As the words rushed out of Kim Min-jung, the curlers sat next to her on the podium, stone-faced. The news conference, which began with the moderator announcing that the curlers would not answer “political or sensitive questions,” contained a few lighthearted moments. Kim Eun-jung, 27, the team skip, essentially a captain on the ice, explained that “Eun” means silver in Korean. So maybe, she said with a laugh, she should change her name to “Geum-Jung because geum means gold.”But then her tone changed. “It was our first time ever to really curl in front of a big audience,” said Kim Seon-Yeong.

Source: New York Times February 25, 2018 06:38 UTC