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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Marlins to open new park vs. Cards
MIAMI (AP) ― Perched atop the Miami Marlins’ multicolored, provocative home-run sculpture is a blue marlin, poised for splashdown whenever the home team hits one out.Call the artwork what you will ― gaudy, goofy, grotesque, great ― but there’s no denying it’s new. For the Marlins, that’s what this season is all about.Long overlooked and underfunded, they’ve become a big-spending, attention-grabbing team as they open the season at home Wednesday night against the World Series champion St. Louis C
April 4, 2012
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KBO season kicks off this weekend
After a busy offseason that saw a match-fixing investigation, departure of longtime franchise stars and arrival of new players, Korean fans are finally ready for the beginning of a new baseball season. The regular season commences this weekend when the defending champion Samsung Lions play a pair of games against the LG Twins in Daegu, while the Doosan Bears face the Nexen Heroes at the Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.Eight teams in the country’s top league will play each other in a total of 532 games o
April 3, 2012
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Play ball
Baseball season kicks off this weekendAfter a busy off-season that saw a match-fixing investigation, departure of longtime franchise stars and arrival of new players, Korean fans are finally ready for the beginning of a new baseball season. The regular season commences this weekend when the defending champion Samsung Lions play a pair of games against the LG Twins in Daegu, while the Doosan Bears face the Nexen Heroes at the Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.Eight teams in the country’s top league will pl
April 3, 2012
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Lee retires unexpectedly
For professional athletes, the most difficult thing is knowing when it’s time to call it a career. Lee Jong-beom of the Kia Tigers reached that point this spring. The 41-year-old announced on Saturday his retirement from baseball after 19 seasons in the country’s top baseball league.The news came as a shock as until recently the longtime franchise star trained hard in the offseason, hoping to continue playing for the team this season, which kicks off this weekend.But with just one week to go bef
April 2, 2012
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Professional baseball aims to draw record 7.1m fans this year
South Korea’s top professional baseball league expects to attract a record 7.1 million fans this season, up 4 percent from last year, the Korea Baseball Organization said Sunday.Buoyed by an unprecedented wave of popularity, professional baseball games drew some 6.8 million fans to ballparks last year, marking an all-time single season record. The 2012 season is set to kick off on Saturday.The average attendance per game is also expected to rise to 13,346 fans this year from an average of 12,081
April 1, 2012
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Chipper says this will be his final season
ATLANTA (AP) ― Flanked by his family, his former manager and a group of teammates he hates to leave behind, Chipper Jones choked up a bit and delivered the news that’s been looming for years:It’s time to call it a career.This time, he means it.With his 40th birthday approaching and a long string of injuries slowing him down, Jones announced Thursday he will retire after one more season as the Atlanta Braves’ third baseman.“I have fulfilled everything,” Jones said during a news conference at the
March 23, 2012
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Mets’ future brightens
NEW YORK (AP) ― The New York Mets’ owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club’s financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff’s fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have ― and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner’s box.Mets CEO Fred Wilpon and team president Saul Katz, co-majority owners, emerged smiling from a Manhattan federal courthouse after a judge announced the a
March 20, 2012
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Korea’s baseball governing body bans Baltimore scouts
The South Korean governing body of amateur baseball said it has taken steps to ban scouts from the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball from attending local games.The Korea Baseball Association said it posted a notice in a stadium in Seoul that reads, “This stadium is off-limits to scouts from Baltimore Orioles.”The notice will be posted in about 20 other stadiums across South Korea, an official of the association said. He asked not to be identified, citing policy.The move came two months
March 20, 2012
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Choo goes deep but Indians fall
GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) ― Dustin Moseley was told to lighten up for a change. He did, and it worked wonders.Moseley, loosening the grip on his changeup, pitched three scoreless innings and Will Venable had three hits to help the San Diego Padres beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 Saturday.“I thought his stuff was very crisp,” Padres manager Bud Black said of Moseley, working his way back from shoulder surgery on Aug 3. “He had command of his fastball. He did all the things you look for in an all-arou
March 11, 2012
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Lee hits first homer of spring
Lee Dae-ho of the Orix Buffaloes hit his first home run of the spring at Thursday’s game, taking the Seibu Lions’ starter deep in the first inning for a two-run homer. Now, after three spring training games, Lee is 2 for 8 with a .250 batting average. It’s a bit of a slow start for the Korean slugger following his successful winter training season. During the winter, Lee went 13 for 19 with a .684 average, raising expectations for his debut year in Japan.Orix manager Akinobu Okada, who watched L
March 9, 2012
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Choo homers in Tribe win
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Jack Hannahan hit a grand slam Wednesday and Jason Kipnis and Choo Shin-soo also connected for home runs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-2.Hannahan’s fourth-inning shot came off Diamondbacks prospect Tyler Skaggs. Skaggs gave up the four runs on one hit and four walks in 2/3 inning.Arizona’s Trevor Cahill also struggled in his Diamondbacks debut, giving up a two-run homer to Kipnis and allowing Choo’s solo shot in two innings of work.
March 8, 2012
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Pirates, McCutchen agree at $51.5 million
BRADENTON, Florida (AP) ― Andrew McCutchen sounded a bit overwhelmed.“It all really hasn’t sunk in for me yet,” the All-Star centerfielder said Tuesday after agreeing to a $51.5 million, six-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. “It like when you’re getting remarried and you are renewing your vows. That’s how I feel.”Though he hit just .259 last year, McCutchen had career highs in home runs (23) and RBIs (89) while stealing 23 bases. He would have been eligible for free agency following the
March 7, 2012
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Pitchers implicated in match fixing released
The LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization released their two pitchers facing match-fixing allegations and asked the league to hand out lifetime bans if the players are criminally punished.The Seoul-based Twins announced that pitchers Kim Seong-hyun and Park Hyun-jun are no longer on the team. They are being investigated for allegedly taking kickbacks from a gambling broker last season to issue first-inning walks on purpose.Kim was recently taken into custody, while Park has been questioned
March 7, 2012
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Pitchers implicated in match fixing released by team
The LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Tuesday released their two pitchers facing match-fixing allegations and asked the league to hand out lifetime bans if the players are criminally punished.The Seoul-based Twins announced that pitchers Kim Seong-hyun and Park Hyun-jun are no lon
March 6, 2012
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KBO suspends players implicated in match fixing
Two pitchers in the nation’s top baseball league have been suspended indefinitely for their alleged roles in match fixing, officials said Monday.The Korea Baseball Organization said Kim Seong-hyun and Park Hyun-jun, both of the Seoul-based LG Twins, will remain under suspension indefinitely. Kim was recently taken into custody for allegedly taking kickbacks from a gambling broker to issue first-inning walks on purpose.Park, who was grilled by prosecutors last week for his connection, has partial
March 5, 2012
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Cuban defector Cespedes joins A’s
PHOENIX (AP) ― After watching the YouTube promotional video of the five-tool outfielder with a sculpted body and freakish athleticism, the Oakland Athletics were eager to see Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes up close.“He’s finally here,” catcher Kurt Suzuki said. “We hear about the potential and the tools and all that stuff. I’m not just excited to see him hit but excited to see him working out with the team.” Cespedes certainly didn’t disappoint.The 26-year-old Cespedes worked out with the Athlet
March 5, 2012
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Nation's top baseball league suspends players implicated in match fixing
Two pitchers in the nation's top baseball league have been suspended indefinitely for their alleged roles in match fixing, officials said Monday.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Kim Seong-hyun and Park Hyun-jun, both of the Seoul-based LG Twins, will remain under suspension indefinitely. K
March 5, 2012
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MLB expands playoff format
NEW YORK (AP) ― With less than a month to go before opening day, baseball at last decided who’s in and who’s out come October.Now, even a third-place team can win the World Series.Major League Baseball made it official, expanding the playoff format to 10 teams by adding a wild-card club to each league.“I hope we get that extra spot,” said new Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, whose team is coming off a 56-106 finish that was the worst in the majors. “I think it’s great any time you hav
March 4, 2012
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Second baseball pitcher partially admits to match-fixing allegations
Prosecutors investigating allegations of match fixing in baseball said Saturday that a second active professional baseball pitcher partially admitted, during questioning, his involvement in match fixing. LG Twins` Park Hyun-jun (Yonhap News)Park Hyun-jun, a right-hander for the LG Twins in the Korea
March 4, 2012
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Army stint helped cleanse Indians’ Choo
GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo found inner peace in a most unexpected place.While taking basic training during the offseason with the South Korean military, the Indians outfielder was required to go on 16-mile hikes while carrying 55 pounds of weight in his backpack. It was during these physically grueling exercises where the 29-year-old finally healed the pain of a troubling year.As his heart raced, his mind wandered.He was cleansed. “It was a heavy bag, but it helped me more mentally,”
March 1, 2012