SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s top Internet portal operator, will soon add foreign language versions of its online map service, a corporate source said Thursday. Maps in English, Japanese and Chinese, as well as an English navigation service, are expected to kick off later this month. The launch comes just [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The air quality of the Olympic host of PyeongChang and its neighboring areas will be under special watches until after the Winter Olympics are over, a national environment research organ said Monday. The Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held from Feb. 9-25 and March 9-18, respectively, in PyeongChang [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With North Korea expected to send a delegation of athletes and high-ranking officials to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the city of Gangneung has stepped up to offer free accommodations. Choi Myeong-hee, the mayor of Gangneung, said during a briefing on Thursday that the city is willing to provide lodging [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean star actor Lee Dong-wook on Friday was named an honorary ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics that will kick off next month. In a ceremony held in Seoul, Lee joined a slew of other Korean wave stars including actors Lee Min-ho and Kim Woo-bin as the [...]
BUCHEON, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Manhwa Contents Agency is set to hold an exhibition of cartoons in Los Angeles as part of promotional activities for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. Combining the Winter Olympic Games and South Korean cartoons, the exhibition will be held around a month before the Olympics kick off, with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Air will fly a special jet airliner emblazoned with the official Olympic mascots to promote the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The promotional Airbus A330-200 aircraft will feature the mascots of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and Paralympics, Suhorang and Bandabi, on its fuselage, Korean Air said on [...]
JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The head coach of the South Korean women’s curling team on Wednesday showed her complete confidence in bringing her home country its first Olympic medal in the sport at next month’s PyeongChang Winter Games. “We’ve played with the big four powers of Canada, Switzerland, Sweden and Scotland on the world stage for the last two years. And we’ve [...]
JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean men’s national hockey team returned from a December tournament with three losses in three games, but the players still held their heads high, confident in their knowledge that even the world’s top players are still human. And that confidence will be crucial as the team gears up for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month. At the Channel [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major hospitals have launched task forces to care for injured athletes participating in the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang next month, sources said Wednesday. Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) said it has formed a team made up of 130 medical staff, including 48 doctors, so [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwie) — The PyeongChang Winter Olympics will only accept Visa credit cards for purchases of tickets, souvenirs and other goods at the games venues, officials said Sunday, a move that could cause inconvenience for people who use other cards. Visa enjoys the exclusive right to be the only credit card that [...]