An official of South Koreas Ministry of Unification calls with his North Korean counterpart at the Seoul branch of the joint inter-Korean liaison office.

? ? ?DeNA BayStars left-hander Shota Imanaga will try to sign with an MLB team this offseason through the posting system.If someone has a dream he wants to realize.

has won the last three Sawamura Awards as Japans most impressive starting pitcher.21 ERA over 164 innings this year.There has a been a lot of talk around the game about the relative scarcity of pitchers who can go deep into games.

Imanagas impending availability has thrown more fuel into MLBs offseason.Imanaga himself said this year those figures were a result of a WBC role where he worked more like a reliever.

Shohei OhtaniChief among those players are the free agency Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani and the impending posting of Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto in what is expected to be a starting pitchers sellers market.

said San Diego Padres General Manager A.1 percent of the trade during the same period last year.

He added that the North is currently building a quarantine facility in the border area to expand the inflow of goods from outside.Lee also said that his ministry will continue efforts for the early resumption of inter-Korean dialogue and seek ways to engage the North in nuclear talks in consultation with the United States.

North Korea has claimed to be coronavirus-free but has taken relatively swift and tough measures against the pandemicAs the inflow of grain and other necessities dropped sharply from the decrease in North Korea-China trade.