The Daegu IAAF Games opening ceremony was held in spectacular style on Saturday. Surprisingly a friend and I were able to get tickets for 40,000w ($40) which were perfect seats in the centre of the oval on level three. I had my 9 day pass however given by the KoreaBlog which gave me daily free entrance but I had bought these tickets much earlier in anticipation. This was probably my one and only time to attend a major world sporting event, in my home town, at suc...

For my return from China I flew back into Daegu Airport. This would be my first time arriving as I've only ever departed and returned to Busan since flights are so few to Daegu. At Beijing Airport there were more than usual foreigners heading to Daegu and more mature looking than the typical english teacher.I realized they might be coming for the IAAF games and asked one person, who turned out to be a sporting official from Sierra Leone. There were different Afri...

Thank you all for your hard work and participation!Korea.net would like to present and sponsor a trip to Jeju Island and other touristic spots in Seoul for those who have been working hard at promoting Korea through social media (The Korea Blog, Korea.net's Facebook, Twitter, etc).We have selected 20 of the most active bloggers based on their performance from March to July 31.- 10 who live overseasand 10 who reside in KoreaBased on our budget, we will invite one ...

Daegu gets ready to host the world athletic track and field IAAF games at the end of August. The city has been decorated on every major street with flags from all the participating countries. This is an exciting time for korean sports as they have also just been awarded the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, continuing the tradition of hosting major sporting events such as the 1988 Summer Olympics and 2002 Fifa World CupHere is a promo video for the Daegu ...

Just found out I am finalist for the most active blogger on THEKOREABLOG.Grand Prize is a roundtrip ticket to your home country____________________________Hi! thank you for your participation and hard work! we have been enjoying your blog posts :)we are currently sorting out the most active bloggers andone of the selected bloggers who reside in Korea will be getting a roundtrip ticket to his/ her home country.YOU are one of the candidates and that;s why we sent y...