It was a baseball festival on a summer night in Incheon. Among them was Kia Tigers closer Jung Hae-young (23). Despite topping the overall All-Star fan vote, he had to withdraw from the roster due to rotator cuff inflammation in his shoulder, so he volunteered to be a “helper” in the dugout, cheering on his…
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Noh Si-hwan is out with an injury.
The Hanwha Eagles’ Noh Si-hwan, last season’s home run king with 18 home runs in the first half of the year alone, is out with an injury. Noh was removed from the first team roster on July 7. The move was expected due to his absence from the All-Star Game the day before, but it…
The Hanwha Eagles have had a bad start to the second half
The Hanwha Eagles have had a bad start to the second half. On July 7, Hanwha removed infielder Roh Si-hwan from the first team roster. Noh, who participated in the All-Star Game as a manager’s pick, took part in the home run race on the fifth. However, on the sixth, he complained of shoulder pain…
Choi Hyung-woo remembered his worst game in the first half
Choi Hyung-woo, 41, of the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), remembered his worst game in the first half of the season to strengthen his resolve for the second half. Choi Hyung-woo started as the No. 6 designated hitter for the Nanum All-Stars in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League All-Star…
Teen suspected in attempted murder of female schoolmate dies
A 17-year-old suspect in an attempted murder case has died several days after attacking his schoolmate brutally with a weapon. After the attack, the perpetrator jumped from an apartment building in an apparent suicide attempt. According to the Ansan Danwon Police Station, the suspect was pronounced dead Thursday at a hospital, where he had received…
Hundreds of accommodation businesses on Jeju Island close amid decrease in Korean visitors
Hundreds of accommodations on the resort island of Jeju are closing as it is losing its sheen with Korean vacationers. According to the local government of Jeju Province on Friday, 227 accommodations, including small-sized hotels and hostels, went out of business between January and May, with 21 temporarily closing. This is a grim sign of…
Defiant Biden says won’t leave race, doesn’t need cognitive test
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he did not need a cognitive test to determine whether he had a mental decline and dismissed calls from some Democrats that he should step aside to let a more vigorous candidate take on Republican Donald Trump. A defiant Biden, scrambling to defuse the political crisis over his…
‘I-LAND 2’ finalizes 7-member roster for new girl group izna
Mnet’s latest survival audition show, “I-LAND 2: N/a,” concluded its fierce competition, finalizing the seven members slated for debut as a newborn K-pop girl group called izna. Mnet’s production team announced Friday through an official press release that “Choi Jung-eun, Bang Ji-min, Yoon Ji-yoon, Koko, Ryu Sa-rang, Mai and Jeong Sae-bi were selected to debut…
B.A.P members reunite for August comeback with new album
The four members of B.A.P, a boy group from the 2010s, are reuniting for a return this August under a new group name. MA Entertainment, the agency managing the rebranded group, announced on Tuesday that former B.A.P members Bang Yong-guk, Jung Dae-hyun, Yoo Young-jae and Moon Jong-up, are set to return to the music scene…
No. of Russian asylum-seekers in Korea soars to nearly 9,000 since start of war in Ukraine
The number of Russians seeking asylum in Korea has soared to nearly 9,000 since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. An official at the Ministry of Justice told The Korea Times on Wednesday that 8,871 Russians had applied for refugee status here between January 2022 and this May. Given that only 45 Russians sought…