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[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang hands over Olympic flag to Beijing

Feb 25, 2018

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...
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang draws curtains with messages of peace, progress, perseverance

Feb 25, 2018

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...
[PyeongChang 2018] Top organizer says 'world became one' during PyeongChang Winter Olympics

Feb 25, 2018

The PyeongChang Winter Olympics brought the world together "in peace and harmony," the event's top organizer said during the closing ceremony on Sunday. "In PyeongChang, the world became one," said ...
[PyeongChang 2018] K-pop artists CL, EXO entertain athletes, spectators at closing ceremony

Feb 25, 2018

South Korean K-pop artists CL and EXO took the stage at the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday, sending compliments to athletes for their hard work and victories. The 23rd...
[PyeongChang 2018] Two Koreas carry own flags, but march together at closing ceremony

Feb 25, 2018

At the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday, South and North Korean athletes entered separately carrying their own national flags but later joined to march together in a show...
[Live Photo] Pyeongchang Olympics closing ceremony under way

Feb 25, 2018

To mark the 17 days of journey, a closing ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics kicked off at a main stadium on Sunday at 8 p.m. The colorful ceremony started under the theme of “The Nex...
[PyeongChang 2018] Case of misogyny? ‘Bully’ skater wins silver, yet dispute lingers

Feb 25, 2018

Petition calls for Kim Bo-reum to return silver medal for alleged bullying
[PyeongChang 2018] Medal standings

Feb 25, 2018

The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics came to a close on Sunday. Norway's Marit Bjoergen won final gold of the games in cross-country skiing, pulling up her country to the first place in the medal standings...
[Newsmaker] How Uiseong slid into center of Korea’s curling boom

Feb 25, 2018

When South Korea’s first curling rink was completed in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province in 2006, little could the county administration that backed its construction expect the unfamiliar facility t...
[PyeongChang 2018] Norway's Marit Bjoergen wins final gold of PyeongChang 2018 in cross-country skiing

Feb 25, 2018

Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen won the final gold medal of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday. Bjoergen won the ladies' 30-kilometer mass start classic at Alpensia Cross-Co...
[PyeongChang 2018] 'Garlic Girls' sweep Korea with curling sensation

Feb 25, 2018

South Korea's women's curling team wins silver, marking country's first Olympic medal in the discipline
[PyeongChang 2018] South Korea places 7th with 5 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze medals

Feb 25, 2018

South Korea set its own record for the 2018 Winter Olympics with 17 medals in total: five gold, eight silver and four bronze. It was the only Asian nation to rank in the top 10. For Korean spectator...
[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korean bobsledders say silver medal is result of teamwork

Feb 25, 2018

South Korean bobsledders said Sunday their silver in the four-man event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics is the result of teamwork. The team of Won Yun-jong, Seo Young-woo, Jun Jung-lin and Kim Do...
[Photo News] K-pop infuses harmony into traditional music on gala exhibition

Feb 25, 2018

Hours head of the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics, a figure skating exhibition gala was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Sunday, featuring Korean traditional music and K-pop tunes. Ko...
[PyeongChang 2018] Bobsleigh coach says making athletes comfortable led to 4-man competition silver

Feb 25, 2018

South Korea's bobsleigh and skeleton team head coach Lee Yong said Sunday making his athletes feel comfortable led to a historic silver medal in the four-man bobsleigh competition at the PyeongChang ...