SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – An Se-young, the badminton player who secured South Korea’s first Olympic gold medal in women’s singles in 28 years, earned approximately 900 million won last year in prize money and salary. However, this figure pales in comparison to the earnings of top-ranked players in more popular sports, igniting a debate [...]
PARIS, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The 33rd Summer Olympic Games drew to a conclusion in Paris on Sunday with a celebration of athletic feats accomplished in and around the French capital over the past two weeks. Paris hosted its first Olympics in 100 years, with over 10,000 athletes from 205 countries and the Refugee [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry said Thursday North Korean Olympic athletes receiving Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones could be in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions against Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. Samsung Electronics, an Olympic partner, has distributed the Olympic edition of its latest Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphones to [...]
PARIS, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On the third day of the taekwondo competition at the Paris Olympics on Friday, Seo Geon-woo will become the first South Korean to compete in the men’s -80-kilogram event. He will try to blaze the trail and win the country’s first medal in that weight division. Seo, world No. [...]
PARIS, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Unlike many other athletes, Park Tae-joon, freshly crowned an Olympic taekwondo champion in Paris on Wednesday, doesn’t have pre-match rituals or superstitions. The 20-year-old instead likes to give himself a positive pep talk. Messages such as “I can do this,” “I will get it done,” or “This is going [...]
PARIS, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea did not pick up a medal at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, only the second time the country failed to add to its tally since the race began on July 27. Instead, both the men’s and women’s table tennis teams progressed to the next stages in their [...]
PARIS, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The modern pentathlon competition at the Paris Olympics will begin Thursday with fencing ranking rounds, as South Korea chases podium finishes in both men’s and women’s events. The men’s and women’s fencing ranking rounds will be followed later in the week by riding show jumping, 200-meter freestyle swimming, fencing [...]
PARIS, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s top-ranked badminton star An Se-youngcaptured her first career Olympic gold medal in the women’s singles on Monday, giving South Korea its 11th gold medal of the Paris Games. Before An’s title, all 10 of South Korean gold medals had come from archery, fencing and shooting. Earlier in the [...]
PARIS, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s quest for multiple medals in taekwondo, its national martial art, will begin Wednesday in the men’s lightest weight class, -58 kilograms. Park Tae-joon will be in action at Grand Palais in Paris. The 20-year-old defeated the 2021 Olympic bronze medalist Jang Jun in the national team trials [...]
PARIS, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea completed a historic sweep of archery gold medals at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, with Kim Woo-jin finishing the job by winning the men’s individual title. Kim defeated Brady Ellison of the United States in a shoot-off after the two had been tied at 5-5 after five [...]