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On 21 September 2017 at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, honorary ambassador of 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, President Moon Jae In, seek the international community’s backing for a successful hosting of South Korea’s first Winter Olympics.

He said, “PyeongChang has given the chance of Winter sports to teenagers from warm countries for a long time. Thanks to the effort, 1,500 over teenagers from 75 countries have visited PyeongChang and made great friendships.” 

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He spoke about a Taiwanese 2016 National Champion figure skater, Tsao Chih-I, where PyeongChang’s Dream Programme made Tsao fell in love with figure skating when he was 10 years old. Now, he has qualified to the final segment at five World Junior Championships and 4 Four Continents Championships.

“I would like to share the story of Tsao Chih-I from Taiwan. He experienced Winter in Pyeongchang for the first time in his life when he was 10 then he fell in love with figure skate. Now he is the new rising figure skater, ranked 13th in the world. Tsao Chih-I called his visit to Pyeongchang as the turning point of his life. I believe this valuable program should stay as legacy of Pyeongchang and lead to the tradition of Winter Olympic, how do you think?”

President Moon also mentioned about his goal to make a peaceful Olympic event with North Korea’s participation. “We would like to take a big step to the difficult but valuable challenge. Tension between North Korea and South Korea is arising at the moment thus we need to make more gestures of good will. Olympic will be the greatest chance to spread the message of peace and reconciliation to the world. We will try our best together with IOC to the last. Kindly give us your interest and support.”