Kang Byung-kyu (

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: 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

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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

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. Both received an appreciation plaque from the Ministry of Labour in 2006. He also hosted ''

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'' 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

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as the

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Controversies

Kang was widely accused in 2008 when he was reported for

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at the

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. He admitted the incident a month before he was arrested. In 2020, Kang provoked a controversy when he made a defamatory remark against Yoon Chung-ja, whose son (Min Pyung-ki) was victimised at ROKS Cheonan sinking 10 years ago. The controversial remark was written on his

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on 29 March, 3 days after when Yoon asked Moon to explain about who had occurred the tragedy. Following the incident, Chung Jin-seok, a

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MP, condemned Kang for the remark.{{cite news , date= 31 March 2020, title= ��선2020"강병규야말로 처벌 마땅"…정진석, 천안함 용사 노모 위로, url= https://www.dailian.co.kr/news/view/879838?sc=Naver, access-date= 2 April 2020 He also added that Kang is the one should be punished.

Filmography

Variety show

* '' Super TV Sunday is Fun'' * '' Sunday is 101%'' * '' Freedom Declaration — Saturday War'' * '' Crisis Escape No. 1'' * ''

'' * '' Good Buddies'' * ''

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References

External links

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1972 births Living people South Korean broadcasters South Korean baseball players