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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
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Seoul city opens emergency care centers
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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[Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD
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[Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance
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Why S. Korean refiners are reluctant to import US oil despite Trump’s energy push
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Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
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Prosecutors seek 5-year prison term for Samsung chief in merger retrial
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UN talks on plastic pollution treaty begin with grim outlook
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LG Twins land Hannahan
South Korean baseball club LG Twins announced Tuesday they’ve signed former major league infielder Jack Hannahan.The Korea Baseball Organization club signed the 34-year-old for $1 million. The Twins have now filled up their foreign player quota for next year, with pitchers Henry Sosa and Lucas Harrell also in the fold.Hannahan, who bats left and throws right, made his big league debut with the Detroit Tigers in 2006 and went on to play for four more clubs until 2014. (Yonhap)
Dec. 23, 2014
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Pittsburgh wins Kang bid
Major League Baseball announced early Tuesday, Korean time, that the Pittsburgh Pirates have won the bidding for the posted South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho.The Pirates announced the news on their website, shortly after Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweeted that the Pirates had put in the winning bid for Kang in an MLB-wide silent auction held earlier this month.The Nexen Heroes, Kang’s Korea Baseball Organization club, on Saturday received the result of the bidding race and promptly accepted t
Dec. 23, 2014
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Pittsburgh Pirates win bidding for shortstop Kang Jung-ho
Major League Baseball (MLB) announced early Tuesday, Korean time, that the Pittsburgh Pirates have won the bidding for the posted South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho.The Pirates announced the news on their website, shortly after Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweeted that the Pirates had put in the winning bid for Kang in an MLB-wide silent auction held earlier this month.The Nexen Heroes, Kang's Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club, on Saturday received the result of the bidding race and promptl
Dec. 23, 2014
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KT Wiz sign Chris Oxspring
South Korean expansion baseball club KT Wiz announced Monday they’ve signed right-hander Chris Oxspring.The Korea Baseball Organization team said they acquired the 37-year-old right-hander for $350,000, a figure that includes a signing bonus.Oxspring will now be pitching for his third KBO club. He first pitched for the LG Twins in 2007 and 2008, and then returned to South Korea to join the Lotte Giants, for whom he’d pitched the past two seasons.The Giants made him a free agent after the 2014 se
Dec. 22, 2014
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Expansion KBO club KT Wiz sign veteran pitcher Chris Oxspring
South Korean expansion baseball club KT Wiz announced Monday they've signed right-hander Chris Oxspring.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team said they acquired the 37-year-old right-hander for US$350,000, a figure that includes a signing bonus.Oxspring will now be pitching for his third KBO club. He first pitched for the LG Twins in 2007 and 2008, and then returned to South Korea to join the Lotte Giants, for whom he'd pitched the past two seasons.The Giants made him a free agent after the
Dec. 22, 2014
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Kang Jung-ho aims to ‘shatter stereotypes’ of Asians in big leagues
South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho, about to enter contract talks with a Major League Baseball club, said Sunday he wants to “shatter stereotypes” about Asian position players in the big leagues.Kang met the local media for the first time since his Korea Baseball Organization club, the Nexen Heroes, accepted a $5 million bid for the posted shortstop a day earlier. Though the identity of the bid winner has not been disclosed, the team will have exclusive rights to negotiate a contract with Kang
Dec. 21, 2014
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Shortstop Kang Jung-ho wants to 'shatter stereotypes' of Asian position players in MLB
South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho, about to enter contract talks with a Major League Baseball (MLB) club, said Sunday he wants to "shatter stereotypes" about Asian position players in the big leagues.Kang met the local media for the first time since his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club, the Nexen Heroes, accepted a US$5 million bid for the posted shortstop a day earlier. Though the identity of the bid winner has not been disclosed, the team will have exclusive rights to negotiate a contr
Dec. 21, 2014
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Nexen Heroes accept US$5 mln posting bid for shortstop Kang Jung-ho
The South Korean baseball club Nexen Heroes on Saturday said they have accepted a US$5 million bid by a Major League Baseball (MLB) club for their posted shortstop Kang Jung-ho, clearing the path for the slugger to play in the big leagues next season.The Heroes made the decision just hours after the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) informed them of the result of the MLB-wide silent auction for the 27-year-old player. The Heroes said the amount of the winning bid was $5,002,015.Kang is the third
Dec. 20, 2014
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New kind of game
If one ripple from the thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations means baseball prospects get off the island and into the major leagues without payoffs to smugglers and threats from kidnappers, it’s hard to see the downside.Just don’t expect too much, too soon. Barely two hours after President Barack Obama’s dramatic announcement Wednesday in Washington, both MLB and its players’ union acknowledged as much in statements.“We will keep our clubs informed if this different direction may impact the manner in whic
Dec. 19, 2014
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Kang seeking at least $5m per season in multiyear big league deal
The posted South Korean shortstop Kang Jung-ho is seeking a multiyear contract from a big league club worth at least $5 million per season, an informed industry source told Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.Kang, currently with the Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization, was posted for Major League Baseball clubs earlier in the week. The source, privy to player transactions in the big leagues, said Kang’s veteran agent, Alan Nero, has let teams know of specific figures he’s hoping to get f
Dec. 18, 2014
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New faces for expansion baseball club KT Wiz look to fresh starts
SUWON (Yonhap) ― The South Korean expansion baseball club KT Wiz on Thursday introduced their new offseason acquisitions, a list that includes castoffs, former All-Stars and young prospects.They all sang the same tune at their joint news conference, saying they would like to have fresh starts and make the Wiz, which will be the 10th club in the Korea Baseball Organization, competitive in their inaugural season in 2015.Right-hander Kim Sa-yool signed on as a free agent after spending 14 seasons w
Dec. 18, 2014
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Swinging from the heels
Kang Jung-ho, the slugging shortstop for the Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization, this week became the third South Korean player to be posted for Major League Baseball clubs.He is also the KBO’s first position player ever to be posted.The bid winner after an MLB-wide silent auction will earn exclusive negotiating rights with Kang for 30 days.A handful of teams are reportedly interested in Kang’s services. Media reports have speculated Kang could garner anywhere between $5 million and
Dec. 17, 2014
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KBO asks MLB to post shortstop Kang Jung-ho
The top South Korean baseball league said Monday it requested Major League Baseball to post shortstop Kang Jung-ho for big league clubs.The Korea Baseball Organization said it was notified of Kang’s availability by his current club, the Nexen Heroes, and asked MLB to inform its 30 clubs of Kang’s status.Kang, 27, will be the third KBO player to be posted this offseason, after SK Wyverns’ pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun and Kia Tigers’ pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong, both of whom were posted last month. Kang is
Dec. 15, 2014
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Kim Kwang-hyun gets raise
South Korean pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun, whose recent contract talks with a Major League Baseball club fell through, received a hefty raise from his current domestic club on Sunday.The SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization announced that they’ve re-signed their left-hander for 600 million won ($543,000), up from 270 million won he earned in 2014.Lotte Giants sign RaleyThe Lotte Giants announced Sunday they have signed American left-hander Brooks Raley. The team said Raley has agreed to a $45
Dec. 14, 2014
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Kim Kwang-hyun fails to reach deal with San Diego Padres
South Korean pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun has failed to reach an agreement with the San Diego Padres, Kim’s current domestic club announced Friday.The SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization said the 26-year-old left-hander will stay at home at least for another season, after he was unable to sign a deal with the Major League Baseball club by the deadline.The Wyverns posted Kim in early November and the Padres submitted the highest bid for Kim with $2 million. The Padres had 30 days to negotiate
Dec. 12, 2014
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Hanwha Eagles sign ex-big league outfielder Nyjer Morgan
South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles announced Friday they have signed former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder Nyjer Morgan.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club inked the 34-year-old player for US$550,000 for 2015, along with a signing bonus of $150,000.Morgan has 598 big league games under his belt and is a career .282 hitter with 120 steals.He spent the 2013 season with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan, batting .294 with 11 home runs and 50 RBIs in 108 games.Morgan returned
Dec. 12, 2014
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Lester, Cubs agree to $155m deal
SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Pitcher Jon Lester agreed Tuesday night to a $155 million, six-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, a person familiar with the negotiations said, the first big deal of the offseason involving a top-level starting pitcher.Lester’s contract contains an option for 2021 that, if it becomes guaranteed, would make the deal worth $170 million over seven seasons. The average annual value of $25.8 million is the second highest for a pitcher behind Clayton Kershaw’s $30.7 million as part
Dec. 10, 2014
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KBO to have wild card game starting in 2015
The nation’s top baseball league announced Tuesday it will introduce a wild card game for teams to battle for the final playoff berth starting in 2015.The Korea Baseball Organization said the fourth- and fifth-ranked teams after the regular season will clash for the right to compete in the first round of the postseason.The decision was reached at a board meeting of team presidents.In July, team officials had proposed to hold a one-and-done wild card game between No. 4 and No. 5 seeds only if the
Dec. 9, 2014
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Nexen ace Andy Van Hekken surprised by landslide Golden Glove win
Andy Van Hekken, the left-handed starter for the Nexen Heroes, on Tuesday grabbed his first Golden Glove Award in the Korea Baseball Organization in a landslide.Van Hekken, the league's only 20-game winner who finished second with 178 strikeouts and third with a 3.51 ERA, was a well-deserving winner. The only foreign winner this year said afterward he wasn't surprised by the win itself, but by how handily he claimed the trophy.Van Hekken earned 278 out of 321 votes for his first Golden Glove. Ri
Dec. 9, 2014
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Nexen produces four Gold Glovers in baseball while veteran breaks record
The Nexen Heroes on Tuesday produced four winners of the Golden Glove Awards, presented to the best overall players at each position in the top South Korean baseball league, while Samsung Lions' slugger Lee Seung-yuop bagged his record-setting ninth Golden Glove.Nexen second baseman Seo Geon-chang, voted MVP of the Korea Baseball Organization last month, led a list of four winners for the Heroes at a ceremony held in Seoul. Seo collected 292 out of 321 possible votes for his second Golden Glove
Dec. 9, 2014
