Olympics host Pyeongchang changed its name so people would stop confusing it with North Korea’s capital

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• The Winter Olympics are being held in the South Korean city Pyeongchang.
• All promotional material, and local media outlets, refer to the city as PyeongChang, with a capital C.
• The new spelling was introduced in 2007 to differentiate the host city from the similar-sounding North Korean capital Pyongyang.
• Media have reported Pyeongchang is spelled with an ‘e’ for the same reason, but that change in 2000 has little to do with North Korea.

The Winter Olympics are currently being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. But local media outlets, as well as logos emblazoned on everything from volunteer uniforms to stadium walls, are celebrating the games of PyeongChang, spelled with a capital ‘C.’

The capitalization is not a typo.

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