SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Forget medalists: South Korean volleyball icon Kim Yeon-koung was the most impressive athlete from the country at the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Friday. In a Gallup Korea survey conducted from Tuesday to Thursday, Kim, who fell short of a bronze medal in Japan, received 63 percent support [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Olympic flame that has been burning for the past two weeks in Tokyo was extinguished Sunday, closing the first Summer Games held during the global coronavirus pandemic with a celebration of great athletic feats. That the Tokyo Olympics even happened, albeit one year later than scheduled, is an [...]
TOKYO, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean badminton player Heo Kwang-hee got a taste of his own medicine at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, losing to an underdog in the quarterfinals three days after shocking the top-ranked opponent. Kevin Cordon of Guatemala, world No. 59, defeated the 38th-ranked Heo 2-0 (21-13, 21-18) in the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Tokyo Summer Olympic Games began last Friday, but a festive mood is nowhere to be seen. Experts say that public interest in the so-called ‘Pandemic Olympics’ has dwindled with the coronavirus taking a toll on people’s lives. “The Japanese government has failed to adequately convince its own people [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The level of interest in the Tokyo Summer Games is sharply lower in South Korea compared to past events, a survey showed Friday. According to a survey of 1,003 people aged 18 and older conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday to Thursday, only 32 percent of respondents said they [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the opening of the Tokyo Olympics right around the corner, Olympic marketing activities in the South Korean restaurant and food and beverage industries remain uncharacteristically tepid. This reflects that the sentiment that Olympic fever is not as strong as in the past due to the pandemic. Coca-Cola Beverage [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The majority of South Koreans support President Moon Jae-in’s decision not to visit Japan for the opening of the Tokyo Olympics and summit talks, a poll showed Tuesday. In the R&Search survey of 1,095 people aged 18 and older, 65.5 percent of the respondents were in favor of Moon’s [...]
URAYASU, Japan, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics will be getting a taste of home during their stay in Japan, thanks to a makeshift kitchen built in a hotel near their living quarters. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) has set up its meal service center at [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 60 percent of South Koreans are opposed to President Moon Jae-in’s possible visit to Japan during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Monday. In a survey of 500 people aged 18 and older conducted by Realmeter on Friday, 60.2 percent of respondents said they object to Moon’s [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism expressed “deep regret” Friday over the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s response to its letter protesting Japan’s inclusion of South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo on a Tokyo Olympics map. According to the ministry, the IOC sent a reply to its June 10 [...]