The Los Angeles Times also reported that South Korea's baseball success comes as no surprise. ``Since 2000, it has won silver medals in the World Cup and Intercontinental Cup and a bronze in the Olympics before capping it all off last summer by going unbeaten in Beijing to capture its first Olympic gold medal in baseball.''
STUNNED. In other news, Japan beat the US today, which means they'll face Korea in the championship. Wow, Japan versus Korea. Again. An Asian nationalist's wet dream.
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That is a really dumb headline. The body of the article ("South Korea's baseball success comes as no surprise") contradicts the headline.
It's as if a non-native misunderstood "stunning victory" as someone else being "stunned by that victory," or a native English speaker who is lazy or mischievous. Having once had a KT copy editor for a housemate who told me the challenges of his job (non-native English speakers who didn't like the changes he made to their articles) and the way he kept himself entertained (headlines and body text with little Easter eggs), I'm inclined to believe it's the latter, but it could be the former.
I think copyeditors keep themselves entertained that way. Case in point:
http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2008/11/holy-shit-greatest-moment-in-joongang.html
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