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More young males seek hair loss help
Hair loss has long been considered a problem of middle-aged men, but nearly half of those visiting medical facilities for the condition are from the younger generation, according to the National Health Insurance Corporation.The public body said the number of those treated for hair loss, which is classified as dermatological disorder, reached 181,000 in 2009, up about 24.8 percent from 145,000 in 2
Technology March 31, 2011
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NCsoft launches new KBO team
After months of preparation, NCsoft, a South Korean online game company, launched a new professional baseball team on Thursday.At the Changwon Convention Center here, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul, NCsoft celebrated the first expansion in the Korea Baseball Organization since 1991.You Young-koo, commissioner of the KBO, said, “A new history has been written” in South Korean baseball.“Dur
More Sports March 31, 2011
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KCC, Dongbu advance ...to KBL semifinals
The basketball season is reaching its climax here, with the final four teams in the top-division league getting ready for semifinals next week. KCC Egis reached the semifinals of the 2009-2010 Korean Basketball League playoffs for the fourth straight year by defeating Samsung Thunders on Wednesday night. The Jeonju-based team took a third straight win in a best-of-five playoff against the Seoul-ba
More Sports March 31, 2011
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Inflation worries push consumer confidence lower
NEW YORK (AP) ― Rising prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles are starting to crimp shoppers’ outlook.The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell sharply from a three-year high in February, reversing five straight months of improvement.The decline raises questions about Americans’ ability and willingness to spend in coming months.The index fell more than expected to 63.4 from a rev
World Business March 30, 2011
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Developing economies’ lead over rivals has risks
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The world’s biggest economies are recovering from the Great Recession at troublesome speeds: too fast or too slow. China, India and other major developing countries quickly returned to breakneck rates of growth after escaping the worst of the economic downturn in 2008 and 2009. Their rapid recoveries showed for the first time that emerging economies have grown big and strong enou
World Business March 30, 2011
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German FIFA official to visit N.K.
A senior German official at the international governing body of football, along with German journalists and politicians, will travel to North Korea this week as part of their tours to participating countries at an international women’s tournament in the European nation this summer.The German Football Association announced Tuesday that Theo Zwanziger, its president and a member of FIFA’s Executive
More Sports March 30, 2011
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Korea’s first female volleyball manager resigns
Korea’s top-division volleyball team manager Cho Hye-jung said Wednesday she would resign from her post, citing an “inability” to lead the team.The former national team player was appointed by the GS Caltex volleyball team last year, becoming the first female manager in Korean professional sport.But Cho has decided to leave the team after just one year there, taking responsibility for the team’s p
More Sports March 30, 2011
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Dreams of October
KBO champions SK Wyverns to face strong challenge in their bid to repeatThe SK Wyverns, which have won three of the past four championships in South Korean baseball, are once again considered a strong favorite. Led by the disciplinarian of a manager, Kim Sung-keun, they are a team built on pitching, defense and just enough hitting to put runs on the board. Though they haven’t made much improvement
Baseball March 29, 2011
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Confident VCU set for Final 4
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) ― Our time. Right now.That is the rallying cry Virginia Commonwealth University has adopted during its basketball team’s improbable nothing-to-lose, everything-to-gain run to the Final Four.The Rams are having blast and their confidence is growing with each win.“It comes from our personalities and coach (Shaka) Smart,” forward Bradford Burgess said. “He wants us to be out t
More Sports March 29, 2011
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Kim Yu-na’s coach to come for training
The American coach for South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will fly in from the U.S. to join his pupil in Seoul this week to prepare for the upcoming world championships.All That Sports, Kim’s agency in Seoul, announced Tuesday that Peter Oppegard will arrive in Seoul from Los Angeles on Thursday.The agency said Oppegard and Kim will train in Seoul for the April 24-May 1 World Figure Skatin
More Sports March 29, 2011
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Witness: Bonds blamed injury on steroids
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Barry Bonds’ former mistress testified Monday that he blamed a 1999 elbow injury on steroid use, and that the body and behavior of baseball’s home run king changed during their nine-year relationship.Called by prosecutors to the witness stand, Kimberly Bell choked up as she recalled Bonds once threatening “to cut my head off and leave me in a ditch,” an outburst prosecutors at
Baseball March 29, 2011
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NCsoft approved as owner of expansion team
NCsoft, a local online game company, received its final stamp of approval Tuesday to launch a new professional baseball team in South Korea.The Korea Baseball Organization announced that NCsoft met the required support from owners of the league’s eight existing teams. The league office said seven owners approved the expansion, and the company needed two-thirds of support.After the company received
More Sports March 29, 2011
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Thailand will adjust rates to curb inflation
Thailand’s central bank may raise interest rates further as oil above $100 a barrel and surging food prices add to inflation pressures stoked by the fastest economic growth in 15 years.“The risk on growth is probably less of a concern, so the risk balance is tilted toward inflation,” Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Bangkok Monday. “You can expect f
World Business March 29, 2011
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Duel to the finish
Sandra Gal holds off Shin on the 18th to capture Kia ClassicINDUSTRY, California (AP) ― Sandra Gal won the Kia Classic to become the second German winner in LPGA Tour history, beating second-ranked Shin Ji-yai with a 2-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday.The 25-year-old Gal made the winning putt after Shin’s 5-foot birdie attempt caught the right edge and spun out.“It was big pressure, she w
Golf March 28, 2011
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Tepco chief pressured to quit on reactor crisis
Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu is facing calls to quit after the crisis at the utility’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant capped a tenure that has seen $26 billion wiped off the company’s market value. The share price decline since Shimizu took charge in June 2008 at Tepco, as the company is known, has deepened to 67 percent in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster, as of the
Industry March 28, 2011
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