SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a four-year sponsorship contract with South Korea’s women’s curling team, which captured a surprise silver medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Under the contract, the home appliances giant will have the team members appear in its advertisements for vacuum cleaners. “We [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s wheelchair curling team for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics said Friday it wants to write a success story like the women’s curling team did at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The women’s curling team earned silver at the Feb. 9-25 Olympics and became a global sensation with its inspiring performances and interesting personalities. The team is now better known as “Garlic Girls,” as the girls come from a town [...]
DAEGU, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Demand for the glasses worn by skip Kim Eun-jung and Kim Seon-young of the South Korean women’s curling team has soared as the popularity of the so-called “Garlic Girls” is reaching ever greater heights thanks to their unexpected success at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Both women wear glasses produced [...]
GEOCHANG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – With curling enjoying explosive popularity thanks to the exploits of the South Korea women’s Olympics squad, which qualified for the semi-finals with a tournament-leading 8-1 record, a domestic manufacturer of curling stones based in Geochang County is gaining attention. After three years of research, starting this year the Geochang [...]