Korea Leads The Way In Live Sports! 

With both the Korean Baseball Organization and the K-League (top football league in Korea) seasons well in progress, South Korea has become an unlikely hotspot of live sports for fans around the world. 

In the K-League, the world watched as Jeonbuk Motors faced the Suwon Bluewings, both top football clubs in Korea, battle it out to the tune of 23,000 concurrent viewers on BBC’s live stream alone. It also opened up a lot of commentary, with South Korea being a hot topic of discussion in terms of reopening not only the sporting events of countries, but also in reopening their economies as well.

Jeonbuk Motors vs Suwon Bluewings, the first live football match after initial outbreak

In a peculiar tale, the NC Dinos baseball team in Changwon, South Korea has gained a sizeable following of American supporters, with the US city of North Carolina (10.5 million in population, but without a baseball team) adopting the team as their own. We're guessing it's because the NC Dinos = North Carolina Dinos, but the team is actually named after the NCSoft Corporation, a South Korean video game developer.

NC Dinos Fan Standees in Changwon, South Korea

Also, a writer for SB Nation coined a new term for 쎄리 (Sseri), the NC Dinos' mascot. The mascot is now affectionately referred to as 'swole daddy' by the English-speaking fans! In this concerning era of instability and uncertain country-relations, it is heartwarming to see Korea and America coming together through sport!

Meet the NC Dinos buff mascot, 쎄'Swole Daddy'리!

Although the latest news is that South Korea will be bracing for a potential second wave of coronavirus cases (click here to read more), the world will be looking to the nation as it takes steps to return to normalcy!