Foreigners Struggle to Sign Up for Lacrosse As KLA Proves Elusive
By Bryan Kay
Staff Reporter
A Korea Lacrosse Association (KLA) bid to recruit non-Korean players appears to be floundering as aspirants struggle to get in touch.
The KLA has been advertising in a popular expat urban magazine in recent months in an effort to attract foreign participants.
But it is being claimed attempts to reach the organization in order to sign up have proven fruitless.
One foreign aspirant who contacted the KLA in order to find out how to get involved was told to contact the organization by e-mail in order to receive precise information.
But after being told by telephone that practices were held every Sunday either in Seoul or Suwon, and being asked to send an e-mail in order to receive more detailed information, the KLA failed to get back to him.
The Korea Times has made repeated attempts to get in touch with the KLA by telephone and e-mail over the last two months in order to arrange an interview about its attempts to reach out to the foreign community.
KLA President Park Won-jae said he would be pleased to discuss the organization and its efforts here, but several attempts to make arrangements have been unsuccessful.
Korea Times intern JR Breen contributed reporting to this article.