GANGNEUNG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare scene mesmerized tourists in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on Tuesday as schools of mullets appeared by the beach “riding the waves”. “I have lived in Gangneung for 20 years, but never before have I seen this,” said one local resident. Swarms of mullets came and went along with [...]
GANGNEUNG/SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Police concluded Wednesday that the three high school students found dead in a guesthouse in Gangneung were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Police announced the official result of their investigation into the deadly incident that also left seven others unconscious. Two of them have recovered consciousness following hours of [...]
GANGNEUNG, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Three senior high school students were found dead and seven others unconscious at a pension in the northeastern province of Gangwon, possibly due to carbon monoxide poisoning caused by inadequate ventilation, local police and firefighters said Tuesday. The owner of the pension, located in the city of Gangneung on [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As avid surfing fans in Korea gear up for the official opening of beaches next month on the nation’s eastern coast of Gangwon Province, regulators worry that the clash between surfers and beachgoers may put citizens at risk. And as many surf shops have opened in Yangyang County, popular [...]
PYEONGCHANG, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Olympic festival for the physically challenged that was the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics had its closing ceremony on March 18. The background from which the Paralympics came into being is closely tied to the military during World War II. Initially intended as a means of rehabilitation for soldiers with [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The organizers of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games said Thursday they expect a sold-out crowd in the bronze medal ice hockey game featuring South Korea later this week. South Korea’s ice sledge hockey team will face the loser between the United States and Italy in the game [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Airbnb Inc. said Thursday about 15,000 tourists visited PyeongChang and its adjacent cities via the global room-sharing platform during the 2018 Winter Olympics, which wrapped up last week. The number of travelers who made reservations in Gangwon Province, including the Olympic host town of PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east [...]
PYEONGCHANG, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean flag hanging from the balcony of a residential building is catching the attention of passersby. The residential building in question is located in the PyeongChang Paralympics athletes village, and the flag was put up by two members of the North Korean delegation staying in building no. [...]
GANGNEUNG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the mammoth task of ensuring peace and security during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics behind them, the men and women largely responsible for what one police insider has assessed as “the safest Olympics ever” remain focused on doing it all over again throughout the Winter Paralympics set to [...]
GANGNEUNG, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Messages from Olympics athletes back home thanking the people of Gangneung for handmade postcards with handwritten messages inscribed and “Welcome to Gangneung” lamps are generating interest among the general public. French skier Marie Martinod and Danish curling skip Madeleine Dupont recently reached out to Gangneung via e-mail. “The welcome [...]