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Career-best hitting streak reaches 14 games for SF Giants' Lee Jung-hoo

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has now hit safely in 14 consecutive games. Lee extended his career-best hitting streak by going 2-for-4 with a run and a steal against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Saturday. The South Korean outfielder raised his batting average from .321 to .324, the fourth-best mark in Major League Baseball with evening games still to be played. Lee flied out in his first two trips to the plate before hitting a single in the top of the seventh inning

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Korean won hits 17-year low on foreign outflow

The Korean won weakened sharply Friday, hitting its lowest level since the 2009 global financial crisis as sustained foreign outflows from the benchmark Kospi weighed on the currency. The won was quoted at 1,529 per dollar at the start of onshore trading Friday. It soon weakened past the 1,540 mark after the opening bell, weakening to as low as 1,549.1 per dollar and briefly flirting with the 1,550 threshold. The currency was trading at 1,544.7 per dollar as of noon. It marked the first time the

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San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo ties career high with 11-game hitting streak

Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has equaled his career high by hitting safely in his 11th straight game. Lee batted 2-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Lee raised his batting average to his season-high .310, the sixth-best mark in the National League. Lee, who struck out in his first at-bat, kept his streak going in his second time up with a single in the fourth inning. Lee bunted for a single in the eighth to c

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Korea's beloved sci-fi story is hitting the screen. Is the animation up to it?

"Pilgrims" is built on the two things Korean cinema just can't seem to pull off. On paper, that's a recipe for disaster; on screen, it gets about halfway to proving otherwise. Start with the sci-fi problem. Koreans have proven time and again they can do period epics, gangster pictures, zombie thrillers — you name it — but science and speculative fiction remains the white whale. Homegrown titles of the past few years, from the lavishly mounted "Space Sweepers" to the 28-billion-won belly-flop "Th

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And2ble’s debut album scores record 1st-week sales

The first EP from And2ble sold more than 730,000 copies in its first week, the group's agency YH Entertainment said Tuesday, citing a local tally. “Sequence 01: Curiosity” exceeded half a million in sales in three days before becoming the fourth most sold album for a K-pop group debut. The mini album was released on May 26 and ranked among the top 10 on the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 23 regions, hitting No. 2 on the Worldwide iTunes Albums Chart. The main track “Curious” topped the iTunes Top So

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Woman fined for assaulting man who secretly filmed her in bathroom

A South Korean court said Monday it has fined a woman 300,000 won ($200) for hitting a man more than a dozen times after he secretly filmed her in a public bathroom. The woman, in her 40s, was found guilty of assault by the Changwon District Court over an incident that occurred around 5:40 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2024. She was using a public bathroom in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, when she discovered that a man in his 20s was filming her. She was accused of punching him 15 to 17 times in retali

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Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally amid AI optimism

South Korean stocks extended a rally to a fresh all-time high Monday, driven by strong gains in stocks related to artificial intelligence. The local currency rose against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 311.85 points, or 3.68 percent, to close at 8,788.38, after hitting a new intraday high of 8,874.16. The index opened at a record high and extended its gains, prompting the Korea Exchange to activate a buy-side sidecar, which suspended program trading of Kospi

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LG stocks soar on Nvidia partnership hopes

LG Group stocks extended their sharp rally Monday, led by another surge in LG Electronics, as investors piled into shares seen as potential beneficiaries of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s expected visit to Korea and a possible first meeting with LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo. LG Electronics jumped 29.86 percent to 380,500 won ($251), hitting the daily upper limit shortly after the market opened and setting a fresh 52-week high. The stock also closed at the daily ceiling Friday, extending a steep run

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Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally, Mideast optimism

South Korean stocks rebounded to a fresh all-time high Friday, driven by strong gains in stocks related to artificial intelligence and renewed optimism about a potential ceasefire in the Middle East. The local currency fell against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 290.86 points, or 3.55 percent, to close at 8,476.15, after hitting a new intraday high of 8,615.09. Trade volume was heavy at 701.5 million shares worth 73.7 trillion won ($48.9 billion), with loser

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Are foreigners really ditching Kospi — or doubling down?

Foreign investors may be selling South Korea hard, but they are sitting on a bigger slice of the market than before. While the benchmark Kospi has been on a dizzying rally in recent sessions, hitting a fresh intraday high of 8,457.09 Wednesday as of press time, overseas investors appear to be pulling back from local equities. Offshore investors have dumped shares worth more than 96 trillion won ($63.8 billion) on the Kospi this year, sparking concerns over a sustained foreign exodus from Korean

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Cortis amasses 12m Spotify listeners, curates Apple Music playlist

Cortis exceeded 12 million monthly listeners on Spotify, hitting the third-highest spot for a K-pop boy group, according to label Big Hit Music on Monday. The rookie group achieved the feat after the momentum gained from the release of its second EP “Greengreen.” The focus track from the latest set, “Redred,” has spent over a month on Spotify’s Daily and Weekly Top Songs Global rankings, peaking at No. 36 on the daily chart. At home, it earned Cortis nine trophies from television music chart sho

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Zombie thriller 'Colony' breaks 2 m admissions

The zombie spectacle "Colony" has drawn more than 2 million admissions following its release last week, data showed Tuesday, hitting the milestone at the fastest pace among films released this year. The Korean film had recorded 2,018,644 accumulated admissions Monday, just five days following its release on Thursday, according to the data released by the Korean Film Council. It maintained its No. 1 spot on the daily box office chart for a fifth straight day Monday with 517,011 admissions. The Ho

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Career-best hitting streak reaches 14 games for SF Giants' Lee Jung-hoo

Korean won hits 17-year low on foreign outflow

San Francisco's Lee Jung-hoo ties career high with 11-game hitting streak

Korea's beloved sci-fi story is hitting the screen. Is the animation up to it?

And2ble’s debut album scores record 1st-week sales

Woman fined for assaulting man who secretly filmed her in bathroom

Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally amid AI optimism

LG stocks soar on Nvidia partnership hopes

Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally, Mideast optimism

Are foreigners really ditching Kospi — or doubling down?

Cortis amasses 12m Spotify listeners, curates Apple Music playlist

Zombie thriller 'Colony' breaks 2 m admissions