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- Two Koreas Exchange Lists of Participants for Working-Level Talks
- The two Koreas have prepared for a follow-up meeting to their recent high-level talks by exchanging their lists of participants. Seoul's Unification Ministry said the lists were exchanged through the liaison office at the truce village of Panmunjeom on Tuesday afternoon, a day ahead of the working-level meeting to discuss the details of the North’s participation at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. According to the ministry, the North said it will send three representatives, including Jon Jong-su, vice chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland. The others are Won Gil-woo, vice minister of North Korea's sports ministry, and Kim Kang-kuk, whose title has yet to be verified. An official at the Unification Ministry said the North’s list had only names without titles. South Korea delivered the list of its three representatives, namely Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung, Ahn Moon-hyun, deputy director-general of the Office of the Prime Minister, and Kim Ki-hong, vice president of games planning for the PyeongChang Olympics Organizing Committee.
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2018-01-16
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- PyeongChang Olympic Torch to Circulate Host Region on Sunday
- The PyeongChang Winter Olympic torch will arrive in the host province of Gangwon on Sunday. Starting with Cheorwon County, the torch will stop off at 18 cities and counties throughout the province before it reaches PyeongChang, where the opening ceremony for the Winter Games will be held on February ninth. More than 12-hundred people are expected to march a total of 818 kilometers, under the theme of "Let Everyone Shine" through early February. Actor Jang Keun-suk, Japanese figure skater Miki Ando as well as Japanese boy band Boys and Men will participate in the event.
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2018-01-15
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- Olympic Torch to Stay in Seoul for 4 Days
- Anchor: After crisscrossing the country since November, the Olympic torch arrived in the capital city on Saturday. Some 600 celebrities and citizens will carry the flame for four days. Kim In-kyung has more. Report: The torch for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics arrived in Seoul on Saturday with four weeks left to the games. It was the first time that the flame has been in the capital city since the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The first torchbearer in Seoul was freestyle skier Park Hee-jin who competed in the preliminaries for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games in Russia. The Olympic flame passed the Seoul World Cup Stadium as light snow fell and was handed to the 17th torchbearer, football legend Cha Bum-kun. The former player and coach took part in the relay with six children who aspire to be soccer players. The torch will be carried by some 600 people, including the actors Park Bo-gum and Cha Seung-won, model Han Hye-jin and former basketball star and current coach for the Samsung Thunders Lee Sang-min. The flame will tour Seoul for four days, with stops at locations such as Gwanghwamun Square, Gangnam subway station, the Han River Park in Yeouido and the Jamsil Olympic Stadium, the site of the 1988 Summer Olympics. After being lit in Greece, the torch for the PyeongChang Games arrived in South Korea via Incheon International Airport on November first and has crisscrossed the country since then. It will arrive at the PyeongChang Olympic stadium for the opening ceremony on February ninth. Kim In-kyung, KBS World Radio News.
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2018-01-13
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- Olympic Torch Arrives in Seoul
- The torch for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics arrived in Seoul on Saturday with four weeks left to the games. It was the first time that the flame came to the capital city since the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The first torchbearer in Seoul was freestyle skier Park Hee-jin who competed in the preliminaries for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games in Russia. The Olympic flame passed the Seoul World Cup Stadium as light snow fell and was handed to the 17th torchbearer, football legend Cha Bum-kun. The former player and coach took part in the relay with six children who aspire to be soccer players. The flame will tour Seoul for four days. Stops will include Gwanghwamun Square, Jamsil Olympic Stadium, which is the site of the 1988 Summer Olympics, Gangnam subway station and the Han River Park in Yeouido.
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2018-01-13
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- Two Koreas Consider Unified Women's Ice Hockey Team at PyeongChang
- South and North Korea are mulling the possibility of fielding a unified women's ice hockey team for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. South Korean Vice Sports Minister Roh Tae-kang told Yonhap News Friday that Seoul made several proposals regarding their cooperation on the PyeongChang Games during recent high-level inter-Korean talks, including marching together during the opening ceremony. Roh is one of the five South Korean officials who sat down with their North Korean counterparts during Tuesday's inter-Korean dialogue. If the two Koreas confirm the formation of a joint women's ice hockey team, it will be the third unified Korean team on a global sports stage following the two previous ones during the World Table Tennis Championship and the FIFA World Youth Championship, both held in 1991. It will also mark a first for the two Koreas to form a unified team for a comprehensive international sporting event such as the Olympics and Asian Games.
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2018-01-12
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- Mainichi Calls for Abe to Attend PyeongChang Olympics
- A Japanese newspaper has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, saying it can help strengthen Tokyo's stance against Seoul over the controversial 2015 deal on Japan's wartime sexual slavery. In an editorial Friday, the Mainichi Shimbun said Abe's absence at the Olympics will only leave a strong impression of cooling ties between Seoul and Tokyo, which would only benefit North Korea. Another Japanese daily, the Sankei Shimbun, reported a day earlier that Abe had decided he would not attend the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Games. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary later played down the report, saying it was not yet decided.
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2018-01-12
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- PyeongChang Olympic Torch to Arrive in Venue of Seoul Olympics
- Some of South Korea's former Olympic champions will take part in the PyeongChang Olympic torch relay on Sunday as it passes through the home stadium of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The ceremony is to mark the first arrival of the Olympic torch at the Seoul Sports Complex in Jamsil. Several gold medalists, including Hyun Jung-hwa and Yang Young-ja, who won the women’s table tennis pair event at the Seoul Olympics, will participate as torch bearers between Gwanghwamun and Jamsil stadium. The mascots of the PyeongChang Games, Soohorang and Bandabi, will join the event along with the Seoul Olympic mascot, Hodori. The torch for the PyeongChang Games arrived in South Korea via Incheon International Airport on November first and has crisscrossed the country since then. It will arrive at the PyeongChang Olympic stadium for the opening ceremony on February ninth.
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2018-01-11
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- "N. Korea Intends to Send 20-Member Delegation to PyeongChang"
- It has been known that North Korea informed South Korea that around 20 North Korean athletes and staff will participate in the PyeonChang Winter Olympics. Speaking to Yonhap News by phone Thursday, a member of the South Korean ruling Democratic Party quoted a Seoul official as saying the North disclosed the approximate size of its delegation to the PyeongChang Games during the inter-Korean high-level talks on Tuesday. There is a possibility the North will likely participate in the figure skating pairs event, which the country initially qualified for but missed the registration deadline, as well as in women’s ice hockey competitions. The official said the North was aware of the concern that its participation in PyeongChang could lead to the downsizing of the South Korean delegation, but assured Seoul that it will try not to cause any disadvantage to the South by trying to secure wild card entries or through other efforts. According to the official, the North was also said to have expressed that it will send a delegation to the PyeongChang Paralympics.
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2018-01-11
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- Incheon International Airport, Seoul Station and the new KTX
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Consistently ranked one of the best airports in the world, Incheon International Airport is equipped with unique facilities such as an ice-skating rink, a movie theater and a sauna. For those visiting the Olympics, a new KTX line connecting Incheon International Airport to Olympics facilities near Jinbu, Pyeongchang and Gangneung Stations will run during the Olympics period.
Those that have arrived to Korea earlier to see the capital can also take the KTX-Gangneung line from Seoul Station in central Seoul. Although it is possible to buy tickets at Seoul Station, it’s advisable to buy them in advance through the Korail app.
Seoul Station also houses a small shop for Olympics merchandise where you can buy everything from sought-out Olympics gloves to souvenirs you can take home to your friends. Don’t forget to take a photo with Soohorang and Bandabi while you’re there!
Take note that the entrance for the Gangneung-line is located with all the other cross-country trains. A large screen at the center of the station will let you know which gate your train departs from.
You should be leaving from a gate numbered between one and fourteen.
Make sure to pack snacks and food for your two-hour journey in advance as the KTX no longer serves meals. Between some of the cars, there are a few vending machines with beverages and newspaper racks stocked with today’s paper.
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- Japanese Official: Nothing Decided on Abe's Olympic Attendance
- Citing government officials, Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily said Thursday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to withhold attending the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month. However, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, known as the spokesman for the Tokyo government, has said that nothing has been decided. When asked about the Sankei report during a regular briefing Thursday, Suga reiterated the previous stance saying the prime minister's attendance will be reviewed in consideration of parliamentary schedules. He said no decision has been reached at present and the issue is under review. Asked about when Abe's attendance at the PyeongChang Olympics will be decided, Suga said it depends on the timetable of parliament affairs. Sankei earlier reported that Tokyo is citing the fact the parliament's budget deliberation coincides with the Olympics, but Abe's decision to skip the winter games was apparently affected by the Seoul government's announced stance on the 2015 agreement on Japan's wartime sex slavery.
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2018-01-11
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