Olympic Torch

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The Olympic torch for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics is currently on a relay around the country. In the port city of Busan, the flame was ferried on a yacht.

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The Olympic flame which arrived in Busan Saturday and traveled across the city is now carried onto a yacht at a cruise terminal in Yongho-dong in Nam-gu district. The special yacht torch relay was prepared to further uplift the Olympic atmosphere. The torch bearers are 2014 Incheon Asian Games gold medalist Ha Jee-Min and 14 year old Kim Joo-an, a biathlete with dreams of representing Korea. The yacht carrying the torch cut through the waves passing by Busan's famous landmarks, the Gwangandaegyo Bridge and Haeundae Beach, and wished for a successful PyeongChang games. Some 20 other yachts accompanied the torch relay to create even more splendid scene. The flame arrived in Busan Saturday and traveled through downtown for 3 days. Around 400 torchbearers were involved. Everywhere they stopped, they were greeted by cheering citizens.

[Soundbite] Gang Min-seong(Elementary School Student) : "The relay was so cool. I really want to go see the Winter Olympics."

[Soundbite] Foreign Visitor : "It was fantastic. It was nice to come here all together."

The Olympic torch arrived in Incheon last Wednesday. After touring Jeju Island and Busan, it headed to the city of Ulsan.