The Korean national team defeated Chinese Taipei 5-2 in Saturday’s Asian Olympic Qualifier match at Taichung’s International Continental Stadium behind a strong combined effort from starter Ryu Hyun-jin and four strong innings of relief from Park Chan-ho, Jeong Wong-suk, and Cheong Dae-Hyun Korea’s pitching stymied Taiwan’s bats, leaving them without an extra base hit, while […]

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Japan easily dispatched with the Filipino national team 10-0 in last nights Asian Olympic Qualifier match up in Taichung. Starting Pitcher Wakui Hideaki breezed through six scoreless innings against a badly overmatched Philippines squad that managed only one hit. Kobayashi Masahide pitched a perfect seventh to end the game.
Despite the mismatch, it was hard not […]

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The Republic of the Philippines National Team backed into the right to being throttled by the likes of Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei over the weekend by fighting to a 12-inning 0-0 tie against Thailand. The tie gave them group B by virtue of run differential.
The first games of the?Asian Championship?begin today with the […]

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Good article translated by Korea Beat analysing the way soju is marketed in Korea versus beer.
I’ve always noticed that Soju is not marketed in the wild, debauched, throwing up-on-the-street kind of way it’s spoken about by Koreans themselves. In fact, it’s the opposite. It’s presented commercially as this sort of white, pure drink…not unlike water. The […]

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