Of all the years that I have lived in Korea, 2002 was a rough year to get through if if you were an American living and working in Korea. Early in the year, U.S. President George Bush included North Korea in his “Axis of Evil” speech and short track speedster, Apolo Ohno became Public Enemy [...]
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What’s up with the short track hubbub at the Winter Olympics?
First it was the allegations in the Korean media that Apolo Anton Ohno made some nasty remarks after his 1,500 meter short track match in which he won the silver that incensed the folks here; now, there’s this story about another incident: South Korea’s short track head coach threw bottles of water at a Chinese [...]
Oh No, it’s Ohno time again in Korea
The short track speed skater most folks in Korea love to hate after the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City has incensed them again at the Vancouver Winter Olympics according to an article in the Korea Times today: For South Koreans, the name Apolo Anton Ohno doesn’t ring the most pleasant memories. And Ohno [...]
All that matters, isn’t gold
The Story Behind the Story There have been a couple watershed years in Korea when a lot of crazy and intense shit was going down but for all the years that I have been in Korea, one year that stands out the most was 2002. In Korea it was a year filled with [...]
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