Posts Tagged With: sports

Picture of the Day: Toby Dawson Becomes Korea’s New Ski Coach

» by GI Korea November 27th, 2011 at 12:51 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Toby Dawson, a Korean-born American skier who was adopted by a Colorado family in 1982, poses with an official at the Korea Ski Association during a ...more »

A List of the 6 Best Places To Watch Sports In Seoul

» by GI Korea September 2nd, 2011 at 5:13 pm » Comments (5)

Here is the latest list to feature Seoul posted on CNN GO: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="All That Beer rated best place to watch sports in Seoul."][/caption] As the Samsung Lions’ formidable ...more »

Picture of the Day: Sports Fans

» by GI Korea August 31st, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (4)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Sports fans pose at Daegu Stadium on Monday, where IAAF World Athletics Championships is held."][/caption] Via the Chosun Ilbo. more »

Korean Viewers Care More About National Feeling Than Love of Sports

» by GI Korea July 2nd, 2011 at 4:39 pm » Comments (37)

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that has spent some time in Korea: South Korea's big three national broadcasters, KBS, SBS and MBC, have huge influence on all aspects ...more »

Picture of the Day: Returning Athletes

» by GI Korea February 10th, 2011 at 12:40 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The South Korean athletes who participated in the Asian Winter Games in Kazakhstan returned home on Monday. Team Korea finished in third place overall at the ...more »

Picture of the Day: Korea’s First Grand Prix Winner

» by GI Korea October 25th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Fernando Alonso of Ferrari has won the inaugural Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix that opened in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province on Sunday."][/caption] Via KBS Global. more »

North Korean Gymnast Caught Cheating

» by GI Korea October 4th, 2010 at 1:30 am » Comments (22)

It looks like the North Koreans have learned well from their Chinese allies on how to cheat at the Olympic Games: International gymnastics officials are investigating another case of possible age ...more »

South Korea Dumps Greece 2-0 In Impressive World Cup Win

» by GI Korea June 12th, 2010 at 8:21 am » Comments (13)

ESPN televised the South Korea versus Greece World Cup match early this morning in the US which my wife and I got up to watch. We were both glad we ...more »

Kim Byung-hyun Signs with Golden Baseball League

» by GI Korea May 9th, 2010 at 2:29 am » Comments (10)

Can Kim Byung-hyun fall any lower?: South Korean pitcher Kim Byung-hyun has signed with the Orange Country Flyers of the U.S. Golden Baseball League (GBL), the team said Saturday on its ...more »

Hiddink In Korea to Promote Holland’s World Cup Bid

» by GI Korea May 2nd, 2010 at 3:47 am » Comments (3)

Former South Korean World Cup coach Guus Hiddink is in Korea looking for a little help for his home country's World Cup bid: The 'old boys' network linking Guus Hiddink with ...more »