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Check out the link at the top for another few pictures from a cool place- this time Seoraksan.

South Edges North in Battle of the Peninsula

Eschewing the Gallagher brothers halfway across town, I will instead be attending an event of a more estranged brotherly nature. Yes, not since Country House took on Roll With It in the UK Top 40 has there been a North vs South contest this juicy. On that occasion South was victorious- but will it be this time? . . .

The answer to that self-posed question was yes- South Korea edged out the North with a late late goal to win 1-0 and move atop their World Cup Qualifying Group. In many ways the match…

5 Days Out…

Where has the time gone? The Japanese baseball season gets underway this coming friday, with Hanshin taking on the Yakult Swallows in Osaka. Expect up to the minute live blogging of the first game from 6pm, only here! (yes I’m planning to spend my friday night in front of a computer screen following a baseball game, how cool am I).

This week, though, is a week of sporting events for me. On wednesday- having sold my Oasis ticket to a fan in need- I’ve opted to go to the World Cup Qualifier between South Korea and…North Korea. It should be an interesting atmosphere- I’m curious as to how many North Korean fans will be in attendance- and while I would’ve liked to have seen Oasis they don’t really care about their Asian fans that much so I don’t think I’ll be missing a one-in-a-million gig (plus, I only really like their old stuff).

Finally, next Saturday sees Samsung Suwon taking on FC Seoul at the World Cup Stadium, so I’ll be back to cheer on the Blues from the away fans section- we’ve had a terrible start to the season, and need to get something against a similarly poor Seoul team.

Bring on the sports!