SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league may have to wait a few more days before reopening its stadiums to fans again due to a recent spike in novel coronavirus cases in a southern metropolitan city. Gwangju, located 330 kilometers south of Seoul and home of the Kia Tigers in the [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — When fans return to baseball stadiums sometime in July, they will be asked to sit apart from one another to maintain a safe distance. And they’ll not be allowed to bring in any outside food. This will be part of a new normal in fan experience in the Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The NC Dinos, so far the top team in South Korean baseball, are also leading everyone in overseas sales of merchandise, data showed on Monday. In response to growing international interest, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) launched an English-language version (http://kbomarket.com/us) of its official merchandise site, the KBO Market, [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — When SK Wyverns’ manager Youm Kyoung-youb fell unconscious in the dugout during a Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) game Thursday, it served as a solemn reminder of the stressful nature of his occupation. Fortunately, Youm regained consciousness inside an ambulance on his way to a hospital, moments after his collapse [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — When the 2020 professional baseball season in South Korea opened on May 5 without fans in the stands due to coronavirus concerns, the initial hope was that teams would be able to open their gates within a month or so. The number of cases had been falling steadily to [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2020 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season continues with a series of crowdless games as the coronavirus outbreak rages on. With the outbreak showing no signs of abating anytime soon, crowdless games are expected to continue for the time being. Crowdless stadiums deprive the players of cheers and shouts [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball’s minor league will start using “robot umpires” in August, a league official said Thursday. The official with the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said about 20 games in the Futures League will have the automated ball-strike system in place this season, and it will be used for [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecommunication firms said Saturday they have released various services and content related to the country’s professional baseball league as they try to attract baseball fans at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season started May 5 after South Korea managed to flatten [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — International exposure will grow even more now for South Korean baseball. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Friday that, in addition to the United States and Japan, its games will be broadcast in 130 countries, including Canada, Mexico and the Netherlands. The rest of Europe, parts of Asia, the [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Eduardo Perez, a former major leaguer now working as a color commentator for ESPN, does not usually need a lot of sleep. But this spring, his sleeping schedule has been, in his own words, “obliterated,” because of his new assignment of calling live South Korean baseball games for the [...]