2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics unveils mascot

GENEVA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Organising Committee of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon (YOGOC) unveiled the mascot "Moongcho" on Thursday, with one year until the start of the competition.

Moongcho comes from the Korean word "Moongchida", which means to bring together various thoughts and powers. The mascot is a snowball emanating from a fight between Soohorang and Bandabi, the mascots of the Pye