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.
(Read more: Pyeongchang's Olympic makeover)
From politics to cuisine, here are some other highlights from The New Republic's Pyeongchang primer: