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Girls’ Generation to sing national anthem at July 28 Dodgers game

By Korea Herald

Published : July 9, 2013 - 20:03

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(From left) Taeyeon, Tiffany and Sunny of Girls’ Generation. (SM Entertainment) (From left) Taeyeon, Tiffany and Sunny of Girls’ Generation. (SM Entertainment)
Taeyeon, Tiffany and Sunny from girl group Girls’ Generation will sing the Korean national anthem at the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds game on July 28, S.M. Entertainment announced Tuesday.

One of the members will also throw the opening pitch at the game.

It will be Tiffany’s second visit to Dodger Stadium since May. She threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Dodgers game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 6. She had trouble throwing the ball over the plate to pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin, so it remains to be seen which of the three singers will throw the ball this time.

The Dodgers invited the group as special guests for their “Korea Day” event co-planned by the Korea Tourism Organization in Los Angeles. The purpose of the event is to spread more awareness about Korea, and to celebrate two Korean players’ ― the Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin and the Reds’ Choo Shin-soo ― first match against each other in Major League Baseball.

After the game, Girls’ Generation and Ryu will attend a ceremony of appointment to become honorary ambassadors of Korea tourism.

By Suh Hye-rim (sheren6735@heraldcorp.com)