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Actor Ken Jeong honored to join Park Chan-ho's Athletics consortium

The Korean American star called Team61 investment a barrier-breaking cultural milestone for Korean ties to MLB with the investment.

2026.7.27

32 years after breaking the barrier, Park Chan-ho does it again as first Korean investor in MLB team

The pioneer joins the Athletics as an adviser with a $70 million investment by his consortium, Team61, as the club prepares to move to Las Vegas.

2026.7.27

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Unlikely offensive hero Park Chan-ho helps Bears beat Giants 5-0

The Doosan Bears shortstop delivered a home run and four RBIs in a 5-0 victory over the Lotte Giants after battling a slump for months.

2026.7.1

Doosan Bears shortstop Park Chan-ho poses in his new uniform at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul after signing with the KBO club as a free agent on Nov. 18 in this photo provided by the Bears. [DOOSAN BEARS]

Bears sign free agent shortstop Park Chan-ho to four-year deal

The Doosan Bears signed free agent shortstop Park Chan-ho to a multiyear contract on Tuesday, as the first domino fell in Korean baseball's open market for the winter.

2025.11.18

Former Korean major league pitcher Park Chan-ho speaks at a press conference at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Ex-MLB star Park Chan-ho brings old glove for ceremonial pitch before historic Seoul game

Park Chan-ho, the first Korean ever to play in MLB, woke up Wednesday morning, ready to throw out the ceremonial pitch before a historic MLB game on home soil.

2024.3.20

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, gives a batting demonstration at a youth baseball event held at the children's baseball field in Yongsan Children's Garden in central Seoul on Saturday. Kim Ha-seong, an MLB Gold Glove winner and shortstop for the San Diego Padres, and Park Chan-ho, a former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and the first Korean to play in the MLB, attended the event, to which young baseball players were invited. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

President Yoon, MLB stars lead Yongsan youth baseball event

President Yoon Suk Yeol gave a batting demonstration during a youth event at the children's baseball field of the Yongsan Children's Garden in central Seoul on Saturday.

2024.3.17

The Kiwoom Heroes, in red, pose with the Los Angeles Dodgers after playing an exhibition game at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul on Sunday. [NEWS1]

Park Chan-ho's nephew roughed up in exhibition vs. Dodgers

Kim Yun-ha, a teenage pitcher for the Kiwoom Heroes and nephew of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Park Chan-ho, got his "welcome to professional baseball" moment against his uncle's former team on Sunday.

2024.3.17

Park Chan-ho, at the time a Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher, looks on after failing to field an eighth inning bunt from Los Angels Dodgers Ronnie Belliard in Game 2 of the NLCS playoff series in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2009. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Korean sporting legends expect big things in Tokyo

Korean sporting legends Park Chan-ho, Cho Won-hee, Ki Bo-bae and Yeo Hong-chul shared their views on the 2020 Tokyo Games at a press conference on Wednesday.

2021.7.7

MLB legend Park Chan-ho to compete at KPGA's Gunsan Open

Korean baseball legend Park Chan-ho will this week try his hand at a very different ball game, as he enters the KPGA Tour's Gunsan CC Open in Gunsan, North Jeolla on Thursday.

2021.4.27

[CURVEBALL INTERVIEW] A new Park Chan-ho starts to carve out his own legend

If you're a baseball fan, you’ve probably heard the name Park Chan-ho. But this isn't that Pack Chan-ho. This Park, a young infielder for the Kia Tigers, still has a lot of career left in front of him to establish his own legacy.

2020.11.29