Ticket Sales for PyeongChang Paralympics 2018 Surpass 70 pct

South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook (5th from R) poses for a photo with athletes and officials at a 50-day countdown event for the PyeongChang Winte...

PyeongChang Organizers Launch Radio-Spectrum Management Team

Shown in the photo taken Jan. 9, 2018, is the Main Press Centre in PyeongChang, an alpine town in South Korea's northeastern province of Gangwon and t...

First Lady Kim Urges Support for PyeongChang Paralympic Games

paral South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook (front row, C) poses for a group photo with disabled athletes in an event in Seoul on Jan. 18, 2018, to pr...

N. Korea set to make 1st Winter Paralympics appearance

? N. Korea set to make 1st Winter Paralympics appearance SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is set to make its first ever Winter Paralympic Games ...

Table Tennis Stars of Two Koreas Set for Reunion at PyeongChang Paralympics

Former North Korean table tennis player Li Bun-hui waves the flag of North Korea during a welcoming ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in Lo...

Medals for PyeongChang Winter Paralympics Unveiled

SEOUL?(Yonhap) -- Medals to be awarded at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Parlympics were unveiled Monday, with a nod to the Korean culture and traditions...

Speed Skater Realizes Dream of Carrying Olympic Torch

INCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skating star Lee Sang-hwa realized her dream of running in an Olympic torch relay on Wednesday, carryin...

Olympic Flame for PyeongChang 2018 Arrives in S. Korea

INCHEON, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The Olympic flame for the first Winter Games to take place in South Korea arrived in the host country Wednesday, as the co...

PyeongChang 2018 Chief Optimistic About Paralympic Ticket Sales

By Joo Kyung-don? ATHENS, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games said Sunday he is optimistic about the Paralympics ticket...

S. Korean wheelchair Rugby Player Named IPC Athlete of Month

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean wheelchair rugby player Park U-cheol has been named the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athlete of...