SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Coca-Cola and KT have been named the first sustainability partners for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the event’s organizers said Monday. The PyeongChang 2018 organizing committee noted that Coca-Cola is undertaking a water quality project in the PyeongChang area, and that KT, PyeongChang’s local telecommunications partner, is seeking to [...]
JINCHEON, South Korea, July 6 (Yonhap) – A new training center for South Korea national team athletes will officially open in October, the country’s top sports body said Thursday. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) said the construction of the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, is currently 89 percent complete [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Japan-based South Korean golfer Lee Bo-mee was named an honorary ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday. In a ceremony held in Seoul, Lee joined a slew of other sporting stars as the latest goodwill spokesperson for South Korea’s first Winter Games. Lee, 27, cut her teeth [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The top organizer of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea has offered to open the land route for North Korean athletes if they decide to compete south of the tense border. In a meeting with journalists at the South Korean Embassy in London on Thursday (local time), Lee [...]
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 [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – With a little over a year left until the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, several test events will be taking place in the coming weeks. There will be a total of 14 events hosted in 14 different disciplines until April 8, which will feature the participation of 1,515 athletes and [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A new Hanok (traditional house) village will be completed Wednesday near Ojukheon, a major tourist destination in South Korea’s eastern port city of Gangneung. Dubbed the Gangneung Ojuk Hanok Village, it will feature 19 traditional houses with 32 rooms, allowing visitors to experience traditional culture activities, including [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member said Friday the biggest challenge facing PyeongChang, host of the 2018 Winter Games, is promoting the event across the world. The IOC’s Coordination Commission on PyeongChang, headed by Gunilla Lindberg, wrapped up its seventh visit Friday. Having held meetings with [...]
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 [...]