The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang that ended Sunday has mostly received positive feedback and has been free of the disasters that plagued the last winter games in Sochi.

The organizing committee of the Olympics had a budget of W2.8 trillion except some W14.2 trillion spent on infrastructure such as new KTX stations, expressways and stadiums (US$1=W1,074).

The committee initially forecast that it would end up with a loss of some W300 billion but actually found itself in surplus thanks to extra funding from the International Olympic Committee and Olympic sponsors," the committee said. "Lucrative ticket sales and licensed Olympic merchandise greatly contributed to making up the deficit."