“When we want to bring corporate sponsors on board, there has to be some mutual benefits. We must convince the companies of the benefits they will enjoy if they sponsor the Winter Olympics. Early on, we didn’t do a great job of that. Nonetheless, many companies do believe that they’ll provide support to ensure the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Several events took place in PyeongChang to celebrate its three-year countdown to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. On February 9, about 800 citizens including Choi Moon-Soon, Governor of Gangwon-do, released 2,018 balloons into the air at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre Concert Hall to mark the start of three years of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Two sheep have taken up residence in a coffee shop called Yang Café (Sheep Café) in Seogyo-dong, Seoul. There are many cat cafés and dog cafés in Korea, but the sheep café marks a departure from coffee shops featuring common domesticated pets. Yang Café has recently adopted two sheep [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – From January 9 to 18, the Daegwallyeong Snow Festival will be held at Daegwallyeong in Pyeongchang. With a theme entitled “Dream of Snow Land: Hoping For a Successful 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics,” the festival will showcase various snow-related sculptures in one of Korea’s winter wonderlands. The snow sculptures include [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyeongchang, famous as the host city for the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games, is awaiting festivalgoers who will brave harsh winter winds and snow in hopes of catching some trout. The preparatory committee for the Pyeongchang Trout Festival announced that it would hold the event from December 20 [...]
Pyeongchang, Korea, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The second annual Pyeongchang Outdoor Festival will be held for three days between August 2 and 4 in the mountainous town of Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province. Sponsored jointly by the Ministry of the Gender Equality & Family and Korea Youth Work Agency and hosted by the Pyeongchang National Youth [...]