The chief of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games said Sunday he is optimistic about the Paralympics ticket sales as more people will purchase tickets during the multisport event for the disabled athletes.   Lee Hee-beom, who leads the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG), said he is positive that the Paralympics ticket sales will surge once the event begins.   "When the International Paralympic Committee President (Andrew Parsons) visited PyeongCh

Suzy threw the first pitch in Game Four between the Kia Tigers and Doosan Bears at the 2017 Korean Series, Sunday.The game took place at 2 p.m. at Seoul‘s Jamsil Baseball Stadium. The 25,000 tickets to the game in the championship series of the Korean Baseball Organization all sold out, according to the KBO. Kia eventually won by a score of 5 to 1, taking a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Suzy debuted in 2010 in girl group MissA. She released her first solo album, “Yes? No?” in January.The

Tickets designs for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics were unveiled Sunday, while offline ticket sales are set to commence in November.The organizing committee for the first Winter Games in South Korea said tickets will feature stylized representations of the appropriate sport, with images of snowflakes in the shape of the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, in the background.(Yonhap)The tickets will each have a hologram, a barcode, the name of the purchaser and other security features to reduce the ri

Local organizers of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics announced Saturday they've so far sold more than 9,000 tickets domestically, refuting earlier data released by a lawmaker who said only 0.2 percent of available tickets were purchased in South Korea. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) said in a statement that 9,401 tickets were sold in South Korea for the PyeongChang Paralympics as of Tuesday, which is equivalent to 4.3 percent of

The Kia Tigers defeated the Doosan Bears 6-3 on the road Saturday to move ahead in the Korean Series.The Tigers' offense cashed in on early opportunities to back solid start by left-hander Pat Dean at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, and now lead the best-of-seven Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) championship series two games to one.Then with the Tigers nursing a 4-3 lead in the top ninth, Na Ji-wan smacked a pinch-hit, two-run home run for some insurance.Tigers' Na Ji-wan celebrates after hitting a tw

State-run public utility firm Korea Electric Power Corp., and other public utility corporations, offered support to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics by signing a sponsorship deal and by providing related infrastructure.In August, KEPCO inked a sponsorship deal to become the first public firm to support the Winter Olympics.As a "Tier One" partner, KEPCO reserves a wide range of marketing rights, including the use of intellectual property and right to the PyeongChang's logo in their advertisin

South Korea's sole horse racing authority has imported more than 4,000 horses in the last 10 years, while exporting only 15 horses during that period, a lawmaker said Friday.According to  Rep. Wi Seong-gon of the ruling Democratic Party, the Korea Racing Authority spent 196.3 billion won ($173 million) to import 4,395 horses from 2007 to 2016. In 2014, the KRA bought 603 horses from overseas at a cost of 27.5 billion won. By type, 2,913 were racing horses, while 1,482 were breeding horses. This

Two American pitchers are set to duel in a crucial game in the ongoing South Korean baseball championship series this weekend.The Kia Tigers and the Doosan Bears are knotted at one game apiece in this best-of-seven championship final in the Korea Baseball Organization. The Bears took Wednesday's opener 5-3, and the Tigers responded with a 1-0 victory behind starter Yang Hyeon jong's complete game shutout.First-year left-hander Pat Dean will have a tough act to follow when he takes the mound for

ICHEON, South Korea -- South Korean athletes on Thursday vowed to achieve a top-10 finish at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics with the country's first-ever gold medal at the multi-winter sport event for the disabled.The South Korean delegation for the 2018 Paralympics was launched at Icheon Training Center in Icheon, some 80 kilometers south of Seoul, attended by about 200 guests including Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan. "I'm proud of all of you to overcome a time of

GWANGJU -- The two-time defending South Korean baseball champions Doosan Bears boast such a deep lineup that Nick Evans, who has hit 51 homers over the past two regular seasons, has often found himself on the bench in the ongoing postseason.But the situation doesn't bother the slugger one bit, because the Bears are working on a four-game postseason winning streak."There's zero frustration on my part," Evans said Thursday before Game 2 of the Korean Series, the championship final in the Korea Bas

For Doosan Bears right-hander Dustin Nippert, postseason games in the Korea Baseball Organization are no different than regular season contests.Of course, there's a lot more at stake in October than in, say, May. But at least Nippert is telling himself that they're all the same, in hopes of keeping some pressure off his shoulders.The strategy just might have worked Wednesday in Game 1 of the Korean Series against the Kia Tigers. Nippert held the Tigers to three runs in six solid innings, as the

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- South Korea's Olympic organizers played down concern over ongoing tensions with North Korea on Monday and also said that work has been completed on all venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.Lee Hee-beom, president of the Pyeongchang organizing committee, said the International Olympic Committee has made it very clear that the Feb. 9-25 games will go ahead as scheduled."There is no Plan B," Lee said, speaking at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics shortly after the l

OLYMPIA, Greece -- The flame that will burn during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Tuesday, marking a symbolic start of the torch relay that will involve thousands of people around the globe.With the first Winter Olympics in South Korea 108 days away, the flame for the PyeongChang Games was born at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, using a backup flame due to rain. It was the first time since the lighting ceremony for the 2000 Sydney Su

GWANGJU -- Ahead of South Korean baseball's championship series, managers and players for the two finalists threw down the gauntlet Tuesday.The 2017 Korean Series, the championship final for the Korea Baseball Organization, will open Wednesday as the Kia Tigers host the Doosan Bears at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju 330 kilometers south of Seoul.The Tigers were the regular season champions who earned the bye to the Korean Series. The Bears, who finished in second place, knocked out the N

GWANGJU -- Two former major league pitchers will start the opening game of the South Korean baseball championship series this week.The Kia Tigers will host the Doosan Bears to open the Korean Series, the championship final in the Korea Baseball Organization, Wednesday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, some 330 kilometers south of Seoul. To start the best-of-seven series, the Tigers will hand the ball to Dominican right-hander Hector Noesi, who went 20-5 with a 3.48 ERA in the regular se