SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Marathon star Lee Bong-ju, who has been suffering from a rare muscular disease, participated in a marathon race for a special cause as part of his recovery. The race took place at Bucheon Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on Sunday with 195 pacemakers split into 10 groups to each run [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it will co-host the Seoul 100K: Seoul International Ultra Trail Running Race with the Korea Alpine Federation. Trail running refers to a type of leisure sport in which participants traverse unpaved trails, mountains, hills and plains. The race, to be held for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. will host a contact-free donation program in which participants engage in a running race to contribute to environmental protection efforts. ‘Untact Fun Race,’ the final series of this year’s Longest Run race, will take place at Children’s Grand Park in Seoul. It will be held in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. held its first robot vacuum cleaner racing competition in South Korea. A total of 55 people, including 28 participants who applied in advance and 27 who applied on the spot, took part in the race at the 2019 LG Code Zero R9 Grand Prix at Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A 70-meter dash race between man and machine, which took place at the 2016 Motor & Leisure Sports Festival in Yeongam on May 5, resulted in the defeat of runner Kuk-young Kim by a margin of only .195 seconds. Kim’s competitor, a Hyundai Avante, crossed the line in a [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Energizer Korea said on October 13 that its “Energizer Night Race 2013″ event was successfully held in the evening of the 12th at the Peace Plaza in Seoul’s Sangam World Cup Park with more than 10,000 participants. The fifth-year night marathon running festival began at 6:30 pm with [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 09 (Korea Bizwire) – Energizer Korea said on September 8 that it held the previous day a tree-planting event at Haneul “Sky” Park near the Seoul World Cup Stadium in west Seoul. As part of a wider campaign “That’s Positive Energy” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and green the environment, the company [...]