PARIS, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea made a last-minute switch to its mixed rifle shooting teams on Thursday, two days before their competition in France. The Korea Shooting Federation (KSF) announced that Park Ha-jun, a three-time Asian Games medalist, will team up with Keum Ji-hyeon in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event. [...]
PARIS, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After training in their competition venue for the first time, two of South Korea’s top swimming medal contenders at the Paris Olympics came away feeling good about their prospects. Freestylers Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo joined their teammates at Paris La Defense Arena in Paris on Tuesday. The swimming [...]
PARIS, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Blankets and French summer don’t seem to go hand in hand at first glance, but with lower-than-expected temperatures in Paris, Team Korea didn’t take any chances when it comes to setting up rooms for its athletes at their Olympic village. Organizers of the Paris Olympics opened the athletes’ village [...]
PARIS, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is Friday evening, but there will be preliminary action taking place in the days leading up to the occasion. For South Korea, the action begins with the individual ranking rounds in the women’s and men’s archery, followed by the Group A match [...]
PARIS, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After flying 14 hours to Paris, the South Korean table tennis team for the upcoming Olympics has found a home away from home in the French capital. The players have been training in South Paris Arena 4, their competition venue, since Sunday. And when they first walked into the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop industry’s overseas sales surpassed 1 trillion won (US$722.28 million) for the first time last year, according to a government report released Wednesday. The report by the Korea Culture & Tourism Institute, a state-run think tank under the culture ministry, showed that the industry’s combined revenue reached an [...]
PARIS & SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics has begun distributing its Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition smartphones to athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, marking a technological milestone in Olympic history. According to Samsung’s newsroom on July 23, the company is working in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee [...]
FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – As the Paris Olympics draw near, South Korean athletes are set to receive a taste of home, thanks to a dedicated meal support initiative launched by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC). As of July 21, specially prepared Korean lunchboxes are being delivered to the Olympic Village, providing [...]
PARIS, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — After spending the past several days inside a Team Korea bubble south of Paris, South Korean swimming medal hopefuls Kim Woo-min and Hwang Sun-woo trained in the French capital for the first time Monday ahead of the Olympic Games. It finally made them feel like the big competition was [...]
PARIS, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Running for a seat on an International Olympic Committee (IOC) body dedicated to representing athletes’ voices, South Korean golfer Park In-bee has arrived in Paris to launch her election campaign in earnest. The LPGA Hall of Famer landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on Monday night, decked out in a [...]