Tokyo 2020 Olympics learn from PyeongChang success
The executive director of communications and engagement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Maki Kobayashi-Terada, talks about the PyeongChang Olympics at the...
PyeongChang Medal Plaza fills with joy, passion
The 2018 men’s skeleton Olympic champion Yun Sungbin (center) poses for a photo at the PyeongChang Medal Plaza on Feb. 16. From left: Nikita...
Olympic Spirit to bring peace to Korean Peninsula: IOC chief
IOC member Ryu Seung Min (left), IOC President Thomas Bach (center) and President of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee Lee Kee-Heung pose for...
Korea launches sport exchanges with 14 countries
French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel (left) and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan pose for a photo after signing a memorandum...
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...
Supporters become one for Team Korea
Excited supporters raise the unified Korea flag and shout, ‘We are one!’ while watching a televised screening of the first Olympic match for the...
Countdown to PyeongChang Opening Ceremony
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Photos = Jeon Han
Pyeongchang | Feb. 9, 2018
The much-anticipated PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony has officially begun.
On Feb....
President Moon kicks off Olympic diplomacy at IOC session
President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the 132nd session of the International Olympic Committee, at the Gangneung Arts Center...
Time for a walk across Gangwon
Woljeongsa Temple, founded in 643, is one of the representative Buddhist temples in Gangwon-do Province and a must-visit for tourists to Pyeongchang-gun County. The...
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...
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...
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....
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...
[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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
