SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korean retail giant Lotte is planning to stay in PyeongChang throughout the Winter Olympic period to carry out sports diplomacy, company officials said Thursday, with the international event now just one day away. Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin will head to the alpine town of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games on Wednesday announced the ticket prices for the multisport competition for disabled athletes, with the average price reaching 30,000 won (US$26). The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said a total of 280,000 tickets [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top sports organization said it will ask the government to grant Korean citizenship to a German-born luger, giving her the opportunity to represent Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) said it will recommend Aileen Frisch to the Ministry of Justice for special naturalization. [...]