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Olympic Notes: Activists Call For Probe Into Wood Used In Tokyo's Olympic Stadium

Activist groups "called for an independent investigation into the use of wood possibly originating from Malaysian forests" for the construction of Tokyo’s Olympic stadium, saying that it is a "significant breach" of the city’s commitment to a sustainable 2020 Games. Seven groups said in a statement that tropical plywood being used to mold concrete for the stadium "had markings that appear to belong to Shin Yang, a Malaysian group of businesses." The groups said that Shin Yang is one of the "Big Six" logging companies in Sarawak state on the island of Borneo, a place "where they say illegal logging is widespread" and the destruction of forests "extreme" (BLOOMBERG, 4/20).

South Korea will promote the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics
to foreigners visiting state-run King Sejong Institutes set up overseas to teach the Korean language, a public foundation that manages the institutes said Thursday. The King Sejong Institute Foundation affiliated with the culture ministry said that it will "screen a promotional video for the PyeongChang Olympics in Korean cultural classes at 174 institutes in 58 countries around the world" (YONHAP, 4/20).

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