Anchor: The upcoming PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games will see the largest participation of athletes and countries in the history of the winter sports event. The Games will also be an occasion for diplomacy as 26 top-level officials from 21 countries will visit South Korea during the event. 
Our Bae Joo-yon has the details. 

Report: With ten days remaining until the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Games' organizing committee announced on Monday that two-thousand-925 athletes from 92 countries will take part in what will be the largest ever Olympics. 

Compared to the Sochi Olympics in 2014, four more countries and 67 additional athletes are going to participate in the PyeongChang Games.  

The U.S. is set to send 242 athletes, making it the largest team from any country in the history of the Winter Olympics. Canada will send the second largest group of athletes followed by Norway. 

Host South Korea will have a record 144 athletes compete in 15 events while North Korea will have 22 athletes take part in five events. Back at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, South Korea sent 71 athletes to compete in six events.

The joint Korean women's ice hockey team, which is the first inter-Korean Olympic team, will comprise 23 South Korean and 12 North Korean players. 

From Russia, 169 athletes will compete in 15 events as “Olympic Athletes from Russia."

Six countries -- Malaysia, Singapore, Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo and Nigeria -- will make their Winter Olympics debut in Pyeongchang. 

A record 102 gold medals are up for grabs, up four medals from Sochi. 

Organizing committee chief Lee Hee-beom said the PyeongChang Olympics will be the largest winter sports competition for the world to see. He vowed his best efforts to further promote South Korea’s status in the world by presenting the most cultural and IT-strong Olympics. 

The Games are also expected to present an opportunity for a flurry of diplomacy. The presidential office said Monday that 26 top-level officials from 21 countries will visit South Korea during the Olympics. 

The deputy head of the presidential National Security Office, Nam Gwan-pyo, said in a news briefing Monday that top officials from 16 countries will attend the opening ceremony of the Games. 

President Moon Jae-in will hold summits or have lunch or dinner meetings with officials from 14 countries during the Olympics.
Bae Joo-yon, KBS World Radio News.