SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will give bonuses worth a total of 3.3 billion won (US$3.07 million) to its athletes and coaches who participated in the PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the country’s sports ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said it will award 3.3 billion won [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The organizers of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games said Thursday they expect a sold-out crowd in the bronze medal ice hockey game featuring South Korea later this week. South Korea’s ice sledge hockey team will face the loser between the United States and Italy in the game [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — First Lady Kim Jung-sook is a woman of her word. Leading up to the March 9 opening ceremony of the Paralympics, Kim issued a statement through Blue House deputy spokesperson Ko Min-jung declaring that she would “attend every event our country’s athletes compete in throughout the Paralympics if possible”. [...]
PYEONGCHANG, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of talented individuals with various disabilities banded together to celebrate the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics by hosting a fashion show. Among those who walked the runway were “Robot Leg” Kim Se-jin, a former member of the national swim team for the disabled, and guitarist Kim Ji-hee. Also part [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post said Wednesday it will begin selling commemorative stamps for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics later this week. A total of 800,000 copies of 10 stamps will be sold with the PyeongChang Paralympics mascot Bandabi, an Asiatic black bear, appearing on the stamps doing alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, [...]