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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Japan Soccer Coach Wants To “Take Asian Games Away From Korea On Their Own Turf”
by STEVE HAN South Korean under-23 men’s soccer team is vying for a gold medal at the Asian Games for the first time in 28 years, but it will […]
Korean Soccer Prodigy Lee Seung-Woo Scores A Cracker, Calls Japan “Easily Beatable”
by STEVE HAN In February of last year, we blogged about South Korean soccer’s prodigy Lee Seung-woo as the Spanish media began tipping the teenager as the “second coming […]
PIC OF THE DAY: SKorea’s Mascot Comically Feigns Injury During Friendly Against Uruguay
by REERA YOO South Korea may have lost the international friendly match against Uruguay 1-0, but it had its shining moment when their tiger mascot, Baekho, dramatically feigned injury […]
5 Things You Should Know About Uli Stielike, SKorea’s New Soccer Coach
by STEVE HAN When the Korea Football Association (KFA) unveiled Uli Stielike from Germany as head coach of South Korea’s national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the […]
NFL Player DOUG BALDWIN Shows Support To Philippine Typhoon Victims
Doug Baldwin, the wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, was personally affected by Typhoon Haiyan which plowed through the Philippines. Baldwin revealed that many of his family members were […]
Bruno Mars to Perform at Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014
As fans celebrated the kickoff of the 2013-14 football season this past Sunday, they had another reason for excitement: The NFL announced that Bruno Mars would perform during the halftime […]
Wednesday's Link Attack: Kim Jong Il, Hyuna, Seung Hoon Choi
From Miraculous Birth to ‘Axis of Evil’: Dictator Kim Jong Il’s Timeline Bloomberg North Korea ends 12 days of official mourning today for Kim Jong Il, the dictator eulogized […]
Tuesday’s Link Attack: Kimchi Fines, Hollywood Missionary, Hines Ward
Restaurants Sour on Rules Over Kimchi Wall Street Journal Lidea Park, owner of Duck Hyang restaurant in Queens, says she makes kimchi with trepidation. Ever since she received seven […]
