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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Nexen Heroes sign ex-Kia pitcher Sosa
The Nexen Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization said Thursday they have signed right-hander Henry Sosa for his second tour of duty in the top domestic league.The Heroes signed Sosa to a contract worth $150,000, along with a $50,000 signing bonus plus options. The transaction comes a day after the Heroes, currently in second place in the nine-team league at 21-13, put struggling right-hander Brandon Knight on waivers.Sosa pitched for another KBO club, the Kia Tigers, in 2012 and 2013. He join
May 15, 2014
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Astros shutout by Rangers
Texas Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo prepares to bat against the Houston Astros on Monday. ( AP-Yonhap)HOUSTON (AP) ― Rougned Odor has had a rough start to his Major League career. Things quickly turned around for him on Monday night.The rookie second baseman collected his first home run and drove in his first two runs as Colby Lewis threw 5 2-3 shutout innings, and Adrian Beltre also homered to lead the Texas Rangers to a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros.Odor, who entered Monday just 2 for 12, had two h
May 13, 2014
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LG Twins name ex-pitching coach new manager
The LG Twins, the struggling Korea Baseball Organization club, have named former pitching coach Yang Sang-moon as their new manager.The Seoul-based club said it signed Yang through 2017 for 1.35 billion won ($1.32 million).The 53-year-old served as the Twins’ pitching coach in 2002 and 2003, and again in 2007 and 2008. He’d been an analyst for the cable station MBC Sports.The Twins’ managerial post had been vacant since Kim Ki-tai abruptly offered to resign before a game on April 23. Bench coach
May 12, 2014
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Dodgers score six unanswered, rally past Giants
Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp celebrates his homer in the eighth inning. (AFP-Yonhap)LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Once they got Matt Cain out of the game, Yasiel Puig and the Los Angeles Dodgers roughed up the San Francisco Giants’ stellar bullpen.Dee Gordon and Puig broke open a tie game with consecutive RBI doubles in the seventh, Matt Kemp homered in the eighth and the Dodgers beat the NL West-leading Giants 6-2 on Saturday.“Cain pitched a good game and pounded the zone,” Kemp said. “He threw strikes, m
May 11, 2014
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Rangers shut out Rockies
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Prince Fielder homered, Matt Harrison earned his first win since 2012 and the Texas Rangers beat Colorado 5-0 on Thursday night after being overwhelmed by the Rockies the previous three games.Harrison (1-0) and four relievers combined on a five-hitter, the Rangers’ major league-best seventh shutout. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his eighth save in as many chances.Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado extended his hitting streak to 28 games with
May 9, 2014
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Strasburg lifts Nats over L.A.
Rangers’ DH Choo Shin-soo bats in the first inning on Wednesday. The Korean went 0 for 4. (AFP-Yonhap)WASHINGTON (AP) ― By the time Stephen Strasburg reached back and threw a 96 mph fastball for a strikeout to end the top of the seventh with his 106th pitch, his usual first-inning struggles seemed long ago ― and his day seemed over.When the next inning rolled around Wednesday, though, Nationals manager Matt Williams sent Strasburg to the mound to face the top of the Dodgers’ order in what would
May 8, 2014
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Kershaw tosses seven scoreless in Dodgers’ win
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw admitted he was nervous about making his first start in six weeks.Apparently it’s nothing new. He just hides it well.Kershaw pitched seven shutout innings in his first outing since opening day, and Hanley Ramirez and Drew Butera homered to help the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Washington Nationals 8-3 Tuesday night.“I’m always nervous, every time I start,” Kershaw said. “You want to do well. Same type of nerves tonight, but after the first inning I was able to
May 7, 2014
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Tulowitzki’s 2 HRs flush Rangers
DENVER (AP) ― Troy Tulowitzki homered twice, Jordan Lyles pitched eight strong innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 on Monday night.Nolan Arenado also homered to extend his hitting streak to 25 games. It is the longest in the majors this season.Tulowitzki, who was named the NL Player of the Month for April before the game, had his first multi-homer game of the season and the ninth of his career. He hit a two-run shot off Texas starter Martin Perez in the fifth and hit anot
May 6, 2014
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Hudson leads Giants past Padres 3-2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― It didn’t take Tim Hudson very long to establish himself as the ace of the San Francisco Giants’ rotation.One month into the season, the three-time All-Star is looking just as sharp and crisp as ever.Not even a close play at first base that was eerily reminiscent to the one that resulted in a shattered right ankle last July was enough to rattle the right-hander.Hudson and Sergio Romo combined on a five-hitter and the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Wednesday night.“H
May 1, 2014
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Baseball agent has ‘no comment’ on Korean player’s denial of connection
A Puerto Rican baseball agent with an apparent tie to a South Korean player said Thursday he had “no comment” on the player’s denial of any connection with him.Melvin Roman, president and CEO of Puerto Rico-based MDR Sports Management, told Yonhap News Agency in a phone interview that he would not comment on the situation between himself and Korean third baseman Choi Jeong.Earlier this week, CBSSports.com, in an article detailing Choi’s interest in playing in Major League Baseball next year, ide
May 1, 2014
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Baseball umpire assaulted by fan in midgame on heels of blown calls
A South Korean baseball umpire was assaulted on the field in midgame by an inebriated fan on Wednesday night, an unsavory incident adding a new twist to an ongoing controversy surrounding questionable officiating in the nation's top competition.During a Korea Baseball Organization game between the Kia Tigers and the SK Wyverns at the Tigers' home in Gwangju, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul, a male fan ran onto the field and jumped the first base umpire Park Keun-young from behind. The incid
May 1, 2014
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Choi Jeong denies hiring agent to test big-league market
South Korean baseball All-Star Choi Jeong has denied hiring an agent to sign with a big-league club for next season.Ahead of his SK Wyverns’ road game against the Kia Tigers in Gwangju, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul, on Tuesday, Choi was tightlipped about a recent report from the United States that he has signed on with an international agent and will try to play in Major League Baseball next year.Earlier, CBSSports.com reported that Choi, a versatile third baseman who becomes a free agent
April 30, 2014
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Gray tosses shutout vs. Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Sonny Gray came off the mound and into the Oakland dugout after the eighth inning purposely trying to avoid contact with manager Bob Melvin.Gray, clearly the best pitcher on this night in a matchup against Rangers ace Yu Darvish, wanted to finish what he started.“I normally talk to him, share a laugh, make something up,” Gray said. “I put my head down and he goes, ‘How are you feeling?’ I just yelled ‘Great!’ and kept walking. ... Yeah, I wanted to go back out there.” The
April 29, 2014
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Chicago Cubs sign little-known college dropout
The Chicago Cubs have signed a little-known South Korean college dropout to a minor league deal, a team official told Yonhap on Tuesday, saying the team hopes the player will realize his potential in a new environment.Baseball America, which covers young prospects in and outside the United States, announced on its website over the weekend that the Cubs had signed shortstop Son Ho-young. Sung Min-kyu, a Pacific Rim scout for the Cubs, confirmed the transaction Tuesday.Son, 19, played parts of the
April 29, 2014
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Ryu Hyun-jin hit with season’s second loss
SEOUL/LOS ANGELES (Yonhap) ― Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered his second loss of the Major League Baseball season on Sunday after a shaky start against the Colorado Rockies.Ryu dropped to 3-2 after allowing six earned runs on nine hits in five-plus innings against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium, as Colorado took the game 6-1. Ryu was relieved by Brandon League with no out in the top sixth after Josh Rutledge’s three-run homer.Ryu allowed leadoff hits in four of the six innings and
April 28, 2014
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Phillies rally for 6-5 win over Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) ― Pinch hitter Cody Asche hit a two-run double in Philadelphia’s four-run eighth inning and the Phillies rallied after a shaky start by Cliff Lee to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 on Saturday night.The Phillies fell behind 5-0 in the first three innings as Lee struggled.Philadelphia rallied by scoring two runs off Bronson Arroyo in the seventh and four more in the eighth against Joe Thatcher and Trevor Cahill (1-5).Jeff Manship (1-0) allowed a hit and two walks in an inning and J
April 27, 2014
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LG manager Kim offers to quit after slow start
Kim Ki-tai has offered to step down as manager of the last-place LG Twins, the Korea Baseball Organization team announced. The Twins added they haven’t accepted his resignation offer, after Kim said he wanted to quit to take responsibility for the Seoul-based team’s slow start to the season. They said bench coach Cho Kye-hyun will serve as the interim manager.Kim didn’t appear for Wednesday’s game against the Samsung Lions, fueling speculation that he had either been fired or had resigned. The T
April 24, 2014
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Yoon gets no-decision in minor league start
South Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min got a no-decision in his fourth minor league start on Wednesday.Starting for the Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on the road, the right-hander pitched five innings and allowed two runs, both unearned, on eight hits and two walks.Yoon left the game with the Tides up 4-2, but the IronPigs tied the score in the bottom of the eighth and won with a sacrifice fly in the ninth.Yoon remained at 0-3 with
April 24, 2014
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Pujols’ 500th career homer leads Angels
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Heading toward the plate after the 500th homer of this career, Albert Pujols glanced ahead and saw a throng of Los Angeles Angels teammates waiting right there to greet him.He was pleased by the outpouring of support. He also had a message.“I was pretty emotional running the bases and when I ... looked at all these guys coming out, it was hard,” Pujols said. “But I just told them, ‘We’ve got a game to win.’”Not a problem, especially with Pujols hitting like the Pujols of old. C
April 23, 2014
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Rangers trip up Oakland
OAKLAND, California (AP) ― Donnie Murphy lined a go-ahead single up the middle with one out in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied from an early three-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Monday night.Sean Doolittle (0-1) allowed a leadoff double to Kevin Kouzmanoff and Mitch Moreland sacrificed him to third before Murphy’s hit. Murphy and Kouzmanoff are both former A’s players.Neal Cotts (1-1) pitched one inning for the win, then gave way to Alexi Ogando before Joakim S
April 22, 2014