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Kang Byung-kyu
Kang Byung-kyu (Korean: 강병규, born 30 June 1972) is a South Korean former baseballer and broadcaster. Career Born in 1972, Kang started his baseball career while he was attending to Sungnam High School in the 1990s. He joined the Doosan Bears in 1991. Following his retirement in 2001, Kang started a new life as a broadcaster. From 2005 to 2006, he was one of co-emcees of '' Crisis Escape No. 1'', along with Lee Hyuk-jae. Both received an appreciation plaque from the Ministry of Labour in 2006. He also hosted ''Vitamin'' till 2008 when he resigned after a controversy related to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Though being inactive for several years, in 2015, he showed his intention to not return for TV broadcasting. Instead, he officially returned as an online broadcaster in 2018. In 2019, he attended to a protest supporting Cho Kuk as the Minister of Justice. Controversies Kang was widely accused in 2008 when he was reported for gambling at the Philippines. He admitted th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
