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It's been a landmark year for baseball in South Korea thanks to female fans

NPR

By Anthony Kuhn

Published November 5, 2024 at 5:43 PM EST

With Asian baseball's global influence growing, young female fans help give South Korea's pro league a banner year.

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Anthony Kuhn

Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.

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Jim Justice wins West Virginia Senate race, flipping seat for Republicans

Alana Wise

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has won the state’s open Senate seat, according to a race call by the Associated Press, giving Republicans a boost in their fight to regain control of the chamber.
Politics & Government

Pennsylvania once again expected to be the pivotal swing state role in the presidential election

Chris Potter

It came down to the wire, as it was always going to. And it came down to Western Pennsylvania, as everyone knew it would. Which is why Donald Trump and Kamala Harris came here, too, on Monday night, on the eve of the 2024 election.
Hurricane Rafael forms in the Caribbean Sea and expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico

Russell Lewis

An active 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season continues as Rafael strengthens into a category 1 storm. It's expected to batter Cayman Islands and Cuba before swinging into the Gulf of Mexico.

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