CHUNCHEON, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2018 Chuncheon World Leisure Sports Festival currently being held in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province peaked in festive mood on Sunday. In its 7th season this year, the international event kicked off on August 24 and is expected to end today. The organizing committee estimated that 50,000 participating athletes and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Referred to as “Lake City” for its proximity to water, the city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province is aiming to adopt a new moniker with its National Leisure Sports Festival to be held on August 25. Chuncheon’s road to becoming a domestic hub of leisure sports is a winding [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s first indoor skydiving facility is coming to Yongin, a city located some 40 kilometers south of Seoul. According to the city government, it recently signed a business agreement with FlyStation Korea, a leisure sports company based in Russia, for a 7,603-square-meter facility to be built by [...]
CHUNCHEON, South Korea, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s biggest leisure sports festival will be held in the country’s northeastern lake city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, next month with foreign and local participants competing in 14 sports events, organizers said Wednesday. The fifth edition of the Chuncheon International Leisure Sports Festival will run from [...]