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Want to visit South Korea? Take a look around using 360° video technology to experience five immersive views of Korean food, the DMZ, rural seaside life and more.
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NPR, USA Today and NBC publish immersive content produced by the CPD + JOVRNALISM team that traveled to South Korea during the PyeongChang Olympics.
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NPR, USA Today and NBC publish immersive content produced by the CPD + JOVRNALISM team that traveled to South Korea during the PyeongChang Olympics.
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Bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang to you through immersive technology.
The next effort to defuse the nuclear brinksmanship over North Korea’s missile and bomb testing may come, not from diplomats, but from a pair of North Korean figure skaters who perform to music by the Beatles. An obscure competition on Thursday and Friday here in Bavaria has gained geopolitical urgency as the pairs team of Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik seek to become the first North Korean athletes to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in February in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
There has always been an inherent connection between sports and politics. The cooperation and collaboration intrinsic in team sports aid in nation-building by rousing patriotism and pride. Sportsmanship and camaraderie can strengthen domestic relations or can be magnified as diplomatic relations between states. [...] The role of sports as a form of soft power is more relevant than ever as we look ahead to the 2018 Olympics hosted by South Korea in PyeongChang and the role of international organizations.
With only a year to go before the opening of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the organizers vow to enrich the global sports event with cultural elements. For the past five years, the South Korean government has been working not only to build and shore up infrastructure for the games, but also to prepare to show Korea's soft power.