It was a combination of K-pop, culture, the past and the present when the 2018 Winter Olympics wrapped up in Pyeongchang.
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Pyeongchang organisers vowed the Olympic Stadium, would be be "filled with the roar of compliments and the applause of friendship" – and they weren’t wrong.
A giant snow globe bearing the games’ mascots, 400 performers come in holding LED balls in their hands and a thumping EDM soundtrack closed out the ceremony as athletes partied into the fireworks-drenched night.
The presence of US president Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka at the closing ceremony prompted all manner of conspiracy theories.
However a senior White House official said in a statement, speaking on condition of anonymity said: "There was no interaction with the North Korean delegation.”
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