Pyeongchang’s Winding Path From Obscurity to Olympics Fame

Why is a mountain town in South Korea’s poorest province, near one of the world’s most dangerous and heavily armed borders, hosting the Winter Games? Plenty of perseverance, for one. [Source]

Publication Date: Sunday, 4 February 2018 at 01:19:15

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Olympic Games (2018)

Topics: perseverance, Plenty, Games?, Winter, hosting, borders, armed, heavily, dangerous, world’s, province, poorest, Korea’s, South, mountain, Olympics, Obscurity, Winding, Pyeongchang’s

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/world/asia/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-south-korea.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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