Korean Single: Korea Times:
7 in 10 Singles Willing to Marry NK Women
About 70 percent of South Korean single men are willing to get married to a North Korean woman, according to a local matchmaking agency Tuesday.In a nationwide survey of 489 unmarried people with 227 males, Daks Club found that 67.8 percent of male respondents said they would be willing to marry a North Korean woman. Asked to name their reasons, 45.1 percent, the majority of the surveyed males, said that North Korean women are not as sophisticated as their South Korean counterparts....
Korean Single: SPORT CHECK COLUMN
Sea Wolves' cuts reduce roster to 23 The Mississippi Sea Wolves made their first two cuts to their training camp roster Saturday, waiving Ryan Shanahan and Mattias Cederlund. Shanahan played in the Sea Wolves' first exhibition game, a 7-0 romp over Pensacola on Wednesday.Neither Shanahan nor Cederlund was dressed for the last preseason game Friday against New Orleans.The Sea Wolves roster now stands at 23 players, including three goalkeepers. East Coast...
Korean Single: NFL TO HELP REFURBISH FIELD AT JACKSON PARK
The National Football League is donating more than $1 million to rebuild urban football fields as part of its youth football development program.In Chicago, a football field in Jackson Park will be renovated to serve that South Side neighborhood. "The goal of our overall youth football fund, which was established with the NFL Players Association, is to ensure that young people have an opportunity to enjoy playing the game of football," said NFL Commissioner Paul...
Korean Single: SKIP AWAY IS SHOCKED BY 34-1 SHOT
Fifteen years ago trainer Allen Jerkens twice upset Secretariat.On Saturday, he did it to Skip Away in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup with 34-1 shot, Wagon Limit, who pulled away from Skip Away in the Belmont Park mud, denying his quest for a 10th straight win in his bid to be the first horse to win $10 million. ``He's very sound, but we found a little filling in his right front,'' said Sonny Hine, who trains Skip Away. ``A little filling now means...
Korean Single: RED GROOM WINS THE CHAMPAGNE
The Groom Is Red made his stakes debut a splashing success Saturday in the Champagne at New York's Belmont Park.Out of the running when the field turned for home, The Groom Is Red, ridden by Corey Nakatani, shot down the stretch four horses wide to win the $500,000 stakes for 2-year-olds on a sloppy track. Confessional thrashed 2-5 favorite Things Change by 10 1-2 lengths in the $400,000 Frizette for 2-year-old fillies.The two races were part of the five-stakes...