Baseball was introduced to Korea during the brief time when the nation was known as the Korean Empire. From 1897 to 1905, the area known now as South Korea and North Korea was known as the Korean Empire. In 1910, the empire was annexed by Japan after becoming its colony in 1905. In 1896, US missionaries first brought the game of baseball to the peninsula east of mainland China. While under Japanese rule, Koreans adapted to b... Read More