SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The popular portal website Naver Corp. revealed yesterday that it will be implementing a new function on its website that allows users to replay home runs during Korean Series baseball matches airing live. The function is based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The technology automatically recognizes home run sequences [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A task force composed of officials from the Military Manpower Administration and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism with the goal of improving the process of military service exemptions for artists and athletes was launched on October 1. Controversy surrounding the current system was sparked during the 2018 [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A new, all-Korean team set to join the Australian Baseball League (ABL) this year held the first day of open tryouts on Monday, extending lifelines to castoffs ranging from failed former pros to undrafted high school graduates. The yet-to-be-named club, which will be based in Geelong, 75 kilometers southwest [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — There was such a striking contrast. South Korean men’s football team and baseball team both won gold medals at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Sept. 1. But you couldn’t tell it by the way they were received by fans, both during their run to the top and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball on Thursday decided to adopt the no-pitch intentional walk starting in the upcoming season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the automatic intentional walk — whereby managers hoping to put a batter on base intentionally simply have to let the umpire know without making pitchers throw [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of the country’s top baseball league was named the new president of the national professional sports association on Tuesday. Chung Un-chan, commissioner of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), was appointed the second president of the Korea Professional Sports Association (KPSA). The KPSA was formed in November 2015, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Where Kim Ki-hoon and his friends go to play golf, the grass is always green and the weather is always perfect, unless the players do not want them that way. That is why the group of four prefers indoor, simulated screen golf clubs to actual courses, especially during the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier LG Uplus Inc. said Wednesday it has successfully provided a live-stream of a baseball game through its latest technology equivalent to the fifth-generation (5G) network. The mobile carrier said the high-resolution broadcast of the game was delivered through what it calls the 4.5-generation [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Pittsburgh Pirates’ third baseman Kang Jung-ho, his big league career in limbo following a drunk driving conviction, has signed with a Dominican Republic club. Aguilas Cibaenas, which competes in the Dominican Winter League, announced their signing of Kang on their Twitter page on Wednesday. The winter league season usually [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Eric Thames’ triumphant return to MLB has shed new light on the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) League and players from overseas. Now a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, Thames has batted 11 home runs with a .370 BA, .904 SLG, and an OPS of 1.393 in the Major [...]