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South Korean President Declares Pyeongchang Games A Success

Moon Jae-In (l) said South Korea has achieved many of the goals that they set out to achieve.GETTY IMAGES

South Korean President Moon Jae-in declared the Pyeongchang Games a "smashing success" during a surprise visit to the host city on Saturday, according to Aamer Madhani of USA TODAY. Moon said, "This has been a very successful Olympics. We’ve achieved many of the goals that we set out to achieve." There have been a "few Olympic triumphs for Moon to count," including North Korea sending 22 athletes "to compete under a unified flag with the South." POCOG said that it has been able to "sell all but a few tickets to the Games even though there appear to be plenty of empty seats at most competitions." Additionally, IOC officials said that more than 300 million "around the globe watched at least some of the competition." The Games have "provided no shortage of sporting drama" and the host country has so far won nine medals. Still, it may be years before South Koreans can accurately gauge whether the Games was "worth the trouble, and whether the Olympic détente will lead to substantive engagement" from North Korea (USA TODAY, 2/21).

CLOSING TIME: In Seoul, Ko Dong-hwan wrote Sunday's closing ceremony will "embrace all Olympic participants under the theme 'fusion,' bringing together nearly 3,000 athletes from 93 countries, volunteers for the Olympics and the audience to the plaza." Beijing, the next Winter Games host city, will "own part of the ceremony, exhibiting a show to entice the audience to attend the next Winter Olympics." Beijing 2022 will "showcase a performance during the closing ceremony, 'Beijing 8 Minutes,' directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou." Closing Ceremony Dir Song Seung-hwan said that the event will be "free of political concerns, such as a surprise appearance by North Korean performers or those involved in the regime" (KOREA TIMES, 2/21).

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