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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Seoulman69 wrote: |
| Is it not Reuters we should be condemning? That is where the story came from. |
From the actual article on Reuters:
"Theories for this prolific success range from the logical to the plausible to the downright bizarre.
'Kimchi Fingers' falls into the latter category.
The 'theory' goes that Korean women excel at feel sports such as archery and golf because of heightened sensitivity and dexterity in their hands and fingers."
So not at all claiming that this is the actual reason for their success.
And this was hilarious:
"Scientist Hwang Woo-suk, whose team produced the first cloned dog (an Afghan hound called Snuppy), used the chopstick theory to explain South Koreans' talent at micromanipulating eggs and embryos in stem cell research.
Hwang was later found guilty of fraud and fabricating results, somewhat devaluing his opinions, but the chopstick theory still has wide following."
The real reason for South Korea's success (from the coach of the American team, who is a Korean):
"The key to their success is the different approach to development. Even in Korean school sports there are no recreations archers," he added.
"Anyone who gets into the sport in Korea means they are aiming to become an Olympic archer. That's the difference."
So it looks like Chosun either skimmed the article without actually reading it or they did read it but ignored everything about the kimchi/chopsticks reason being serious.
Of course, knowing Korean journalism, this is not surprising in the least. |
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Ruthdes
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Nicely found jonpurdy. That is awesome!  |
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JeffersonDarcy2010
Joined: 05 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The Korean weightlifter in the Olympics who dislocated his elbow had kimchi right before he took the stage. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| JeffersonDarcy2010 wrote: |
| The Korean weightlifter in the Olympics who dislocated his elbow had kimchi right before he took the stage. |
He probably slacked off in the kimchi eating after winning gold in Beijing. Bet he probably used a fork too. |
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Nismo
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really glad to see all of the gold medals that kimchi is earning this year, although it was a shame that four team members were disqualified from badminton, thereby denying kimchi more chances to earn gold medals.
I'm pretty sure it's really soju and choco pies we should be congratulating here...shin ramyeon at the very least. |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Immaturity at its finest on this thread.
Last edited by HapKi on Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:17 am; edited 1 time in total |
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JeffersonDarcy2010
Joined: 05 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Nismo wrote: |
I'm really glad to see all of the gold medals that kimchi is earning this year, although it was a shame that four team members were disqualified from badminton, thereby denying kimchi more chances to earn gold medals.
I'm pretty sure it's really soju and choco pies we should be congratulating here...shin ramyeon at the very least. |
Maybe it's like Popeye with his spinach. The Korean badminton players had to try to cheat because they didn't get their kimchi fix before the match. |
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