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President Moon asks Koreans in NY to promote PyeongChang
Sep 20,2017
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook promote the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games during a meeting with Koreans and Korean-Americans res...

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Seoul 1988 Paralympic torch returns for PyeongChang 2018
Sep 11,2017
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 slogan in both Korean and ...

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Tickets for PyeongChang Winter Games now available online
Sep 11,2017
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 PyeongChang 2018 Ticket...

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Moon, Putin visit PyeongChang Winter Olympics booth
Sep 07,2017
President Moon Jae-in and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a picture in front of a PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games promotional booth, holdin...

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President Moon purchases PyeongChang tickets online
Sep 05,2017
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 Olympics have now begun. ...

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The Grump's big trip to Pyeongchang
Sep 05,2017
Tuomas Kyrö (right), author of the novel 'Happy Days of the Grump,' stands beside his fictional character, the Grump, an 80-year-old stubbornly traditional Finnish farmer...

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'Pyeongchang ready to welcome the world'
Sep 01,2017
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 Oly...

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PyeongChang Winter Games promoted at Astana expo
Jul 27,2017
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 to promote next year's Pyeong...

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PyeongChang, Korea as seen in Talk! Talk! Korea entries
Jul 26,2017
Akseli Salazar of Honduras wins the mobile phone artwork category in the Talk! Talk! Korea 2017 contest. By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe Photos = Korean Culture an...

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Festivals mark 200 days to PyeongChang
Jul 24,2017
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 2018 Olympic and Paralymp...