Pyeongchang2018 Olympics at the heart of South Korean corruption scandal
By Julian Cheyne and Rebecca Kim - Researcher at the Democracy & Social Movement Institute, SungkongHoe University, Seoul
Against the background of the all consuming scandal which has engulfed South Korea's now deposed President Park Pyeongchang2018 looms up as the next fixture in the Olympic murk. The scandal surrounding ex-President Park Guen-hye, her confidante, Choi Soon-sil, and South Korea’s secretive companies, or chaebols, such as Samsung, Hyundai, Lotte or Hanjin, has cast a light on the shadowy interactions between the government, the secret services and the chaebols, the companies which came to dominate the South Korean economy during the dictatorship of Park’s father, Park Jung-Hee.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Mon, 27/03/2017 - 13:20.
Article | Coe | Compulsory Purchase | Corruption & Ethics | Displacement | Environment | Human Rights | IOC | Mega Events | Planning & Development | Pyeongchang 2018 | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Sochi 2014 | Sponsors | Sport | Tokyo2020
An introduction to the social impacts of the Olympics
The Olympics project is large and complex. In this revised version of our previous paper of the same name, we draw your attention to significant impacts, the paucity of procedures for impact evaluation, and the processes surrounding the bidding for, and promotion of, the Olympic event.
Contamination & Radioactivity
World class games in London
How the 2012 Olympics is changing my neighbourhood
The Olympic Park is opening more to the public after the Games. It is a time to reflect on the changes which have been imposed on my locality ...
by Martin Slavin, a photo essay worldclassgamesin.london
Popular topics
Glasgow Games Monitor
Glasgow Games Monitor 2014 are a group of people raising awareness about the impacts of ‘regeneration’ via the Commonwealth Games 2014 (CG 2014), and the Clyde Gateway Intiative (CGI): gamesmonitor2014.org @2014games
playthegame.org
Play the Game is an international conference and communication initiative aiming to strengthen the ethical foundation of sport and promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in sport. Based at the Danish Institute for Sports Studies its website is a portal for a wide range of journalists and academics articles highlighting mismanagement and corruption in sport.
playthegame.org
@playthegame_org
The London 2012 Olympics: A gender equality audit
New report published April 2013, available in Play the Game's knowledge bank, analyses gender equality at the 2012 London Olympic Games
by