SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) plans to set up miniature fine dust monitoring devices at baseball stadiums in 10 locations to monitor fine dust in real time. A company selected to carry out the project will be responsible for installing fine dust monitoring devices, certified as grade 1 devices [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean left-hander Kim Kwang-hyun has signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, fulfilling his dream of pitching in the majors in his second crack. The Cardinals announced on Tuesday (local time) their signing of the 31-year-old pitcher and introduced him right away at a press conference at Busch Stadium [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2001 World Series trophy, won by the Arizona Diamondbacks team featuring a South Korean closer, will visit Seoul for the first time next week. Local organizers of the MLB Experience in Korea said Friday that the trophy, formally called the Commissioner’s Trophy, will be unveiled to the media [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A youth baseball match between South Korea and Japan is moving the hearts of citizens in both countries, despite the deteriorating political relationship between the two states. On Friday, South Korea and Japan met at Gijang-Hyundai Dream Ballpark in Gijang County, Busan, to compete in the final round of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Going forward spectators watching professional baseball and football matches will be able to do so in a more pleasant environment. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has provided eight baseball stadiums and five football stadiums with cooling fog machines to cope with fine dust and hot temperatures and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The national baseball community is reeling from a recent arrest of a former professional player for allegedly giving steroids and other banned substances to young students at his private academy. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday the ex-Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) player, surnamed Lee, was detained [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Today is the era where even professional baseball players make the news for signing, or not signing an autograph for a fan. In South Korea, there are now more than 8 million baseball fans with higher demands for so-called fan services. South Korean baseball club SK Wyverns, in response, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — At Suwon KT Wiz Park, where the home opener of the South Korean baseball club KT Wiz was held on the afternoon of March 29, a “Robot Arm” threw the ceremonial first pitch. The robot, which was originally used at an industrial site, was modified to throw a baseball. [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — On Sunday, when the opening game of the Korean professional baseball league was held between SK Wyverns and KT Wiz at SK Happy Dream Park in Incheon, a flying dragon, which symbolizes the Wyverns, appeared on the world largest electronic scoreboard, ‘Big Board’. The imaginary creature, a flying dragon, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Three years after it was established, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Video Review Center is seeking to examine and analyze more sophisticated video clips. The KBO reported on Tuesday that two additional cameras would be installed before the start of the season at stadiums around the league, with the [...]