what about korea vs japan baseball A History Of Beef?
For Korea and Japan, it’s not just a Baseball Game by WangKon936 on March 21, 2009 in Japan, Korean Sports For most of the fine readers and commentors at TMH, the title is a clearly understood given. No other explanation is needed. However, for most people outside Asia, the context is often lacking. So the LAT printed an article yesterday that gave the necessary context. Per the article: Nam Hyung Kim wants to make one thing clear from the start. “We don’t hate Japan,” the South Korean journalist insists. But just the fact Kim feels the need to clarify that point suggests that, well, maybe there is more to the two countries’ baseball rivalry than just baseball. “Because of history,” says Kim, a baseball writer with SportsChosun of Seoul, “there’s bad memories.” That will happen when one country invades, then annexes, another, as Japan did to Korea, leaving only when expelled after World War II. Even now the suspicions and distrust run deep, leaving the nations as reluctant allies. But
