by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com After losing six-time All-Star Robinson Cano via free agency, the New York Yankees were forced to settle for mediocrity at second base last […]
Author: Steve Han
Korean Soccer Coach Steps Down After Leukemia Diagnosis
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Lee Kwang-jong, the head coach of the South Korean men’s under-23 national soccer team, has stepped down from his position after he was […]
South Korean Soldier Gets Death Penalty Over Killing His Comrades
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com A South Korean army deserter who fired shots at unarmed comrades near the country’s border with North Korea has been sentenced to death […]
Uzbekistan’s Soccer Player Punches Korean Opponent
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Korean soccer fans couldn’t believe what they had just seen on TV. During a match between South Korea and Uzbekistan’s national under-22 teams, a […]
Team Korea Receives Hero’s Welcome Even After Asian Cup Final Loss
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Fans were pronouncing death for South Korean football only seven months ago when their national team returned home after failing to win a […]
5 Reasons Why Team Korea Must Win the Asian Cup Final
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com After reaching the Asian Cup final for the first time in 27 years, South Korea’s national soccer team will now take on host […]
S. Korea Reaches Asian Cup Final for the First Time in 27 Years
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com After notching a 2-0 win over Iraq in the rainy semifinal of this year’s Asian Cup in Sydney, Australia on Monday, the South […]
3 Things to Know Before South Korea Enters Asian Cup Semifinals
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com It has been a bumpy ride, but the South Korean men’s national soccer team is entering the semifinals of the 2015 Asian Cup […]
Prominent North Korean Defector Retracts Key Parts of His Story
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com A prominent North Korean defector, who has become something of a star with his remarkably gruesome story of surviving captivity in a prison […]
Pirates Sign Shortstop Kang on a 4-Year, $16 Million Deal
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com South Korea’s star shortstop Jung Ho Kang became the first position player to make the leap from the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) to […]
Croatia Seeks to Naturalize Korean Soccer Player for Its National Team
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com In the past, South Korea sought granting citizenship to imported foreign players to imported foreign players in order to improve its national soccer […]
5 Things to Know about Team Korea before the 2015 Asian Cup
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han steve.han@msn.com Last summer, fans threw a barrage of yeot candy at the Korean national soccer team players with a sign that read, “Korean soccer […]
Serial Robber Targeting Korean Women in L.A.
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com Police are seeking a man suspected of assaulting and robbing four Korean women in Los Angeles between November and December of last year, […]
Former Korean Air Vice President Facing Indictment
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com The embattled former vice president of Korean Air is facing indictment over a bizarre incident, in which she forced a taxiing plane to […]
Slavery Thrives on South Korean Island Salt Farms
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com It was an ordinary night for Kim Seong-baek in July 2012. He was sleeping in the corner of a subway station in Seoul, […]
