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[PyeongChang 2018] Fever of Olympics' cultural events to continue in Paralympics

The PyeongChang Winter Olympics is over, but the fever of various cultural side events that heated up the Olympics will carry over to the Paralympics. The Gangwon provincial government said Saturday...

Mar 3, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Flame for PyeongChang Paralympics lit in 5 S. Korean cities

Lighting ceremonies for the Paralympic flame were held in five local cities on Friday as South Korea began its eight-day torch relay for the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. ...

Mar 3, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Moon vows full support for Paralympics, people with disabilities

President Moon Jae-in promised all-out support for the upcoming PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games on Friday, calling the games a rare chance to improve conditions for all people with disabilities. ...

Mar 2, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Cheong Wa Dae welcomes US announcement of Paralympic delegation

South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's appointment of his secretary for homeland security to lead a delegation to the PyeongChang Paralympic...

Feb 28, 2018
Olympic Games
Dutch coach for Korean speed skating to leave after contract expires

Bob de Jong, the Netherlands-born coach for South Korean speed skating at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, is set to leave the country later this week, with his contract expiring on Wednesday, the sp...

Feb 28, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Moon gears up for Paralympic Games, urges support for another success

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is apparently gearing up to promote the upcoming Paralympic Games, officials from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae noted Tuesday, two days after the end of wha...

Feb 27, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang to host largest Winter Paralympics next month

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games will be the largest Winter Paralympics in history, local organizers said Monday. PyeongChang's organizing committee said 570 athletes from 49 countries h...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
[Newsmaker] With treasured memories, PyeongChang bids adieu

About 200 South Korean athletes, coaches and officials gathered outside the Olympic athletes’ village in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on Monday to attend the disbandment ceremony for the 2018 PyeongC...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] 7 Korean male athletes eligible for military exemption after winning medals

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Seven South Korean athletes who won a medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be eligible for military exemption, officials here said Monday. All South Korean ...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
NK athletes, cheerleaders return home as Olympics end

North Korean athletes and cheerleaders returned home Monday after the North sent a record size delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, which ended the previous day. Nearly 300 North Koreans, ...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korean delegation for PyeongChang 2018 disbands with appreciation

GANGNEUNG -- The Korean delegation for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games officially disbanded on Monday after finishing seventh in the medal race. The ceremony to mark the end of Korean athl...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] How foreign visitors chronicle Winter Olympics journeys online

This year, as many as 80,000 people from abroad boarded flights to South Korea in hopes of being a part of the Olympics buzz. And with the influx of visitors for the 2018 PyeongChang Games, we though...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean female hockey players bid teary farewell to NK teammates

GANGNEUNG, South Korea -- South Korea women's ice hockey players on Monday bid a teary farewell to their North Korean teammates on the unified Korean team for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a day a...

Feb 26, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang hands over Olympic flag to Beijing

The Olympic flag that fluttered over 17 days at the Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang, South Korea, was handed over to Chinese organizers on Sunday for the next Winter Games in Beijing in 2022. The 23r...

Feb 25, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang draws curtains with messages of peace, progress, perseverance

After more than two weeks of cutthroat competition and chivalrous camaraderie among the world’s top athletes, the PyeongChang Winter Games on South Korea’s wintry slopes and ice came to a genteel clo...

Feb 25, 2018
Olympic Games

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