10 countries qualify for PyeongChang figure skating team event
The list of 10 teams, including Korea, that will participate in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games figure skating team event is finalized on...
IOC calls NK participation in PyeongChang ‘a great step in Olympic spirit’
The International Olympic Committee issued a statement that welcomes the participation of North Korea in the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,...
lympic torch relay enters Gyeonggi-do
Torch bearer Lee Sun-nam, the Korean citizen who volunteered for the most hours in 2016, anywhere in the country, poses in front of Yeonmudae...
[Peace in PyeongChang] Health ministry pulls out all stops to prevent infections
Director Jeong Eun-kyeong of the Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention stresses that her center is going all out to free next year’s...
Korea.net’s top 10 PyeongChang news stories of 2017
Korea.net picks its top 10 PyeongChang news stories from 2017
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
In the year 2017, Korea was busy preparing for the PyeongChang 2018...
[Peace in PyeongChang] Ministry of National Defense gives all-clear for PyeongChang Games
Colonel Jee Joon Yi, head of the PyeongChang 2018 Task Force that is overseen by the Ministry of National Defense, explains the duties his...
Olympic flame lights Chungcheongbuk-do
Swimmer Ahn Se-hyeon swims beside her teammates bearing aloft the Olympic flame at the Jincheon National Training Center in Chungcheongbuk-do Province on Dec. 20....
[Peace in PyeongChang] Police agency prepares for public security, terrorism
Director General Kim Gyo-tae of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Police Task Force says that all police forces in Korea guarantee visitor safety...
President Moon boards KTX with PyeongChang supporters
President Moon Jae-in talks with winners of the PyeongChang Idea Olympics onboard the presidential train heading to Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Dec. 19. (Cheong...
Olympic-themed subway commutes arrive in Seoul
A PyeongChang Winter Olympics-themed subway car operates along subway line No. 2 six times a day until Jan. 23. (PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee)
By Kang Gahui and Kim...
Medals for PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics revealed
Medals for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games are revealed on Dec. 11. The horizontal, grooved lines represent equality, one of the core...
President Moon to lunch with Olympic enthusiasts
President Moon Jae-in uploaded a photo of himself to Twitter on Nov. 26 holding tickets to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games....
100 days to PyeongChang Paralympic Games
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan, President Lee Hee-beom of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee and other representatives unveil a clock tower that...
Diplomats visit PyeongChang venues
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and ambassadors and businessmen from 68 nations pose for a photo during their visit to PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Nov....
Winter Games construction ‘complete’
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Roh Tae-kang (fifth from right), Governor Choi Moon-soon of Gangwon-do Province and other dignitaries attend a...
Gangneung’s Olympic Village ready for athletes
The Olympic Village in Gyo-dong, Gangneung-si City, in Gangwon-do Province, invites press for the first time to view its newly built facilities for the...
German-Korean Olympic luger goes for gold
Korean luger Aileen Frisch becomes a naturalized citizen in December 2016.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Pyeongchang | Sept. 20, 2017
Just as Korea dominates archery,...
‘We will become the next Viktor Ahn’: Russian-Korean biathletes
Korean biathlon racer Timofei Lapshin races downhill during a training session in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, in early September.
By Kim Tae Won and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Kim...
Germany confirms participation in PyeongChang Winter Games
Chair Michael Vesper (left) of the German Olympic Sports Confederation and Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Roh Tae-kang pose for a...
Olympic torch lights Korea for first time in 30 years
The Olympic torch relay starts in Incheon on Nov. 1, exactly 100 days before the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Pictured are...
