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Golf Crime: Korean National Faces Deportation For Incident Involving Davo City Vice-Governor

December 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration has started deportation hearings on a case filed against Korean Young Yun-youn, who was involved in an altercation with North Cotabato Vice-Governor Emmanuel Piñol in a golf course in Davao City last month.
Young allegedly swung his golf club at Vice-Governor Emmanuel Piñol and displayed, according to an article in the […]

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Cubs End Fukudome Sweepstakes

December 12th, 2007 · 16 Comments

Fukupdate 8 (Dec. 2 p.m.): Ding ding. Dave Kaplan of WGN Radio reports the Cubs have signed Fukudome (via MLBTR) to a 4-year, $48-million deal.

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Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Hustle: The Dark Side to Korea’s Recent Love Affair With Golf

December 12th, 2007 · 3 Comments

 
After I read this story on Korea Beat I couldn’t stop thinking (and chuckling) about it.
The piece is originally from the Sports Hankook and details the recent arrest of four men for what looks to be a long-standing, elaborate golf hustle.
According to police, at a golf course in Yongin on September 12th, Lim and the […]

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