» by GI Korea July 7th, 2011 at 7:53 am » Comments (40)

Here is how the Chosun Ilbo says that Korea won the right to host the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics: The passion of the Korean people, the unyielding power to prevail and ...more »

» by GI Korea July 5th, 2011 at 4:52 pm » Comments (65)

Will the third time be the charm for Pyeongchang? One day ahead of the announcement of the host, PyeongChang is trying to attract IOC votes by emphasizing the city as the ...more »

» by GI Korea March 28th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="- Sports officials, including Culture and Sports Minister Choung Byoung-gug (fourth from R in front row), cheer at an event at Olympic Park in Seoul on ...more »

» by GI Korea March 16th, 2010 at 3:31 am » Comments (3)

Well I guess you have to give Pyeongchang credit for being persistent: Cities in France, Germany and South Korea delivered questionnaire responses as part of their bids to become the ...more »

» by GI Korea March 9th, 2010 at 4:18 pm » Comments (22)

I didn't realize that the Japanese did this poorly at the recent Winter Olympics: Japan and Russia are still trying to come to terms with their poor showing in the Vancouver ...more »

» by GI Korea March 5th, 2010 at 3:34 am » Comments (20)

I would be very surprised if Kim Yu-na retires considering the amount of money she can potentially make over the coming years by continuing her skating career: Olympic gold medalist Kim ...more »

» by GI Korea March 1st, 2010 at 3:52 pm » Comments (24)

Considering South Korea has a population of roughly 50 million they did pretty good for themselves at the 2010 Winter Olympics: Korea had an impressive medal haul at the Vancouver Olympics ...more »

» by GI Korea February 27th, 2010 at 4:24 pm » Comments (4)

Here is a Newsy roundup of what the international media has to say about the success of Korea's Kim Yu-na: more »

» by GI Korea February 27th, 2010 at 8:26 am » Comments (50)

Not all the criticism leveled at American short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno is fair, but this time he is obviously trying to create a controversy: There was no grand ...more »

» by GI Korea February 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (20)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="South Korea's Kim Yu-na celebrates winning a gold medal in women's figure skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 26. (Yonhap News)"][/caption] more »