KBO League

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Media

The KBO League, South Korea's professional baseball league, is to get free global exposure on new streaming platform SOOP in a three-year international rights deal
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Media

Media group CJ ENM has secured exclusive streaming rights to the top-tier league of the Korean Baseball Organisation from 2024 to 2026, marking the first time the property has gone behind a streaming paywall in South Korea.
Baseball
Stadia

South Korean retailer and KBO League team owner Shinsegae Group plans to build a 20,000-seater domed baseball stadium in the city of Incheon
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Events

The Korea Baseball Organisation (KBO) is pushing to stage the opening day of the 2024 KBO League season in the US following discussions with Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, its commissioner has…
Baseball
Events

The Korea Baseball Organisation (KBO) has held discussions with Major League Baseball (MLB) to discuss staging MLB matches in South Korea and KBO League matches in the US, according to reports
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Events

The 2022 KBO League will start with a weekend of two-game series in April, the Korea Baseball Organisation has announced
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Events

Korea's KBO baseball league will open its stadiums at full capacity this month, although only fully vaccinated fans will be permitted to enter
Baseball
Finance & Law

Four Korean broadcasters with rights to the country's baseball league are seeking compensation due to disruptions to this season's schedule caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Baseball
Events

Korean baseball, football and volleyball leagues are welcoming fans back to stadiums in Seoul this week as the government relaxes pandemic-related restrictions
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Events

The KBO League, the top tier of club baseball in South Korea, has suspended its ongoing 2021 regular season due to an outbreak of Covid-19 cases
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Korean KBO baseball league teams are busy agreeing commercial deals ahead of the start of the 2021 regular season on April 3
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Finance & Law

The average player salary in the Korea Baseball Organization, South Korea's top-tier baseball league, has dropped for the second season in a row, as a number of highly remunerated players bowed out and…
Baseball
Fan Engagement

SportBusiness looks at the sale of Korean KBO baseball league club SK Wyverns by telco SK Telecom to the retail group Shinsegae, and why this appears to be a departure from the usual protocol in the Korean world of company-owned professional sports teams.
Baseball
Governance

From next year South Korean baseball clubs will be permitted to reduce player’s pay if the season is disrupted by extraordinary events.
Basketball
Attendance

There were contrasting fortunes in the last 24 hours for the reopening of two major Asia-Pacific sports markets, with Australia reported to be expecting the world's biggest crowd since the pandemic began…
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Events

Chinese police, working with the US Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group, seized more than 120,000 counterfeit golf products in raids of online golf retailers in four cities
Baseball
Attendance

A fresh wave of Covid-19 cases means the South Korean baseball league is now forced to play behind closed doors, with the league now prioritising the completion of the season
Baseball
Events

A survey of 13,000 Japanese companies has found that more than half want next year's Tokyo Olympics to be either cancelled or postponed again - Kyodo News