SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint men’s bobsled team between the two Koreas could be formed for training and track testing ahead of next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the South, the international bobsled governing body has said. The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) said on its website Thursday that a “mixed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the U.S. bobsleigh team members soon to arrive in PyeongChang are athletes whose paths to the 2018 Winter Olympics have been more unconventional than most. As part of their buildup to the Olympics, NBC Sports recently covered the backgrounds of 31-year-old Nate Weber and 29-year-old Sam McGuffie holding [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – On January 13 in Gwanghwamun Square located in the heart of Seoul, pedestrians were treated to a peculiar sight: a drone buzzing through the air with the Olympic torch perched on its back. This unusual sight was also an unprecedented one, as this particular drone that was honored with [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2018 Winter Olympics is on the horizon as the Pyeongchang Main Press Center (MPC) opened its doors on January 9. The MPC is expected to host 62 delegations of foreign press hailing from 58 countries, 111 media teams from 31 countries, and journalists from 35 news agencies. All [...]
PANMUNJOM, Korea, Jan. 9 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday offered to send a high-level delegation and performing arts squads to next month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics, while the South proposed their athletes’ joint entrance to the games’ opening and closing ceremonies, Seoul officials said. The two Koreas exchanged their proposals in the morning [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is projected to win seven gold medals to set its Winter Games record and rank sixth overall at the upcoming PyeongChang Olympics, a U.S. sports data analysis firm said Tuesday. Gracenote’s Virtual Medal Table showed South Korea will capture seven gold and three silver medals as the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Taeyang of K-pop boy band BIGBANG will release a song for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, his agency said Monday. YG Entertainment said the singer, an honorary ambassador for the games, is set to release “Louder,” a song wishing for South Korea’s successful hosting of the global sports event, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Justice said Monday it will grant a special extended stay for foreign visitors coming to the country to see the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games next month. The special permit will allow them to extend their visiting period for up to 30 days, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans approve of helping cover the expenses that North Korea’s athletes and cheering squad would incur if they join the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea, a poll showed Monday. The Realmeter survey, conducted Friday, said 54.4 percent of 505 respondents agreed with the [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — By next year, a wireless network 100 times faster than the one currently in place will be installed throughout Seoul’s subway infrastructure. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on January 4 that it will start by testing a “Mobile Hotspot Network” (MHN) on subway line 8 cars. [...]