Kang Byung-kyu
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Kang Byung-kyu | |
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| Born | May 20, 1972 |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
Kang Byung-kyu (born May 20, 1972) is a South Korean former baseball player and broadcaster.
Kang started his baseball career while he was attending to Sungnam High School in the 1990s.[1] He joined the Doosan Bears in 1991.[1]
Following his retirement in 2001, Kang started a new life as a broadcaster.[1] From 2005 to 2006, he was one of co-emcees of Crisis Escape No. 1, along with Lee Hyuk-jae.[2] Both received an appreciation plaque from the Ministry of Labour in 2006.[2] He also hosted Vitamin till 2008 when he resigned after a controversy related to the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Though being inactive for several years, in 2015, he showed his intention to not return for TV broadcasting.[4] Instead, he officially returned as an online broadcaster in 2018.[5] In 2019, he attended to a protest supporting Cho Kuk as the Minister of Justice.[6]