Special pardons were given to former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and other politicians convicted of corruption charges.

Broadcasting rights fees covering the Pyeongchang 2018-Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle in the Middle East and Africa appear to have reached little more than half of the values achieved for the 2013-2016 quadrennium.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison sentence for a vast corruption scandal linked to the county's hosting of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Double Olympic short track gold medallist Shim Suk-hee has been dropped from the South Korean national team following the emergence of controversial and expletive-laden text messages she sent to a coach during Pyeongchang 2018, including ones which suggest possible race-fixing.

The Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics was a special theme of this year's Pyeongchang Peace Forum, with North Korea's participation in the Games among the points of discussion.

A new museum to commemorate the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has opened in Pyeongchang.

Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has returned to prison as his 17-year prison sentence was confirmed after being found guilty on corruption allegations, including a controversial pardon granted to the late Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee to enable him to lead Pyeongchang 2018's successful Winter Olympic bid.

The Russian Embassy to the United Kingdom has claimed allegations of cyber-attacks were made to disrupt relations with the Olympic host countries of South Korea and Japan.

Six Russian intelligence officers have been charged in the United States in an alleged global computer hacking operation that included the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

The second anniversary of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games has been marked with the staging of a Peace Forum in Gangwon Province, where participants agreed on a peace resolution in relation to the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea has today hosted the latest of a series of winter sports events marking the second anniversary of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Uncertainty surrounding the legacy of three venues used during last year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang appears to have been allayed after the Gangwon Province revealed plans for their future use.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) paid almost 70 per cent more for Games cancellation insurance for Pyeongchang 2018 than it did for the previous Winter Olympics at Sochi in 2014.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have presented "Golden Rings" awards to nine rights holding broadcasters for their coverage of last year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

Confirmation of outstanding legacy plans for three venues used during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang has been hit by further delays and will not be in place until at least the end of the year.