Paralympic Achievement Award
Whang Youn-dai gives the welcome speech during a reception held at Korea House at the Gangneung Olympic Park on March 16. Whang presents the...
Organizing committee launched for 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Younhee on Sept. 3 congratulates the launch of the 2024 Gangwon-do Winter Youth Olympics Organizing...
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...
Two Koreas on the same boat for Asian Games
South and North Korean athletes, who compete together as one team at the upcoming Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang, train at the Cheongju Tangeum Lake...
Daejeon, Sejong, 2 provinces to host 2027 Summer World University Games
Daejeon Mayor Lee Jang Woo (third from left), Sejong Mayor Choi Min-ho (fourth from left), Chungcheongbuk-do Province Gov. Kim Young-hwan (third from right), Chungcheongnam-do Province...
‘Team Korea’s success is PyeongChang’s victory’
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (center) poses for a picture with members of Team Korea during its launch ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter...
Korean Sport & Olympic Committee chief elected IOC member
Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, on June 26 shakes hands with Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee...
Third Korean in history elected to IOC Athletes’ Commission
Won Yunjong (left) and former biathlete Johanna Taliharm of Estonia, the newest members of the Athletes' Commission of...
Korea preps for PyeongChang 2018
International Ski Federation (FIS) technical expert Guenter Hujara (left) visits the Jeongseon Alpine Centre on Jan. 22 to inspect facilities that will be used...
Paralympic fans cheer for ice hockey
Korea and Canada face off in the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games semifinal para ice hockey match at the Gangwon Hockey Centre on March...
Soccer coach Park honored with commemorative coins
The Korea Minting Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) on Feb. 1 unveils its designs for commemorative coins honoring soccer coach Park Hang-seo, who heads...
Team Korea targets second place at Asian Games
Athletes representing Korea at the upcoming Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang pose for a group photo during the team's launch ceremony at the Olympic Handball...
Chuncheon wins bid to host 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championships
World Taekwondo (WT) President Choue Chungwon (third from left in front row) at an extraordinary WT Council meeting in...
President Moon, NK delegation watch inter-Korean ice hockey game
President Moon Jae-in (fourth from left, third row), President Thomas Bach of the International Olympic Committee (fifth from left, third row), President Kim Yong-nam...
U-20 men’s team gets welcoming reception after runner-up finish
Chung Jung-yong, head coach of the men's under-20 soccer team, on June 17 is tossed into the air by his squad at a welcoming...
Snowboarder Kim SK wins 400th Olympic medal in Korean history
National snowboarder Kim Sangkyum on Feb. 8 poses with his silver medal along with winner Benjamin Karl of Austria and...
Jincheon to house Olympic training center
Sports in Korea are supported by two broad pillars: sports for the common person and then elite sports.
As sports for everyone are directly connected...
Getting it fixed at PyeongChang Paralympics
Twenty-three technicians from 10 countries repair sport equipment for Paralympic athletes at the Ottobock Repair Service Center for Prosthetics, Orthotics and Wheelchairs, in the...
Korea, Japan, China discuss sports cooperation amid pandemic
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (right) on Dec. 24 takes part online in the third Korea- Japan-China meeting of sports ministers with his Japanese...
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...
