SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s recent decision to skip this year’s Tokyo Summer Games will rob South Korea of a chance to revive inter-Korean sports cooperation at a time when Seoul is trying to salvage fading hopes of co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with Pyongyang. North Korea announced Tuesday that it will not [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics scheduled to be held next year in Japan, Seo Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, unveiled on Thursday a video in English on social media such as YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, warning that the radiation risk still remains high in Japan. The [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A study by an international environmental organization has revealed that radioactive materials swept away by last year’s typhoon in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture have spilled into decontaminated areas in the country. In particular, the level of radiation near certain facilities set aside for 2020 Tokyo Olympics turned out to exceed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., an official sponsor for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has decided to overhaul its marketing strategy for the upcoming Olympic Games amid a prolonged dispute between South Korea and Japan. Samsung reportedly plans to remove the company name from all advertisements for the Olympics, and replace it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has lodged a complaint with the world’s top Olympic body over Japan’s potential use of its imperial flag during next year’s Summer Games. The sports ministry said it sent a letter to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, expressing “deep disappointment and concerns” [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will review whether to set up a training camp in Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to radioactivity concerns over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown, the sports minister said Wednesday. Sports Minister Park Yang-woo told a parliamentary committee that the government will discuss the issue [...]