@OBT, You sir, represent the typical ugly and arrogant foreigner who comes to Korea pretending to know what is exactly wrong with them, what is best for them, and because you are superior, should be listened to by all of them. If it is your belief that Koreans have many things wrong with them, including being "irrational, ethnocentric, racist, prejudiced and reactionary", why don't you leave...

Robert Park are DRUGGED in US and FORCED into and is IMPRISONED in hospital AGAINST HIS WILL!! This is what happends in US when someone try to speak the real truth...

xtramanx, Thanks for your interest. Your insights and knowledge into Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese aristocratic classes would be very interesting to hear about, indeed...

Yangban and their clans story are one of the most interesting features in Korean history. I am a student of Chinese and Vietnamese history, focusing on aristocratic and scholar'-officials clans. To study it comparatively sounds very challenging. Wish to have some suggestion from korean...

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I would like to purchase a pair of Kobe Bryant V Bruce Lee edition shoes size 14. Can you help me locate them?...

He/she represents many things wrong with Korea: irrationality, ethnocentrism, racism, prejudice and reactionary thinking ... But the lump all of us in this is fundamentally unfair and reactionary. You've misunderstood the nature of the post. Reread, including the postscript...

It seems that the writer of this blog has a major bug up his/her anal cavity. He/she represents many things wrong with Korea: irrationality, ethnocentrism, racism, prejudice and reactionary thinking. There are many good native English teachers here in Korea. They are dedicated to the success of their Korean pupils. Just because some fool does something inane does not mean that we agree with it...

Bill, watch the video replay of the disputed race. The Korean skater was not passing. She had already passed the Chinese skater and the Chinese skater was trying to catch up with the Korean skater, causing the clicking of the two skaters' skates in the process. It's puzzling that you are intent on distorting the facts and making conclusionary statements which appear to copy what the Chinese...

@BJ-21 : It is not correct that the Australian referee is disqualifying more Koreans than skaters from other nations. The list shown under Point 6 doesn't mean anything as neither other DQs of the same referee in the same events nor other DQs made by other referees in other events are shown. As in Championships and most of the former World Cups (this changed a bit due to the repechage system...

Bottom line is, don't fuck with Koreans for the wrong reason unless you want a million against one. And James Hewish fucked with the wrong team for the wrong reason. You reap what you sow James...

All of the racists out there listen to this: if this were your country in this situation twice you would be angry and you know what Hanier Brier, you can shut your mouth cause you have no right to say that. YOU are DISGUSTING in all aspects. Watch the replays over and over, there is no penalty what so ever...

lolz I'm sorry all my Korean friends can tell apart people from every single European country (esp guys XD) In case you're in the dark, the Ohno incident is also controversial because Hewish was later caught saying that the US deserved a gold medal after the 9/11. It would've been so much better had he not said that (this exact quote may be really hard to find thesedays... it's been few years and...

@Bill: also, it's not even fair since the officials ruled impeding on the basis that Kim and Sun came in contact as they got ready to enter a corner. However, the assistant who was observing that particular corner was a Chinese official. I get that people are professional, and I do not try to question that, but how can anyone not have a piece of doubt, when it comes to such an important and...

@Bill: please don't say that "I'm pretty sure". Look it up yourself and if you look at all of Hewish's calls from the past, he tends to call Korea off a lot more than other countries. and I think what makes Koreans mad is that the skaters seems to go with world record or rank #1 or previous champions, and lose EVERY TIME there's Hewish, and win at other events right afterwards or when he's not...

Vancouver 2010, I don't have such a list but I'm pretty sure that also the past competitions would be quite similar to the distribution of the disqualifications, which occurred at the current olympic games at Vancouver. The referee of the ladies' event has disqualified skaters from the following nations: 500m: 1 Bulgaria, 1 Korea, 1 Great Britain 1000m: 1 USA, 2 Netherlands, 1 Hungary, 1 Canada...

Bill, you stated that you were a former short track (skating) official. I trust that you know what you are talking about. But your statement, "As in this case there has not been any clean passing by the koreans, this leads to a disqualification. It's as simple as that - therefore the disqualification was correct.", seems quite different from that of the NBC commentator and what I witnessed on TV...

Bill, do you have a list of skaters that james hewish disqualified so far-- in the olympics and in world championship games? If he disqualified just as many skaters from other countries, then I'll believe he was fair. I am just skeptical b/c Hewish said that 'America deserved a medal after going through so much b/c of 9/11' after disqualifying Kim in 2002. That statement alone brings a lot of...

to EBS: I'm not saying that Korean people are bad. I'm just saying that based on the current regulations of this sport the referee has made a fair call. If he would not have disqualified the Korean team he would have definitely disadvantaged the Chinese team as they were pushed back far into second position by the blade kick of the overtaking Korean team. I am neither Chinese nor Korean and...

Kelsey, if you want to find out more about Mr. Hewish, you may check the archives of the Australian newspapers, beginning with the papers in Sydney. You could also check the media archives of the liabraries of Australian universities if you or any of your friends have access to them...