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Olympic Notes: Melania Trump Promotes Physical Activity Among South Korean Girls

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump spent time with Korean students on Tuesday at a sports event organized by the U.S. Embassy in Korea to "promote physical activity among young girls." While U.S. President Donald Trump was visiting Camp Humphreys, the new home of the U.S. Eighth Army, in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, she traveled to Habib House, the U.S. ambassador's residence in Seoul. There, she attended the launch event of "Girls Play 2," organized by the embassy and "aimed at giving girls more opportunities to play sports." She said that she was "sure that everyone was looking forward to the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games" (YONHAP, 11/7).

The president of Sion, Switzerland, and the Valais cantonal government on Monday launched their campaign "in favour of staging the Winter Olympics in Sion" in '26, "hoping the public will agree with them when they go to vote on the issue" on June 10. While Sion would be the name on the bid, the Games "would be staged in several different cantons under the current proposal," including Bern, Fribourg and Vaud. The idea is that those cantons -- and others across Switzerland that are not participating -- "share the cost of the Games, which intends to benefit the whole of the country," according to the canton's sports minister, Frédéric Favre (THE LOCAL, 11/7).

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