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Festival Boosts Support Ahead of Pyeongchang Paralympics

Girl group AOA poses at a festival in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday to promote the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang. /Yonhap

With the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang just 100 days away, a festival was held at a gymnasium for disabled people in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday.

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Over 300 people including local residents and students lined up to form a large shape representing the number 100. They then had a chance to try a number of different winter sports including ice hockey and wheelchair curling.

Singer Jung Yong-hwa and girl group AOA were invited to the festival as they will promote the Paralympics which will be held for 10 days from March 9 to March 18.

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