Ssireum : a new lease of life

• Main Author: Chew, Matthew
• Other Authors: Alfred Hedwig Rasamah
• Format: Course Assignment (CA)
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Overseas reporting
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73385
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

I grew up in a poor family and they promised me bread and milk if I trained to be a pro-Ssireum player,” said Mr Lee. He is now a Ssireum coach at Uiseong Middle School, a team located in the distant countryside three hours away from Seoul. It is also the only school that has some monetary support...