Lee Jae-hak started the game against the Samsung Lions at the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” held at the Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday. He allowed six hits (two homers), four strikeouts, […]
KBO Referees Lee Min-ho, Moon Seung-hoon, and Choo Pyeong-ho
KBO said on the 15th, “We held an emergency meeting presided over by President Koo Young-yeon today and decided to exclude the three referees from their duties from today,” adding, “They will refer them to […]
Nagasaki says Credit Suisse is mulling not to affect IR plans
Credit Suisse Group AG, which Nagasaki Governor Gengo Oishi described as one of several potential “financial arrangers” for a proposed casino resort project within the prefecture (pictured) last year, described in a media report on […]
Osaka casino development plan approved: govt
Japan’s government has approved the so-called Integrated Resort (IR) District Development Plan of Osaka in relation to a tourism complex with casino. That was after a meeting on Friday, of the Headquarters for the Promotion […]
Violinist Danny Koo aims to build classical music-audience connections
Violinist Danny Koo breaks every stereotype about classical musicians. The 32-year-old Korean American artist, sometimes referred to as an “idol of classical music,” has ventured out of the high tower of classical music to bring […]
Justice minister advised to fully expand prisoners’ right to communicate
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has asked the justice minister to draw up a measure to fully allow prisoners, including serious criminals, to make phone calls, as the use of telephones is recognized […]
Hwang Sok-yong’s ‘Mater 2-10’ shortlisted for 2024 International Booker Prize
South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong’s “Mater 2-10” has been shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Tuesday.Hwang’s novel, translated into English by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae, was announced […]
Japan’s outreach to N. Korea unlikely to affect trilateral cooperation against Pyongyang
Japan’s attempts to reach out to North Korea to hold a summit are unlikely to affect the trilateral partnership’s overall objectives against Pyongyang, experts said.Ahead of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday, […]
Major hospitals suffer huge losses amid trainee doctors’ prolonged walkout
Major hospitals across the country are struggling with massive losses due to a nationwide walkout by thousands of trainee doctors, who are protesting the government’s medical school quota hike policy, which is now in its […]
Yokohama officially ends casino RFP submission phase
The city of Yokohama, Japan, on Friday completed the filing of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for commercial partners to obtain a casino complex or integrated resort (IR), as is known in Japan. The city […]