Fly high for Pyeongchang!

A 100-day countdown event wishing for Pyeongchang County to land the hosting rights to the 2018 Winter Olympics is held at the World Peace Gate in Seoul Olympic Park Monday. Celebrities including the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games Bid Committee Chairman Cho Yang-ho, Culture, Sport and Tourism Minister Choung Byoung-gug and Korea Sports Council President Park Yong-sung fly balloons into the air to wish Korea luck in securing the bid.

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