Let the Games begin: Winter Olympics kicks off in PyeongChang

Korea Society President Thomas Byrne discusses relations between North and South Korea as the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics begin.

France's first gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

There's no official Russian team at the Winter Olympics after being banned over state-sponsored doping. DW spoke to some of the skaters left out in the cold.

North Korea notified South Korea it will send a high-level delegation led by Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairman of the Party Central Committee at North Korea’s Workers’ Party, Feb. 25-27 for the Winter Olympics closing ceremony, South Korea’s Unification Ministry says in emailed statement.

Speeding down a steep slope, snowboarder Zhang Xu skids gracefully to a halt in a shower of snow -- one of a new generation of winter sports fans in China learning in brand new skiing facilities.

Amateur skiers train and get a taste of the sport at the Chongli ski resort in Zhangjiakou, where China will hold the 2022 winter Olympics.

Beijing holds speed skating test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon. Medallists are given awards in a contact-free manner where they pick up their prizes from the podium as part of the Covid-19 prevention measures.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for a "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics because of China's human rights violations.

Chinese and foreign figure skaters train ahead of the 2021 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, which will be held in Beijing this week as a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics. All journalists and Winter Olympics staff are required to wear masks inside the stadium as Covid-19 prevention measures.

Tens of thousands of people in northern China have been placed under strict lockdown as officials seek to keep a lid on a growing COVID outbreak ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

An official Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic venue held a test ice hockey match on Monday (November 8), with the Games just months away. The match, which was held without spectators and featured local teams Beijing Arcfox and Beijing Shougang, comes amid uncertainty over the participation status of China's men's national hockey team in next year's Games. China is guaranteed a spot in the ice hockey tournament due to its status as host nation, but International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Luc Tardif said in September that the men's team could be prevented from playing due to its "insufficient sporting standard".

IOC senior member Dick Pound told German radio that China would allow athletes to speak freely during news conferences. He said politics does not factor into decision-making on events.