http://www.exploringkorea.com Your Korea Travel Guide Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:07:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 http://www.exploringkorea.com/mokdong-stadium-seoul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mokdong-stadium-seoul http://www.exploringkorea.com/mokdong-stadium-seoul/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:23:50 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=3711 Mokdong Sports Stadium was opened in 1987. It's main purpose was as a baseball stadium. It is one of the smaller baseball stadiums in Seoul that was built during the sports boom in the late 80's around the time of the Seoul Olympics. Mokdong stadium is still in use today with around 16,000 seats and [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/mokdong-stadium-seoul/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/stadiums-in-busan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stadiums-in-busan http://www.exploringkorea.com/stadiums-in-busan/#respond Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=3346 Sports are very popular around South Korea. We only have to look at the past 30 years to see some of the sporting achievement's / events in Korea. The first major international sporting event held in South Korea was the Asian Games in 1986 in Seoul followed by the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. The Asian [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/stadiums-in-busan/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/sajik-baseball-stadium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sajik-baseball-stadium http://www.exploringkorea.com/sajik-baseball-stadium/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:07:53 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=3298 Sajik Baseball Stadium is located at Busan sports complex beside Busan Asiad Stadium. Sajik Baseball Stadium was built in 1985 and is used for baseball games and sometimes football or field hockey. The stadium can seat up to 28,500 spectators. The baseball stadium is home to the Lotte Giants. The Lotte Giants are one of [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/sajik-baseball-stadium/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/busan-asiad-main-stadium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=busan-asiad-main-stadium http://www.exploringkorea.com/busan-asiad-main-stadium/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:43:15 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=3295 Busan Asiad Main Stadium was a purpose built stadium for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2002 Asian Games. The stadium is located in Busan at the foot of the mountains. The stadium is an open air stadium that has a doom roof shelter covering the seats. Asiad  Stadium can seat up to 55,500 [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/busan-asiad-main-stadium/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/dongdaemun-stadium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dongdaemun-stadium http://www.exploringkorea.com/dongdaemun-stadium/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:03:40 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=406 Dongdaemun Stadium was located in downtown Seoul. It was demolished on December 18th, 2007 to make way for the Dongdaemun History and Culture Park. Before the stadium was built it was the location of Seoul Fortress wall and Hadomateo (a military camp site) in the Jeseon Dynasty. In 1925, as the invasion of Japan’s Imperial [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/dongdaemun-stadium/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/olympic-stadium-seoul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=olympic-stadium-seoul http://www.exploringkorea.com/olympic-stadium-seoul/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:26:20 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=306 Olympic Stadium Seoul was opened on September 24th , 1984 and was built to hold the 10th Asian Games and the 1988 Summer Olympics. It is part of the Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul. The Stadium was built to hold 100,000 spectators for the olympics and now it seats just under 70,000 people. The Stadium [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/olympic-stadium-seoul/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/jamsil-baseball-stadium/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamsil-baseball-stadium http://www.exploringkorea.com/jamsil-baseball-stadium/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:06:17 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=294 Jamsil Baseball stadium was completed in July, 1982. Jamsil stadium makes up the Sports Complex area including nearby Olympic Stadium , Skating Rink, Jamsil Swimming pool and Sports Park. The stadium is home to two teams. The Doosan bears (www.doosanbears.com/) and LG Twins (www.lgtwins.com/) as part of the Korean Baseball Organisation. Games are held here [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/jamsil-baseball-stadium/feed/ 0 http://www.exploringkorea.com/world-cup-stadium-seoul-korea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-cup-stadium-seoul-korea http://www.exploringkorea.com/world-cup-stadium-seoul-korea/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:49:33 +0000 http://www.exploringkorea.com/?p=226 In 1996 Japan and Korea were chosen by FIFA to host the 2002 World Cup. At that time Korea, lacking a soccer pitch big enough to hold the World Cup decided to build a new purpose-built stadium. This was a big undertaking and took 3 years to complete and cost over 200 million dollars. After [...]]]> http://www.exploringkorea.com/world-cup-stadium-seoul-korea/feed/ 0