EWC: What did you think of the EWC article Japanese Sports Dailies — A Scoop of News, A Scoop of Nonsense? While I was reading the piece I thought, “this sounds exactly like the Korean sports dailies,” but you would know better than me. How do they appear to be similar? Any ways they’re different?
Jeeho: [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ask a Korean Sportswriter'
Ask a Korean Sportswriter: Comparing Korean Sports Dailies to Their Japanese Counterparts
February 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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Ask a Korean Sportswriter: Guns, Gambling, Baseball, and Guys Who Fall Down and Pretend to be Hurt
January 1st, 2009 · No Comments
EWC: What was one Korean sports story during 2008 that you thought didn’t get as much media attention as you thought it should have?
Jee-ho: First off—Happy holiday wishes to all EWC visitors.
The Beijing Olympics were easily the largest sporting event of the year and Korea had its all-time best performance with 13 gold medals. Every one [...]
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Ask a Korean Sportswriter: Former Baseball Player in Hot Water Over Olympic Swindle
November 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
EWC: Can you explain who Kang Byung-kyu is and why he’s been in the news recently?
Jee-ho: Kang Byung-kyu is a TV personality and, as he likes to make it known from time to time, a former baseball player with the OB (now Doosan) Bears and the SK Wyverns. He was a decent pitcher, mostly a [...]
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Ask a Korean Sportswriter — The Weight on Kim Yu-na’s Shoulders
October 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
EWC:The other day my wife was talking about Kim Yu-na and how she’s worried the Korean media is overexposing her in advance of much success. She compared the situation it to another female Korean athlete named Kang Cho-hyun. Can you give a little background on both athletes and then explain why you think my wife [...]
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Ask a Korean Sportswriter — Will Your Father Let You Marry Him?
September 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
EWC: Last time we chatted you were getting ready to start the Olympics coverage. One month after, what Korea-related image or news event still stands out in your mind?
Jee-ho: It’s baseball. Hands down. There are two sporting moments that ever made me cry. One is Canada’s winning hockey gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake [...]
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Ask a Korean Sportswriter — The 2008 Olympics
August 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments
A couple weeks ago we presented the inaugural edition of Ask a Korean Sportswriter. This week’s column exclusively concerns the 2008 games in Beijing, which Jee-ho will be covering in depth for the JoongAng Daily.
EWC: What is the most anticipated Korea-related storyline going into the 2008 Olympics?
Jee-ho: The Korean sports fans and the media [...]
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Ask a Korean Sportswriter
July 6th, 2008 · 11 Comments
One blog I’ve been recently enjoying is Ask a Korean!, which is just what the title says — a blog where a Korean man, who lived in Korea for 16 years before moving to America, answers questions about Korea, Korean culture, Korean history, etc. Recent questions/topics have included Can you tell me about organized crime [...]