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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...

Pyeongchang hosts events for IOC inspection
Feb 16, 2011
Pyeongchang County residents are welcoming the IOC inspectors The city of Pyeongchang will hold several cultural and sporting events during the International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors' visit from February 14 to 20.The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ...

Dawson makes film to support Pyeongchang Olympic bid
Feb 10, 2011
American mogul skier Toby Dawson is currently in Korea to film a documentary promoting the city of Pyeongchang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.Dawson was born in Busan, Korea as Kim Soo-cheol, but at the age of three he was separated from his family in a busy marketplace.&...

Dawson makes film to support Pyeongchang Olympic bid
Feb 10, 2011
American mogul skier Toby Dawson is currently in Korea to film a documentary promoting the city of Pyeongchang’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.Dawson was born in Busan, Korea as Kim Soo-cheol, but at the age of three he was separated from his family in a busy marketplace.&...

Korea takes third at Winter Asiad, builds momentum for ...
Feb 09, 2011
Korea had its best Asiad performance to date at the 2011 Astana-Almaty Asian Winter Games.  Korea also had great results at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, where Korean athletes came in fifth in the overall medal count.The seventh Winter Asiad was held in Kazakhstan this...