deforestation
After the Olympics: Can One of South Korea's Oldest Forests Be Restored?
The 2018 Paralympics is opening on Mar. 9, providing a valuable opportunity to highlight one of the Olympics’ biggest, but often unmentioned, environmental scandals: a series of wide scars running through what was once a protected ancient forest. Environmentalists reacted with outrage in 2014 when the South Korean government
Cultural Relic or Comeback Cat? In Search of the Korean Tiger
Soaring over stadiums, strutting around in opening ceremonies, masquerading as a soft toy and featured on a thousand pieces of merchandise — meet Soohorang, white tiger and official mascot of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Cute, furry and gender-neutral, Soohorang is the kind of well-bred animal that would carry your granny’