Pyeongchang County (Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in Gangwon-do province, South Korea and the 3rd largest county in the country. It is located in the Taebaek Mountains region, and is home to a number of Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. The altitude of Pyeongchang is 700m above sea level, with some areas over 1,000m high.^* The county is around 180km to the east of Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

Olympic Games aspirations

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Pyeongchang is the candidate city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games, the 2014 Winter Olympics. This is the second attempt of this city (after 2010). On June 22, 2006, the number of candidates was narrowed to three; Pyeongchang will compete against Salzburg, Austria and Sochi, Russia.^*

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Dhinhawati (Dhinhawati Sembiring) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:48:39 -0000
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sunday night, 11:03pm. at work. go pyeongchang!! :(
kaitlynchang (Kaitlyn Chang) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:03:59 -0000
sunday night, 11:03pm. at work. go pyeongchang!! :(
Winter in Pyeongchang http://bit.ly/6VG3yO
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RT @gamesbids: PyeongChang 2018 - Former IOC Member Exonerated, New Venue Opened http://bit.ly/93amkd #olympics
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PyeongChang 2018 - Former IOC Member Exonerated, New Venue Opened http://bit.ly/93amkd #olympics
@sjyn thanks, my hangul is limited but is it: Pyeongchang, Ganwon Province? & that drama is: 베토벤 바이러스, right?
swerte (mc) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:42:20 -0000
@sjyn thanks, my hangul is limited but is it: Pyeongchang, Ganwon Province? & that drama is: 베토벤 바이러스, right?

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