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August 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is my second Olympics in Korea. My wife and I spent last night at her parent’s place in Busan and we all watched Choi Ho-min’s gold medal win in 60 kg Judo. My guess is the event was a blip in North America, just as non-Korean wins are a blip here. Judo itself as [...]

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The Olympic Murder

August 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m curious what the coverage of this murder in Beijing will be like. I watched some Korean TV this morning and didn’t hear a thing about it. This article by Dan Wetzel of Yahoo!, called Attack could set back Olympic goodwill, is kind of interesting.
For China, this is not just a sporting event. This is [...]

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