South Korea is big on skiing. Here, Gim So-Hui competes in the Women’s Giant Slalom race during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.
A former coal mining town has been transformed into one of South Korea’s best ski resorts. There’s also a treatment centre to handle addicts to the nearby casino.
DRIVING into Gohan-eup, in South Korea’s Gangwon Province, it’s easy to mistake the isolated hamlet for just another ski town.
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