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The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held on February 9, 2018, in Pyeongchang, Korea. KAARI requested the State of Rhode Island to designate the month of February 2018 as "PyeongChang South Korea, Winter Olympics Games Month". On February 6, the State of Rhode Island Senate passed the resolution (Senate Resolution 18R-50) and delivered it to Thomas Bach, Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Four RI state senators James Sheehan, Leonidas Rapkakis, James Seveney, Cindy Coyne promoted the Declaration, which was unanimously passed by the Rhode Island Senate.

New Boston Consul General Yonghyun Kim visited the Senate Chamber of Rhode Island to congratulate the PyeongChang Olympic Declaration and thank the senators. 


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From left: RI Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, Angela Sharkey, Senator James Sheehan, Consul Younghyun Kim,  Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey, Senator Leonidas Raptakis, Bongsup Cho, Monica Lee  

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Consul General Yonghyun Kim delivered greetings and thanks at the Senate Chamber.


The links below are some of the highlights of the winter Olympics.

The 132th IOC Cultural Performance of the Opening Ceremony (Traditional Korean Culture Performance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnfIIYFDgKY

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