Baseball game and markets Photo 2

Baseball game and markets

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September 9th 2008
September 9 2008: Baseball!!! baseball is a huge deal in korea. We went with a bunch of davids friends to see the LG twins against the SK baseball club. (Baseball teams are named after companies, hence LG the electronic company, and SK is a telecom company). It was nuts. I can only compare it to a european soccer game, where the crowds are chanting in unison. I posted a video to give you somewhat ... read more

Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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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