SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has unveiled the official application of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics with the start of the quadrennial premier sports event just days away, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung, also the Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment category at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Summer Olympics is just three days away, and amid the Zika scare that still lingers among athletes and visiting sports fans, South Korea’s mosquito-proof uniforms are attracting foreign media attention. CNN introduced the uniforms Monday, commenting that “South Korea is taking precautions to protect its athletes at the [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Taekwondo athletes will be wearing a different set of uniforms at this year’s summer Olympics, as their trousers will encompass designs or colors representing their home country. “Among the 63 countries participating in taekwondo matches at Rio 2016, 20 submitted their own uniform trouser designs with national colors and [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will be sending its largest medical team to a multisport competition at this year’s Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, hoping to keep its athletes healthy amid the Zika virus scare, pollution problems and security challenges. The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said Friday it has put together a [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics unveiled the ‘Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Limited Edition’ on July 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The limited edition phone is mostly black, with a hint of yellow on the front, red and green on the sides, and blue on the back representing the symbolic colors of [...]
CHUNCHEON, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – “The Palace Exploded the Diced Chicken”, “Mixed Sea Food Iraq Government Office Surface”, “Fried French”. These are some of the local ‘dishes’ that tourists run into when travelling overseas. But a recent study showed that Korea is not immune to this problem, with many awkward menu translations uncovered by [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s apparel firm Kolon Fashion Material Co. said Monday that it will provide “mosquito-free” uniforms to the country’s athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. The so-called “MOS-LOCK” will be made out of fabric that is equipped with repellent that keeps mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Women’s archery team for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics showed up for practice Sunday, but not at their usual archery center. Instead, team members appeared at a domed baseball stadium. The three members of the Olympics team – Jang Hye-jin, Ki Bo-bae, Choi Mi-sun – arrived at [...]
SAO PAULO, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The organizing committee of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has included kimchi, the traditional Korean side dish of fermented cabbage with a variety of spicy seasonings, on the menu for athletes taking part in the competition, an industry group said Thursday. The Korean Food Buyers Association of Central [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A white tiger, a mythological guardian in South Korean folklore, will be the mascot for the country’s first Winter Olympics in 2018. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) announced Thurday “Soohorang” will represent the Winter Olympics. The Asiatic black bear, named “Bandabi,” [...]