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The Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium cost roughly $109 million to build for South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The stadium will be used just four times before being demolished.

South Korea Prepares To Spend $13 Billion On Winter Olympics. Is It Worth It?

4:00pm February 02, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Despite bold plans to repurpose Olympic buildings, past host cities, such as Rio de Janeiro and Athens, have been left with vacant, decaying sports complexes and piles of debt.

Russia's Paralympic athletes who compete in South Korea will do so under a neutral flag, part of the team's punishment for doping infractions. Here, Russian athletes are seen in the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, where the

Russia's Paralympics Team Is Banned From South Korea's Winter Games

8:20am January 29, 2018

by Bill Chappell

If they pass scrutiny, some Russian athletes will be able to compete in a handful of sports, under a neutral flag. The Russians dominated at the last Winter Paralympics, held in Sochi.

Ryom Tae Ok and Kim Ju Sik of North Korea perform during their pairs short program in Oberstdorf, Germany, in September.

North Korea's Olympic Hopefuls Include A Pair Of Figure Skaters

11:21pm January 17, 2018

by Elise Hu

Pair skaters Ryom Tae Ok, 18, and Kim Ju Sik, 25, qualified last year for the Winter Games. They'll learn this weekend whether they'll compete in Pyeongchang.

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With North Korea planning to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics, delegation head Jon Jong Su, vice chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, crosses the concrete border to attend a meeting at the truce village of Panmun

North Korean Athletes Will March With South Koreans At Pyeongchang Olympics

1:11pm January 17, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The two countries will also form a unified women's hockey team to compete in the Winter Olympics in February. The North will send a cheering squad to support its delegation.

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South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myung-gyun (left) shakes hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son Gwon after their meeting Tuesday at the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two countries.

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North And South Korea Reach Breakthroughs In First High-Level Talks In 2 Years

11:43pm January 09, 2018

by Elise Hu

The two sides announced further dialogue to ease tension between them, but the North still insists any talk of nuclear weapons is off the table.

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A South Korean government official checks the hotline to talk with the North Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom on January 3. South Korea says North Korea has agreed to meet at the village next week.

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North And South Korea Plan First Talks In Two Years

11:01pm January 04, 2018

South Korea says they will discuss North Korea's participation in February's Olympics. It's a sign of easing tensions after the North Korean leader announced he has a nuclear button on his desk.