On March 12, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of the International Charity Foundation – ICF and UN SDGs Advocate, had a meeting at the United States Army Garrison (USAG) Yongsan, with Colonel J. Scott Peterson, Garrison Commander, together with Mr. Yoo, ICF Board Member.
Within the framework of its activities, ICF partnered with the Government of Gangwon Province and USAG’s BOSS – Better Opportunity for Single Soldier - program to invite 100 USAG soldiers to attend the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Col. Peterson hosed the meeting to express his thanks to ICF, and its endeavor to promote friendly and sustainable  relationship between the US and Korea.

As she was in PyeongChang to cheer the Norwegian athletes at the XXII Paralympics, H.R.H. Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her delegation attended a special program at Woljeongsa Buddhist temple, together Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate, and Mr. Choi Moon Soon, Governor of  Gangwon Province, host of 2018 PyeongChang. This event was an opportunity for the participants to praise the resilience of all paralympiansn and how sports help them overcome their life challenges. 
As Woljeongsa, head temple of Jogye Buddhist Order, is hosting temple stays Princess Märtha expressed her deep interest in cultural and spiritual tourism in Korea. 

​During the opening ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang on March 9, Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate, met Mr. José Ramón Lete, President of the Spanish National Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes, CSD).  CSD is the government organization under the the Ministry of the Presidency, in charge of directing the development of sport at national level.
As a continuation, Amb. Dho organized a meeting with Mr. Lete and H.E. Mr. Gonzalo Ortiz Díez-Tortosa, Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Korean, to discuss about promoting SDGs leardership through sports and education, as well as a project of establishing a The “Public-Private Leadership Academy” in Madrid, Spain. This  PPL Academy, , which would offer customized education, training, capacity-building, and awareness-raising programs to executive officers from public and private organizations, with a focus on leadership and governance as tools for global sustainable development.  

UN SDGs Advocates attend the Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development 2018 in Seoul, South Korea - Feb. 8, 2018

About UN SDGs Advocates: www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdgadvocates/

Norwegian Prime Minister promotes UN SDGs & Sports during High-level meeting with Korean President in Seoul, South Korea - Feb. 15, 2018

UN SDGs Advocates hold a Ceremony for 100 Children at a Primary School in PyeongChang in South Korea - ​Feb. 16, 2018

Also check: 100 primary school children join SDG Advocate team to kick SDGs into action at the Olympics

UN SDGs Luncheon hosted by Woljeongsa Temple in PyeongChang, South Korea - ​Feb. 18, 2018

PyeongChang 2018 Closing Ceremony - Meeting with Korean Ministry of Tourism and Gambian Olympic Committee Member - Feb. 25, 2018 

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocacy Group, interviewed by CNN

Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate attended the closing ceremony of the XXIII Winter Olympics Games, or PyeongChang 2018, on February 25, 2018.
On that occasion, she had a meeting with Mrs. Beatrice Allen, Member of the National Olympic Committee of Gambia, who was a local partner of the UNWTO ST-EP Foundation for the establishment of two UN SDGs (formerly MDGs) Thank You Small Libraries (TYSL) in Gambia in December 2011, in the Olympafrica Centre and in the Olympic House.
​Mrs. Allen was introduced by Amb. Dho to H.E. Mr. Do Jongwhan, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Rep. of Korea, and expressed her gratitude for the two UN SDGs while requesting him for further support through providing more books to the TYSL in order to ensure their sustainability. 

​Rev. Jeongnyeom, Abbot of Woljeongsa  Buddhist Temple, hosted a luncheon on Feb. 18, 2018 in honor of H.E. Mrs. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and Co-Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Advocacy Group.
The luncheon was also attended by the 8th United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate, and members of the Norwegian delegation.
Founded in 643, Woljeongsa is located inside Odaesan National Park in Pyeongchang County, host of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and the XII Paralympic Winter Games. The head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism hosts temple stays.

On Feb. 16, 2018, H.E. Mrs. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and Co-Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) Advocacy Group, together with Amb. Dho Young-Shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate, led a ceremony at the Musan Community Children’s Center Primary School in PyeongChang, South Korea.
The ceremony was attended by 100 school children and aimed at bringing together the messages of the Olympic spirit, the UN SDGs, and the importance of quality education for all, using a very universal and popular communication tool: UN SDG branded footballs. PM Solberg talked to them about individual and collective responsibilities to build a more peaceful and equal world by the year 2030.
Other participants of the ceremony included Mr. Choi Moon Soon, Governor of Gangwon Province, host of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Ms. Kristin Kloster Aasen, International Olympic Committee Representative to Norway and Ms. Soohyun Kim, Head of Office, UNICEF Seoul Office.

​Korean President Moon Jae-in held a meeting in Seoul with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Feb. 15, 2018 on the occasion of her visit to South Korea for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and discussed ways to bolster cooperation on the Olympic Games and state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula.

​During the meeting, Norwegian PM Solberg, Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocacy Group, highlighted how sports and education were crucial to promote the achievement of the UN’s 2030 Development Agenda and the 17 UN SDGs. She introduced a very efficient awareness-raising tool to President Moon: the SDGs branded football.

After a hiatus of eight years, the Slovenia House came back as a meeting place for athletes and a promotion center for Slovenian sports, tourism and business events at PyeongChang 2018, the XXIII Winter Olympic Games hosted by South Korea. 
On Feb. 12, 2018, Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN SDGs Advocate had a high-level meeting at the Slovenia House with Ms. Eva Štravs Podlogar, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, and Former Director-General of the Tourism and Internationalization Directorate. 
Amb. Dho congratulated State Secretary Štravs Podlogar for the newly-inaugurated Slovenia House and discussed opportunities for promoting the relation between Sports, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), and Tourism.