Band...

Mar 7, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans enter Paralympic Village in PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korea's delegation to the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games entered the athletes' village in the South Korean alpine town of PyeongChang on Wednesday. Kim Mun-chol,...

Mar 7, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang skies to be lit by fireworks during Paralympics

The night skies of PyeongChang will be lit up during the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, according to the culture and sports ministry Wednesday. During the nine days of the Paralympic Games, which w...

Mar 7, 2018
Olympic Games

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