Regrettably, the Championship match of the Konami Cup appeared during our several day shutdown, but in case you missed it, the Seibu Lions won. 1-0. In the bottom of the 9th. On a lousy call from the 3rd base umpire that put first baseman Ishii Yoshihito on for Seibu, and then a defensive lapse [...]

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EWC: Can you explain who Kang Byung-kyu is and why he’s been in the news recently?
Jee-ho: Kang Byung-kyu is a TV personality and, as he likes to make it known from time to time, a former baseball player with the OB (now Doosan) Bears and the SK Wyverns. He was a decent pitcher, mostly a [...]

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During the recent EWC outage there was a typically thought-provoking piece published in The Atlantic by Busan resident B.R. Myers. He doesn’t always cull his expertise on North Korean literature into his work, but when he does he’s entering into territory very few have insight into.
Here he’s quoting a novel issued in North Korea entitled [...]

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