Athletes to watch for 2018 Winter Olympics
Korean skeleton athlete Yun Sung-bin (Korea.net DB)
By Yoon Sojung
In all Olympic Games, many star athletes are born and then are sometimes gone. An unknown athlete can have a meteoric rise on the sports scene while at the same time well-known stars can vanish.
At the PyeongChang...
There’s still chance to get PyeongChang tickets
On Feb. 1 the PyeongChang Organizing Committee announced that it has sold 75 percent of the tickets for the Olympic Games and 83 percent for the Paralympic Games. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
It’s only a week until the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic...
Enjoy the Korean winter outdoors
Winter in Korea gets extremely cold and windy. The photo above shows Deogyusan Mountain in Gyeongsangnam-do Province covered in snow. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Young Shin
This February, all eyes are on Korea, the host of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
In...
Travel Korea with special discounts
The Korea Tour Card offers tourists a variety of discounts on accommodations and entrance fees at tourist site.
By Kim Tae Won and Son Gina
The cheaper, the better. A range of special discounts has been prepared for tourists during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, specifically...
President Moon welcomes 5 new ambassadors
PresidentMoon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Kyrgyz Ambassador to Korea KylychbekSultan at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 31.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in welcomed five newambassadors to Korea from Kyrgyzstan, Senegal, Egypt, Bangladesh and Turkey atCheong Wa Dae on Jan. 31.
President Moon...
PyeongChang Olympics to showcase automated robots
KAIST chair professor Oh Jun Ho, head of the robot support team for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, poses beside his creation DRC HUBO-2, the first humanoid robot to take part in an Olympic torch relay, at his university lab in...
IOC chief says, ‘Pyeongchang stage is set’
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (second from right) greets the press and holds up a plush toy of Soohorang, the PyeongChang Olympic mascot, after arriving at Jinbu Station in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Jan. 30.
By Lee Hana
Photos & Video = International Olympic...
See future of tech at Seoul’s Igloo Festival
By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | Jan. 30
An igloo has been built in Seoul Plaza in central Seoul.
This is not an ice house to avoid the cold, however. It's an igloo designed to show off the future of technology and...
Gangwon-do invites you to its winter festivals
Snow sculptures of Soohorang and Bandabi, the official mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, stand in a snowy field during the 2017 Daegwallyeong Snow Festival in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 3, 2017. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung
Gangwon-do Province,...
[Peace in PyeongChang] We will have the safest Olympics ever: Gangwon fire department
Director Nam Heung-woo of the Fire Safety Planning Division for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games vows to take care of safety for the international visitors at the Olympics and Paralympics, at his office in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do Province.
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Photos =...
Gangwon-do ready to greet visitors from around the globe
The Ministry of Environment announced on Jan. 29 that it will waive all electric car charging fees during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games across all of Gangwon-do Province. The photo shows an electric vehicle being charged at the Seoul Motor Show...
Welcome to PyeongChang: Korea.net honorary reporters
Emilia Kircheva of Bulgaria (left) and Sadykova Aigerim of Kazakhstan, both Korea.net honorary reporters, pose for a selfie at the base of the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center, in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do Province, on Jan. 24. (Jeon Han)
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Pyeongchang l Jan. 23, 2018
The seventh class...
PyeongChang torch relay lights up Gangwon-do
Torch bearers on bicycles pass by the Baengma-goji (백마고지), where the Battle of White Horse took place during the Korean War, in Cheorwon-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Jan. 21.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = PyeongChang Organizing Committee
The torch relay for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games has brought the...
US tariff decision opposed even by US lawmakers
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) holds a meeting between public and private organizations on Jan. 26 following the U.S.'s decision to impose tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. Pictured are Deputy Minister of Industries & Enterprises Moon Sung Wook (second...
Medals show Korean heritage, nature
Promising Winter Olympic athletes show off the gold, silver and bronze medals during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Medal Unveiling Ceremony, at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on Sept. 21. From left are ski jumper Yang Seung-wook, short-track speed skater Nam Hyeon-yul and curler...
PyeongChang to host the largest Winter Olympics
The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be the largest in history, with 2,925 athletes from 92 countries competing for 102 gold medals in the Olympics this year. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, which are to...
Olympic mascots symbolize protection, harmony
By Hur SomEe and Kim Young Shin
The two official mascots of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic black bear.
The name Soohorang is a portmanteau of sooho and rang. Sooho, meaning "protection" in Korean, symbolizes the protection offered to the athletes,...
PyeongChang beyond sports
A taekwondo team from the First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) performs as it waves a sign saying, 'It’s you, PyeongChang,' and the Taegeukgi national flag, during a ceremony to mark one year until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the...
Korea records 3.1 percent GDP growth in 2017: central bank
The Bank of Korea announced on Jan. 25 that Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.1 percent in 2017, compared to that of the previous year. The photo shows Seoul seen from Namsan Mountain. (Jeon Han)
By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung
Korea recorded 3.1 percent annual real...
President Moon vows to strengthen public childcare
President Moon Jae-in enjoys a magic show with young audience members at a childcare center in Dobong-gu District, Seoul, on Jan. 24. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in said on Jan. 24 that his administration will bolster childcare services by increasing the number...
