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Gyeongju welcomes athletes, tourists to World Taekwondo...
Apr 29, 2011
The city of Gyeongju will bustle with overseas athletes from around the world as it hosts Gyeongju World Taekwondo Championships 2011 from April 28 to May 6. (For more information about the event in English or Korean, click here) This is the sixth time for Korea to host the ...

Korea Cup Yacht Race ad in WSJ
Apr 28, 2011
Korean singer Kim Jang-hoon placed an advertisement in the April 26 edition of the Wall Street Journal for the 2011 Korea Cup International Yacht Race. Kim arranged the event in a bid to promote Dokdo Island's status as South Korean territory. (Photo: Yonhap News)By Cindy Ji-Eon ...

Pyeongchang favored for Winter Olympics
Apr 13, 2011
Pyeongchang was judged to have a higher possibility to win its bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2018 than Annecy, France or Munich, Austria, following the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission visit, according to a report released by GamesBids.com. (Click ...

Daegu International Marathon to take place on April 10
Apr 06, 2011
(Photo: 2010 Daegu International Marathon)The 2011 Daegu International Marathon, sponsored by the city of Daegu and the Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF), will take place on April. 10. The race starts at Gukchaebosang Memorial Park, and has 15,000 registered parti...

Posters for 2014 Incheon Asian Games
Apr 01, 2011
The official posters for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games were released by the Incheon Asian Games organizing committee on March 31. The posters portray athletes participating in many of the sports that will be part of the games, which will run from September 19 to October 4, 2014, i...

Pyeongchang tops online Olympic bid index
Mar 24, 2011
Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, recieved the top score among candidate cities for the Winter Olympics 2018, according to a report on March 16.In the Olympic Bid Power Index of "Around the Rings," an Internet Olympic-news site, Pyeongchang topped the rankings with a total score of ...

2011 Seoul International Marathon
Mar 21, 2011
Participants in the 2011 Seoul International Marathon on March 20 in Gwanghwamun Square. The course finished at Jamsil Sports Complex. (Photo: Yonhap News)

2011 IAAF Championships in Daegu recruits color guard
Mar 03, 2011
(Photo: IAAF World Championships Daegu) The Organizing Committee for the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu is recruiting a color guard for the opening ceremony on August 27.At the 2011 IAFF World Championships in Daegu, interna...

Honduran president praises Taekwondo
Feb 24, 2011
(Photo: Cheong Wa Dae)Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa received an honorary ninth-degree black belt in Taekwondo during a recent visit to Korea.President Lobo, who originally held a third-degree black belt, was invited to a dinner party hosted by World Taekwondo Federation (...

Pyeongchang ready for Winter Olympics bid
Feb 16, 2011
A delegation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission received a heartwarming welcome from residents in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, after arriving at Alpensia Resort on February 14 for a site inspection for the city's bid to host the Winter Olympics i...