World Cup Crew II

In Football Everything is Complicated by the Presence of the Opposite Team.*

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July 6th 2010
There’s no better time to live outside the US than during the World Cup. Sure I didn’t know the rules of the sport before I lived in Colombia, but it’s great to get swept away in the local fervor. That being said, I’ve never met a country that is so, I would call it faithless, but it’s probably better described as realistic, about their chances. Koreans are distinctly lacking in false ... read more

Asia » South Korea

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more