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 […]
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North Korea Confirms Kim Jong-Un’s Deteriorating Health
by STEVE HAN It’s no secret that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is overweight. Since taking power of the world’s most secretive regime in 2011, he seems to have […]
3 Weird Things That Happened At The 2014 Incheon Asian Games
by STEVE HAN South Korea’s port city of Incheon, about 15 miles southeast of capital Seoul, was given the honor to host the Asian Games, a multi-sport quadrennial event […]
How KakaoTalk Founder Became SKorea’s Rarest Billionaire
by STEVE HAN In South Korea, where every one of its top 10 richest people had abundance of inherited wealth to begin with, mobile messaging app KakaoTalk founder Kim […]
John Kerry Urges NKorea To Shut Down Prison Camps
by STEVE HAN U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded the North Korean government to close its prison camps that “bring shame” on the country on Tuesday, reported Reuters. […]
SKorean Professor Conducts Illegal Biopsy, Allegedly Ends An Athlete’s Career
by STEVE HAN Some disturbing news recently came out of Korea National Sports University as a professor was caught conducting illegal biopsies in the last decade on more than […]
Lee Seung-Woo Scores, Dances, Gets Mad And Then Dishes 4 Assists
by STEVE HAN South Korean soccer’s whiz kid Lee Seung-woo did it again. The 16-year-old scored and dished out four assists, giving his country an emphatic 7-1 win over […]
American Arrested While Swimming To North Korea
by STEVE HAN Many bizarre stories came out of North Korea in recent months. Up until now, the most notable one was the story of Matthew Miller, the 24-year-old […]
After Calling Japan “Easy,” Korean Soccer’s Whiz Kid Keeps His Word
by STEVE HAN Days before the quarterfinal game against Japan, South Korean soccer’s 16-year-old prodigy Lee Seung-woo said that the rival team is “easily beatable” because he said he […]
North Korea Bans Wi-Fi Use, Which Was Limited To Begin With
by STEVE HAN North Korea has banned foreign tourists from using wireless Internet access, according to reports from China, presumably in an effort to further clamp down on its […]
Sung-Hee Suh Heads To Department Of Justice
by STEVE HAN Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, named Sung-Hee Suh as the new deputy assistant attorney general to oversee the […]
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 […]
3 Things We Learned From Korea’s 1-0 Loss To Uruguay
South Korean national soccer team played a pair of games this past week, its first games since crashing out of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil in June […]
SKorea’s Stigmatized Ex-Prostitutes Face Eviction
Photo courtesy of Reuters by STEVE HAN In South Korea, much light has been shed upon the plight of the Korean “comfort women,” who were forced into sexual slavery by […]
2 SKorean Soldiers Die In Anti-Captivity Training
by STEVE HAN Two South Korean soldiers died in training Tuesday, presumably due to suffocation as they were preparing for capture by the enemy, according to military officials. The […]
