by Gangwon Governor Kim
Jin-Tae said, “We ask for public interest and support for the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games, the first international sports competition held since the launch of the Special Self-Governing Province.” He added, “Please support the dreams of youth by watching the Olympic games in Gangwon Self-Governing Province.” “He said.
As the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics is being held for the first time in Asia, many youth visitors from home and abroad are expected to visit.
For them, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province prepared the ‘Gangwon 2024 K Culture Festival’ in Pyeongchang and Gangneung for two days on the 27th and 28th.
Mr. Kim, an office worker in his 50s, plans to go on a family trip to Pyeongchang with his two teenage children mid-month. This is where I come to ski every year, but this year, I changed my focus to watching winter sports and experiencing culture instead of skiing. The ‘2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics’ will be held in Gangwon-do from the 19th to February 1, with the expectation that it will be able to create good memories for children.
Although this competition is for teenagers aged 15 to 18, you can see promising players with outstanding skills, and there are also a variety of cultural events such as performances, exhibitions, and encounters with sports players that will captivate the eyes and ears of the audience. It’s fun to choose.
First, on the 27th, you can meet famous trot singers at Pyeongchang Dome in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang. Hosted by announcer Kim Il-joong, famous trot singers such as Wonju native Cho Myung-seop, Kim Hee-jae, Park Gun, Yang Ji-eun, and Hong Ji-yoon will entertain.
In addition, choreographer Poppin Hyun-jun and Korean traditional musician Park Ae-ri, who performed on stage at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics torch lighting site held at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece in 2017, will appear on stage together.
Harmonize, the World Choir Games Show Choir gold medal-winning team, will also participate.
On the 28th, K-pop singers will gather in one place. This performance, held at the Kwandong Hockey Center in Gangneung, will be hosted by singer Choa and will feature performances by Dynamic Duo, representing domestic hip-hop groups Zero Base One, BBG, Bio, Gunjo Crew, and Street Woman Fighter 2 winner Bebe, adding to the enthusiasm for watching the Olympic Games. Is expected.
Tickets for the performance began selling on Ticket Link on the morning of the 5th. Tickets cost 10,000 won per person, and up to 4 tickets can be reserved. On the day of the performance, the entire ticket purchase price is refunded with a local gift certificate, so it is effectively a free performance.
An exhibition is also available for visitors who would like to view paintings in privacy rather than a noisy performance.
The 2024 Cultural Olympics exhibition program, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province and organized by the Gangwon Cultural Foundation, will be held at Daegwallyeong Training Center in Pyeongchang and Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung from the 10th to February 1 under the central theme of ‘Great Stories to Save the Earth.’ It is held in
This exhibition will showcase 28 works by 26 teams from 5 countries based on detailed topics such as biodiversity, climate crisis, and sustainability, targeting youth as the primary audience. In addition to creative contemporary artworks such as experiential media art and installation art, the exhibition hall is filled with digitally reinterpreted works of tangible and intangible cultural heritage that keep the spirit of Gangwon alive.
‘Digital Gangwon to the Future,’ which will be exhibited at the Daegwallyeong Training Center in Pyeongchang, presents cultural heritage with artistic, cultural, and historical value encompassing 18 Gangwon regions as digital content.
The beach gallery exhibition ‘Gangwon of Symbiosis Protecting the Earth’ held at Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung features various outdoor installation works dealing with biodiversity, climate change and crisis, and environmental issues under the theme of ‘environmental issues and sustainability,’ a global problem. It is displayed.
A program also allows you to meet star sports players at close range.
Olympic gold medalists’ figure queen’ Kim Yu-na and ‘skeleton king’ Yoon Seong-bin will hold an ‘Olympian Talk Concert’ with International Olympic Committee (IOC) athlete member Yoo Seung-min at the Pyeongchang Olympic Memorial Hall on the 28th.
Anyone between 15 and 18 can apply for the talk concert, even if they are not a contestant.
At the outdoor ice rink built at the Gangneung Hockey Center, you can meet short-track runner Choi Min-jeong and figure skating So-yeon Park. Choi Min-jeong is a women’s short track legend, having won three gold medals at the 2018 Pyeongchang and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Together with Soyeon Park, she serves as a daily coach for ‘Ice One Point Lesson.’
All games and non-game programs except the opening ceremony are free, but admission tickets must be reserved in advance.
