2012

BUSAN, South Korea -  The Lotte Giants split a three game series with the Doosan Bears this weekend, by losing the opener, tying the second game and winning the rubber match.

On Friday, Lotte’s batters only managed to muster four hits, as they lost 6-1. Hong Seung-hoon gave Lotte an early lead with his first homerun of the season, but Song Seung-joon (1-1) was tagged for four runs in 6 ⅔ innings.

Lotte blew a chance to win Saturday, as closer Kim Sa-yeol gave up a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth, and played to a 3-3 tie after 12 innings. Ryan Sadowski pitched six innings, giving up five hits and two runs while striking out three and Lotte scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead.

BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants record dropped to 2-3 today, with a rain shortened 5-2 loss to the KIA Tigers.

Go Won-joon (0-1) pitched the entire five innings for Lotte, giving up five runs on nine hits, while striking out two. He gave up two solo home runs in the fourth and fifth inning to Hong Jae-ho and Shin Jong-gil.

Lotte was led by Moon Kyu-hun who had both RBIs and Park Jong-yoon who went 2-2 at the plate.

Park Kyung-tae picked up the victory for KIA in four innings of work.

BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants split their first exhibition games of the season with Doosan, losing 4-0 at home today.

Lotte only managed to register six hits off the five Doosan pitchers, striking out nine times in the game. Jeon Joon-woo was the only player to register two hits.

Lee Young-hoon pitched four innings for Lotte, allowing two runs on 66 pitches. Lotte pitchers allowed seven walks, including three by Park Dong-wook who allowed two runs in the sixth. 

Lee Won-suk led Doosan going 2-4 with an RBI.

Lotte now goes on the road to play Hanwha on Tuesday and Wednesday.

BUSAN, South Korea - It’s that time of year again to adorn the green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Busan. Though there aren’t any parades, there’s a lot of activities going on this year as the big event falls on a Saturday.

Here is a look at some of the events going on around Busan and around the local area. Put on your green and head out for a night of fun and a bit o’ the Irish this Saturday. More listings will be added during the week as we find out about them, so check regularly for the latest updates.

DAEGU, South Korea - The Daegu Theatre Troupe is proud to announce their first show of the 2012 season The Love Collective. Showcasing almost all original works by troupe members, The Love Collective will be an evening of scenes and monologues celebrating the funny, the strange, the unusual, the inner turmoil, the outer actions – All Things Love.

This production will be the Daegu Theatre Troupe's first production in a theatre in Daegu. The show will take place Saturday, February 11th, 2012 to coincide with Valentine's day. The show begins at 9pm. Tickets are 10,000 won and available through www.daegutheatre.com.

For more details, including maps and directions to the venue please visit their website.

SEOUL - Tickets for this year's Jisan Valley Rock Festival will go on sale February 14th. Tickets can be bought through Interpark. General ticket sales start on February 28th. Tickets are roughly between 100,000 to 200,000 won for the three day event.

English bands Radiohead and the Stone Roses have been announced as two of the acts to perform at this year's Jisan Valley Rock Festival.

The festival, which came into existence in 2009, is a three day rock fest which takes place this year from the 27th-29th of July at the Jisan Valley Resort, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. Though younger than the Pentaport Rock Festival, it has quickly become one of the biggest festivals in the country.

Update: For information about tickets, you can go here.

ICHEON, South Korea - English bands Radiohead and the Stone Roses have been announced as two of the acts to perform at this year's Jisan Valley Rock Festival.

The festival, which came into existence in 2009, is a three day rock fest which takes place this year from the 27th-29th of July at the Jisan Valley Resort, in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. Though younger than the Pentaport Rock Festival, it has quickly become one of the biggest festivals in the country.

Last year, Suede, Incubus and the Chemical Brothers were the headliners of the show, which featured 39 different acts over the three days.