The Koreans are really taking ownership of Korean Americans. This year alone the Korean media has gone crazy over Hines Ward and there seems to be a Michelle Wie story in the Korea media daily.
Here is the most recent article about
her being Korean. Looks like she is coming to Korea for a fund raiser.
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Wie will arrive in Seoul on the 29th to take to take part in the SK Telecom Open, a KPGA event opening on Incheon's Yeongjong island on the 4th of next month. But even before coming to Korea, Michelle Wie has already created an endowment of near US$300,000 at the Yonsei Severance Hospital and Korea University Medical Center to help children without financial means, receive much need surgeries. After which, the hospital sent the pictures of the children that had benefited from Wie¡'s generosity.
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I guess Korea really has changed in the past few years. I have been told that Koreans were not proud of mixed Koreans. Looks like that has changed. Or at least for the famous mixed Koreans.
04-22-2006, 06:31 PM
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