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...
VR event previews PyeongChang Winter Games
Visitors to the themed zone '88 Olympic Bridge' at the Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul pose for a picture with the Olympic torch and...
PyeongChang 2018 medals unveiled in New York, Seoul
Promising Winter Olympic athletes show off the gold, silver and bronze medals during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Medal Unveiling Ceremony, at the Dongdaemun Design...
Seoul 1988 Paralympic torch returns for PyeongChang 2018
The torch for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, unveiled to the public on Sept. 8, has a braille inscription of the Olympic...
Tickets for PyeongChang Winter Games now available online
Online sales for next February’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games began on Sept. 5. Pictured is the front page of the official...
President Moon purchases PyeongChang tickets online
President Moon Jae-in purchases tickets to the PyeongChang Winter Games online, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 5, as online sales for the Winter...
‘Pyeongchang ready to welcome the world’
The chair of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission, Gunilla Lindberg, announces the results of a recent evaluation of next year's Winter Olympics...
Cha Bum-Kun, Bundesliga legend
Cha Bum-Kun, football legend and former coach of the Korean national football team, stresses the importance of fair play, both on the field and...
Pre-PyeongChang experiences open in Seoul, Gangneung
A visitor tries the VR biathlon at a hands-on experience zone for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games set up at...
PyeongChang Winter Games promoted at Astana expo
Korean Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kim Dae-sik (left) poses for a photo with visitors to Expo 2017 Astana in the Kazakhstani capital on June 10...
Magical winter sports video hits 2.5 million views in two days
Videos promoting next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are released on Korea.net’s official YouTube and Facebook channels on July 24, exactly...
President vows successful 2018 Winter Games
In a special event to mark 200 days until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, President Moon Jae-in (center) receives an over-sized...
Festivals mark 200 days to PyeongChang
On July 22, a great fireworks show lights up the skies above Chuncheon in Gangwon-do Province to mark 200 days until next February’s PyeongChang...
Magical winter sports video marks 200 days to PyeongChang
Magician Yu Ho-Jin flies through the air as he leaps from a special ski jump set up in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square on June 14.
By Sohn...
Emblem, slogan unveiled for PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad
Organizers of the Cultural Olympiad for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games pose for a commemorative photo, holding up cubes that spell...
