Whether you’re a seasoned bettor or just coming out to watch, Seoul Racecourse Park has a little bit of something for everyone. The park itself focuses on the racecourse, but the infield offers enough room for things that have nothing to do with horses. Even with a race going on around you, you’re not likely [...]
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Who’s lying now?
South Korea says that North Koreans are in South Africa working on World Cup stadiums, but the South Africans themselves deny seeing any Koreans at the work sites. Does this mean that the South Korean press is just a puppet of North Korea, or is this just another case of sloppy journalism based on rumors [...]
Hub of Skating
5th in golds and 7th overall…a pretty good haul for a small country. SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean athletes led by figure skater Kim Yu-Na received a rapturous welcome from more than 1,000 fans Tuesday on their return home in triumph from the Vancouver Winter Olympics. A huge banner reading "We are very proud of [...]
EJ Yang Cages the Tiger!
[Source: NYT] My MOM just called me at 8 in the morning about this, and is ecstatic. Funny how that Korean pride never dies! I don’t know ANYTHING about golf, besides the fact that me and Tiger apparently share the same amount of black (and not), but there was much rejoicing across the Korean world [...]
Korean Female Golfers Still Have Strong Fathers; No Longer Good With Their Hands
here’s your setup, Brian. Another article in the Korean Times asks the question “Why are Korean women so good at golf?” While Korea’s superior confucian family values are indeed mentioned, there is no mention of the advantage eating chopsticks has given Korean women over those blonde fembots from the West. For further reading on the [...]