On the 12th, Taiwan's Apple music chart topped the list of "Apartment" (APT), sung by Black Pink's main vocalist Rosé with pop star Bruno Mars.메이저놀이터

How many "apartment ceremonies" will be held in the dugout of the Korean national baseball team at Taipei Dome in Taiwan on the 13th.

The Korean national baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Joong-il, will compete with Taiwan in the first Group B match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 2024 at 7:30 p.m. on the 13th (Korea time).

It is the first gateway to advance to the semifinals for the third consecutive time in the Premier 12.

Batters of the Korean national team chose the "apartment dance movement" as the Premier 12 "hit ceremony."

Like Rosé's apartment, which announced "Cheers" to the world, it expressed its will to raise the status of Korean baseball

Premier 12 is an international competition featuring the top 12 countries in the WBSC rankings.

South Korea, which belongs to Group B, will play Taiwan on March 13, Cuba on April 14, Japan on April 15, the Dominican Republic on April 16, and Australia on April 18.

The top two countries in Group B advance to the Super Round and compete for the championship at Tokyo Dome in Japan from November 21.

South Korea, which won the first championship in the first competition in 2015 and the runner-up in the second competition in 2019, has set a goal of "at least the semifinals" in this competition.

Japan is considered the strongest in Group B.

The general prediction is that Korea will compete for second place with Taiwan and the Dominican Republic.

This is why South Korea and Taiwan, the host country, are making all-out efforts in the first match on the 13th.

South Korea selected submarine Ko Young-pyo as the starting pitcher for the match against Taiwan.

Ryu Joong-il said, "Taiwan hitters' swing is unlikely to hit the ball well by pitchers who throw downwards. The coach also thinks so," explaining the reason why Ko was selected as the starting pitcher.

Since becoming a 10-win pitcher for the first time in 2021, Ko Young-pyo, who recorded the most KBO league records with 72 quality starts (more than 6 innings and less than 3 earned runs) and 42 quality starts plus (more than 7 innings and less than 3 earned runs), will stably block the fifth to sixth inning, and block the Taiwanese batters by deploying powerful bullpens such as Kim Taek-yeon (Doosan Bears) and Park Young-hyun (kt)

Taiwan predicted left-handed Lin Yeo-min as the starting player.

South Korea was tied up by Lin Yeo-min in the sixth inning of the baseball qualifying round at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, and eventually lost 0-4.

In the final, they met again, and held on to the end the two points earned by Lin Yeo-min until the fifth inning, winning 2-0 and winning the gold medal, but they did not target Lin Yeo-min coolly.

The Korean national team also expected Lin Yeo-min to start in the Premier 12 and studied how to attack.

If the strategy is accurate, it can beat Taiwan in the enemy territory and gain an advantage to advance to the semifinals.

According to a media guide provided by WBSC, South Korea has lost 12 wins and 19 losses against Taiwan since 2011.

In the competition, where Korea formed a team led by KBO league players, it was slightly ahead with 5 wins and 3 losses since 2011.