SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has been fired while in Seoul for Major League Baseball (MLB) games, after allegedly stealing money from the Japanese baseball player to make bets with a bookmaker under a federal investigation, reports said Thursday. The Los Angeles Times reported [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The San Diego Padres are at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul for the first time this week for exhibitions and Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season openers against the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, their third base coach, Tim Leiper, is no stranger to the stadium. In November 2019, Leiper [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin tied the knot with local sports announcer Bae Ji-hyun Friday. The star athlete and the popular TV personality exchanged vows in a private ceremony at Shilla Hotel in Seoul. Kim In-sik, Ryu’s former manager in South Korea with the Hanwha Eagles, was the [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund has abandoned its plan to buy a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers, a Major League Baseball club, as part of a broader move to diversify its investment portfolio, sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), which manages assets entrusted [...]
SEJONG, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund has violated its own rules in its move to buy into the Los Angeles Dodgers, a lawmaker said Tuesday. The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), which manages assets entrusted by South Korea’s central bank, has reportedly been in talks to buy a 19 percent stake in [...]