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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Yoon shines in Orioles debut
SARASOTA, Florida (AP) ― South Korean right-hander Yoon Suk-min threw one shutout inning in his debut with the Baltimore Orioles, who got a home run from Chris Davis in a 2-1 victory over a New York Yankees’ split-squad Saturday.The 27-year-old Yoon didn’t exactly face a Murderer’s Row of Yankees, who sent most of their stars to Panama for an exhibition game.Yoon entered in the seventh with the score tied at 1. He gave up a single to Ramon Flores, then retired Mason Williams and Kyle Roller on f
March 16, 2014
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New face emerges as unlikely hero for Nexen in preseason
A virtually unknown outfielder has emerged as an unlikely hero for the Nexen Heroes so far this preseason in the Korea Baseball Organization.Kang Ji-kwang, a 23-year-old pitcher-turned-outfielder, has taken the league by storm, barely a week into the preseason. On Thursday, the right-handed batter belted two home runs and drove in three runs as the Heroes defeated the SK Wyverns 6-0. Both of the long balls were hit off SK’s former Major League Baseball starter Jo-Jo Reyes.Kang now leads the leag
March 14, 2014
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Underachieving righty to start first game at Kia’s ballpark
An underachieving right-hander was tabbed Thursday to start the first official game at the new stadium for the Kia Tigers in the top domestic baseball league.The Korea Baseball Organization club said Song Eun-beom will start the preseason game against the Doosan Bears on Saturday at the new Gwangju-Kia Champions Field.The ballpark is named after the Tigers’ home city of Gwangju, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul. The Tigers as a franchise have the most championships in the KBO’s 32-year histor
March 13, 2014
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Samsung Lions eye fourth consecutive title: manager
The Samsung Lions have won the past three championships in the top domestic baseball league, and the goal this year is to extend the impressive streak, the team’s manager said Wednesday.After the Lions wrapped up their 50-day spring training in Guam and then in Okinawa this week, Ryu Joong-il made it clear that he won’t settle for anything less than another title.“Our objective this year is of course to win our fourth consecutive championship,” Ryu was quoted as saying in the Lions’ press releas
March 5, 2014
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Busan to build baseball Hall of Fame
Busan inked an agreement with the national governing body of professional baseball Tuesday to build the sport’s first official Hall of Fame in the country.Busan, the country’s second-largest city about 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, reached a deal with the Korea Baseball Organization to build the Hall of Fame in its county of Kijang by 2016.Building the commemorative hall is part of the KBO’s project to celebrate more than 100 years of baseball and 30-plus years of professional baseball in t
March 4, 2014
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Rangers lineup has global flair
SURPRISE, Arizona (AP) ― When Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington fills out his lineup card on opening day, he will likely write down the names of players from seven different countries, plus Puerto Rico.Baseball is clearly universal at Texas.“When we’re out there on the field, we’re all from the same country. We all represent the Texas Rangers,” said Elvis Andrus, the shortstop from Venezuela. “Where you come from, or your nationality, actually don’t matter. When we’re all together, we’re fami
Feb. 27, 2014
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Prosecution raids KBO over corruption allegations
Prosecutors on Thursday raided the head office of the nation’s professional baseball governing body as part of their investigation into allegations that several employees embezzled its funds. The employees of the Korea Baseball Organization, including a former secretary general whose identity has been withheld, are under suspicion of siphoning off the government funds worth 713 million won ($667,000) by cooking the books, prosecutors said.A team of prosecutors and investigators at the Seoul Cent
Feb. 27, 2014
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Average salary of S. Korean baseballers tops W100m mark
The average annual salary of South Korean professional baseball players has surpassed the 100 million won mark in 2014 for the first time in history, the baseball governing body said Wednesday. According to the report released by the Korea Baseball Organization, a total of 477 South Korean players, excluding rookies and foreign players, will receive a record high of 106.4 million won ($99,198) on average for the 2014 season, up 11.8 percent from the previous record of 95.17 million won last yea
Feb. 26, 2014
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MLB bans most home collisions
NEW YORK (AP) ― Rather than ban home plate collisions outright, Major League Baseball and its players adopted a rule limiting them this season.In what both sides said was a one-year experiment, the rule allows collisions if the catcher has the ball and is blocking the runner’s direct path to home plate, and if the catcher goes into the basepath to field a throw to the plate.“It’s not a radical departure from what it had been,” Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon said.The new rule, 7.13, states “a
Feb. 25, 2014
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MLB managers set to try out replay in spring training
KISSIMMEE, Florida (AP) ― Major league teams will each have at least five games this spring where managers can challenge plays as part of the major expansion of instant replay which begins this season.Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez is looking forward to getting acquainted with it.“Those five games that we have the actual television, I’m challenging everything just to get a feel for it,” he said. “I’m sure that the umpires will appreciate that.”Gonzalez, Houston manager Bo Porter, Tigers manager
Feb. 23, 2014
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Ryu aware of sophomore slump talk
GLENDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Ryu Hyun-jin begins his second season with the Los Angeles Dodgers confronted by a question that is inevitable for any pitcher coming off a good rookie year.As in, can the left-hander avoid the so-called sophomore slump?Excuse Ryu if he doesn’t sound too worried. Slumps are possible anywhere.“There is a sophomore slump in Korea, too,” Ryu said Tuesday through an interpreter after throwing batting practice for the first time in camp.Ryu didn’t suffer one then and doesn’t
Feb. 19, 2014
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Yoon wants to start for Orioles
SARASOTA, Florida (AP) ― A day after he officially signed a three-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles, Yoon Suk-min said his goal in coming to the major leagues was to be a starting pitcher.The 27-year-old South Korean will have to compete for a spot on the Orioles’ suddenly competitive staff. With Ubaldo Jimenez in camp for a physical, Baltimore’s starters look to be Jimenez, Chris Tillman, Wei-Yin Chen, Miguel Gonzalez and Bud Norris.Yoon may be sent to the bullpen.Jimenez agreed to a fou
Feb. 19, 2014
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Introduced as Oriole, pitcher Yoon Suk-min vows not to back down
As he was formally introduced as a member of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, South Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min said he will not back down from challenges in Major League Baseball.The Orioles held a press conference in Sarasota, the site of their spring training, to unveil the right-hander as its newest member. Yoon signed a three-year contract worth $5.75 million. The deal was first reported last week but the club waited until Yoon passed the physical before making the acquisition official on
Feb. 19, 2014
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Dodgers legend likes what he sees in club
GLENDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Sandy Koufax wasn’t wearing a Dodgers uniform when he walked around the practice fields Monday at the team’s spring training camp.“That’s not my job,” he said.Even without the famed No. 32 on his back, players and fans alike knew who he was. At 78, the Hall of Famer is the face of Dodger tradition and represents what Clayton Kershaw, Yasiel Puig and their current Los Angeles teammates hope to achieve.In his second year as a special adviser to team chairman Mark Walter, K
Feb. 18, 2014
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Yoon, Orioles finalize $5.6m, three-year deal
SARASOTA, Florida (AP) ― South Korean right-hander Yoon Suk-min and the Baltimore Orioles have finalized a three-year contract for $5,575,000, a deal that could escalate to $13,075,000 if the pitcher starts 26 or more games each season.The 27-year-old was 73-59 with a 3.19 ERA in nine seasons with the KIA Tigers in the Korea Baseball Organization.Yoon is expected to compete for a spot in Baltimore’s starting rotation.Yoon gets a $675,000 signing bonus under the agreement announced Monday, payabl
Feb. 18, 2014
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S. Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min officially signs with Baltimore Orioles
South Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min has officially signed a multiyear contract with the Baltimore Orioles after passing his physical, the Major League Baseball (MLB) club announced Tuesday (Korean time).The Orioles said they will formally introduce Yoon at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in Sarasota, Fla., the site of the O's spring training camp.Yoon's deal is worth $5.75 million for three years, and the value could hit around $13 million with performance-based incentives. According to th
Feb. 18, 2014
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Yoon passes Orioles’ physical, deal becomes official: reports
South Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min has passed the physical with the Baltimore Orioles, making his multiyear deal with the Major League Baseball club official, U.S. reports said on Sunday.MLB Daily Dish, citing a source with knowledge of the situation, said the South Korean right-hander has cleared the physical and the deal will be announced in the coming days.The Orioles haven’t made an official announcement of Yoon’s signing, which was first reported on Thursday, but the team has scheduled a pre
Feb. 17, 2014
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S. Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min reaches agreement with Baltimore Orioles: reports
South Korean pitcher Yoon Suk-min has reached an agreement with the Baltimore Orioles, pending a physical, multiple U.S. reports said on Thursday.CBS Sports.com said the right-hander has agreed to join the Major League Baseball team but will have to pass the team's physical. Another report on MLB.com said the deal is worth $5.75 million over three years.Earlier this week, Yoon tweeted a photo of himself wearing an Orioles cap, fueling speculation that a deal was imminent. The Orioles said there
Feb. 14, 2014
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So long to a Yankee legend
NEW YORK (AP) ― To Derek Jeter, it was just another day to get ready for spring training.On a minor league field at the New York Yankees’ complex in Florida, he took batting practice, fielded grounders and chatted with teammates. And then he drove away in his Mercedes, offering no hint that the countdown to his retirement had already begun.Hours later, Jeter alerted the sports world: This will be his final season.“I know it in my heart. The 2014 season will be my last year playing professional b
Feb. 13, 2014
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Tanaka draws big crowd at unveiling
NEW YORK (AP) ― The latest high-priced addition to the New York Yankees stood on the dais in front of a large news conference, put on his pinstriped jersey with No. 19 and smiled.“Hello. My name is Masahiro Tanaka,” he said slowly in English. “I’m very happy to be a Yankee.” After chartering a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for his trip from Tokyo to New York, the 25-year-old right-hander with the $155 million, seven-year contract was presented Tuesday not in the news conference room downstairs at Yankee
Feb. 12, 2014