Korean Single: ANOTHER HOME-RUN MARK FALLS - IN SOUTH KOREA. AMERICAN TYRONE WOODS, A FARMHAND IN THE U.S., WINS THE KOREAN LEAGUE'S MVP AWARD.
SEOUL, South Korea - Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa weren't the only ones breaking home run records this summer.While much of the United States was following their chase to break Roger Maris' 37-year-old major league mark, another American was having a record-breaking season - in South Korea. Tyrone Woods, who never made it to the majors during his 11-year pro career in the United States, broke the 6-year-old Korean single-season record by hitting his 42nd home...
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CoverSTORY HIFF leaps into spring Film festival has it all: sex, mystery, myths and more By Wayne Harada, ADVERTISER ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Attitude. Diversity. Er, controversy, too.These are parts of a whole that make up the Hawaii International Film Festival's Spring Film Festival, which opens tonight at the Signature Dole Cannery Theatres.With fewer titles (21) than the larger Fall Film Festival (150 titles) and virtually no stars or luminaries on the red...
Korean Single: New Playbook Calls for Pulling National Guard
You have to be ready for all sorts of emergencies when you sign up with the National Guard.Civil unrest. Natural disasters.And pee-wee football. That's right. Members of the National Guard, who were in southwestern Alabama preparing for Hurricane Georges in late September, tried to stop a fight involving half a dozen adults during a youth football game at Repton.The game, with the score tied, 6-6, in the first quarter, was canceled. No one was seriously injured and...
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The brick-elbowed 'ajumma' brigade
Traditionally, Korean women are well known for being shy and passive. However, they are surprisingly strong and active, especially in a time of crisis. For example, when Korea was invaded by Japan in 1592, Korean women did not just stay at home passively. In order to buy some time for Korean men who were not prepared to fight yet, Korean women danced in groups on the seashore to confuse the Japanese soldiers on the battleships who were about to land. During the Korean War and the IMF crisis,...
Korean Single: SPRINGBOKS LEAVE APARTHEID BEHIND
It has been four years since the end of apartheid. And for the first time, a black player is on South Africa's national rugby team. In the past the sport has been dominated by Afrikaner descendants of Dutch settlers.Owen Nkumane, who plays for the Golden Lions, will be on the world-champion Springbok team for next month's tour of the United Kingdom."I am still shocked. I can't believe it," said Nkumane, who also was the first...