President Kim Jin-sun of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games (POCOG) met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday, June 6, 2013 to discuss ways to cooperate in staging a successful Olympic Games in PyeongChang. The meeting took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, following President Kim’s attendance at...

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  PyeongChang 2018 Unveils Official Olympic Emblem The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) has launched its official Olympic emblem in a ceremony that took place simultaneously in PyeongChang and Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea.   l  Date & Time 15:00 KST, Friday, May 3, 2013 l ...

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The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) has announced that it is now hiring a large group of sports managers, who will oversee much of the policy development for Olympic Games planning and operation. The sports managers will be critical members of a highly trained team that ensures the delivery of a world-class Games in 2...

26 April 2013 more +

  Paralympic integration from the foundation planning stages of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games were high on the agenda, as an executive-level delegation from the International Paralympic Committee conducted its inaugural Project Review with the PyeongChang 2018 organizers on 27 February 2013.   CEO Xavier Gonzalez, Paralympic Games Integration Director Thano...

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 As part of its aspirations to organize an athlete-oriented Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2018, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee (POCOG) launched it Athletes Expert Committee on 6 February 2018. Chaired by Jong-hoon Kim, the former two-time gold medalist at the Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games, the committee is comprised of 19 former and current athlet...

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