Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    (IHT/Asahi: August 25,2008)

    Hoshino said Japanese baseball fans should not become despondent because his team was unable to medal at the Beijing Games.

    "I want the fans in Japan to know that Japanese baseball is not really like this," Hoshino said. "It just happened that during the period of this Olympic competition the team was not in good condition."

    Posted in: South Koreans reach gold-medal game

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    DanManjt, If Korea was not mono-ethnic, then it certainly was monocultural - and still is, to a great extent. Now, you may refute that as well by citing that Korea's or Japan's culture is just some vartiation of cultures adopted from elsewhere. However, if you want to be that specific, then either terminology has no meaning or purpose, at all, and it should not be used. But, these two terms are used frequently by both media and academia everywhere, so what gives?

    Posted in: Ainu rise up from the margins of Japanese society

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    The highlight: The S. Korean baseballer Lee Seung-Yuop's 2-run homerun in the 8th inning of the second match against Japan.

    The low point: The Cuban taekwondo fighter Mato's kick to the head of the referee.

    Posted in: What, for you, were the highlights and low points of the Beijing Olympics?

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    ExPrinceska, even though I'm a Korean, I feel sad in a way that the Japanese team could not even win the bronze, especially considering that it was made of some of the best J-league players, while the U.S. team was all minor leaguers. Their win against the Americans could have only helped the image of all Asian baseballers. On the other hand, although I have some pity for Hoshino, he is on the record of making less than flattering remarks about the SK Olympic team, including the team's MVP, Lee Seung-Yuop. It seems he forgot that trying to put another team down can only fire up more motivation of that team against his own team, and that's probably what happened.

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Ironically from Beijing, notorious for pollution, the 2012 London Olympics' theme is an "environment-friendly" Olympics. I wonder what BOCOG and Chinese thought and felt of London's slogan?

    Posted in: Curtain comes down on Beijing Olympics as baton passes to London

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Obama forgets that China is ruled by an authoritarian governement that can pour massive investment into any project it chooses virtually unchallenged, unlike in USA. He also forgets that USA spent most of its taxpayers' money on Iraq, Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, and Fannie Mae, so it doesn't have any money left to spend on infrastructure at the similar scale as China.

    Posted in: Curtain comes down on Beijing Olympics as baton passes to London

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Confederate2008, I agree with you. The ceremony was grandiose yet seemed void of soul. Not only were the competitions memorable in good, bad, or ugly manner, but there were some real human dramas about the athletes as well.

    Posted in: Curtain comes down on Beijing Olympics as baton passes to London

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Does JAL also charge for things that used to be free, like refreshments and banket and pillow, as the U.S. airlines do now?

    Posted in: JAL to raise fuel surcharges from Oct 1

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Get the bats (the flying kind, not baseball) ready.

    Posted in: Ozzy Osbourne to play one concert in Japan Oct 27

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    They began to celebrate during a break after some technical fouls on Spain with 26 seconds left, then celebrated at midcourt when it was over with “Born in the USA” blaring over the arena’s speakers.

    And who said that USA men's basketball team wasn't modest, right?

    Posted in: U.S. beats Spain for men's basketball gold

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    NK leads the World in human cloning technology: -Just thank God they are not sharing this technology with the rest of the World. -Imagine having 20 George Bushes.

    And NK hired Hwang Woo-Suk to do the cloning. :p

    Posted in: N Korea's Kim died in 2003; replaced by lookalike, says Waseda professor

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    That is, which they ARE, until the next time - IF there is ever one again in the Olympics.

    Posted in: South Korea wins gold in baseball

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Fantastic performance by WORLD CHAMPION KOREA!! Kimchi power!!

    Well, I wouldn't go so far as to call the Korean team "world champions", but Olympic champions which they were.

    Posted in: South Korea wins gold in baseball

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    Not surprisingly, it's an African who won.

    Posted in: Kenya's Wanjiru wins men's marathon; Japan's Ogata 13th

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    USA and Russia can - or are willing to - fight with each other directly, only if they nuke each other. Is a war over Georgia worth nuking each other and the rest of world to Armageddon? I doubt it.

    Posted in: Russian troops still entrenched in Georgia

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    For USA's Asian allies, such as Japan and South Korea, McCain is clearly the better choice, since the Republicans tend to be more concerned and willing to support their defenses against the communist threats. Therefore, the Repulicans are also willing to go along with trades which are more favorable to its Asian allies. Maybe I'm being too optimistic towards McCain and the Republicans, but I do know for certain that Obama and the Democrats are dissatisfied with the current trade practices between USA and its Asian partners and thus vowed to play a hardball with the Asian trading partners. So, I don't think Obama bodes well with either Japan or S. Korea, either.

    Posted in: Obama introduces running mate Biden

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    USA still rules the Olympics track & field..., sort of..., save for the Jamaican hurricanes blowing it away in some of races.

    Posted in: Wariner anchors U.S. team to victory in 4x400 relay

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    How about India, e.g., Delhi, the world's most populous democratic nation, bidding for the 2016 Olympics?

    Posted in: 2016 Olympic bids count on heads of state

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    I would have liked very much to see Nigeria win a big upset against one of the world's best, Argentina - just like South Korea did to Cuba in the baseball final.

    Posted in: Argentina beats Nigeria 1-0 for soccer gold

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    ProudKoreanGuy

    yosun, thanks.

    Posted in: U.S. downs Japan for baseball bronze

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