SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – On the evening of August 29, pedestrians around Seoul Station stopped and watched as giant silhouettes of speed skaters were superimposed on the expansive Seoul Square building across the street. As part of a collaborative project, writers Cha Dong Hoon, Kim Min Sun and Choi Moon Sun (also known [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A promotional event for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be held on the sidelines of the upcoming solo concert by Taeyang, a member of K-pop group BIGBANG, a national content promotion agency said on Thursday. The singer is set to throw a concert at Jamsil Arena in Seoul this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With an estimated 26,000 workers and volunteers involved in the Olympics and 390,000 guests visiting from all over the world, the lower half of the Korean peninsula has its hands full in preparing for this coming winter. A joint statement released by Gangwon Province and the Ministry of SMEs [...]
Rome, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Cultural Center in Italy announced that it had held a “Korean Day” event in the popular tourist destination Pietrasanta on August 14. Sometimes called the “City of Artists”, the medieval town is famous for its legacy of art and sculpture. Residents and visitors to the town were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Dozens of South Korean companies have pledged to sponsor more than 894 billion won (US$781 million) to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the PyeongChang organizing committee said Saturday. The pledge is about 5 percent shy of the committee’s goal of drawing 940 billion won and accounts for 33.6 percent of the total budget for South Korea’s first-ever Winter Olympics to be held in the country’s eastern alpine city of PyeongChang in February. Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest [...]
JEJU, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island has attracted international media coverage of famous tourist attractions, including its renowned UNESCO World Heritage Sites Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak and Manjanggul Cave, in the run-up to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics. Last Thursday, international media outlet Al Jazeera visited Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak and Manjanggul Cave, according to Jeju government [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The torch relay for the first Winter Olympics in South Korea will begin on the day when the countdown reaches 100 days, the event’s organizers said Monday. The organizing committee for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games said the Olympic flame, as per the 80-year tradition, will be lit in Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, on Oct. 24. The flame [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games have selected KEB Hana Bank as their main banking partner, a senior Olympic official said Tuesday. The official said the two sides have wrapped up their negotiations that began in February, and will announce their deal in a ceremony at KEB Hana [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Dream Programme was launched by Pyeongchang in 2004 to introduce winter sports and culture to young people from countries that either have no snow, or lack the environment for experiencing such activities. A total of 1,749 youth from 80 countries have so far taken part in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to spend 937.2 billion won (US$779.7 million) this year in support for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games preparations, the sports ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said its 2017 budget for the Olympic preparations is down 49.4 percent from [...]