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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: KOREA: top stories of 2009 |
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Let's make a list.
(I've been so busy this year I haven't been following the news, haven't been reading the Herald, got most of my big news stories through Dave's and my students.)
This thread can be a great resource for discussion classes heading into the new year. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I recall one:
Former president Roh Moo-Hyun commits suicide
And a guy from Seogwipo, Jeju provided one of the biggest upsets in sports, as Woods lost the lead for the first time ever going into the final day of a major competition:
Y.E. Yang upsets Tiger |
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crsandus
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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This is vague but...
That one semi famous tv guy committing suicide because of money problems and then the other woman that was linked to him financially committed suicide and then her ashes got stolen by some nut. |
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mcviking
Joined: 24 Mar 2009
Location: 'Fantastic' America
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| TACO BELL COMES BACK!!!! WHAT WHAT!!!?? |
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Gibberish
Joined: 29 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| That one model committed suicide, continuing a long line of proud Korean suicides by unnecessarily painful and torturous methods. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:31 am Post subject: |
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Korea in WBC 09
Jaebom quits 2PM
Kim Yuna
iPhone launches |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:48 am Post subject: |
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Yongsan protests and blaming the police.
North Korean space rocket rails.
Norh Korea fires rockets into the Sea of Japan.
N + S Korean ships trade fire in the Yellow Sea.
Hwang Woo-Suck found not guilty.
AES is launched. |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| BoholDiver wrote: |
Yongsan protests and blaming the police.
North Korean space rocket rails.
Norh Korea fires rockets into the Sea of Japan.
N + S Korean ships trade fire in the Yellow Sea.
Hwang Woo-Suck found not guilty.
AES is launched. |
AES has been around for a lot longer than just this year. |
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aishiii
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:03 am Post subject: |
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FOREIGNERS HAVE AIDS
......more at 11. |
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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| 22 year old Canadian teacher suspected of doing Marijuana. |
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