For all the success Korean players have enjoyed in Major League Baseball over the years, something has been missing. No Korean-born or Korean-American position player has ever played in an […]
Category: Sports
Na-Yeon Choi Captures Third LPGA Title
Evidently, KoreAm is a bit of a good luck charm. Last year, four players won for the first time on the LPGA Tour within months of teeing-off at the 2009 […]
The Star Players
Each player from this quintet of international football stars played a key role in his country’s success in the 2010 FIFA World Cup By Timothy Yoo Illustration by Ian […]
Korea Knocked Out of World Cup
Korea was bounced from the 2010 FIFA World Cup this morning, falling 2-1 to Uruguay. Luis Suarez curled in a shot from the left corner of the box in […]
Pilseung Condoms and Diapers!
South Korea is no stranger to the fan fervor that comes with the World Cup, but recent studies showing a spike in adult diaper and condom sales have caught […]
World Cup Girls
After all the attention yesterday’s post on Im Jee Young (aka the girl in the sheer hanbok) got, we decided we had to do a post reflecting on all […]
Red Devil–in the flesh!
You know how Halloween is just an excuse for women to dress like sluts? Well, the World Cup does the same for Korean women. Case in point: This South Korea-based […]
Korea Ties Nigeria, Advances to Round of 16
Korea’s 2-2 tie with Nigeria on Tuesday—coupled with Argentina’s 2-0 thumping of Greece—propelled the Red Devils into the knockout round of the World Cup for the first time on […]
World Cup Giveaway: Limited-edition DHMK Tee
Dae Han Min Guk! Cheer your heart out while wearing this awesome, limited-edition World Cup T-shirt, a collaboration between our friends My Ninja!, Angry Asian Man and WiredRebels. The […]
Things Get Messi For Korea
The score sheet will show that Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain netted a hat trick in Argentina’s 4-1 shellacking of Korea in Johannesburg on Thursday. But the real man […]
International Man of Mystery
He was born and raised in Japan to a South Korean mother . As far as the Korean government is concerned, he is still a South Korean citizen. When […]
N. Korea vs. Brazil
North Korea training in a public gym in Johannesburg. Just about the entire Korean American community has World Cup fever- that’s including everyone who hasn’t watched a soccer […]
LA Koreans Celebrate Community Through World Cup Soccer
The crowd started gathering on the front lawn of Wilshire Park Place—i.e., the Radio Korea building—at around 2 a.m. local time on Saturday. As more members of the Los […]
Korea Drubs Greece 2-0 in World Cup Opener
The Korea national team opened its 2010 World Cup campaign on Saturday with a convincing 2-0 win against an outmatched Greek squad before a raucous pro-Korea crowd in Port […]
Chasing Dreams
Olympian. Bronze medalist. American. Any of those monikers describes short-track speed skater Simon Cho, and yet, the 18-year-old is embracing a less popular identity: formerly undocumented. By Julie Ha […]
