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S. Korea Forecast to Finish 7th With Six Golds at PyeongChang

S. Korea Forecast to Finish 7th With Six Golds at PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Host South Korea is expected to win six gold medals to finish seventh overall at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, which kick off next week, according to a U.S. sports data analysis firm Wednesday. The recent version of Gracenote’s Virtual Medal Table also forecast that Germany will top the medals standing with 15 golds, followed by Norway with 13 and the United States with 11. According to the U.S. firm’s outlook, South Korea will likely claim six golds and three silver medals at its [...]

Moon Says PyeongChang Olympics Will Lead to Improved Inter-Korean Ties

Moon Says PyeongChang Olympics Will Lead to Improved Inter-Korean Ties

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday that North Korea’s participation in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games here will help improve inter-Korean ties. “We have great expectations for the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, and the stars of the PyeongChang Olympics are you athletes,” the president said during his first visit to the National Training Center in Jincheon, located 90 kilometers south of Seoul. [...]

Interpreter, Most Sought-after Volunteer Job, at PyeongChang Olympics

Interpreter, Most Sought-after Volunteer Job, at PyeongChang Olympics

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands are applying to be voluntary workers at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, with fewer than 500 days left before the opening of the winter games, the first of their kind to be hosted in Korea. With the recruitment deadline imminent (September 30), the committee announced that translation work has [...]

Ex-Commerce Minister Formally Elected New Head of PyeongChang 2018

SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Former Commerce Minister Lee Hee-beom was elected the new head of the planning committee for the country’s first Winter Olympics on Thursday.  Lee’s candidacy as the president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) was approved unanimously at the committee’s general assembly in [...]