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South Korean pro mens golfers have slowly made it out of the shadows of “here today, gone tomorrow” as we’ve seen with plenty of faces who pop out like a turtle’s head. In 2012, there’s 11 male professionals following the “Seoul Sisters” who have near dominated professional golf. From the NY Times, “At a time when South Koreans had scant confidence in their economic might, Pak became a sport’s gold standard. Led by her 25 tour victories, South Koreans have won 101 L.P.G.A. titles since 1998, including four of the last seven United States Women’s Opens. This year, 42 of the L.P.G.A.’s 128 international players are from South Korea, which has fewer golf courses than South Florida.” Aside the well known KJ Choi are many including a youngster, Seung-Yul Noh, who at 20 is a rising star. At 41, KJ Choi isn’t the lone Korean male, although he was the pioneer who opened the doors to the possible dream. It’s amazing to see how one ethnicity can push into a certain pro sports field and actually have it take root. (NY Times – Korean Pro Golf)
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Korean Comfort Woman statue. It’s sitting in front of the Japanese embassy in Korea. Yes, their plight is still under owned and the number 200,000 is alarming. It’s the 1000th rally and now there’s a daily reminder in the form of a statue of a serene sitting Korean woman. This might not be the greatest place to protest, but it is easy to go home after a full day of getting their message out. Great idea on the statue. (BBC – Comfort Woman Statue)
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They are warm, brown, juicy and salty – and they actually taste pretty good! C’mon, Corean people!
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Barely making a dent in the history of Major League Baseball, Dae-Sung Koo is now pitching at 42 years of age in the Australian Baseball League which is now in it’s second season. The most remarkable thing that you might want to remember about the guy? He was a righty as a kid, but then switched to being a lefty. Who does that? Other than that, this once star of Korean Baseball, Japanese Baseball and MBLer is now in yet another continent throwing and he’s good at 42. (smh – Dae-Sung Koo)
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