GWANGJU, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Partisan fans attending events ranging from artistic swimming to diving to water polo during the first week of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju have been boisterous in support of their homegrown athletes. In turn, these athletes have spoken glowingly about their loud and passionate fans. This is the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — All city buses in Gwangju, host of this year’s FINA World Championships, will have public Wifi onboard as South Korea moves to bolster its internet connectivity infrastructure, the government said Thursday. Starting Friday, all of Gwangju’s 1,044 buses will have Wifi as the city, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 FINA World Championships will be held in Gwangju in July, and the country’s hard-working canine athletes will participate. The city of Gwangju hosted a national dog swimming competition Saturday at Chosun University in hopes of a successful World Championship. The dogs gathered from all over the country [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of cultural events are to take place in Gwangju in the coming weeks ahead of the opening of the 2019 FINA World Championships in the southwestern South Korean city next month, municipal officials said Wednesday. Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, is gearing up to host the [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — High diving is expected to be one of the most popular events during the 2019 FINA World Championships scheduled to take place in two southwestern South Korean cities — Gwangju and Yeosu — in July, its organizer said Tuesday. The biennial FINA World Championships will be held in Gwangju, [...]