INCHEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of veterinarians gathered Monday in Incheon, west of Seoul, to discuss ways to enhance the health of humans, animals and the environment around the world. In a speech opening the 33rd World Veterinary Congress earlier in the day, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said, “The congress will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With an estimated 26,000 workers and volunteers involved in the Olympics and 390,000 guests visiting from all over the world, the lower half of the Korean peninsula has its hands full in preparing for this coming winter. A joint statement released by Gangwon Province and the Ministry of SMEs [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday said it will require athletes to take a certain number of doping tests before taking part in the Olympic Games. The measure was part of the IOC’s 12 principles reached at its Executive Board meeting held in PyeongChang, the host of the [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The organizing committee for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games unveiled Thursday the torch that will light the way for the biggest winter event of next year. The white Olympic torch was inspired by traditional Korean white porcelain, as well as snow and ice, the two major symbols of [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyeongchang is hosting its third art biennale, after previous iterations in 2013 and 2015, to celebrate the PyeongChang Winter Olympics that will begin a year from now on February 9, 2018. This year’s biennale is titled “The Five Moons: Return of the Nameless and Unknown,” casting a new light on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will raise more than enough funds to make the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang one of the most successful and well-organized events, the chief of the country’s organizing committee said Thursday. Lee Hee-beom, a former commerce minister, insisted the 2018 games will also boost the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands are applying to be voluntary workers at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, with fewer than 500 days left before the opening of the winter games, the first of their kind to be hosted in Korea. With the recruitment deadline imminent (September 30), the committee announced that translation work has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Commemorative coins for the next winter Olympics were unveiled Thursday by the PyeongChang 2018 organizing committee. Manufactured by the state-run Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation, the complete set features two gold coins, eight silver coins and one brass coin. The coins will be sold by 10 financial institutions [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are approaching their end, and South Korea has so far progressed with rather unsatisfactory results – currently ranked eleventh with seven gold medals – compared to the past two summer Olympics in London (fifth place with 13 gold medals) and Beijing (seventh place [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hosting a global sporting event like the Olympics is a lucrative opportunity to attract thousands of overseas tourists, boosting the local economy, and promoting products and culture that might have otherwise been left unnoticed. However, language barriers can often be frustrating for tourists travelling to a foreign country, which [...]