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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Abreu, deGrom voted baseball’s top rookies
NEW YORK (AP) ― Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was a unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year award, and New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom won the NL honor.“I don’t have any words to describe this moment,” Abreu said through a translator on the MLB Network telecast Monday. “I consider myself a good hitter, and I guess I’ve proven it.”One year after defecting from Cuba, the 27-year-old Abreu led the major leagues with a .581 slugging percentage. He was sixth in batting at .317,
BaseballNov. 11, 2014
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Options running out for African Cup
The African Cup of Nations tournament is scheduled to start in two months, but nobody wants to host it.Organizer the Confederation of African Football is running out of time and is without a host country because of the threat of Ebola. CAF has refused to re-schedule.Initial host Morocco stood firm this weekend in its decision not to host the 16-team event early next year and still wants it postponed until 2016 because of the outbreak of the deadly virus in West Africa.CAF will meet Tuesday to ma
SoccerNov. 11, 2014
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SK informed of bids for star pitcher
The South Korean baseball club SK Wyverns have been informed of the highest bid submitted by a Major League Baseball club for their posted pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun, officials said on Tuesday.The Korea Baseball Organization said it was told by MLB on Tuesday that a yet-to-be-identified big league club won the bidding war for the South Korean left-hander and that it has relayed the information to the Wyverns.The amount of the bid has not been disclosed. The Wyverns have four business days in which t
BaseballNov. 11, 2014
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Nadal to receive stem-cell treatment
BARCELONA (AP) ― Rafael Nadal’s doctor says the 14-time Grand Slam winner will receive stem-cell treatment on his ailing back.Angel Ruiz-Cotorro told the Associated Press by phone on Monday that, “we are going to put cells in a joint in his spine” next week in Barcelona.The Spanish tennis star was already sidelined for the rest of the season after having his appendix removed last week.Ruiz-Cotorro, who has worked as a doctor for Nadal for the past 14 years, said Nadal’s back pain is “typical of
More SportsNov. 11, 2014
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Men’s soccer team heads to Middle East for friendlies
The South Korean men’s national soccer team departed for the Middle East for upcoming friendly matches against Jordan and Iran.These two matches will be the final friendlies of the year for South Korea, coached by former German international Uli Stielike.They are also the country’s last scheduled matches before the AFC Asian Cup tournament in January.South Korea will visit Amman to play Jordan on Friday and will be in Tehran to take on Iran next Tuesday.Stielike has put together a 22-man roster
SoccerNov. 10, 2014
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Win some, lose some
Swansea’s Ki Sung-yueng (right) and Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck vie for the ball on Sunday. (EPA-Yonhap)LONDON (AP) ― Arsenal was left to rue its defensive vulnerabilities for the second time in a week after again failing to defend a lead in a 2-1 loss at Swansea on Sunday.The defeat followed a 3-3 draw at home to Anderlecht in the Champions League on Tuesday, which Arsenal had led 3-0.Title-holders Juventus had no such problems, following a 7-0 rout of Parma to strengthen its lead at the top of Ser
SoccerNov. 10, 2014
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Federer, Nishikori move on at ATP Finals
LONDON (AP) ― Experience prevailed over youth as Roger Federer tamed Milos Raonic 6-1, 7-6 (0) in his opening round-robin match at the ATP Finals Sunday after Kei Nishikori started his maiden campaign at the season-ending tournament with a win.Federer, the most successful player at the elite championship, started brilliantly against the 23-year-old Raonic ― the youngest player of the eight-man field ― then withstood his assaults in the second set.The 17-time Grand Slam champion, chasing a sevent
More SportsNov. 10, 2014
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Taylor shoots 66 to win Sanderson Farms
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) ― Nick Taylor was down on his game over the summer, struggling with his putter as he fought to earn a PGA Tour card.So even he was a little stunned Sunday when he was holding a big bronze rooster and celebrating a comeback victory in the Sanderson Farms Championship.The 26-year-old Taylor overcame a four-shot deficit at the Country Club of Jackson, shooting a 6-under 66 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Boo Weekley and Jason Bohn. Taylor is the first Canadian-born
GolfNov. 10, 2014
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Behind home runs, pitching, Nexen evens Korean Series
Lifted by four home runs and impressive starting pitching, the Nexen Heroes defeated the Samsung Lions 9-3 Saturday to even the South Korean baseball championship series.Starter Andy Van Hekken flirted with a perfect game and outfielder Yoo Han-joon backed him up with two homers, as the Heroes knotted the best-of-seven Korean Series at two wins apiece at home, Mokdong Stadium in Seoul. Nexen starter Andy Van Hekken delivers on Saturday. (Yonhap)The Korea Baseball Organization teams will be back
BaseballNov. 9, 2014
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Lee Mi-hyang earns maiden LPGA win
South Korean Lee Mi-hyang captured her first LPGA Tour victory in a playoff in Japan on Sunday.Lee, 21, won the Mizuno Classic with a birdie on the fifth playoff hole, edging out fellow South Korean Lee Il-hee and Japanese Kotono Kozuma at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club in Shima, Japan. Lee Mi-hyang took home the $180,000 winner’s check.The three players all scored pars on their first two trips to the par-4 18th hole in the sudden death playoff, and then all birdied the same hole on their
GolfNov. 9, 2014
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Chelsea, Bayern keep up title charge
LONDON (AP) ― Just three months into the season, it is hard to see how Chelsea can be stopped in its remorseless charge to the English Premier League title.For many, the biggest question now is whether it can go through the season unbeaten.Chelsea got past another major obstacle on its way to the league title by winning 2-1 at Liverpool on Saturday and running its record to nine wins and two draws. Defending champion Manchester City, probably Chelsea’s biggest rival, is eight points behind in th
SoccerNov. 9, 2014
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Badminton star Lee fails doping test
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) ― Badminton’s top-ranked player Lee Chong Wei has failed a doping test, a senior Malaysian sports official said Saturday.Lee, who has been temporarily suspended pending a hearing by the Badminton World Federation doping panel, faces a potential two-year ban from competition.Lee insisted he had “never cheated.” Badminton Association of Malaysia deputy chairman Mohamad Norza Zakaria confirmed Saturday that a test carried out on Nov. 5 in Oslo, Norway, on the “B” sample of an unna
More SportsNov. 9, 2014
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Nexen beats up on Samsung to even Korean Series
Lifted by four home runs and impressive starting pitching, the Nexen Heroes defeated the Samsung Lions 9-3 Saturday to even the South Korean baseball championship series.Starter Andy Van Hekken flirted with a perfect game and outfielder Yoo Han-joon backed him up with two homers, as the Heroes knotted the best-of-seven Korean Series at two wins apiece at home, Mokdong Stadium in Seoul.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) teams will be back for Game 5 Monday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.Since neit
BaseballNov. 8, 2014
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Nexen starter Van Hekken confident he can pitch well on short rest
Andy Van Hekken, the left-handed ace of the Nexen Heroes competing in the South Korean baseball championship series, is about to do something he‘s never done in his three-year career in the KBO -- pitch on three days’ rest.Van Hekken is scheduled to start Game 4 of the ongoing Korean Series against the Samsung Lions on Saturday. He started the opening game of the best-of-seven series Tuesday, when he got a no-decision in the Heroes‘ 4-2 victory.On the eve of his start, Van Hekken said he feels p
BaseballNov. 7, 2014
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Trout, McCutchen win Silver Sluggers
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen. (MCT)NEW YORK (AP) ― The Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen and Washington’s Ian Desmond have won their third straight Silver Slugger Awards.Chicago White Sox rookie first baseman Jose Abreu and Houston second baseman Jose Altuve were among eight first-time winners announced Thursday by Louisville Slugger, which presents the annual honors following voting by major league managers and coaches for the top hitter in each lea
BaseballNov. 7, 2014
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Pressel takes 1-stroke lead at Mizuno Classic
SHIMA, Japan (AP) ― Morgan Pressel of the United States shot a 67 Friday to lead the Mizuno Classic at 5 under after the first round.Pressel had five birdies at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club to lead Britain’s Laura Davies and Chella Choi of South Korea by one stroke.Kotono Kozuma of Japan was a stroke further back at 3 under in a four-way tie with South Koreans Lee Il-hee and Lee Mi-hyang and Pornanong Phatlam of Thailand.Stacey Lewis of the United States, who won here in 2012, shot a 70
GolfNov. 7, 2014
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‘Winter Games won’t move for WC’
BANGKOK (AP) ― The 2022 Winter Olympics will remain in the traditional February time slot and will not be moved to make way for a rescheduled World Cup in Qatar, the head of the world’s national Olympic committees said Thursday. FIFA is currently considering moving the World Cup to avoid the summer heat in Qatar, including a possible shift to January-February ― a period that would clash with the Olympics.Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees,
More SportsNov. 7, 2014
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Rights watchdog to probe alleged surveillance by baseball club
South Korea's human rights watchdog said Friday it will investigate charges of illegal surveillance involving a professional baseball club. An official with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea said the watchdog will start looking into allegations that Choi Ha-jin, former president of the Lotte Giants baseball club, reviewed closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of hotels where the team stayed on road trips to inspect his players. "We haven't received a formal petition to investi
BaseballNov. 7, 2014
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Samsung right-hander Yun brings ‘A’ game
DAEGU (Yonhap) ― He doesn’t throw blazing fastballs, but Yun Sung-hwan had enough in his arsenal for the Samsung Lions, as he cooled off the hot bats of the Nexen Heroes in the Korean Series on Wednesday.Making his sixth career start in the South Korean baseball championship series, the 33-year-old right-hander tossed seven effective innings, scattering four hits and holding the Heroes to one run, as the Lions beat them 7-1.The Lions pulled even in the best-of-seven affair, which moves to Nexen’
BaseballNov. 6, 2014
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President of Lotte baseball offers to quit
The troubled South Korean baseball club Lotte Giants announced Thursday their president, Choi Ha-jin, has offered to resign, faced with charges that he had been the mastermind behind alleged illegal surveillance of his players during the past regular season.The Busan-based club said Choi has expressed his intent to step down from his post but has not yet handed in his formal resignation.The Giants added that Bae Jae-hoo, the club’s general manager, submitted his resignation letter Wednesday afte
BaseballNov. 6, 2014
