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search.japantimes.co.jp - 3/17/2009
Japan counting on Darvish against South Korea
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SAN DIEGO — Japan and South Korea have seen a lot of each other in the World Baseball Classic. Enough that Ichiro Suzuki thinks it might be their fate to play each other over and over again. "I guess we should get married then," Ichiro joked during Monday's practice at PETCO Park when informed ...
business.smh.com.au - 3/11/2009
Coal exporters feel the chill from Asian downturn
— business.smh.com.au — THE demand for thermal coal - NSW's most valuable export - has begun to reduce dramatically in... response to the need for less power to drive heavy industry in countries such as Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The spot price of thermal coal from ... (more) Coal exporters feel the chill from Asian downturn

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bukisa.com - 3/20/2009
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— bukisa.com — South Korea is the 15th largest economy in the world. Considering its minuscule geographic size this is... a staggering statistic. Its economic world ranking is a testament to the industriousness of the Republic of South Korea and its people. Here’s how ... (more) Invest in South Korea EWY

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nytimes.com - 3/20/2009
Op-Ed Contributors: Off With the Bankers
— nytimes.com — The Asian financial crisis offers lessons to solving our own — when insiders have broken a financial... institution, the most direct remedy is to kick them out. > (more) Op-Ed Contributors: Off With the Bankers

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South Korea faces formidable foe
search.japantimes.co.jp 3/15/2009 — South Korea is back in San Diego looking to settle some unfinished business. South Korea returns to PETCO Park to face Mexico in the second round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic on Sunday, hoping to erase the memories of its loss to Japan on the same field in the 2006 WBC semifinal round.  ...
WBC needs variety to provide more spice
search.japantimes.co.jp 3/22/2009 — LOS ANGELES — The World Baseball Classic may involve 16 nations, but this year's tournament has looked more like a Japan-South Korea invitational. The two Asian nations have faced each other four times in the WBC and will meet for a fifth time in the final if Japan defeats the United States in ...
Bong leaves Japan on brink — The Japan Times: All Stories
SAN DIEGO — Yu Darvish began to look like his normal self on the mound early in the second inning of Japan's game against South Korea in the World Baseball Classic. By then, it was already much too late. Read the full story
Fidel and baseball — Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog
Fidel Castro is doing a bit of gloating because he accurately predicated the course of the World Baseball Classic, including saying beforehand that the game between Japan and the United States was a mere formality, and that the final would be between Japan and Korea (and Japan just won it all ). ...
Unheralded Iwakuma makes his international mark at the Classic — The Japan Times: All Stories
SAN DIEGO — Baseball fans around the globe knew about pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yu Darvish before the start of the 2009 World Baseball Classic. What they got Wednesday night was a crash course in Hisashi Iwakuma. Read the full story
South Koreans gaining ground rapidly on baseball rivals — The Japan Times: All Stories
SAN DIEGO — South Korean fans shouted "This is Korea" as a part of a cheer during their team's game against Japan at the World Baseball Classic. For a few moments after the game Tuesday, as the South Korean flag was planted on the mound at PETCO Park to celebrate a 4-1 win, it was hard to ...
S. Korea beats Mexico, sets up Japan rematch — The Japan Times: All Stories
SAN DIEGO — So much for the so-called pitcher's park. South Korea flexed its muscles with three solo home runs and reliever Jong Hyun Wook kept his team in the game early as the Koreans routed Mexico 8-2 in the second round of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at PETCO Park. Read the ...