President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday congratulated a Korean-ethnic highschool in Japan on profitable a prestigious Japanese baseball match.
Kyoto Worldwide Excessive College, based in 1963 as an ethnic establishment for college kids of Korean descent, defeated Kanto Daiichi Excessive College to win the Nationwide Excessive College Baseball Championship, higher often called “Summer time Koshien,” earlier within the day.
“I sincerely congratulate Kyoto Worldwide Excessive College on profitable Koshien,” Yoon wrote on Fb. “Your miraculous achievement in poor circumstances has given delight and braveness to Koreans in Japan.”
Yoon, an avid baseball fan, has labored to enhance Korea-Japan relations marred by disputes stemming from Tokyo’s 1910-45 colonial rule.
“I hope Korea and Japan can develop even nearer via baseball,” he wrote. “Baseball is actually nice. As a result of it is rather transferring.” (Yonhap)