PyeongChang Olympics: A New Cornerstone for Peace and Prosperity

All eyes are on the23rd Olympic Winter Gamesand12th Paralympic Winter Gamesin PyeongChang this February. Top athletes will carry their national flags in an opening ceremony which has come to epitomize the international community. Sports fans worldwide eagerly await the Olympics, and this time there is cause for cautious optimism that sports diplomacy may lower tensions on the Korean Peninsula itself. Leaders, diplomats, and citizens from the world over will witness North and South Korean athletes walking side by side. For this, there could be few better places than PyeongChang, which means peace (Pyeong) and prosperity (Chang): goals integral to the mission of the United Nations and the2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.