SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Two players voted starting players for the South Korean baseball All-Star Game were replaced Thursday due to injuries. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Samsung Lions starting pitcher Won Tae-in and Lotte Giants second baseman Go Seung-min will miss the All-Star Game, set for July 12 at Daejeon Hanwha [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A day after being held out of the lineup, Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants marked his return with a three-hit effort. Lee went 3-for-5 with an RBI and scored twice, as the Giants squeezed past the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 at Chase Field in Phoenix on Wednesday (local [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league surpassed 7 million fans in the fewest number of games in its history Wednesday, while remaining on pace to shatter its single-season attendance record. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the five games played Wednesday drew a combined 76,723 fans, pushing the season total [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Already in first place in the top domestic football league, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors moved a step closer to winning the nation’s largest tournament Wednesday. Jeonbuk defeated FC Seoul 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Korea Cup at Seoul World Cup Stadium in the capital, keeping their domestic double hopes [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Lions announced Wednesday their ace Won Tae-in will be sidelined with tightness in his upper back. Before playing the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Lions manager Park Jin-man said Won complained of upper back pains during practice Tuesday and he decided to remove the [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Kwang-hwan, who managed the LG Twins to the 1994 Korean Series title with a revolutionary use of his pitching staff, died Wednesday at age 77. Lee had been receiving treatment for lung issues on the southern island of Jeju in recent weeks. Lee managed four franchises for 11 [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The appeal of the South Korean animated film “The King of Kings” is driven by its high-quality production and universal theme of love, not just its faith-based nature, according to its director. At a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday, director and scriptwriter Jang Seong-ho said he chose the [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will return with a new album featuring all seven members and begin a world tour next spring, the group said Tuesday. The group made the surprise announcement during a live broadcast on the K-pop fan community platform Weverse. “From July, we plan to start working together [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — AHOF, the first K-pop boy band launched by F&F Entertainment, made an emotional debut Tuesday with its first EP, “Who We Are,” following months of preparation documented on a local TV audition show. The nine-member group was formed through SBS TV’s 2024–25 reality competition show “Universe League,” which followed [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Three cities are vying to host a new club in South Korean professional football, the league office announced Tuesday. The Korea Professional Football League (K League) said Yongin and Paju, both in Gyeonggi Province, and Gimhae, located in South Gyeongsang Province, have submitted their applications to join the K [...]