Navigator: PyeongChang or Pyeongchang

The Olympics offer up a lot of good stories, both about contestants who’ve broken barriers and the places in which the games are held. And Pyeongchang has a very good story.

The county, which is in one of the poorest districts of South Korea, is small, with 43,000 residents. In the past, it has been often been confused with the more well-known city of Pyongyang, on the other side of the militarized border in North Korea. In 2000, that prompted the far-flung South Korean town to capitalize the lowercase “c” in its name, the New York Times reported, in hopes of distinguishing itself. Sadly, it didn’t really take.