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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India
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Braun, Brewers bash Cards for Game 1 win
MILWAUKEE (AP) ― The barbs already were flying. Come Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers bashed the St. Louis Cardinals with their bats.Needing a rally in the NL championship series opener, Milwaukee turned to its power duo of Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, then got a clutch hit from Yuniesky Betancourt t
Oct. 10, 2011
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Rangers trip Tigers 3-2
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Justin Verlander was washed out of another Game 1.Scuffling through a wet postseason, the Detroit ace and likely AL Cy Young Award winner left a start early again Saturday night when a pair of rain delays prevented him from pitching more than four innings. He wound up the los
Oct. 9, 2011
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Baseball postseason kicks off
The country’s top professional baseball league wrapped up its regular season on Thursday night and is now gearing up for what looks like a promising postseason starting Saturday.The defending champion SK Wyverns will face the Kia Tigers in the first round. The two teams met in the Korean Series in 2
Oct. 6, 2011
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Cards force Game 5 in Philadelphia
ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Roy Oswalt seemed all set to close out the Cardinals. He had an early lead, had won big games in St. Louis and had never lost a postseason start.So much for all that history.St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday scores on a two-run double by David Freese in the fourth inning.
Oct. 6, 2011
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SK, Kia kick off postseason
Pitching-rich clubs set for best-of-five series The country’s top professional baseball league wrapped up its regular season on Thursday night and is now gearing up for what looks like a promising postseason starting Saturday.The defending champion SK Wyverns will face the Kia Tigers in the fir
Oct. 6, 2011
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Beltre’s 3 homers power Rangers
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) ― This is what Adrian Beltre envisioned when he signed with Texas in the offseason. Balls jumping off his bat in October, the Rangers making another run for the pennant.Beltre hit three straight home runs and the defending AL champions advanced again, beating the Tampa B
Oct. 5, 2011
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Brewers sting D-backs in Game 1
MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Yovani Gallardo could barely see the return tosses from catcher Jonathan Lucroy, losing them in the bright light filtering through the windows at Miller Park.Imagine how the Diamondbacks felt.Gallardo emerged from the shadows, outpitching Arizona ace Ian Kennedy as the Milwaukee Bre
Oct. 2, 2011
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Rays clinch AL wild card with stunning rally
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) — A startling comeback on the final day of the regular season carried the Tampa Bay Rays back to the playoffs.Their chances of claiming the AL wild card in jeopardy, the Rays rallied Wednesday night from a late seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 on
Sept. 30, 2011
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Playoffs ready to take flight for Yankees, Tigers
NEW YORK (AP) ― After a long flight, a pre-dawn arrival and a workout that came all too soon, Derek Jeter is ready for the playoffs.Almost. First, a good night’s sleep would be nice.“Man, I got home at 4:30. I don’t even know what I’m saying right now,” a bleary-eyed Jeter said Thursday, a day befor
Sept. 30, 2011
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Cardinals cap incredible run
HOUSTON (AP) ― Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals completed one of baseball’s greatest comebacks, clinching the NL wild card Wednesday night with an 8-0 win over Houston and a later loss by Atlanta.The Cardinals got their playoff spot when the Braves fell to Philadelphia 4-3 in 13 innings.S
Sept. 29, 2011
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Red Sox hold on to stay tied for wild-card lead
BALTIMORE (AP) ― The Boston Red Sox celebrated a rare September victory for about 20 minutes before turning their attention toward their next game ― the last and most important of the 162-game schedule.The Red Sox maintained a share of the AL wild-card lead Tuesday night, using four home runs to bea
Sept. 28, 2011
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Samsung Lions run away with league title
The Samsung Lions have won the pennant race title in the country’s top professional league for the first time in five years.After winning the game against the Doosan Bears 5-3 on Tuesday, the Daegu-based club improved their record to 76-47 to claim the regular-season title. And with the title, they
Sept. 28, 2011
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Samsung Lions wins KBO pennant race
The Samsung Lions has won the pennant race title in the country’s top professional league for the first time in five years.After winning the game against Doosan Bears 5-3 on Tuesday, the Daegu-based club improved their record to 76-47 this season to claim the regular season title. And with the title
Sept. 28, 2011
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Korean baseball enjoys golden days
It’s 6 p.m. on Sept. 16, and the Jamsil baseball stadium is already nearly filled. “LG! LG!” a large squad in the first base stands starts chanting their club’s name as the match between the home team LG Twins and SK Wyverns begins.“SK (clap-clap), SK (clap-clap),” another big crowd at third base sh
Sept. 23, 2011
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Playoff-hopeful Rays rough up watered-down Yankees
Tampa Bay pulls within 2 games of Boston in wild-card raceNEW YORK (AP) ― Rays manager Joe Maddon heard a few cheers coming from the clubhouse and reached for the computer mouse. He knew what had just happened. He wanted to know how.“Niiiice,” Maddon said after learning the Toronto Blue Jays beat th
Sept. 23, 2011
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Rivera breaks MLB saves mark
NEW YORK (AP) ― Mariano Rivera stood by himself, in the center of the diamond at Yankee Stadium.For once, the great closer wasn’t sure what to do next.So he smiled, blew a kiss to the crowd, and then doffed his cap as cheers washed over him following the record 602nd save of his career.“Oh, my God,
Sept. 20, 2011
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SK, Lotte feel late-season pressure
The temperature has dropped as the cool breeze of fall has swept in. But the tension and excitement are growing in the country’s top professional baseball league as the race for a playoff berth is well under way.The race will reach its climax this week as two of the top teams ― the Lotte Giants and
Sept. 19, 2011
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Former MVP pitcher Choi dies
Considered one of history’s premier power pitchersIt was another sad day for the Korean baseball league as Choi Dong-won, an all-time favorite pitcher, died of cancer Wednesday. He was 53.His death came just one week after fans and players were in mourning for the loss of legendary hitter Jang Hyo-j
Sept. 14, 2011
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Rivera gets 600th career save as Yankees top M’s
SEATTLE (AP) ― Mariano Rivera earned his 600th save, moving within one of Trevor Hoffman’s major league record, by closing out the New York Yankees’ 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.Rivera entered with a one-run lead in the ninth and allowed just a one-out single to Ichiro Suzuki.
Sept. 14, 2011
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Former MVP pitcher Choi dies of cancer
Choi Dong-won (Yonhap News)Choi Dong-won, one of the premier power pitchers in South Korean baseball in the 1980s, died Wednesday of cancer. He was 53 years old.The National Health Insurance Corp. (NHIC) Ilsan Hospital in Goyang, west of Seoul, said Choi lost his battle with colorectal cancer. The
Sept. 14, 2011