Pyongyang to Pyeongchang: playing non-Olympic games



Columns Pyongyang to Pyeongchang: playing non-Olympic games As the games begin, it's worth handing out some prizes of our own Aidan Foster-Carter February 9, 2018 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Korean Culture and Information Service The big day is finally here. On February 9 the PyeongChang Winter Olympics kick off with an opening parade. North and South Korean teams will march together, behind a unity flag. The official program for PyeongChang 2018 lists 15 separate events: far fewer than in a summer Olympics. (Face it, there’s only so much you can do in the snow.) Off-piste is another story. All manner of covert games are playing out behind the scenes. Some are fairly obvious, others less so. As always, NK News brings you the lowdown. Here then are some of the key ongoing offstage © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Pyongyang to Pyeongchang: playing non-Olympic games

As the games begin, it's worth handing out some prizes of our own

Aidan Foster-Carter February 9, 2018

Pyongyang to Pyeongchang: playing non-Olympic games

Korean Culture and Information Service

The big day is finally here. On February 9 the PyeongChang Winter Olympics kick off with an opening parade. North and South Korean teams will march together, behind a unity flag.

The official program for PyeongChang 2018 lists 15 separate events: far fewer than in a summer Olympics. (Face it, there’s only so much you can do in the snow.)

Off-piste is another story. All manner of covert games are playing out behind the scenes. Some are fairly obvious, others less so. As always, NK News brings you the lowdown.

Here then are some of the key ongoing offstage

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Aidan Foster-Carter

Aidan Foster-Carter is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he taught sociology at the Universities of Hull, Dar es Salaam and Leeds from 1971 to 1997. Having followed Korean affairs since 1968, since 1997 he has been a full-time analyst and consultant on Korea: writing, lecturing and broadcasting for academic, business and policy audiences in the UK and worldwide.

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