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Entertainment, cuisine at 2018 Winter Olympic host city lures global media
Feb 14,2017
“Skiing on the slopes, a Korea-style jimjilbang (찜질방) hot sauna, and Hanwoo beef (한우, 韓牛).” These are three things that CNN says you must do when you visit Pyeon...

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Wintry Pyeongchang heats up with prep for Olympic Games
Feb 13,2017
On Feb. 10, the temperature plunged to minus 8 C in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, one of the three host cities for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic...

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Dutch win men’s 1,000 m speed skating
Feb 13,2017
Kjeld Nuis (center) of the Netherlands celebrates on the podium after winning the men's 1,000 m race at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the ...

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Czechia wins women’s 5,000 m speed skating
Feb 13,2017
Martina Sablikova (center) of Czechia celebrates on the podium after winning the women’s 5,000 m race at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the...

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Kim Bo-reum wins gold in mass start speed skating
Feb 13,2017
Kim Bo-reum celebrates her gold medal after the women's mass start speed skating event at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Champ...

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Racing for PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games
Feb 10,2017
Paralympic cross-country skier Seo Borami competes in the 14th National Para Games 3 km biathlon sprint finals at the Alpensia Biathlon Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do ...

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Olympic torch starts one-year countdown to PyeongChang Winter Games
Feb 10,2017
It’s only 364 days until next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games! In just under one year, the global winter sports festival will get started ...

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PyeongChang unveils Winter Olympic torch inspired by white porcelain
Feb 09,2017
The organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Thursday unveiled the torch inspired by traditional Korean white porcelain. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee...

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Countdown clock unveiled for PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Feb 09,2017
Participants celebrate the start of a countdown clock for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games in front of Seoul City Hall on Feb. 8On the evening of Feb. 8, one day before...

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‘Saimdang, Light’s Diary,’ though fictional, pursues truth
Feb 08,2017
TV stars Lee Young-ae (left) and Song Seung-heon play the leads in the TV show ‘Saimdang, Light’s Diary.’ Shin Saimdang (신사임당, 申師任堂) (1504-1551), the epitome of a mid-J...