Alwaght - On the eve of Pyeongchang Winter Games which see the participation of athletes from North Korea, Seoul and Pyongyang are apparently taking, though yet initial, steps towards de-escalation of several-decade tensions. Despite the fact that the US has firmly continued its inflexibly confrontational approach in dealing with North Korea,...

Al Jazeera - When Samaneh Bayrami Baher marches in Pyeongchang on Friday for the opening of the 2018 Winter Games, she will be one of only four athletes representing Iran's national colours. Getting a spot to compete in the23rd Olympic Gamesin South Korea was no easy feat for the 26-year-old athlete, who is the only female member of the ...

IRNA Minister of Sports and Youth Masoud Soltanifar said on Friday that the Organizing Committee of he Olympic Games and Samsung Company have officially apologized to Iranian athletes for excluding them from the list of athletes receiving high-end Samsung smartphones. 'We achieved our goals by their apology and acceptance of their mistakes. Insulting ...

IRNA - Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has ordered to urgently pursue Samsung insulting move toward Iranian Olympians. The order reads that following the insulting move of Samsung towards the Iranian athletes who are representing the great nation of Iran and given the huge interest it earns from Iran's lucrative market, it is essential ...

Press TV - Organizers of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea say they have formally apologized to Iran over an earlier decision to deny its athletes gift Samsung smartphones, which sparked diplomatic furor in Tehran. The head of the Pyeongchang organizing committee, Lee Hee-beom, confirmed he had written to the Iranian sports ...

IRNA Iran's ambassador to Seoul said that Iranian athletes participating in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have rejected the offer to receive smartphones. Mohammad Hossein Taherian told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that Iranian athletes in Pyeongchang have said the International Olympic Committee has announced that they could receive ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns sister has arrived in South Korea on a three-day visit, becoming the first member of her family to visit the rival South in more than 60 years amid a rapprochement. As part of a high-level delegation attending the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, Kim Yo-jong arrived on her brothers ...

MNA The Korean embassy has issued a statement Thu. in response to the Olympic-edition Samsung phones dilemma, saying the 'unwise' decision was quickly rectified due to close cooperation between Iran and Korea. The organizers of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games annoucned Wednesday that athletes fromNorth Korea and Iran wont receivethe ...

IRNA Iran's Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade joined the campaign to boycott Samsung amid the protests to the move by the South Korean electronics giant in excluding Iranian athletes from its smartphones gift handout. 'Excluding Iranian athletes from those who receive Samsung smartphones in the Olympic Winter Games is insulting and the move is ...

IRNA Iranian foreign minister issued Thursday an ultimatum to Samsung Co to apologize for excluding the Iranian Olympians from receiving phones as a gift in South Korea Winter Olympics, an informed source said. If Samsung Electronics Co does not withdraw from its decision until Thursday afternoon, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif will ...

IRNA Head of National Olympic Committee of Iran urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to properly react to the Samsung Electronics Co. measure not to give Samsung cell phones to the Iranian Olympians in South Korea. Shahrokh Shahnazi sent separate letters to IOC, South Korea's National Olympic Committee and the country's ambassador to Tehran ...

MNA Irans Foreign Ministry has summoned South Korean ambassador to express strong protest over Samsungs decision to exclude Iranian Winter Olympics attendees from receiving the companys Olympic-edition smartphones. The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is handing out special Olympic edition Galaxy Note 8 smartphones to competitors this year,...