RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean athletes arrived in Rio de Janeiro Sunday for the Summer Paralympics, which will run from September 7 to September 18. This year’s North Korean team is comprised of two athletes, Kim Cheol-ung (5,000 meters, men) and Song Kum-jong (discus, women), and 13 staff members. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are approaching their end, and South Korea has so far progressed with rather unsatisfactory results – currently ranked eleventh with seven gold medals – compared to the past two summer Olympics in London (fifth place with 13 gold medals) and Beijing (seventh place [...]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh collected a fourth gold medal for his country on Wednesday in the men’s 50m pistol at Rio 2016. But it wasn’t an easy win even for Jin, who holds the world record in both 10m air pistol and 50m pistol. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will promote Korean traditional foods during the Summer Olympics in Brazil through promotional events and online sales to expand their presence on the global stage, the government said Friday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it will set up a promotional booth, called the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – “It took me 14 hours to get to L.A.,” said 17-year-old Conny, who flew all the way from her home in Argentina for the annual K-pop convention KCON that took place in Los Angeles last weekend. The popularity of Korean culture has grown considerably in South America over the past [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has unveiled the official application of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics with the start of the quadrennial premier sports event just days away, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung, also the Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment category at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Summer Olympics is just three days away, and amid the Zika scare that still lingers among athletes and visiting sports fans, South Korea’s mosquito-proof uniforms are attracting foreign media attention. CNN introduced the uniforms Monday, commenting that “South Korea is taking precautions to protect its athletes at the [...]
Rio de Janeiro, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea may be the most isolated country in the world, but its athletes have been actively participating in various international sporting events. And to no disappointment, 31 North Korean athletes (11 men, 20 women) will take part in nine events – athletics, swimming, table tennis, wrestling, archery, [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of Samsung’s latest special edition smartphone, the Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, have failed to meet the success of previous limited edition Galaxy models. In fact, the phone was met with mixed reviews from consumers, who fervently sought out Samsung’s previous limited models like the Batman-themed [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will be sending its largest medical team to a multisport competition at this year’s Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, hoping to keep its athletes healthy amid the Zika virus scare, pollution problems and security challenges. The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said Friday it has put together a [...]