Pyeongchang news and trends

Olympic Officials Mum On Cyberattack
Security & Fraud // February 12, 2018

Winter Olympic Games organizers have confirmed that while there was a cyber attack during the opening ceremony on Friday, it didn’t affect any critical elements of the event or its broadcast. According to Reuters, both internet and television services were impacted by the attack. Organizers...

The Anything is Possible Edition: Pot, Bitcoin And Bank Branch Closing
Data Dive // February 12, 2018

On Friday, the Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang – and the world got a chance to see there is no such thing as impossible. Lots of impossible things happened on Friday. The headline, of course, was the unified Korean team entering the stadium under a...

Medaling, Outside The Olympic Arena
International // February 10, 2018

The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Opening ceremonies took place Friday night, local time (early Friday morning for the U.S.) as athletes and spectators from 92 nations came together to kick off the two-and-a-half-week Games. Events will continue through Feb....

Quick Reads
South Korean Starbucks Accepts Alipay For Tourists

February 12, 2018
Chinese tourists looking for a coffee fix in South Korea are in luck, as more than 1,000 Starbucks locations across the country now accept Alipay. Owned and operated by Ant Financial Services Group, Alipay is the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform. The recent news also makes it the first third-party mobile payment method […]

Olympic Officials Mum On Cyberattack

February 12, 2018
Winter Olympic Games organizers have confirmed that while there was a cyber attack during the opening ceremony on Friday, it didn’t affect any critical elements of the event or its...