South Koreans celebrate being selected as 2018 Winter Olympic host city at Alpensia Resort on July 7, 2011 in Pyeongchang.
If upon hearing that the Winter Olympics 2018 were be held in Pyeongchang, you thought for a minute that was North Korea, you're not alone.
Pyeongchang used to be Pyongchang — just a few letters off from Pyongyang, you'll note — but they threw in the exta "e" to avoid confusion in 2014.
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From politics to cuisine, here are some other highlights from The New Republic's Pyeongchang primer: