Korea Baseball Championship (Hangul: 한국야구선수권대회), colloquially called Korea Professional Baseball (Hangul: 한국 프로야구; Romanization: Hanguk Peuro-Yagu) is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. Korea Professional Baseball was originally founded with six franchises in 1982 and currently has eight franchises throughout the nation. The franchises are named after the companies or business conglomerates which own them. Korea Professional Baseball is one of two major sports leagues in South Korea, the other being the K-League.
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