Today’s theme : Baseball (2017 KBO League)

The KBO League is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO started play in 1982 with six teams. Four of them have since changed their names and one has relocated, while the league added four more along the way. Flash forward to 2017, there are 10 teams in the league, all working towards the goal of being one of five playoff teams and winning this fall’s Korean Series.

>>>The Conversationalist with

Cho Seong-min (조성민)

sports reporter for tbs efm’s morning show This Morning

“KBO, or the Korean Baseball Organization League, was launched in 1982. How did Korean baseball changed before and after KBO? What’s the importance of Korean Series?

In Korea’s pro league, teams are affiliated with big conglomerates like Kia, Lotte, Samsung, etc. How does this positively or negatively affect the league?”

&

Dan Kurtz

founder of MyKBO (website about the Korean Baseball Organization, created to help non-Korean speakers learn more about KBO)

“Why do you think Korea is one of a few countries where baseball scene is big and famous? There was also a famous match fixing scandal recently - how common is this?”

>>>Media Monster

The Room

The Room is a 2003 American independent romantic drama film starring, written, directed, and produced by Tommy Wiseau. The film is primarily centered on a melodramatic love triangle among an amiable banker named Johnny (Wiseau), his deceptive fiancée Lisa (Juliette Danielle), and his conflicted best friend Mark (Greg Sestero).

Sestero's memoir of the making of The Room, The Disaster Artist, was published in 2013 to critical acclaim; a film based on the book, directed by James Franco, is scheduled for release on December 1, 2017.

>>>Next week: Personal Finance

(in relation to 김생민 KIM Saeng-min’s 영수증 Receipt)