By Timothy Yoo With apologies to short track double-gold winner, Lee Jung-Su, the real stars of the South Korean Olympic team after the first week in Vancouver have been […]
Category: Sports
Kim Yu-Na sets a world record
By Jay Yim Would you want to be Kim Yu-na? When you consider she is arguably the most hyped figure skater since Katarina Witt, and carries the burden of […]
Chan Ho Park going to the Yankees
Chan Ho Park reported from Seoul early Monday morning that he has come to an agreement with the New York Yankees on a one-year $1.2 million deal. The contract […]
Tiger apologized. Should we care?
At long last, Tiger Woods, with his mother sitting front row, broke his silence Friday morning with a prepared 14-minute speech in which he apologized for his infidelity and […]
Ohno and Korea Should End Their Beef
I mean, really. You guys are still at it? Back in 2002, there was a dust-up between American speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno and the entire speed skating delegation […]
Speedy Koreans Taking Gold (And That Ohno!)
Just a few days into the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, and South Korea is leading the medal count in speed skating (not counting short track), with three medals […]
Kim Yu-na: No longer a ‘telephone pole’
The New York Times has a great story on Kim Yu-na, the reigning world figure skating champion who’ll compete for Olympic gold starting Feb. 23. At the age of […]
Back in action
We’ve been a bit quiet around here lately. KoreAm had a massive project to finish which has kept us from our regularly scheduled blogging. But we’re back. We missed […]
Prodigy on Ice
By Andrew Jo With a breathtaking combination of grace, beauty and sensuality, Kim Yu-Na, 19, heads to her first Olympic competition like few before her have. Hailed as a […]
My Affair with Tiger
By Emil Guillermo I had an affair with Tiger Woods. (I know, take a number). I thought it was more than just casual, but now I know, I wasn’t the […]
With Glowing Hearts
The Olympic Flame is Ablaze, making its way to Vancouver, Canada, where the 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, will kick off February 12. […]
The Comeback
By Andrew Jo Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi More than a decade into his Major League career, Chan Ho Park still needs to pause for the occasional moment of clarity. […]
That’s a stretch
No, I’m not talking about my elastic waistband (too much holiday grub). I’m talking about this NYT story you may have seen. Apparently, parents in South Korea are trying […]
A Shadow Life
By John Lee Photographs by Eric Sueyoshi Minutes before stepping into a boxing ring for his first competitive match, John Yoon’s boyish face bears a stern demeanor. The 22-year-old […]
Shall We Dance?
Korean American students of the Susie Kim Dancesports studio in L.A. strut their stuff at this year’s Summer Ball. story and photographs by BILL STEPHENS When you think about pastimes most […]
