By Yoon Sojung

Korea.net's special weekly Olympic supplement has served as a useful source of information for tourists from around the globe who were visiting Korea for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

The Korea.net supplement was published four times on each Wednesday last month as an eight-page tabloid-sized newspaper. It contained not only news about sports, star athletes and medalists across all disciplines, but also had helpful information for tourists, such as winter tourism opportunities, public transport schedules and instructions on how to use the interpretation services.

The weekly newspaper also offered customized content for each theme of the 2018 Winter Olympics, such as peace, high-tech and cultural heritage. It also had interviews with fans that Korea.net met at the Games venues, and a series of Olympic messages from ambassadors to Korea who emphasized the meaning of peace at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The newspaper had QR codes in nine languages on the back to give readers the chance to read the articles in their own language on their smartphones, expanding the range of potential readers.



The newspaper delivered accurate news about Korea in various sectors, including governmental policies, such as a series of summits hosted by President Moon Jae-in with heads of state who were visiting Korea for the Winter Olympics. For this reason, the newspaper attracted the attention of journalists, especially at the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) at the Main Press Centre (MPC) in PyeongChang.

According to staff at the PyeongChang IBC, the Korea.net Olympic supplement received favorable responses from the center's users, as it was the only weekly newspaper published regularly, and because it was easy to read and to carry. Some foreign reporters asked at the MPC when the next edition will be out.

Korea.net will publish its Paralympic supplement two times during the upcoming PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, scheduled to take place from March 9 to 18. The newspaper will be available at the MPC and at the IBC in PyeongChang, at Korea House at the Gangneung Olympic Park, at the National Museum of Korea, and inside the train cars along the high-speed KTX Gyeonggang Line that connects Seoul, Gangneung and Pyeongchang.

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