SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has said it could send a delegation to the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics, giving a boost to the bi-annual sporting event. In a New Year message on Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hinted at sending a delegation to South Korea during the upcoming Winter Olympics, while wishing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Remodeled public restrooms in Pyeongchang have been unveiled ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on Thursday that it has revamped 52 public restrooms and built seven new facilities after spending nearly 3.9 billion won. Aging facilities have been replaced, barriers between [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangwon Province has unveiled ‘Gangwon Vision 2040′, a blueprint outlining development strategies for the region in the future. The Gangwon provincial government announced the four-point plan dubbed Gangwon Vision 2040 at a meeting on Friday, as the province is poised to raise quality of life and reach a gross [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A secluded town in Pyeongchang has been revamped as a ‘5G technology village’ where Olympics-goers from all over the world will be able to experience next-generation innovations. According to official PyeongChang Olympics sponsor KT, the world’s first village equipped with 5G networks opened in Daegwallyeong on Wednesday, in the presence [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – When the winter cold is at its peak, intrepid athletes will run to the hills for a barefoot “naked” marathon through Daegwallyeong – a mountain pass connecting Pyeongchang and Gangneung in eastern South Korea. High Touch Korea announced that it will organize the “fun run” scheduled for February 24. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean and the Chinese host cities of the next two Winter Olympics reached a cooperative agreement Thursday to ensure the success of their events. Lee Hee-beom, the top organizer for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and Cai Qi, his counterpart for Beijing 2022, signed their memorandum of understanding (MOU) on mutual exchange and cooperation in a ceremony at [...]
PYEONGCHANG, GANGNEUNG, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – With one eye on the upcoming Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, certain accommodations businesses in Pyeongchang and surrounding areas have set prices sky-high, resulting in voices criticizing the entire area as the “rip-off Olympics”. At the same time, concerns are being raised that come February, large blocks of suites [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Wednesday they “respect” the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russia from the competition over its state-sponsored doping. The IOC’s Executive Board announced in Lausanne, Switzerland, that it would suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with “immediate effect.” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – One hundred days before the start of the 2018 Winter Paralympics, the Ministry of Science and ICT held an opening ceremony for the ICT Center, where officials and journalists in attendance got a first look at some of the cutting-edge technology that will be part of the Winter Olympics [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — What does artificial intelligence have to do with the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics? This very question might come to the minds of many people when they watch a new promotional video for the upcoming competition. In the 5-minute video titled “The Last A.I (Join in PyeongChang, Join in Peace),” [...]