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Qoo10 liquidity crisis sparks massive complaints, fears of wider damage
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Yoon urges municipalities to embrace foreigners
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What is happening at Hybe?
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S. Korea to consent to Japan's Sado mines gaining World Heritage status: official
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Korea unveils tax reform bill to spur economy
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Actor’s excessive airport security sparks probe into human rights violations
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Actor Yoo Ah-in accused of sexual attack
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Man who let his father die due to financial difficulties to be released on parole
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S. Korea, China shifting from tensions to cooperation: Seoul
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LG Electronics achieves record earnings in Q2
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Big bats down
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― With the opening game of the World Baseball Classic only two days away, South Korea is still waiting for its bats to heat up.South Korea managed just three hits in an embarrassing 1-0 loss to a team of Taiwanese military players in a practice match Wednesday. The performance left manager Ryu Joong-il literally speechless, as he declined to speak to the media afterward.South Korea will begin its quest for its first WBC crown on Saturday against the Netherlands. Au
Feb. 28, 2013
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Four Korean clubs start AFC Champions League
Four South Korean teams will start their campaigns at Asia’s premier club competition this week, looking to sustain the country’s recent dominance at the annual tournament.FC Seoul, the defending champion of the first-division K League Classic, will headline the Korean contingent at the Asian Football Confederation Champions League.The AFC awards Champions League spots to the top three K League Classic clubs from the previous season and to the FA Cup winner. FC Seoul, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and
Feb. 25, 2013
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Korea set to begin quest for WBC crown
South Korea will begin its quest for its first World Baseball Classic championship this week in Taiwan, trying to shake off its underdog label with yet another surprising march through the tournament.Manager Ryu Joong-il will lead the team of 28 players, including 13 pitchers, into Taichung Intercontinental Stadium in Taiwan for first round action. South Korea has been paired with Taiwan, Australia and the Netherlands in Pool B of this March 2-19 tournament.South Korea’s opening game will be aga
Feb. 25, 2013
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Practice game between NC, Cuba canceled over ball
DOU LIOU CITY, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― A practice game between the Cuban national baseball team and a South Korean professional club was canceled Thursday over a dispute of the game ball, officials said.Cuba was to face the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization at Dou Liou Baseball Stadium here in Taiwan, as part of preparations for the March 2-19 World Baseball Classic. According to NC officials, the two sides had previously agreed that they would each pitch their own choice of the ball. B
Feb. 21, 2013
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Ryu looks to step into rotation
GLENDALE, Arizona (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw is No. 1 and Zack Greinke is No. 2 in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting rotation. There are several interesting candidates vying for slot Nos. 3, 4 and 5.Ryu Hyun-jin, Chad Billingsley, Josh Beckett, Ted Lilly, Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang are the six who have begun to throw in batting-practice sessions in the second week of spring training at Camelback Ranch. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has kept a close eye on Billingsley and Lilly. Both are coming o
Feb. 21, 2013
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‘Taiwan, Cuba not to be feared’
DOU LIOU CITY, Taiwan (Yonhap News) ― Cuba and Taiwan, seen as South Korea’s two rivals at the upcoming World Baseball Classic, don’t appear to be as strong as scouts had earlier feared, a former South Korean national team manager said Wednesday.Kim In-sik, who managed South Korea at the first two WBCs in 2006 and 2009, said he has watched Taiwan and Cuba once each in practice games. Kim, currently a technical director for the Korea Baseball Organization, admitted his sample size was small, but
Feb. 20, 2013
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Center of attention
GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo has made 10 starts in center field over eight seasons in the majors. He’ll get a chance to win the job during his first spring training with the Cincinnati Reds.If that doesn’t work out, the defending NL Central champions will have to do some rearranging.The Reds traded incumbent center fielder Drew Stubbs to Cleveland for Choo in the offseason, looking for a stronger bat at the top of the lineup. They haven’t had a consistent leadoff hitter for years.They’
Feb. 18, 2013
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Choo not about to change style on new club
GOODYEAR, Arizona (Yonhap News) ― Having joined a new team in Major League Baseball during the offseason, South Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo said he will not change his style of play regardless of his position on the field or in the batting order.Choo was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds in December. The Reds, the reigning National League Central Division champs, acquired the 30-year-old to bolster their offense at the top of the lineup and have him patrol center field
Feb. 17, 2013
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Dodgers pitcher Ryu pleased with 1st bullpen session
GLENDALE, Arizona (Yonhap News) ― South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers said here Thursday he was pleased with his first bullpen session for his new Major League Baseball club.Ryu, who signed a six-year, $36 million contract last December, has joined the Dodgers’ spring training at Camelback Ranch here in Arizona this week. After two days of running and light tossing, Ryu threw in the bullpen for the first time Thursday, as he competes for a spot in the Dodgers’ starting r
Feb. 15, 2013
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High aspirations
GLENDALE, Arizona (Yonhap News) ― Entering his first Major League Baseball season, South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers said Tuesday he is confident that he can beat stiff competition to join the team’s starting rotation.The 25-year-old signed a six-year, $36 million contract in December last year, leaving the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization, his home since 2006. The former MVP of the South Korean league reported to the Dodgers’ spring training at Camelba
Feb. 13, 2013
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Could Astros be facing another 100-loss season?
HOUSTON (AP) ― The Houston Astros have a grand total of five players with more than two years of major league experience on the 40-man roster, a first-year manager and a move to the American League to deal with, too.They also have a payroll projected to be the lowest in baseball since the Florida Marlins spent just under $22 million in 2008.So why are they so optimistic they can avoid becoming the first team in a half-century to lose 106 games in three consecutive seasons?General manager Jeff Lu
Feb. 7, 2013
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Braun says he used clinic owner as consultant
NEW YORK (AP) ― Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun said he used the person who ran the Florida clinic under investigation by Major League Baseball only as a consultant on his drug suspension appeal last year.“I have nothing to hide,” Braun said in a statement released by his representatives to the Associated Press on Tuesday night.Earlier in the day, Yahoo Sports reported the 2011 NL MVP’s name showed up three times in records of the Biogenesis of America LLC clinic. Yahoo said no specific per
Feb. 6, 2013
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[Photo] Ravens beat 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl
In a Super Bowl that went from blowout to blackout to shootout, the Baltimore Ravens held on to edge the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 on Sunday in one of the most thrilling NFL deciders ever.A power outage at the Superdome early in the second half stopped America's biggest sporting event for more than half an hour and seemed to rob the Ravens of their momentum, having just established a 22-point lead.After the interruption, the 49ers stormed back, cutting the deficit to just two points but Baltimor
Feb. 4, 2013
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Lewis ‘agitated’ with report
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― Ray Lewis is “agitated.”Not because the Baltimore Ravens linebacker thinks the magazine report linking him to a company that purports to make performance-enhancers will affect his play or that of his teammates against the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl ― the final game of a 17-year NFL career that most assume will earn him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Rather, Lewis did not want to spend time discussing the subject in private with his head coach or in public w
Jan. 31, 2013
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Expansion team, league displeased with stadium location
A South Korean expansion baseball team expressed its displeasure with the site its home city has selected for its new stadium, saying that the decision was “political” and did not take into account public opinion.Changwon, an industrial city in South Gyeongsang Province, home of the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization, announced earlier that it will build a new ballpark on the land formerly occupied by the Army College in nearby Jinhae district.It’s located south of downtown Changwon.Cha
Jan. 31, 2013
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Expansion baseball team, league displeased with proposed stadium location
A South Korean expansion baseball team expressed its displeasure Wednesday with the site its home city has selected for its new stadium, saying that the decision was "political" and did not take into account public opinion.Changwon, an industrial city in South Gyeongsang Province, home of the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), announced earlier in the day that it will build a new ballpark on the land formerly occupied by the Army College in nearby Jinhae district.It's located sou
Jan. 30, 2013
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A-Rod, again
NEW YORK (AP) ― Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball’s highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis of America LLC, a now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables, Fla.,
Jan. 30, 2013
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Injured pitcher Lim Chang-yong eyes job in 2014
INCHEON (Yonhap News) ― South Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong, who recently signed with the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, said Monday he will try to land a full-time big-league job next year.The 36-year-old right-hander left for Arizona to begin rehabbing his surgically repaired right elbow. He signed a two-year split contract last year that could be worth up to $5 million, with different salary rates for the time he spends in the majors and the minors.“I am going to put in a lot of work
Jan. 28, 2013
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Five-tool star Park Jae-hong retires
Park Jae-hong, one of the best all-around players in South Korean baseball, announced his retirement on Friday, saying he felt it was “the right time” to leave the game.Park, 39, played 17 seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization for three different clubs. The outfielder spent his final eight years with the SK Wyverns, winning three KBO championships.Park said the Wyverns offered him an opportunity to receive coaching training after last season, but he turned it down so that he could return fo
Jan. 25, 2013
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Sosa says he and McGwire belong in Hall
CHICAGO (AP) ― Sammy Sosa says he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame.Slammin’ Sammy also says the Chicago Cubs should retire his number, and he left open the possibility of running for president of the Dominican Republic during an interview Wednesday on the website Ustream.com.Asked if he thinks he or McGwire belong in the Hall, Sosa said: “I think so.” He also said he won’t say anything that will “jeopardize my future” and that time “will determine everythin
Jan. 24, 2013