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Ex-KBO stars, World Series MVP to represent MLB in S. Korea exhibition games

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- A pair of former South Korean league stars and an ex-World Series MVP will represent Major League Baseball (MLB) in exhibition games here next month, the event's organizers said Thursday.Kim Ha-seong of the
Baseball

Twins cut struggling infielder Garcia

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- For the second straight year, the LG Twins will compete in the South Korean baseball postseason without a foreign hitter.The Twins announced Thursday they will place infielder Robel Garcia on waivers. The Twins
Football

Jeonbuk midfielder Barrow voted K League's best player for Sept.

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors midfielder Mo Barrow was voted South Korean football's top player for September on Thursday.The Korea Professional Football League (K League) announced that Barrow beat out three candi
Baseball

KBO postseason to begin Oct. 12

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball's postseason will begin next Wednesday with the wild card series, two days after the conclusion of the regular season.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Thursday unveiled the post
Golf

S. Korean Im Sung-jae looking to defend title in PGA Tour season debut

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae will do something this week that he has never done before in his PGA Tour career: start a new season as a defending champion.The third event of the 2022-2023 season, Shriners Chil
Football

K League's top contenders to clash one final time on weekend

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- For the fourth consecutive season, the South Korean club football title will come down to Ulsan Hyundai FC and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.And the two bitter rivals will meet for one last time this season Saturday. T
Baseball

S. Korean MLB contingent wraps up disappointing regular season; 2 players headed to postseason

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- A largely disappointing regular season for South Korean players in Major League Baseball (MLB) drew to a conclusion across the United States on Wednesday, with two of five Koreans who saw action this year moving
Football

Jeonbuk defeat 10-man Ulsan to reach FA Cup final; FC Seoul up next

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors beat bitter rivals Ulsan Hyundai FC 2-1 to reach the championship final of the largest national football tournament Wednesday.Forward Cho Gue-sung netted the winner three minutes into the
Golf

9-time LPGA winner Choi Na-yeon announces retirement

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Choi Na-yeon, who counts nine LPGA titles among her 15 career wins, announced her retirement Wednesday at age 34."After a long deliberation, I have made a difficult decision," Cho
Football

2022 Christmas Seal to feature Korean superstar Son Heung-min

SEOUL October 05 (Yonhap) -- Leader of the South Korean National Soccer team Son Heung-min also known as “Super Son” will be featured on Christmas seal of 2022. Korean National Tuberculosis Associatio
Baseball

Familiar faces out as Bears, Lions both miss KBO postseason

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- For the first time since 1996, the South Korean baseball postseason will be without either the Doosan Bears or the Samsung Lions.The Bears' record streak of consecutive Korean Series appearances ended at sev
Baseball

Teammates leading key hitting, pitching categories in KBO

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- As the regular season heads toward the finish line in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), two teammates on a postseason-bound club find themselves at or near the top of meaningful pitching and hitting categor
Baseball

(LEAD) SSG Landers clinch KBO regular season title

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 9-13)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The SSG Landers captured the South Korean baseball regular season title without even playing on Tuesday, becoming the first team in league history to go wire to wire for the di
Baseball

Strong starters, big bats, shrewd signings: how SSG Landers won KBO regular season crown

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- On the first day of the 2022 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season on April 2, SSG Landers starter Wilmer Font tossed nine perfect innings against the NC Dinos.Font fell short of the first perfect gam
Baseball

SSG Landers clinch KBO regular season title

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The SSG Landers captured the South Korean baseball regular season title without even playing on Tuesday, becoming the first team in league history to go wire to wire for the direct ticket to the championship ser
Baseball

(LEAD) Inclement weather throws KBO schedule out of whack

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest schedule change in para 6) By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Some October rain over the weekend dampened the exciting stretch drive in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), with both the conclusion of the regular seas
Baseball

Inclement weather throws KBO schedule out of whack

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Some October rain over the weekend dampened the exciting stretch drive in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), with both the conclusion of the regular season and the start of the playoffs likely pushed back by
Football

No change at top of tables as K League 1 contenders gear up for weekend showdown

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- One match into the final phase of the 2022 K League 1 season following the three-day weekend, there has been no change at the top of the tables.Ulsan Hyundai FC entered the split stage of the season leading Jeon
Baseball

Padres' Kim Ha-seong set for 1st MLB postseason appearance

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- For the first time in his major league career, the San Diego Padres' South Korean infielder Kim Ha-seong will play in the postseason this month.The Padres lost to the Chicago White Sox 2-1 at Petco Park in S
Football

No Korean victims reported from Indonesian stadium tragedy: foreign ministry

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Foreign Ministry said Sunday that no Korean injuries or deaths have been reported from the Indonesian stadium tragedy that has claimed nearly 180 lives."The Korean embassy to Indonesia has confirmed th