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N. Korea Likely to Send 2 Athletes to PyeongChang Winter Paralympics

INCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea is expected to send two athletes to the upcoming PyeongChang winter Paralympic Games, following its decision to participate in the multi-sport event, which will be held in the South, Seoul’s sports minister said Thursday. “I expect two North Korean athletes to attend the PyeongChang Parlympics. Their participation will help the event organizers hold the Paralympic Games more peacefully,” Do Jong-whan, minister [...]

Inspired by Korean Culture, Medals for PyeongChang Winter Paralympics Unveiled

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Medals to be awarded at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Parlympics were unveiled Monday, with a nod to the Korean culture and traditions. The competition’s organizing committee said the Paralympics medals are based on the same design principles of the medals for the Winter Olympics, in that both have been inspired by the Korean culture and its alphabet, hangeul. Lee Suk-woo, a South Korean industrial designer who designed [...]

2018 Olympics Organizing Committee in Financial Difficulty Due to Lax Management

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Audit results revealed that the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and the Winter Paralympics Organizing Committee haven’t been able to enlist a sufficient number of sponsors and relied instead heavily on the government’s loans. The Board of Audit and Inspection said this on December 22 based on audits on the [...]