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Koshien Tournament, the dream stage of high school baseball in Japan, a Korean-based Kyoto International High School caused a sensation.

Local interest in advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time was also pouring in, but Japanese right-wingers chimed in with Korean school songs that start with 'East Sea'.



Correspondent Yoo Seong-jae reported on the spot.



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Kyoto Kokusai High School met Jiben Gakuen, a prestigious baseball school that has participated in this tournament 20 times in the semifinals during the summer high school.



As Jiben Gakuen took the lead with a three-run home run in the beginning of the 4th inning, Kyoto International High School caught up to one point with a sacrifice at the end of the 5th inning, but could not turn the game around.



The gust of wind at Kyoto International High School unfortunately stopped at the threshold of the finals, but they achieved the splendor of advancing to the quarterfinals in their first appearance in Koshien.




It is the first time in Koshien's history that a foreign school has advanced to the semi-finals by beating traditional champions one after another.



Kyoto International High School, which started as a Korean-Japanese school, was recognized as a general high school in 2004 and started accepting Japanese students.



Korean and Japanese students are also playing in the baseball team, which achieved a splendid feat in the quarterfinals.



[Park Kyung-soo / Principal of Kyoto International High School: (Students) chose our school with the dream of baseball, and I am just grateful that they showed the grades that could continue that dream while attending school.]



The blast of Kyoto International High School in Koshien, the stage of dreams As this topic became a hot topic, Japanese right-wingers are attacking comments on the Internet.



As the level of bullying was raised, such as prohibiting the use of school songs and revoking school accreditation by scolding Korean school songs that start with “East Sea,” a civic group in Kyoto, where the school is located, asked the local government to respond to hate speech. I did.



(Video coverage: Cheol-Min Han, Hyun-Jin Moon, Video editing: Sun-Sun Park)