Korea Beat

Most-Read Naver Stories of the Week — May 31, 2009

The overall top 10. Apparently it takes the death of a president to knock Park Ji-sung off the top spot, but even that cannot oust him entirely.

1. An initial report that police had confirmed the death of former president Roh Moo-hyun.

5. Barcelona defeated Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League final.

7. More on the Champions League final.

8. An initial report that Roh had left a suicide note.

10. In Japan, Lim Chang-yong recorded his 14th save of the season by striking out three consecutive Nippon Ham Fighters.

1. Story #1 from above.

2. Story #8 from above.

3. A brief description of the Roh note.

4. Kim Dae-jung clasped hands with Roh’s widow at the former president’s funeral.

6. A few photos of Roh in happier post-presidential days.

7. A brief report of how Roh’s wife identified his body in the hospital in Busan.

8. More private photos of the former president were released after his death.

9. A Dong-A Ilbo interview with the bodyguard who accompanied Roh on the fateful hike.

10. Another initial report of Roh’s death.

Just my opinion, of course; but I, for one, find Korean politics only slightly less dull than English soccer. On the other hand, the top “society” pieces in the past couple of weekly lists were really interesting. Again, just me.

WeikuBoy · May 31st, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I really don’t know how they can find so much to say about Park Ji-Sung. Yes, he is a superstar in Korea…so I understand writing about his games,injuries etc…but 5-8 articles a week. What does he do between games that is interesting?

Jebeezers · June 1st, 2009 at 2:59 PM
That’s 5-8 articles only in the top 10, it doesn’t count the 100’s (or maybe 100’s) that miss the top 10.

DynamicallySparkling · June 1st, 2009 at 3:56 PM

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