GamesBids.com: PyeongChang 2018


New Poll Shows Higher Public Support For PyeongChang 2018
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GB Staff on Monday, January 31, 2011  11:36am EST
 
A new poll conducted by a Gangwon regional newspaper, the Gangwon Ilbo, shows
that 95.2 per cent of respondents surveyed in the province support PyeongChang's

PyeongChang 2018 Reacts To Loss Of Region's Governor
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GB Staff on Thursday, January 27, 2011  8:08am EST
 
Gangwon Province Governor Lee Kwang-jae, a supporter of PyeongChang's bid for
the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, was forced to step down as the region's governor

PyeongChang 2018 Green Report Backed By Environmental Organizations
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GB Staff on Friday, January 21, 2011  9:05am EST
 
PyeongChang 2018 announced Friday the completion of the bid's sustainability
research report prepared by the bid's environmental committee in partnership
with "distinguished" environmental organizations, including

PyeongChang 2018 Delivers Bid Book To IOC
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GB Staff on Monday, January 10, 2011  11:46am EST
 
The bid book for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games was delivered Monday
to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The
delegation included

PyeongChang 2018 Candidate File Approved
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GB Staff on Thursday, January 6, 2011  8:58am EST
 
Major stakeholders of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
bid met Thursday and confirmed their approval of the bid's Candidate File themes
and

PyeongChang 2018 Appoints Two New Vice Chairmen, New Subway Line Open
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GB Staff on Wednesday, December 22, 2010  10:36am EST
 
PyeongChang 2018 appointed two new vice chairmen and a new bid ambassador
Wednesday which was announced at a special bid committee meeting held at the

South Korean Government Pledges Full Support For PyeongChang 2018
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GB Staff on Friday, December 10, 2010  8:34am EST
 
The South Korean government has pledged its full support for PyeongChang's 2018
Winter Olympic bid. Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said during a bid-support
committee meeting

PyeongChang 2018 Confident Despite Recent Military Skirmishes
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GB Staff on Wednesday, November 24, 2010  10:18am EST
 
The PyeongChang 2018 bid committee extended it's "heartfelt sympathies" to all
those affected in recent military skirmishes with North Korea, and in a
statement to

PyeongChang 2018 Presents To Olympic Family
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GB Staff on Saturday, November 13, 2010  1:00am EST
 
The PyeongChang 2018 bid committee presented its bid to the Olympic Family
Friday at the 29th Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in Guangzhou,

Former Governor Appointed Ambassador For PyeongChang 2018
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GB Staff on Tuesday, November 9, 2010  11:23am EST
 
The South Korean government has appointed Kim Jin-sun, former Gangwon Province
Governor, as ambassador for PyeongChang's 2018 Winter Olympic Bid. Kim was
Governor for three