Despite a corruption investigation hanging over former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian's head, the Prime Minister and several Liberal members of his Cabinet are openly pushing for her to become their candidate for the Sydney North Shore seat of Warringah.

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Three members of the K-pop superband BTS returned home Monday from Los Angeles where it secured a top music honor and had four sold-out live concerts.

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South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 5,000 for the first time in three days Monday as the country reimposed toughened social distancing rules amid concerns over the spread of the omicron variant.  The country added 4,325 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total caseload to 477,358, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).   Daily infections soared to a record high of 5,352 case...

New cases fall below 5,000; 4-week toughened virus rules go into effect

As a former stolen base king himself, new Kia Tigers manager Kim Jong-kook would like to see more thieveries from his players going forward.  Kim, having been a coach with the Tigers for a decade before being named skipper on Sunday, knows as well as anyone that the Tigers aren't going to slug their way to prominence. But it could be a different story when it comes to stealing bags, Kim said.  "Objectively speak...

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Kia Tigers' new manager wants team to run more

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have now gone where no South Korean football team has gone before: they became the champions of the K League 1 for a record fifth straight season Sunday.

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The Kia Tigers announced coach Kim Jong-kook will be the new manager of the South Korean baseball club Sunday.

Coach Kim Jong-kook tapped as new manager of Kia Tigers

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with Conni Jonsson, founder and chairperson of Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners, and discussed expanding ties on future industries, such as green energy and health care, officials said Sunday.   In the meeting held Friday in Seoul, Chey told Jonsson about the conglomerate’s efforts in reducing carbon emissions, improving transparency in governance and creating both eco...

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SK, Swedish private equity chiefs discuss future industries

Prices of groceries and nonalcoholic beverages in Korea rose 5 percent on-year in the July-September period, marking the fifth-largest increase among OECD nations, data showed Sunday.   According to data from Statistics Korea and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, prices of food and beverages grew even higher last month on-year at 6.1 percent on the back of strong price increases of agricultur...

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