Cold, snow causing headaches for Winter Youth Olympics A bitter cold wave is expected to sweep through the peninsula this week, with cold wave advisories in effect for some parts of the country, including the greater Seoul area and Gangwon, as of 9 p.m. Sunday. 2024.1.21
Former FSC head Choi Jong-ku named co-chair of Youth Games Organizing Committee Choi joins two other co-chairs, former Olympic athletes Jin Jong-oh and Lee Sang-hwa, and was appointed along with seven advisors on Monday at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in central Seoul, about 50 days before the Games begin. 2023.11.28
![Volunteers clear snow ahead of the single mixed relay biathlon during the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games at Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang on Sunday. [AFP/YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12195690.jpg?imageId=12195690&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From left: Gangwon Youth Olympic Organizing Committee Secretary General Kim Chul-min, Deputy Governor of Economic Affairs of Gangwon Jeong Kwang-yeol, Yulchon’s Standing Advisor Kim Ki-hong, Korea Aerospace University Chair Professor Yeo Hyung-koo, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In-chon, Gangwon Youth Olympic Co-chairperson Choi Jong-ku, International Skating Union President and International Olympic Committee member Kim Jae-youl, Federation of Korean Industries Vice Chairman Kim Chang-beom, Korea Enterprises Federation Vice President Lee Dong-geun and Korea International Trade Association Executive Vice Chairman Jeong Marn-ki pose with the signs that say ″For the success of the 2024 Gangwon Olympics″ at National Museum Modern and Contemporary Art in central Seoul on Monday. [GANGWON YOUTH OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11957655.jpg?imageId=11957655&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)