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[PyeongChang 2018] Korean wheelchair curlers at Paralympics buoyed by elementary students

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's wheelchair curlers at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics said Monday they were buoyed by local elementary students' support in their victory against Canad...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] KCDF presents Paralympic athletes with ‘warm gift’

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has partnered with the Korea Craft and Design Foundation to present Paralympic athletes with traditional winter wearable goods, specifically “bol...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] KBS extends total duration of Paralympic programs to 34 hours

South Korean state-run broadcaster KBS has decided to extend its broadcast duration of Paralympic programs to 34 hours. According to Joongang Ilbo on Monday, KBS added nine hours of Paralympic progr...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
Olympic short track speed skaters to compete at world championships this week

South Korean Olympic short track speed skaters will compete at the world championships in Canada this week, only weeks after combining for six medals on home ice during the PyeongChang Winter Games. ...

Mar 12, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Amid passionate support, Winter Paralympic Games kick off

In a move to support the successful hosting of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, various events were held Saturday to encourage the athletes and welcome the tourists. As the Winter Paral...

Mar 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Nordic skier Sin Eui-hyun wins Korea's 1st medal at PyeongChang Winter Paralympics

PYEONGCHANG -- Nordic para skier Sin Eui-hyun earned South Korea's first medal at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games Sunday, taking bronze in the men's 15-kilometer sitting cross-country skiing ...

Mar 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans officially make Winter Paralympics debut

PYEONGCHANG -- North Korean para athletes have officially made their Winter Paralympics debut here as two sit skiers competed in the men's cross-country skiing event on Sunday. Kim Jong-hyon and Ma ...

Mar 11, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Slovakia's Farkasova wins first gold of Winter Paralympics

Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on Saturday in women's vision impaired downhill skiing. Farkasova and her guide Natalia Subrtova finished...

Mar 10, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang Paralympic cauldron lighters decided hours before

South Korean wheelchair curler Seo Soon-seok said Saturday he was notified just hours before the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics that he would light the Paralympic cauldron wit...

Mar 10, 2018
Olympic Games
S. Korean Paralympic heroes bring national flag into opening ceremony

Eight South Korean athletes, including a handful of Paralympic medalists, carried the national flag into the main stadium for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, during the opening ceremony on F...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
Moon hails PyeongChang Games for making Korean peace a possibility

President Moon Jae-in on Friday extolled the PyeongChang Winter Games for setting the stage for a detente in which "the denuclearization and peace of the Korean Peninsula is becoming a reality." In ...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Korea Tourism Organization offers VR experience to Paralympic visitors

With the Paralympics kicking off Friday, visitors to South Korea can participate in a number of activities related to the Paralympics in Seoul, the Korea Tourism Organization said Friday. Located ne...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Host country offers far less TV coverage of Paralympics

Despite being the host country of the 2018 Winter Games, South Korea is far behind other countries in its TV coverage of the Paralympic Games, which kicked off on Friday. Three major Korean broadcas...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
[PyeongChang 2018] Bye, Soohorang -- Bandabi takes over as mascot

Last month, the white tiger Soohorang received global attention for his adorable antics as the PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascot. The position will now be handed over to the black bear Bandabi, the...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games
PyeongChang kicks off Paralympic festivities

Still rumbling with excitement from the Winter Games, which wrapped up last month, South Korea’s Gangwon Province is playing host to another multinational sporting event, the PyeongChang Paralympics,...

Mar 9, 2018
Olympic Games

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