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NK shrugs aside use of sport for reconciliation

Just as the exchange of table tennis players ultimately paved the way for diplomatic normalization between the United States and China during the Cold War, sports can help ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. This idea of sports diplomacy seems to have fascinated President Moon Jae-in. His recent speech indicates he views the forthcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics as an op...

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-07-02 17:07

IOC reacts positively to co-hosting Winter Olympics

Plan to use sports for politics causes stir By Kang Hyun-kyungThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) responded positively on Thursday to Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan’s proposal that the two Koreas co-host the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.“We are happy to discuss his ideas,” the BBC quoted an unnamed IOC spokesperson as saying. “The Olympic movement is always about building bridges, never about erecting walls … We are looking at the comments of the new minister of sport, culture and tourism with great interest.”The IOC’s reaction came aft...

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-06-23 17:09

63% of Koreans believe the PyeongChang Olympics will be a success

With less than eight months to go before the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, more Koreans believe the country’s first-ever Winter Games will be successful, a survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 1,000 people for two days on May 26 and 27 and 62.9 percent answered the PyeongChang Olympics would succeed. This is a 7.8 percent incre...

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-06-20 17:29

Will North Korea participate in 2018 PyeongChang Olympics?

"South Korea will welcome North Korea and when they decide to come, the South Korean government will allow them to come by road," Lee was quoted by Reuters as saying. "And when they have supporting teams, the (South) Korean government will allow them to come by ship. All nations are very welcome, including North Korea and Russia (which is dealing with a doping scandal). We want it to be the peace games."

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-05-19 10:56

After Durban drama, PyeongChang falls victim to political meddling

Jacques Rogge, then-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), opened a sealed envelope for the much-anticipated announcement about the 2018 Olympics during the IOC General Assembly meeting in July 2011 in South Africa’s eastern coastal city of Durban. “The International Olympic Committee is now announcing (that) the 23rd Olympic Games in 2018 are awarded to...” ...

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-05-11 12:01

Moon pledges full support for PyeongChang Olympics

Korea’s new president will have the honor of declaring the 2018 Winter Olympics, which will take place in the resort town of PyeongChang, next Feb. 9 to 25. Moon Jae-in, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) who won the election according to exit polls, vowed that ensuring the success of the Winter Olympics will be his big challenge as it will become one of the top state affairs. Moon also vowed to make the country’s first-ever Winter Games a “peace Olympics.” On the campaign trail last month in Gangwon Province, the home province of the host city PyeongChang, Moon vo...

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-05-10 08:46

PyeongChang going full blast in Olympics preparations

With less than 300 days to go to next year’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the organizers and government have geared up preparations for the success of the quadrennial event. The event, Korea’s first-ever Winter Olympics, is scheduled for Feb. 9 to 25 in the resort town of PyeongChang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul in Gangwon Province, and sub-host cities Gangneung and Jeongseo...

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-04-27 19:08

PyeongChang names KEB Hana Bank as main banking partner

Lee Hee-beom, left, president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG), poses with KEB Hana Bank President Ham Young-joo after signing a sponsorship agreement for the international sporting event at the bank’s headquarters in Euljiro, Seoul, Tuesday.

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-04-18 18:38

Torch relay for PyeongChang Olympics to start in November

The torch relay for the first Winter Olympics in South Korea will begin on the day when the countdown reaches 100 days, the event's organizers said Monday.

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-04-17 11:36

Diplomatic corps to tour PyeongChang Olympics venue Saturday

The organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics will guide foreign diplomatic corps in Korea to the host city of next year’s Winter Games and brief them on the preparations, Saturday. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said Friday it will invite 150 guests including 65 foreign ambassadors in Seoul and Foreign Minister Yoon Byung-se to the Alpensia Convention Center in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province.

2018 PyeongChang | 2017-04-07 17:58

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