Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado says she will return to the country in the coming weeks

Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday that she will return to Venezuela in the coming weeks and that elections will be held in the South American country.

2026-03-02

Trump set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader after cozying up to Maduro’s successor

President Donald Trump is set to meet at the White House Thursday with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won the 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolas Maduro.

2026-01-15

New Padre Song Sung-mun looks forward to playing alongside 'superstar' Manny Machado

When Song Sung-mun visited Petco Park to finalize his deal with the San Diego Padres recently, he did not get to see any of his new teammates — this being an offseason with Christmas just around the corner.

2025-12-23

Padres stars ready to put on show for Korean fans in historic MLB event

A trio of All-Stars for the San Diego Padres said Saturday they are looking forward to putting on an entertaining show for Korean fans in a historic MLB season-opening series.

2024-03-16

Flying high

Kim Ha-seong and Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres celebrate after Kim hit a solo homerun in the second inning of a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Petco Park on Saturday.

2021-05-16

Machado is second foreign player ever to top All-Star vote

The Lotte Giants' shortstop Dixon Machado has topped the All-Star fan voting, becoming only the second foreign player to do so in the KBO. The KBO unveiled 12 starters for each All-Star squad and Machado led everyone with 849,441 votes.

2020-09-07

Giants' 5-game winning streak puts them top of the table

Despite playing without any fans present, the Lotte Giants are off to a strong start of the 2020 KBO’s regular season. After finishing dead last in the 2019 season, the Giants underwent a huge transformation.

2020-05-11