Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games – Asia Times

Loanne Kliphuis (left) and her friend Marjolein Lucassen get their bearings in Pyeongchang Country, South Korea. Photo: Anouk Eigenraam

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Bittersweet reunion: Korean overseas adoptees rendezvous at Olympiad

by Anouk Eigenraam February 15, 2018February 18, 2020

“Netherlands, oh Netherlands, you are the chaaaampion!” Dutch-Korean adoptee Loanne Kliphuis, 30, and her friends sing at Holland Heineken House, a meeting place for Dutch fans attending the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea. Kliphuis and friend Marjolein Lucassen, 47, also an adoptee, are visiting Korea on a tour organized for two dozen Korean adoptees […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Kim Yong-nam and Kim Yo-Jong pose with the Unified Korean Women's ice hockey team. Photo: Reuters / Brian Snyder

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Chronicler of inter-Korean ice hockey adventure has mixed emotions

by Andrew Salmon February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

The inter-Korean flag has irked both Japanese and local conservatives. Photo: Andrew Salmon

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Anticipation high as ‘Peace Olympics’ kicks off in South Korea

by Andrew Salmon February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean soldiers march during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Damir Sagolj

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Pre-Pyeongchang, Pyongyang’s high-profile parade proves low-key

by Andrew Salmon February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

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How Japan’s Abe could win in Pyeongchang

by William Pesek February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea's women's ice hockey athletes arrive at the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine), just south of the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, on January 25, 2018. Photo: Korea Pool / Yonhap via Reuters

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Charm offensive: Kim out to wield soft power at Winter Games

by Andrew Salmon January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in answers reporters' questions during his New Year news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, January 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Moon open to summit with Kim, but denuclearization remains priority

by Andrew Salmon January 10, 2018February 18, 2020

People look toward North Korea through a barbed-wire fence near the De-militarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

South, North Korea to talk after military drills postponed

by Andrew Salmon January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Visitors pose in front of an ice sculpture of an intercontinental ballistic missile at the Pyongyang Ice Sculpture Festival in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo released by Kyodo on January 1, 2018. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Strategic, market views for Korean peninsula in 2018

by Andrew Salmon January 1, 2018February 18, 2020