Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital added 161 beds to its 1,159 sickbeds in the main building on Wednesday. A total of 44 beds and 16 armchairs will be located at the cancer center for use by chemotherapy outpatients. About 87 percent, or 125, of the beds will be allocated to wards that have five beds covered by the national health insurance. “The increase of sickbeds will enable more patients to receive in

Rare musical instruments used in ancient Korea will be exhibited with traditional music scores and related paintings at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, the organizers said.The museum and the National Gugak Center are jointly holding “Korea Traditional Instruments and Music” at the museum’s special exhibition room through June 26, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Gugak Cente

Two Koreas invited to field joint team for Nov. tourneySouth Korea and North Korea have been invited to field a joint table tennis team at an upcoming international event designed to promote peace through sports, officials said.The International Table Tennis Federation and the Monaco-based Peace and Sport Foundation jointly announced Tuesday that their Peace and Sport Table Tennis Tournament will

Bid chief Cho Yang-ho ‘delighted’ with reportWith less than two months to go before the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics is decided, Pyeong-Chang has received high marks for its campaign in an International Olympic Committee evaluation report.The IOC Evaluation Commission released its technical report on the Gangwon Province city Tuesday following its on-site inspection earlier this year. The repo

BOSTON (AP) ― Miami’s Big Three was assembled for just this purpose: To dominate the bullies from Boston who knocked them from the playoffs so many times before.LeBron James scored 35 points, Dwyane Wade had 28 and Chris Bosh had 20 on Monday night to give the Heat a 98-90 overtime victory over the Celtics and move Miami within one game of the Eastern Conference finals. The Heat lead the best-of-s

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) ― Ernie Els followed the trail of South African idol Gary Player by winning golf tournaments all over the world, a journey that took him all the way to the World Golf Hall of Fame.Els, a three-time major champion and the ultimate global player of his generation, was among six people inducted Monday night at the World Golf Village. Known as the “Big Easy” for his languid

Club looks to join other K-League teams in next roundThe Asian Champions League has been going well for South Korean teams again this year. In 2010, all four of the nation’s representatives reached the last eight. That is unlikely this time, but there is nothing wrong with that ― such an achievement is unprecedented in Asia.Still, as the group stage of the 32 team competition, made up eight groups

Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan has revealed his confidence for the upcoming 2011 world championships, despite his disappointing results two years ago. Since the 2010 Asian Games, Park has trained with Australian coach Michael Bohl in Brisbane, Australia. He returned home Sunday for a weeklong break before gearing up for the world championships in Shanghai in July.Fresh from his overseas traini

South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu-na will make a pitch to International Olympic Committee members next week for Pyeong-Chang’s 2018 Olympics bid, the bid committee announced Sunday. The figure skating champion has been working with PyeongChang’s 2018 bid committee as a member of the bid’s athletes committee and she will make her debut presentation for the city’s bid campaign at the IOC techn

LONDON (AP) ― Manchester United is on the verge of a record 19th English championship crown after beating title rival Chelsea 2-1 Sunday.Alex Ferguson’s team is six points ahead of Chelsea with two games to go and will regain the Premier League trophy from the London club with at least a draw at Blackburn on Saturday.“The players won’t muck it up,” Ferguson said. “They’ll get the point.United can

Chrysler Korea will launch special editions of the New Compass in celebration of its 70-year-old Jeep. All Jeep models will be rolled out as new editions to celebrate 70 years of the brand, including the 2011 Jeep Compass 70th Anniversary Edition, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Liberty, Jeep Patriot and Jeep Wrangler. They will come in three exterior colors ― bronze Star, bright silver and black. “The

Volvo Cars Korea is offering free check-ups on air conditioners and engine oil as part of its spring promotion. Available until June 11, the service will run at 12 Volvo Cars Korea service centers across the country where Volvo drivers can receive free filters on engine oil replacement on top of the free check-up.“We’re offering the service so that drivers can ready themselves for more family outi

GM Korea Co. on Tuesday revealed a Chevrolet Aveo sedan, expanding its product lines for sporty compact models.The four-door saloon version kept the same front-end design with twin headlamps and 53-centimeter alloy wheels. The compact sedan offers segment-best trunk capacity that is reportedly is biggest in size among subcompact models out in the market. The vehicle has a price range of 11.09 mill

Ssangyong Motors began taking reservations Wednesday for the Chairman H New Classic first unveiled at the Seoul Motor Show 2011.The third generation sedan is available for reservations at 140 Ssangyong Motors branches across the country, with 3 percent discount on car insurances for those finalizes their booking by the end of July.A 1 million won ($924) discount is available for returning customer

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) ― John Velazquez won the Kentucky Derby by a broken nose.An injury to Animal Kingdom’s regular rider, Robby Albarado, cleared the way for Velazquez to pick up the mount on the 20-1 long shot. Once he took the reins Saturday, he rode his good luck all the way to the winner’s circle.“For once, I’m on the good end of it,” Velazquez said. “All of a sudden I pick up this one a

Berlusconi’s club rumbles to its first Italian championship since 2004ROME (AP) ― AC Milan ended five years of dominance by city rival Inter Milan, clinching its first Serie A title since 2004 with a 0-0 draw at Roma on Saturday night.Owned by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, AC Milan ended a streak of five straight league titles by Inter, tied Inter with 18 overall titles and closed within nine

Korea suffers worst performance in taekwondoSouth Korea has successfully hosted the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, drawing more than 1,000 athletes and officials from 149 countries. But the six-day competition, which ended Friday, also dealt a big blow to the host. Korea has dominated the competition since its establishment in 1973, but this year Iran to

Some of the biggest names in athletics, including reigning women’s 100 meter champion Carmelita Jeter and three-time 200 meter champion Allyson Felix, are coming to Daegu for its annual Pre-Championships on Thursday. The event started in 2005 and was upgraded last year to IAAF World Challenge status, one of the 14 races of the IAAF league series. For this year’s event, more than 220 athletes from

Bahk Jae-wanStrategy and finance Bahk began his career as a government official at the Prime Minister’s Office after he passed the civil service examination in 1980.He then moved on to the Board of Audit and Inspection, the nation’s top inspection body, before he became a public management professor at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.The holder of a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University

Atopic rhinitis and eczema are on the rise among children and teenagers, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Studying the patterns of relative patients between 1995 and 2010, the rhinitis showed a 1.3 times jump among children during the period and a 1.4 times rise among teenagers. Eczema also rose by up to 34.2 times among teenagers. Atopic eczema often leads to l