The Yongpyong Dome is to be used in Pyeongchang and the Gangneung Oval in the former.

Organisers announced the plan today, as reported by news agency Yonhap, following debate over where the curtain-raiser should be.

Per Yonhap, the lighting of an Olympic Cauldron and the formal declaration to open the multi-sport event will be in Gangneung.

Pyeongchang County Council had been pushing to host the Opening Ceremony in its entirety, but faced resistance from other parts of the wider Gangwon region.

Many venues from he 2018 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be re-used come Gangwon 2024, but the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium - scene for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies - will not be among them as it was demolished at the conclusion of the Olympics and Paralympics.

This had accelerated debate over where to stage the Opening Ceremony.

The Yongpyong Dome hosted Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 1999 Asian Winter Games.

The Gangneung Oval held the long-track variety of the sport at Pyeongchang 2018.

It is due to do the same at Gangwon 2024.

A split Opening Ceremony could be a precursor to Los Angeles 2028, where SoFi Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum have been proposed to share the honours.

The next edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games is now fewer than 500 days away, due to open on January 19 2024.

"Grow together, shine forever" has been unveiled as the slogan.

Seven sports are on the programme, which includes three-on-three ice hockey, men's and women's monobob and men's and women's Nordic combined, but not ski mountaineering.

The county of Pyeongchang is in the province Gangwon, after which the Youth Olympics has been named.

Gangneung, a coastal city, and the county Jeongseon are due to hold events during the Youth Olympics as they did when Pyeongchang was the primary host of the Winter Olympics.