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3 in 4 Disabled Persons Face Difficulty Exercising Outdoors: Survey

3 in 4 Disabled Persons Face Difficulty Exercising Outdoors: Survey

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Many South Koreans with disabilities are refraining from exercising outdoors despite the dwindling impacts of the pandemic, a survey showed Monday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 10,000 registered disabled persons in the country between the ages of 10 and 69, which showed that only 26.6 [...]

Demand for Used Sports and Water Play Items Up Sharply After Lifting of Social Distancing Rules

Demand for Used Sports and Water Play Items Up Sharply After Lifting of Social Distancing Rules

SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in the rearview mirror, transactions of used sports and water play items increased sharply in South Korea. Online secondhand marketplace Bungaejangter analyzed the change in the number of transactions in its sports and leisure categories for three months before and after the lifting of [...]

New Meltwater Report Reveals What Sports Enthusiasts are Talking About on Twitter

New Meltwater Report Reveals What Sports Enthusiasts are Talking About on Twitter

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, has released a new report based on Twitter data that highlights the key trends in the sports industry that marketers and advertisers should care about in 2022. The report, released in partnership with Twitter, explores the conversation drivers around [...]

Local Online Streamers Bring Sports to New Platform

Local Online Streamers Bring Sports to New Platform

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing presence in distributing films and TV series, online streaming service providers are now expanding their horizons in broadcasting live sporting events. Tving, the online streaming affiliate of entertainment giant CJ ENM, said earlier it has secured online broadcasting rights of the ongoing final Asian qualification round [...]

Survey Shows Football is Most Popular Olympic Sport Among S. Korean Viewers

Survey Shows Football is Most Popular Olympic Sport Among S. Korean Viewers

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Football was the most-watched sport midway through the Tokyo Olympics among South Korean TV viewers, data showed Monday. The group round match of the South Korean men’s football team against Romania on July 25 marked a combined 33 percent in viewership, according to Nielson Korea. It was aired simultaneously [...]

Crowd Capacity at Sports Games Set to Increase Monday

Crowd Capacity at Sports Games Set to Increase Monday

SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Crowd capacity at outdoor sporting events across South Korea will increase beginning Monday, with the national health authorities lifting coronavirus-related restrictions before introducing revamped social distancing guidelines. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced Friday that regions under Level 1.5 distancing in the five-level scheme will be allowed [...]