NY Times · Feb 27, 2022
Pyeongchang Still Awaits Its Olympic Payoff
A reminder of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, which hosted some of the events.Credit...Tim Franco for The New York TimesPYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang ended four years ago, but when he drives his taxi, Jeon Jae-gu still sometimes wears a ski suit bearing the region’s Olympics logo, along with a matching Pyeongchang Olympics hat.
His trunk is stuffed with leftover trinkets that he often gives to passengers — lanyards, gloves, tote bags and figurines, all commemorating those 16 days when this rural county, one of the poorest in South Korea, was the center of the global sports world.