CHUNCHEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The sliding center that hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province will house the world’s first ‘flying skeleton,’ a special chamber to try out the winter sliding sport. The provincial office announced Thursday that it expects to finalize plans to set up the flying skeleton by December, [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The 28th Daegwallyeong Snow Festival will be held from January 10 to 19 at Pyeongchang, the host county of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The organizing committee announced on Monday that this year’s festivities will go beyond exhibiting ice sculptures to add various programs where participants can enjoy the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — PyeongChang, the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, is gearing up to host two winter festivals to attract tourists from home and abroad. The county government of PyeongChang, about 180 kilometers east of Seoul, said Friday it is putting the finishing touches on the 13th PyeongChang Trout Festival and [...]
PEONGCHANG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Pyeongchang-gun in Gangwon Province will have street cleaners work during the daytime starting this year to prevent them from being exposed to various kinds of accidents. Previously, many street cleaners used to begin work before 4 a.m., despite official working hours starting at 6 a.m.. Street cleaners were constantly [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Pyeongchang Trout Festival will begin on December 22, and will continue until January 27 next year in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province. Pyeongchang County Office and the Pyeongchang Trout Festival Committee are now in the final stages of preparation as the festival approaches. The festival has set up ice fishing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics generated a financial surplus of at least US$55 million, the International Olympic Committee has said, citing the head of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee. Lee Hee-beom made the announcement during his final report to the International Olympic Committee session in Buenos Aires. “We congratulate [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung has rejected claims that it lobbied the International Olympic Committee to help Pyeongchang win its bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. In a post released on Wednesday via its online newsroom, the electronics giant denied any involvement in unethical or illegal practices to help tip the Olympic bid in [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean broadcasters have been hit with sexism charges from a media watchdog with their TV coverage of the PyeongChang Olympics. Despite having been praised as the least sexist Winter Games in history, 30 cases of sexist comments in a total of 325 broadcasting programs were uncovered by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones stole the show at the Winter Olympics last month while the lack of local sightseeing options was singled out as one of the drawbacks of the Winter Games held in Pyeongchang, according to a survey of 451 individuals (227 South Koreans, 224 foreigners). Conducted by the Corea Image [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s disabled sports chief said Sunday the biggest achievement of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics has been changes in public perceptions of the disabled. Lee Myung-ho, who heads the Korean Paralympic Committee (KPC), said he believes the 12th Winter Paralympic Games have changed people’s views of persons with impairments [...]