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KBO-leading Tigers sign ex-big leaguer Alldred as temporary replacement for Crowe

The South Korean baseball-leading Kia Tigers on Wednesday signed former major league pitcher Cam Alldred as a temporary replacement for injured ace Wil Crowe.

The Tigers, leading the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with a record of 32-20-1 (wins-l…

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(LEAD) New head coach for K League club Jeonbuk wants players to hold heads high

Kim Do-heon, new head coach of the slumping K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, said Wednesday he wants his players to rediscover the joy of playing the game.

Kim was appointed Jeonbuk’s new bench boss on Monday. He is scheduled to coach his fir…

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S. Korea partners with U.S. aircraft startup for UAM commercialization

South Korea has partnered with a U.S. electric aircraft startup to push forward the commercialization of urban air mobility (UAM), the transport ministry said Wednesday.

Archer Aviation Inc. will join the Korean government’s UAM test project dubbed …

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KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-4

IBK 13,420 0

HD HYUNDAI MIPO 73,300 0

IS DONGSEO 25,000 DN 300

S-Oil 68,400 DN 200

LG Innotek 247,500 UP 8,000

LOTTE CHEMICAL Corp 106,900 DN 8,500

HMM 18,180 UP 170

HYUNDAI WIA 55,900 DN 600

KumhoPetrochem 140,800 DN 5,300

SKC 141,000 UP 1,…

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(2nd LD) Yoon vetoes 4 contentious bills, including on supporting victims of home rental scams

President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed four contentious bills Wednesday, including one requiring the government to support victims of home rental scams, in his 11th to 14th vetoes of a bill since taking office two years ago.

Yoon exercised his veto power by…

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KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-1

Wednesday’s closing prices (KRW) of

KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

LIG Nex1 160,500 DN 10,100

GS 43,700 UP 500

FOOSUNG 7,600 DN 30

HYUNDAIGLOVIS 182,400 DN 1,600

HANAFINANCIALGR 61,500 DN 200

HANWHA LIFE 2,780 DN 35

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S. Korea, UAE to hold summit to deepen bilateral economic ties

President Yoon Suk Yeol and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan were set to hold talks in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries.

Mohamed arrived Tuesday for a two-day …

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SK Telecom launches AI veterinary assistance service in Australia, Indonesia

South Korea’s major mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it has officially launched its artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary care assistance service X Caliber in Australia and Indonesia.

It marks the first official launch of X Calib…

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Childbirths dip to another low of 19,669 for March; Q1 fertility rate at record low of 0.76

The number of babies born in South Korea set yet another fresh low for the month of March, leading to a record-low fertility rate for the first quarter, data showed Wednesday,

A total of 19,669 babies were born in March, down 7.3 percent from a year…

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(LEAD) Ex-defense chief found to have multiple calls with presidential security chief over Marine’s death

Former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup had multiple phone calls with the presidential security service chief while a military probe was under way into the on-duty death of a Marine conscript last year, communication records showed Wednesday.

The recor…

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