SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday awarded an order of national security merit to a Marine who died during search and rescue operations for victims of torrential rains earlier this week, the Marine Corps said. The government honored late Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun of the 1st Marine Division with the Gwangbok [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) released an official medal to celebrate K-pop superstar BTS’ 10th anniversary next year. The front side of the medal is inscribed with the word BTS and the names of its members. On the medal’s left and right sides, [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Minting and Security Printing Corp., South Korea’s state-run minting agency, on Wednesday unveiled a specially designed medal commemorating Son Heung-min’s Premier League Golden Boot trophy. The front of the medal depicts Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean star celebrating the moment with his teammates after scoring his 23rd goal [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Winning a medal is a pretty big deal for most athletes. But it means a whole lot more for those in South Korea, where it can land them an exemption from serving in the military. In South Korea, every man aged between 18 and 35 faces conscription into the armed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Medals to be awarded at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics were unveiled Thursday, with the Korean alphabet hangeul as their motif. Presented at a ceremony simultaneously held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with President Moon Jae-in in attendance, gold, silver and bronze medals, designed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – KOMSCO (the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation) unveiled ‘Unification Medals’ Thursday ahead of the 71st Liberation Day, celebrated yearly on August 15. The medals come in four different types: a gold medal (62.2g gold; 5.5 million won), gold-silver medal (7.5g gold, 1kg silver; 2.97 million won), silver medal [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean female officer has won the coveted U.S. Army female Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) by passing a grueling series of tests last month, the military said Monday. The Army said 1st Lt. Jeong Ji-eun, who is the platoon leader of a battalion belonging to the 30th mechanized infantry [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A medal that was apparently awarded by Kim Il-sung, the first Supreme Leader of North Korea and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un, was found on a Mexican e-commerce website, Vivauncios. According to Vivauncios, Miguel Alba, a former professor at a university in Puebla, posted the medal with an asking [...]