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 […]
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Lydia Ko Reveals New Look for 2015 LPGA Season
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Lydia Ko recently unveiled a new look for the new 2015 LPGA season. The 17-year-old golfer ditched her trademark glasses for contact lenses […]
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 […]
Quarterback Danny Hong Commits More Than His Arm to Columbia
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Imagine being the quarterback for a high school football team that was so good, state legislators considered drafting a bill to ban the […]
Chloe Kim Becomes the Youngest Winter X Games Gold Medalist
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Chloe Kim, 14, became the youngest gold medalist in Winter X Games history, edging seven-time X Games gold medalist Kelly Clark to silver […]
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 […]
Teen Snowboarder Chloe Kim Ready to Soar in Halfpipe
by PAT GRAHAM, AP Sports Writer | @pgraham34 ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — One of the best snowboarders in the world was too young to go to the Sochi Olympics a […]
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 […]
Ken Jeong Tells the Story of Notre Dame’s Asian ‘Rudy’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Doctors usually don’t stray too far from their area of expertise–unless you’re Ken Jeong, of course. The physician-turned-actor and comedian knows a […]
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 […]
Courting Big Dreams
by EUGENE YI On a recent night in New York City, the 2012 U.S. women’s table tennis team hid in plain sight at SPiN, a sprawling subterranean lair devoted […]
Michelle Wie to Make Guest Appearance on ‘Hawaii Five-0’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Michelle Wie isn’t a stranger to the spotlight, especially after enjoying a very successful resurgent 2014 LPGA season. To keep herself busy during […]
Fully Recovered, Shin-Soo Choo is Ready to Rebound in 2015
by STEVE HAN | @steve_han editor@charactermedia.com After signing a lucrative $130 million contract, nothing went right for Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo in 2014. Playing through injuries, Choo hit […]
