SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Three out of four South Koreans are in favor of North Korea’s participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will be held in the South Korean alpine town of PyeongChang, a poll showed Thursday. The survey was conducted Wednesday after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in his New Year’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s chef de mission for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games said Thursday he is ready to give his utmost effort to help the national team finish inside the top four in the medal race. Kim Ji-yong, executive director at Kookmin University in Seoul, was named the chief [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The International Olympic Committee said North Korea is qualified to participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics irrespective of its recent relisting as a terror-sponsoring state by the United States, a U.S. broadcaster reported Thursday. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump put Pyongyang back on the state sponsor of terrorism list in a move to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A special tour pass exclusively designed for foreigners visiting South Korea during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics early next year will be available for purchase starting this week, the Seoul city government said Tuesday. Discover Seoul Pass offers discounts of up to 50 percent at some 95 tourist destinations in [...]
ATHENS, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Monday that the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will turn out to be a success, just as the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2002 soccer World Cup were successfully held despite tensions with North Korea. Speaking at a meeting of South Korean businessmen based [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Friday assured foreign diplomats and executives of foreign companies operating in the country of its efforts to ensure the safety of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed around 100 diplomats from embassies and business people on the measures being [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean plans use the proceeds of commemorative notes as operating costs of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, officials said Wednesday. South Korea is set to print 2.3 million special notes whose face value is worth 2,000 won (US$1.70) in November, but retail prices of the notes are set at 8,000 won, according to the Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. Kim Hwa-dong, CEO of the state-run [...]
GANGWON, SOUTH KOREA, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A married couple in Gangwon Province is helping promote next year’s PyeongChang Olympics by riding a recumbent bicycle at the 52th Gangwondo Sports For All Festival. Cycle travel writer Kim Min-sook, who is also an honorary tourism ambassador for Gangwon Province where she was born, and her [...]