World Cup

In 2002, Korea helped host the World Cup and got 4th place. So this year, all the t-shirts have slogans like "Fighting to the top" and "2002 Again." The World Cup has been anticipated for several months, and on Saturday Korea played its first game against Greece. You could watch on outdoor screens across Busan, so a few of us went to the closest one. It was quite the cultural experience. When they scored a goal, there were fireworks onstage. Unified chants of "Dae-han-min-guk!" followed by thunderstick clapping. Most people were decked out in red shirts or were wearing some kind of red. The nationalism was definitely flowing through people's veins.

The stage. "Fighting" is a Konglish cheer.

The crowd

The guys

The girls

We left early to avoid some of the traffic (Korea was up 2-0 already). We were almost across the bridge when they shot off fireworks to celebrate the win.