SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a general lack of enthusiasm for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, South Korean TV ratings fared well, with over 65 percent of the public tuned in at one point to watch two-time gold medalist Lee Sang-hwa compete. SBS came out on top of the ratings war in South Korea, leaving [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Mothers of South Korean athletes at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Friday shared their stories on how they raised their children to become successful Olympians. The mothers of four athletes — Yun Sung-bin, Lee Sang-hwa, Choi Min-jeong and Park Seung-hi — attended an event organized by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean athletes have thus far turned in a surprising performance at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, with an ice dance pair becoming first South Koreans to compete in free dance, the women’s curling team through to the semifinal, and ‘Iron Man’ Yun Sung-bin winning Asia’s very first gold medal in [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be comprised of four big cultural shows highlighting the spirit of challenge and the future, organizers said Thursday. Titled “The Next Wave,” Sunday’s closing ceremony of South Korea’s first Winter Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium will highlight the [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s four-man bobsleigh team said Wednesday it will aim to collect a medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The team comprised of Won Yun-jong, Seo Young-woo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin completed their first two official training sessions at Olympic Sliding Centre in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province. The South Koreans finished 14th among 29 teams [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean veteran cross-country skier Lee Chae-won bid farewell to the WinterOlympic Games as she competed in her last event, in her hometown on Wednesday. Lee, the oldest South Korean athlete at the PyeongCHang Winter Olympics at the age of 36, competed in the women’s team sprint free with Ju Hye-ri at Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre, in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, [...]
DAEGU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popularity of Olympic merchandise is soaring in South Korea with the Winter Games set to wrap up this weekend. According to the Daegu branch of Lotte Department Store on Tuesday, sales at the store’s Olympic boutique shot up around the Lunar New Year holiday. Officials from Lotte Department Store [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is aiming for the country’s first gold in the men’s speed skating team pursuit event Wednesday. The country’s female curling team also will face off against the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) and Denmark. Lee Seung-hoon, Chung Jae-won, Kim Min-seok and Joo Hyong-jun will compete in the men’s pursuit semifinals against New Zealand at Gangneung Oval. If they advance, they will face the [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s surprise bronze medalist Kim Min-seok said Wednesday that his medal in men’s 1,500 meter speed skating at the PyeongChang Olympics shows it is possible for Asians to win in that distance, which had been dominated by European skaters. “I couldn’t believe I won the medal until this morning. But now I can feel it as I receive this medal here,” [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Japanese figure skating sensation and defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu said Tuesday he is ready to show his “dream performance” at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, as he has fully recovered from a months long ankle injury. “It has been three months since I got injured, and there [...]