South Korea

Para Sport
Events

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has warned organisers of the 2018 Paralympic winter Games in Pyeongchang that they must do more to engage people ahead of the event in South Korea.
Ice Hockey
Business

The NHL Players Association (NHLPA), the representative body for players in North America’s National Hockey League (NHL), has rejected a proposal from the league that would allow players to compete at the 2018 winter Olympic Games in exchange for an extension to the current collective bargaining agreement in place between the two entities.
Multi-sport
Business

Officials behind the staging of PyeongChang’s 2018 winter Olympics and Paralympics have maintained that funding will not be an issue for the event, adding that a major corruption scandal in South Korea will not impact on the Games.
Multi-sport
Business

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) has today (Friday) agreed a partnership with GS Group through which the South Korean conglomerate has made a donation to aid its preparations for the event.

Multi-sport
Business

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) has distanced itself from a mounting political scandal in South Korea by denying that Games contracts have been “contaminated” by outside factors.

Badminton
Events

The Badminton World Federation has awarded the 2017 Para-Badminton World Championships to Ulsan in South Korea.

Multi-sport
Business

Global public relations firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has been awarded an 18-month international communications contract for the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Golf
Business

The PGA Tour golf organisation has partnered with global lifestyle company the CJ Corporation to launch a new event in South Korea.

Multi-sport
Business

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed its full confidence that PyeongChang will deliver a “great” winter Olympic Games in 2018, but has said legacy planning and promotion of the event remain key concerns.

Multi-sport
Business

Lee Kee-heung has today (Wednesday) seen off the claims of four rival candidates to be elected as the new president of the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC), with just over a year remaining until the country hosts the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang.

Multi-sport
Business

Organisers of the next three editions of the Olympic Games, which will each take place in Asia, have formed an alliance that is designed to ensure the successful staging of the events in the region.

Baseball
Events

South Korea has secured hosting rights to the World Baseball Classic (WBC) for the first time as organisers today (Tuesday) confirmed that two of the first round events in the 2017 edition of the national team competition will take place in Asia.

Golf
Business

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has announced that the South Korean city of Incheon will host the International Crown in 2018, the first time the fledgling national team competition will take place outside the United States.

Multi-sport
Business

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) is seeking a further W600bn (€460.6m/$507.4m) from the Korean government to aid preparations for the event.

Multi-sport
Business

The PyeongChang organising committee for the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Pocog) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the regional administration that oversees the capital of South Korea.

Ice Hockey

National Hockey League (NHL) commissioner Gary Bettman has warned that the North American league’s teams are not interested in “paying for the privilege” of participating at the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Winter Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Newly-appointed PyeongChang 2018 president Lee Hee-beom has maintained concerns over venue construction and the sponsorship programme for the next edition of the winter Olympic Games will be addressed, after completing his first week in the job.

Winter Sports
Business

Lee Hee-beom today (Thursday) moved to defend his lack of experience in sports administration after being formally elected as the new president of the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG).