Word: jungly
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...nation's top hope Kim Dong Sung was disqualified for blocking a U.S. skater. In a move that most Koreans consider fixed, the American, Apolo Anton Ohno, took the gold instead. He's since been voted the most unwelcome foreigner in a Korean poll. When Korean midfielder Ahn Jung Hwan headed the ball home in the 77th minute of the U.S.-Korea match to tie the score 1-1 and keep the country's hopes of advancement alive, his post-goal showboating gave way to the sweeping arm motions of a speed skater. "People felt bad about the Ohno incident...
...possibly put a damper on the beer-soaked crowds: the U.S., too, had advanced to the second round, precisely because Park's goal had relegated the Portuguese. But for once, the Koreans felt no twinge of insecurity. "We are both powerful now," says 36-year-old reveler Lee So Jung. "We can celebrate together." For the Koreans, victory has brought maturity...
...debuts at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts despite marketing snafu. Word-of-mouth works if the language is foul enough LING ZHUO First-ever Miss China named second runner-up in Miss Universe pageant, then attacks Miss Taiwan for claiming to be an "independent woman" KIM DAE JUNG, JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Beleaguered leaders of Korea and Japan hold hands during World Cup ceremonies. Crowd loves it. Candlelight dinner is scheduled Losers LANCE BASS Russians say they're not sure 'N Syncer is fit to be next space tourist. Music world disagrees, and backs plan to launch him into...
...bribery charges; in Seoul. Lee is accused of having received $13,800 from sports-lottery operator Tiger Pools International to secure a license in 2001. He is the first government official to be arrested in the scandal that has also implicated the youngest son of President Kim Dae Jung. AWARDED.To GEOFF NYAROTA, 50, editor of Zimbabwe's independent newspaper the Daily News, the Golden Pen of Freedom prize, by the World Association of Newspapers, in recognition of his "outstanding service to the cause of press freedom in the face of constant persecution"; in Bruges, Belgium. Nyarota's paper has been...
Ever since Jung Chang's Wild Swans became a global publishing sensation, booksellers have decided that the Beautiful Chinese Literary Heroine is a golden goose. I don't know if there's an official literary term for this genre yet, but let's call it Chinese Chick Lit. If you look at books like Adeline Yen Mah's Falling Leaves and Anhua Gao's To the Edge of the Sky, you'll find a basic formula: a feisty, exotically gorgeous woman suffers hell. Hell comes in the form of an oppressive regime (usually the Cultural Revolution) or through abuse inflicted...