9 What is the most popular sport in your country? Why is popular?

The most popular sport in Korea is soccer. The first reason is that our national team is considered the best in Asia. The soccer players on our national team and on international teams,that make our nation proud. Korean people believe that it is difficult to compete internationally but many of our athletes are in Europe bringing glory to our country. The second reason is the 2002 world cup. In the Korea and Japan welcome our team had advanced to the semifinals for the first time in world cup history. At that time soccer helped the nation to be united as one. And we enjoyed our national team seating and competing with all the top countries in the world.