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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Public backlash against division of Gyeonggi Province under 'corny' name
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Kang Min-ho named KBO All-Star reserve
Despite struggling through one of the worst seasons of his career, Lotte Giants’ catcher Kang Min-ho was selected on Wednesday as an All-Star reserve in the Korea Baseball Organization.Kang was among 24 managerial picks for the midsummer affair in the top South Korean baseball league. Players from his Giants will be joined by those from the Samsung Lions, the Doosan Bears and the SK Wyverns in the Eastern League. Representatives of the LG Twins, the Nexen Heroes, the NC Dinos, the Kia Tigers and
July 9, 2014
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Singleton, Gonzalez lead Astros past Rangers 12-7
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Jon Singleton homered among three hits and drove in four runs, Marwin Gonzalez had a bases-loaded triple and the Houston Astros snapped a seven-game skid with a 12-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.Gonzalez’s triple followed five consecutive singles in a six-run second inning, and Singleton’s towering flyball landed two rows above the Texas bullpen in right-center for a three-run shot and a 9-2 lead in the fourth.Jarred Cosart (9-6) won for the first time i
July 8, 2014
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Outfielder Na Sung-bum tops All-Star voting
Second-year outfielder Na Sung-bum of the NC Dinos leads the All-Star voting for the Korea Baseball Organization, the country’s top baseball league announced on Monday.The KBO said the 24-year-old slugger garnered 968,013 votes from fans and another 193 votes from KBO coaches and fellow players to lead the 22 All-Star starters.The KBO has nine clubs. Na’s Dinos, along with the LG Twins, the Nexen Heroes, the Kia Tigers and the Hanwha Eagles, will represent the Western League.The Eastern League w
July 7, 2014
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Kemp’s four hits lead Dodgers
DENVER (AP) ― Matt Kemp had four hits and drove in two runs, Adrian Gonzalez had three RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Sunday.Juan Uribe added three hits for the Dodgers, who won three of four in the weekend series. They head to Detroit in first place in the NL West, a half-game ahead of San Francisco.Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, an All-Star starter with an NL-best 5.3 million votes, scored both runs for the Rockies.Colorado was 26-20 on May 20 but has lost 17 of
July 7, 2014
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Rockies hold on for 8-7 win over Dodgers
DENVER (AP) ― Drew Stubbs hit a two-run homer, Jorge De La Rosa pitched six strong innings before giving way to a shaky bullpen and the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game skid by holding off the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Saturday.The Rockies are 3-16 since June 16 ― with De La Rosa (9-6) accounting for each win. The lefty allowed two runs and three hits, all in the first inning. He then watched the bullpen almost completely unravel.The Dodgers turned this into a game with a fi
July 6, 2014
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Ryu gets no-decision as Dodgers fall
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin hits an RBI double in the fifth inning on Wednesday. ( USA Today-Yonhap)LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Cleveland Indians had plenty to talk about on the flight home at the end of a 4-4 road trip.There were back-to-back losses in one-hit shutouts, and a rare 7-2-4 triple play that required two video replays to confirm. There was also the three-run eighth inning they had against Brian Wilson on Wednesday, which Mike Aviles capped with a two-run single en route to a
July 3, 2014
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Teenage shortstop signs with Yankees
Teenage shortstop Park Hyo-joon and his parents (Yonhap)South Korean teenage shortstop Park Hyo-joon has signed with the New York Yankees.Park Dong-hoon, father of the 18-year-old player, said on Thursday the shortstop signed for $1.16 million and the Major League Baseball club also agreed to provide an interpreter and a trainer.The infielder with Yatap High School in Seongnam, just east of Seoul, becomes the second South Korean to join the Yankees organization after the retired pitcher Park Cha
July 3, 2014
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Orioles hit 3 HRs, cruise past sinking Rangers 8-3
BALTIMORE (AP) ― Nelson Cruz hit his 26th home run, Steve Pearce and Caleb Joseph also went deep against rookie Nick Martinez and the Baltimore Orioles breezed past the skidding Texas Rangers 8-3 Tuesday night.Pearce and Cruz delivered solo shots in the first inning and Joseph connected with a man on in the second. It was the third homer in two nights for Pearce, and Cruz hit his third in seven games on his 34th birthday.Signed as a free agent to a one-year contract, Cruz is closing in on his ca
July 2, 2014
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Kershaw K’s 13 as Dodgers thump Cards
Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano avoids an inside pitch in the sixth inning on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap)LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw completed a spectacular June with 13 strikeouts during seven innings of five-hit ball, and Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.Kershaw (9-2) extended his career-best scoreless streak to 28 innings in his first home start since throwing his first career no-hitter June 18 again
June 30, 2014
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Adams homers, Cardinals rally to beat Rockies 9-6
DENVER (AP) ― A strong start and an impressive finish helped the St. Louis Cardinals pull off a series victory over the Colorado Rockies.Rookie left-hander Marco Gonzales had a strong start to his major league career before stumbling in the fourth inning, but the Cardinals’ bats helped him with a late rally.Matt Adams homered and drove in two runs, Matt Holliday had three hits, and St. Louis came back to beat the Rockies 9-6 on Wednesday.“A great win,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “It wa
June 26, 2014
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Kershaw shuts down Royals
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw was asked to assess his performance against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, and the Dodgers ace bemoaned the fact that he didn’t have command of his fastball.Maybe if he did, he’d have tossed another no-hitter.Kershaw still managed to follow his first career no-no by going eight marvelous innings, and Adrian Gonzalez and Andre Ethier drove in a run apiece as the Dodgers scraped out a 2-0 victory.“It definitely wasn’t easy tonight,” Kershaw sa
June 25, 2014
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NC's Charlie Shirek throws KBO's first no-hitter in 14 years
Charlie Shirek of the NC Dinos (Yonhap)Charlie Shirek of the NC Dinos on Tuesday threw the first no-hitter in the top South Korean baseball league in 14 years.The American right-hander held the LG Twins hitless while striking out seven and walking three batters, as the visiting Dinos won the road game 6-0 at Jamsil Stadium.Shirek became the first Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) pitcher to throw a no-no since Song Jin-woo, then with the Hanwha Eagles, on May 18, 2000. Shirek's no-hitter is the
June 24, 2014
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Streelman prevails at Travelers, Choi in 2nd
CROMWELL, Connecticut (AP) ― As much as Kevin Streelman enjoys the back nine at TPC River Highlands, even he didn’t think he what he accomplished Sunday was possible.Streelman birdied the last seven holes to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke, shooting his second straight 6-under 64 to finish at 15-under 265.“It’s probably my favorite nine holes on the PGA Tour,” Streelman said. “But you can’t plan for something like that to happen. It just kind of falls into place.”He broke the tour rec
June 23, 2014
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Ryu handcuffs Padres in Dodgers’ 2-1 win
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin delivers in the first inning on Sunday. ( AFP-Yonhap)SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Ryu Hyun-jin pitched six solid innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Padres 2-1 Sunday soon after San Diego’s general manager Josh Byrnes was fired.Ryu (9-3) had few problems against the light-hitting Padres, as he won for the sixth time in seven starts since missing more than three weeks with shoulder inflammation.The left-handed Ryu gave up one runs and four hits, and he did no
June 23, 2014
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Choo goes deep but Rangers fall in 10
ANAHEIM, California (AP) ― Howie Kendrick hit an RBI double in the 10th inning and C.J. Cron homered, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.Josh Hamilton led off the 10th with an infield single against Neal Cotts (2-4), and Kendrick greeted Jason Frasor with a drive to the fence in left-center on a 3-2 pitch.Mike Morin (1-1) pitched one inning for his first major league victory, striking out three and hitting a batter.Jered Weaver allowed a run
June 22, 2014
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Dodgers’ Kershaw no-hits Rockies, strikes out 15
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw pitched his first no-hitter Wednesday night, striking out a career-high 15 and allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop Hanley Ramirez in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.Kershaw’s gem gave the Dodgers the only two no-hitters in the majors this season. Josh Beckett tossed one May 25 in Philadelphia.“I am so amazed,” Kershaw said. “Beckett told me he was going to teach me how to do that, so I have Josh to thank.
June 19, 2014
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Royals win 9th straight to grab 1st place
DETROIT (AP) ― It’s been over a decade since the Kansas City Royals were in first place this late in the season, and try as he might, manager Ned Yost couldn’t totally downplay the achievement.He just wants it kept in perspective.“It’s nice. We’ve got a lot of games to play. We don’t get all geeked up,” Yost said. “It’s better than the alternative, trust me.”Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas homered as part of a seven-run second inning, and the Royals displaced the Detroit Tigers atop the AL Centra
June 18, 2014
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Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn dies of cancer at 54
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Tony Gwynn, an eight-time batting champion and an All-Star for almost his entire 20-year Major League Baseball career, has died of cancer at 54. Gwynn’s sweet left-handed swing made him one of San Diego’s best-loved athletes. He was nicknamed “Mr. Padre,” and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. “For more than 30 years, Tony Gwynn was a source of universal goodwill in the national pastime, and he will be deeply missed by the many people he touched,” Commissioner Bud
June 17, 2014
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Ryu ends Rockies’ streak
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Dee Gordon had four hits, including a triple that was misplayed into four bases by left fielder Charlie Blackmon, and Ryu Hyun-jin pitched six strong innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado 6-1 on Monday night and snap the Rockies’ season-best five-game winning streak.Ryu (8-3) allowed a run and three hits in six innings and struck out six in his 13th start. In his first 13 starts last season ― his first in the major leagues ― the left-hander was 8-5 with a 2.85
June 17, 2014
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D-backs power past L.A.
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero homered to help Bronson Arroyo win his third straight start and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 Sunday, preventing a three-game sweep.Arroyo (7-4) allowed a run and five hits in five innings.Josh Beckett (4-4) was charged with four runs ― three earned ― and five hits through seven innings with six strikeouts and no walks for the Dodgers.Goldschmidt hit his 15th home run in the first inning and Montero hit his 10th i
June 16, 2014