Lee Sedol’s shocking new job selling beer at a baseball stadium, and why
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- KBS 2TV will premiere the variety show “Unemployed Lee Sedol” in October, marking 10 years since Lee Sedol’s historic match against AlphaGo.
- The program follows Lee, who left the Go world after securing a legendary win over AlphaGo, as he takes on an “analog survival” journey.
- A teaser poster has been released for the show.
Lee Sedol’s surprising stint selling beer at a baseball stadium is part of a new KBS 2TV variety show scheduled to premiere in October.
“Unemployed Lee Sedol” was planned to mark the 10th anniversary of Lee’s celebrated match against AlphaGo. The program follows the former Go champion after he left the Go world, presenting what KBS describes as his real-life analog survival journey.
The broadcaster has released a teaser poster for the show.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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