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And foreign journos, for the love of Christ, stop asking the South Korean football team about the North Korea flag incident.
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Another idol gets busted for drunk-driving:
http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/9610336.html
Also, first.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120728a9.html
It may happen soon.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120728a9.html
Korea should be in charge of these islands. To stop the inevitable war.
Bravo to the blind archer! http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/skorea-claims-world-records-in-mens-archery-at-london-games/2012/07/27/gJQAevWMDX_story.html
Congrats to Japanese soccer team for beating Spanish nerds. Where did these dwarfs(Spanish team) come from? They were a foot smaller than the Japanese and looked weak.
And, it did not help to get one guy kicked out by the ump. Hey, you got to pay to win. Spain as a country in financial trouble and it showed.
Why can Korea get 11 big and strong guys who can pass well? I know, I know, Koreans, just like the Spanish, select players by their “school-relationship” than their abilities.
The same old story. Inbreeding produce inferior products.
I think it has to do with drug use by European players. I bet almost 100% of Spanish soccer players do drugs. And, they cannot match the Japanese energy.
The Japanese players ran faster, passed better and had more energy throughout the game. At the end of the game, the Japanese dominated.
Just say No.
Since Japan is tonight’s hot topic, here is:
Japanese TV ad weirdness distilled into its purest form imaginable. Homicidal toddler, pervy neighbour, and Freudian neuroses (Mommy!!!)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-nBRNM8kqI
With the theme of "death comes unexpectedly", this would be a great ad for a life insurance company. Better yet, a korean one… imagine the potential: not only is it hilarious and viral, but it also cleverly takes advantage of popular anti-japanese stereotypes too.
For what it’s worth, I felt really, really bad for the North Korean coach and team. Now they’ll be under even more scrutiny from back home (and I totally understand why they overreacted like that… wouldn’t you do the same if you had the not-so-secret thought police after your ass?), and to make it worse, they’re in the same group as the American team.
I shudder to think what would happen to them if they lose that game.
@bumfromkorea: Yeah, totally… If I were on the opposing team, I would seriously think of throwing the game and letting the North Koreans win. Losing would mean some lost national pride, endorsement deals, etc. But that’s nothing compared to knowing that winning would condemn the North Koreans team and their families to brutal deaths.
#6
Is the Olympic game, most countries send their C-team U-21, U-23, Check up the entire team, the oldest player is born 1988.
By the time almighty Korea or Japan beat the current Spanish A-team, give it 50 years before countries in Asia could match European nations.
Other news, Saudi Arabia allow the FIRST female to compete in Olympic Games the years 2012. After international pressure of course
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18571193
Unfortunately she fail to qualify
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/06/why-no-saudi-women-qualify-olympic-games/53912/
Quelle surprise, she’s half-American, half-Saudi, live in America and not in the Kingdom.
London, watch your servers. You are about to see an attack not seen since, well, the V-2s.
I’m hoping that South Korea can keep to its 10/10/10 goal this Olympics: 10 gold medals, a top-10 finish in the medals table, and netizens embarrassing themselves less than 10 times during the fortnight.
…and the Chinese judge says……………..
you’re disqualified……………..
…..and now…………………
you are not disqualified………………
…………….go to the final and collect $200 after passing………
#14, now Canada is in an uproar because the Canadian swimmer got bumped off the final race due to having the slowest time. Canada is holding a press conference.
This is the reason why I’ve haven’t watched the Olympics in a long while.
Why did the Korean teams stop using the unification flag?
Per #8, no, that ad is based upon a Korean joke that has been around for some years. All they did was recycle the old joke in Japanese.
#17, wow, I had no idea it was an old korean joke, or that yobai was practiced there as well.
I hope this site will recover from the great disqus disaster of oh-twelve.
…and I’m STILL on moderation. For Christ’s sake.
Yeah, Mike, in the original joke, the kid puts poison on his mom’s tits and then the next day the local adjoshi dies. It’s a good joke.
Korea2-Swiss1 final score!
Korea2-Swiss1 final score!
Korea2-Swiss1 final score!
Korea2-Swiss1 final score!
In my lifetime, I see Korean soccer team coming up to beat an European team, in over-powering manner. I thank God.
Seth Gecko—But I bet you weren’t in moderation with Disqus, right?
#23
You’re right!
I wasn’t thrilled with the format (I like to quickly check the latest posts) but there was no automatic moderation, which was nice.
If it were up to me, I’d keep it the way it is now. I don’t post that often anyway.
Hey, I don’t think that went into moderation!
This mornings rain is a welcome relief from the heat, even if a momentary break. With last nights low of 27.3, tropic nights indeed. Sun seems to be edging out again. So much for the cooling breeze.
“In my lifetime, I see Korean soccer team coming up to beat an European team, in over-powering manner. I thank God.”
So that’s why the Lord’s been letting you live!
Jeffery Hodges
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I need to check, but the last time I looked (admittedly about 8 hours ago) a North Korean athlete (male) was leading in weightlifting (the flyweight class, if you will, but these guys are all tanks). I’m very pleased – the gods know how much the DPRK needs some good news that doesn’t involve assassination / ambush.
By golly, he did it – from ESPN Sports:
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North Korea’s Om Yun Chol said he wanted to lift a big weight and make the other athletes nervous.
He definitely nailed that strategy.
Om, standing all of 5 feet and 123 pounds, won a gold medal by confidently lifting an Olympic-record 370 pounds in the clean and jerk at the London Games.
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That’s the equivalent of lifting 600 lbs for my fat ass, and I think even with Supermanned Sperwer I couldn’t do it unless, say, a grizzly bear was bearing down on me.
And speaking of bears, Mr. Om…unusual last name, no?
Sorry for the double post – this being a reporter is new to me.
from ESPN Sports again
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Om was in the “B” group with lower-ranked competitors and lifted weights of 160 and 165 kilograms on his first two attempts early in the day. He got the crowd roaring when it was announced he would go for 168 kilograms — the Olympic record.
Among the few lifters who have cleared three times their body weight are Halil Mutlu and Naim Suleymanoglu, also of Turkey, known as the “Pocket Hercules.”
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And a story on North Korean female athletes that’s, I think, fairly well-written.
http://gawker.com/5929613/why-the-women-of-north-korea-are-the-most-interesting-olympians?comment=51354027
“clean and jerk”?
I usually do that the other way around.
#5,
Actually, he claims he’s not blind.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Sports/Olympics/2012/Jul-29/182479-world-record-yes-blind-not-exactly.ashx#axzz225nTvDr7
Hey check out this jerk:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/olympics-2012/switzerland-michel-morganella-expelled-london-olympics-racist-remarks-twitter-south-koreans-article-1.1124997
Well you gotta excuse this poor asshole, being a swiss Italian ain’t that easy. The Ticinesi are basically the terroni scum of the Confederation, they’re treated like less than dogs and they’re so frustrated they have to take it out on someone.
Still if i was the Korean squad i would be looking for his ass in the Olympic village
#9 and #10, actually it’s a revenge match for the North Koreans as they lost to the USA in the groups at the World Cup last year. It’s exactly the same players this time that lost to the US then, so unless they’ve sent a bunch of body doubles, the survival rate is so far 100% (including the drug cheats).
RolyPoly, were you born sometime after Korea beat Greece 2-0 at the WC in 2010? I’d say Greece was in Europe, but admittedly that’s just my subjective opinion.
This makes Korea seem like a paradise in comparison.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-07/in-china-expats-find-job-opportunities-are-scant#p1
For those keeping track, it’s 30 minutes and counting till opening statements in Apple v. Samsung:
http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/CEO/cfd.aspx?7142#Notes
I hope to get away from the office for a few hours this week to drop by South First and sit in the gallery…if there are any empty seats, that is.
Truly an amazing turn of events…a $2.5 billion case actually heading to a jury. I predict a settlement on the courthouse steps before this case goes to verdict, but who knows?
Exciting times.
DLB
Oops.
http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/CEO/cfd.aspx?7142#top
DLB
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