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In this week’s episode, we speak to professional footballer and current Daejeon Hana Citizen centre-back, Aaron Calver.
We discuss Aaron’s football beginnings in Australia, his transition to the K-League (and how the two compare) as well as cultural differences between the two countries/leagues.
We also get into his time at both Gwangju (where he won the league) and current team, Daejeon, his future plans and national team aspirations and the competitiveness of European football compared to Asia.
There are also bits and pieces about mental health awareness (or the lack of in Korea), positive experiences in Korea and playing against one Jesse Lingard.
As always, something for everyone.
Get on it.
In the second part of Yoon-Seo's #sojusessions we discuss the foreigner experience through the eyes of a Korean, Korean being “more than K-pop” and Western individualism Vs Korean collectivism.
We also discuss Koreans not questioning an older person under any circumstances, what Westerners could...
Published 11/02/24
In this week’s episode of #thesojusessions we speak to native Korean, Jeon Yoon-Seo (전윤서).
We get into some really interesting topics from the other side of the Korea coin, including why English is seen as “mandatory” for Koreans, the Korean education system from a Korean point of view and why...
Published 10/26/24