GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – At the tender age of 16, South Korean short track speed skater Lee Yu-bin will make her Olympic debut at the PyeongChang Winter Games. Training with her teammates on the ice is one thing, but living inside Gangneung Olympic Village, one of two athletes’ villages for PyeongChang 2018, among other Olympians has been a new [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 35,000 spectators are expected to attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony out in the cold at the roofless PyeongChang Olympic Stadium this Friday, with officials scrambling to ensure that those present are as comfortable as possible. With sub-zero temperatures continuing to grip most of the country amid a severe [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Do you want a traditional English fry-up for breakfast? Or a Korean spread made up of rice, seaweed soup and kimchi? How about a lamb samosa from a halal kitchen, or a sandwich made with gluten-free bread? Here at the athletes’ dining hall in the Gangneung Olympic [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s foreign ministry reaffirmed Tuesday that it will not use a unification flag showing its eastern islets of Dokdo during the upcoming Winter Olympics, out of respect for the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to not politicize sports events. This comes after Japan expressed concerns over the hoisting of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has been invited to participate in the Paralympic Games in South Korea next month, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said Friday. The IPC said that it has invited North Korea to take part in its first Winter Paralympics and offered two bipartite slots to athletes to compete [...]
HOENGSEONG, South Korea, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Although he isn’t a star athlete, South Korean mogul skier Seo Myung-joon has a big ambition for the upcoming Winter Olympics: to promote what mogul skiing is all about. Seo is one of four South Koreans who will compete in moguls at the PyeongChang Olympics. And he [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Meteorological Administration and the organizers of this month’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics launched a weather forecast support team in the host city PyeongChang Friday, the weather agency said. The 66-member team, which is composed of 36 meteorological experts and 30 weather observation volunteers, is tasked with providing precise [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will ramp up efforts to crack down on dishonest cab drivers during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Seoul government said on Thursday that a special task force consisting of dozens of members will be working to crack down on taxis and [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Several South Korean athletes in ice sports will be sleeping with their enemies during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. South Korea and Sweden will be housed in the same apartment building at Gangneung Olympic Village for the Feb. 9-25 competition. Gangneung’s village houses all ice sports athletes, since Gangneung, located just east of the main host city of PyeongChang, will be home to all [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will introduce intensive security checks for rail transportation during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and provide extra trains for the convenience of Olympic visitors, the transport ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will step up screening at eight train stations that link the Olympic venues of PyeongChang and Gangneung with Incheon International [...]