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Hospice care does not shorten life: study
About half of terminally ill cancer patients die within 70 days of diagnosis and just 18 percent survive six months, a group of researchers found Tuesday. Hospices provide compassionate care for people in the last phases of an incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible instead of undergoing excessive treatments and therapies. But opting for hospice care does not l
Technology June 23, 2011
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Science helps athletes make big leap
Sports science team supports Korean athletes for Daegu worldsIt was 4 p.m. on Tuesday and a female athlete was nervously sitting on a strange looking chair in a lab with one of her legs strapped into a machine.“Go! Kick your leg as fast as you can,” shouted an instructor, and the athlete followed suit with a painful look on her face. “It’s a muscular performance test,” said Sung Bong-ju, a senior
More Sports June 23, 2011
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Sports stars, students support PyeongChang
PyeongChang’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics has been boosted by support from university students and a number of sports stars.A student volunteer group led by professor Seo Kyung-deok of Sungshin Women’s University, has been traveling around Asia since the beginning of 2011 to help promote PyeongChang’s bid. Professor Seo Kyung-deok (left) of Sungshin Women’s University and his students pose w
More Sports June 23, 2011
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Sales of Android smartphones top 10m
Sales of smartphones running Google Inc.’s Android software surpassed the 10 million mark in Korea this week, according to data from the country’s mobile carriers Wednesday.The country’s largest mobile carrier, SK Telecom Co., had 6.18 million subscribers using Android smartphones as of Monday, while runner-up KT Corp. had 2.06 million, they said. Smallest player LG Uplus Corp. lured in 1.86 milli
June 22, 2011
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Creditors to pick Korea Express bidder
Creditors of Korea Express Co. are expected to select a preferred bidder for a major stake in the country’s top logistics company next week as they move to complete the sale as early as August, industry sources said Wednesday.Creditors led by Korea Development Bank agreed to close the bidding for a 37.6 percent stake in Korea Express on June 27 and notified the three preliminary bidders ― POSCO, C
June 22, 2011
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Park sets sights on 100m finals
The management company for Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan said Wednesday it will be satisfied with a finals place in the men’s 100-meter freestyle at next month’s world championships.Park will add the event to his usual 200m and 400m freestyle events at the championships in Shanghai.Park Tae-hwan“Park has been training continuously to increase his speed and he recently suggested he should add the 10
More Sports June 22, 2011
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A better life through golf
PGA master professional tells his golf philosophyGolf fans were stunned this week by young Northern Irish golfer Rory Mcllroy when he won the U.S. Open title by eight strokes on Sunday for his first win in a major.The stunning victory of the 22-year-old is welcome news for golf lovers who have long been anticipating a new star, said PGA professional Jay Kyungwoo Na.“Our golf has been lacking star
Golf June 22, 2011
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Retailers upbeat over Q3 business: poll
A majority of Korean retailers are optimistic about business conditions in the third quarter of the year on hopes of a rise in their sales during the summer holiday season, a poll showed Tuesday. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry said its retail business index fell slightly to 119 for the July-September period from 125 for the second quarter, but it was well above the benchmark level. A r
Industry June 21, 2011
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Number of air passengers rises
The number of air passengers taking international flights in and out of South Korea grew about 2 percent in May from a year earlier as more holidays bolstered overseas travel, the Transportation Ministry said Tuesday.Air passengers on international flights totaled 3.32 million last month, up 2.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affa
Industry June 21, 2011
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Korea, Japan bourses mull cross-trading
Korea and Japan’s bourse operators are considering cross-trading as part of efforts to strengthen their footing amid rising competition among global exchanges, an official said Tuesday.The Korea Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange held the first round of working-level talks on the issue late last month, according to a ranking official at the Korea Exchange.“No concrete plan has materialized yet,
June 21, 2011
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New chief for KDB asset management
Lim Hong-yongLim Hong-yong has become the new president at KDB Asset Management Co., Ltd. Lim was selected at the annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday. Former vice president of the company Lim studied business administration at Korea University. He was previously the executive director at KDB Asset Management, an affiliate of the state-run KDB Financial Group. He also served as manager of the Pl
Industry June 21, 2011
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Taekwondo qualifiers begin
A taekwondo qualifying competition for the London Olympics is to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from June 30, the World Taekwondo Federation announced.The WTF World Taekwondo tournament will double as a qualifier for the 2012 Games with more than 340 athletes from more than 100 countries competing at the Sarhadchi Olympic Center. A total of 60 international referees, including 10 review juries, will
More Sports June 21, 2011
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Park to compete in 100m at world championships
Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will enter the men’s 100-meter freestyle at next month’s world championships, his management company said Tuesday.The sports division at SK Telecom said Park has added the 100m to his usual repertoire of the 200m and 400m freestyle events for the world championships in Shanghai, China, next month.It will be Park’s third world championships. Park has never competed in t
More Sports June 21, 2011
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Lee Dong-gook and Jeonbuk Motors set sights on league title
It has been a topsy-turvy season in the K-League so far. Asian champion Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma has been kept off the bottom of the standings only thanks to the dreadful form of Gangwon FC. Suwon Bluewings finds itself in one of its annual slumps while in-form champion FC Seoul has improved since earlier in the season but still can’t quite break free of the middle level.One team though has been head
Soccer June 21, 2011
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Economy to expand 4.5% in 2011: KIET
Korea’s economic growth is expected to expand 4.5 percent on-year in 2011 as the steady pace of the global economic recovery contributes to more exports, a state-run think tank said Monday.The forecast by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade is up from its earlier prediction of 4.3 percent.Last year, the Korean economy, Asia’s fourth-largest, expanded 6.2 percent. “The economy wi
June 20, 2011
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