[PyeongChang 2018] Paralympics set record, leave lasting impression in PyeongChang

The PyeongChang Paralympics proved to be more than an encore for the Winter Games, as 10 days of festivities showed fierce competition as well as sportsmanship demonstrated by athletes from across the world.The biggest multinational parasport event in the world will hold its closing ceremony Sunday at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium in Gangwon Province, which hosted South Korea’s first Winter Games last month. The ceremony was to be held under the theme of “We Move the World,” following the mess

March 18, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Gold medal-winning skier to carry S. Korean flag at PyeongChang Paralympics closing ceremony

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- Para Nordic skier Sin Eui-hyun will carry the South Korean national flag at the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Sunday.The local organizing committee unveiled the list of all flagbearers for the closing ceremony for the 12th Winter Paralympics, set to start at 8 p.m. Sunday at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. The list showed Sin as the flagbearer for host South Korea that will enter the stadium last amon

March 18, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Largest Winter Paralympics to close in PyeongChang

The 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games will close Sunday after a record-setting run over 10 days.Following the Feb. 9-25 Olympic Games, the 12th Winter Paralympic Games opened March 9 in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, along with the sub-host cities of Gangneung and Jeongseon. They hosted 567 athletes from 49 countries -- both records for Winter Paralympics. The athletes vied for 80 gold medals, also a record for the multi-winter sport event for the disabled. The United Sta

March 18, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea defeats Italy to take ice hockey bronze at PyeongChang Paralympics

South Korea won the men's ice sledge hockey bronze medal at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics after beating Italy 1-0 on Saturday. Jang Dong-shin scored the winner to beat Italy at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, and helped South Korea earn its first ever ice hockey medal at the Winter Paralympic Games. It's also South Korea's third medal at the PyeongChang Paralympics. South Korea reached the last four as the second top performer in Group B with two wins and one loss. T

March 17, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Para Nordic skier Sin Eui-hyun becomes 1st S. Korean to win gold at Winter Paralympics

Para Nordic skier Sin Eui-hyun earned South Korea's first gold at a Winter Paralympic Games after winning the men's cross-country skiing event at PyeongChang 2018 on Saturday.Shin finished first among 34 contestants at Alpensia Biathlon Centre in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, with a time of 22 minutes, 28.40 seconds to take the gold medal in the men's 7.5-kilometer sitting cross-country skiing event. Sin Eui-hyun (Yonhap)This is the first time that South Korea took gold at the Winter Paralympic

March 17, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] IPC to pay tribute to Stephen Hawking during PyeongChang Paralympics closing ceremony

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- International Paralympic Committee will pay tribute to late British scientist Stephen Hawking during the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, officials here said Thursday.IPC President Andrew Parsons will deliver a message paying tribute to Hawking, a theoretical physicist who died Wednesday at age 76, during the closing ceremony on Sunday, according to IPC communications director Craig Spence."Sometimes in society there is a wrong perception t

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] K-pop performances to be held in PyeongChang

A slew of live performances will be taking place before the closing of the 2018 Winter Paralympics. K-pop performances featuring B1A4, BTOB, Samuel and others are to start Thursday at 5 p.m. at Gangneung-Wonju National University. On Saturday, the day before the closing of the Paralympic Games, an electronic dance music festival led by DJ Glory will be held at Yongpyong Resort for some 500 people. The festival will include chicken-and-beer parties. Poster of the Snow Festival in March (Photo cou

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang ‘culture’ Paralympics extends beyond sport

Just like the well-received PyeongChang Olympics, South Korea has vowed to make the ongoing PyeongChang Paralympics a cultural event as much as it is a sporting event. True to the host nation’s pledge to make the events a “culture Olympics and Paralympics,” 600 culture-related programs have taken place or are slated to occur during the Paralympic Games in Gangwon Province, to end Sunday.South Korea boasts a rich culture embedded within its more than 4,000 year history, which PyeongChang is eager

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korea's delegation to Paralympics returns home

SEOUL/PAJU -- North Korean athletes and officials at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics returned home Thursday after participating in a winter Paralympic Games for the first time.The North's 20-member athletic delegation and four-member team of National Paralympic Committee officials crossed the border at 1:50 p.m., according to a pool report.With smiles on their faces, the North Koreans did not answer at a border checkpoint when asked by pool reporters about how it was to participate in the Par

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea trounced 7-0 by Canada in ice hockey semifinals at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea failed to reach the men's ice sledge hockey finals at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics after suffering a 7-0 loss to Canada on Thursday.The men's team was blanked by top-ranked Canada at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. With the latest result, South Korea extended its losing streak against Canada to 17 games. South Korean ice sledge hockey players compete in the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics ice hockey semifinals match against

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] S. Korea reaches wheelchair curling semifinals at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea has reached the semifinals of the wheelchair curling competition at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics on Thursday.The team of Seo Soon-seok, Bang Min-ja, Cha Jae-goan, Jung Seung-won and Lee Dong-ha beat Britain 5-4 in their 10th qualifying match at the PyeongChang Paralympics. South Korean wheelchair curlers celebrate after they beat Britain 5-4 in a round-robin match at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics at Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, Gang

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean Paralympic delegation leaves PyeongChang to return home

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- The North Korean delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics left the athletes' village here Thursday to return home.The 24-member delegation, led by Kim Mun-chol, the head of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled, departed from the athletes' living quarters in PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, around 9:30 a.m. aboard sedans and a bus prepared by the South Korean government. The North Koreans arrived in South Korea on March 7

March 15, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Speed skater hospitalized for psychological treatment after PyeongChang Olympics

South Korean speed skater Kim Bo-reum, who won silver in the women‘s mass start at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, has been hospitalized for psychological treatment, along with her mother, the athlete’s agency said Wednesday. Bravo and New said Kim visited a hospital in her hometown of Daegu on Monday, and a doctor advised hospitalization after she showed symptoms of anxiety disorder. Kim‘s mother showed similar symptoms and was recommended for hospitalization, it added. Kim was at the center o

March 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Record number of Winter Paralympic tickets sold

More than 320,000 tickets have been sold four days into the 10-day Paralympics in PyeongChang, overtaking the total sales of the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, which sold around 316,000 tickets in total. Lee Hee-beom, the president of the Organizing Committee for the international sports event, said Wednesday that the sales surpassed the initially anticipated goal by 146 percent. Lee accredited the encouraging sales streak to the people’s increased interest for athletes who have overcome their physical

March 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Korean Paralympians, officials to leave PyeongChang before closing ceremony

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean athletes and officials staying in South Korea for the Winter Paralympics will leave before the weekend's closing ceremony, officials said Wednesday, with representatives from Pyongyang's Paralympic committee returning home ahead of schedule.North Korea sent a 20-member athletic delegation, including skiers Ma Yu-chol and Kim Jong-hyon, to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, which began last Friday and will wrap up Sunday. Joining them were four offic

March 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] N. Koreans finish their last PyeongChang Paralympics event

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province -- North Korean athletes finished their last event at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on Wednesday before they return home.Ma Yu-chol and Kim Jong-hyon competed in the men's 1.1 kilometer sprint cross-country skiing event in the sitting category at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics. Ma and Kim finished 31st and 32nd respectively among 36 competitors.Ma clocked in at 3 minutes 59.48 seconds, while Kim had a time of 4:23.87, which was more than a mi

March 14, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Suspicions about N. Korean Paralympic athletes ‘raised by North Koreans’

North Koreans expressed doubts about their country’s participants in the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, according to Radio Free Asia, an international radio broadcasting station.A source from North Hamgyeong Province told the RFA that North Korean athletes at the 2018 Paralympic Games were likely to have been “arranged in a hurry by North Korean authorities to utilize the Winter Games for international propaganda.” North Korean skiers Ma Yu-chol (left) and Kim Jong-hyon practice at the Alpensia

March 13, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang 2018 sets Winter Paralympics ticket sales record

PYEONGCHANG -- Ticket sales for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games have surpassed more than 320,000, a record for the most tickets sold at a Winter Paralympics, the organizers of the multisport event said Tuesday.The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games said ticket sales for the PyeongChang Paralympics had reached 320,531 as of Monday, and it has surpassed the 316,200 tickets sold for the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics. The ticket sales for the PyeongChang

March 13, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean ice sledge hockey team falls 8-0 to US at PyeongChang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea's ice sledge hockey team suffered a 8-0 loss to the United States at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Tuesday.The men's national team was thrashed by the Americans at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, in their last match in Group B. Despite the defeat, South Korea has reached the semifinals as the runner-up in Group B, which also features Japan and the Czech Republic. South Korea previously beat Japan 4-1 and edged the Cz

March 13, 2018

[PyeongChang 2018] Korean curler surprised to learn she would be cauldron lighter for Paralympics

EUISEONG, North Gyeongsang Province -- When Kim Eun-jung, the skip for the women's curling team that won silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, was told she would be a cauldron lighter for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, she couldn't believe it. Kim thought she wasn't qualified, considering her status, but she was wrong. "I doubted when I first heard it," Kim said to Yonhap News Agency on Monday. "It was something that Kim Yu-na did (at the Olympics), and I had nothing to show. I was really sur

March 13, 2018