We’re starting a new series to capture the key news and moments from the previous week.  So with that quick and clear description, here we go with our very first WEEK IN REVIEW.

Winner of the Week: Chan Ho Park
Chan Ho Park was the first Korean-born player to play in Major League Baseball and now he gets his chance after 16 years to play in his first World Series. If you didn’t know, and we found out quickly from our readers, Byung Hun “Home Run” Kim was the first Korean-born player to reach the World Series. If you remember, he had a habit of giving up home runs in the 9th inning. Let’s hope that Chan Ho Park represents us better.

Christina Kim is Nude and That’s Better Than a Clothed Grace Park
Christina Kim doesn’t look like Honey Lee (Miss Korea) but she is all athlete and she represented the LPGA in ESPN magazine’s body issue. Our staff discovered this week that if you want to drive traffic quickly to a web site, just insert the word “nude.”  Anything naked seems to outperform someone who’s barely naked.  Who would’ve thought that Christina would’ve beaten out Grace Park scantily clad on Maxim?!

Yul Kwon got a(nother) Job!
The guy who has career ADD has a new job. Surprise! Yul Kwon of Survivor fame is now working for the FCC, after having done everything from clerking to reality show contestant. If trends hold true, Yul will change jobs in 2 years.

Don’t RAIN on my Parade!
The RAIN man is starring in Ninja Assassin and he better kick some ass with his big Korean-American male cast. Otw, we ain’t getting more acting gigs in Hollywood for a while.  The movie is coming out on Thanksgiving.

Have you ever seen a Korean blonde? Did you ever wonder what a Korean woman would like in blonde? Legally Blonde the musical is opening up in South Korea and of course the actors have to be blonde. It’s starring former Miss Korea, Honey Lee (Lee Ha Ni) and Jessica of the girl band SNSD.

Who would you vote for as Miss Korea?  Who will represent South Korea at the Miss Universe pagaent this year?  The Miss Korea website link has been flying around the Internet and if you want to take a look at the contestants, go to:

http://misskorea.hankooki.com/poll/poll_list.php

Will there be another Honey Lee or someone even better that can take the crown?  If you recall, Honey Lee placed in the top 5 in 2007 of the Miss Universe pagaent in Mexico.  She had entered the competition as one of the favorites, but in the end she came up a little short.  What would be really cool, though we may be in the minority on this is to allow mixed Koreans to participate.  Yes America is different because it is inherently a melting pot, but there are many biracial and mixed Koreans who take pride in their Korean heritage.  And if they do, why not allow it because we are becoming an increasingly mixed world.  Enough of that quick editorial; onto the contestants.  Here are a few of the contestants.

Honey Lee was at Yale this past weekend with her mother, who happens to be a professor on sabbatical.  Not exactly sure why the former Miss Korea was visiting New Haven.