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

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

There has been a rapid increase in treatment of people in their thirties and forties for bipolar disorder, a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy and activity levels, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment service said Monday.According to its analysis of patients between 2006 and 2010, the number of people treated for bipolar disorder marked 55,000 in 2010, up 12,000 in fo

As early as July, 135 Korean food restaurants nationwide will serve dishes with less salt.The low-salt initiative will start with 45 restaurants in Seoul and will expand to 90 others in Chungcheong Provinces, Daegu, Busan and Ulsan within a month, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. “The restaurateurs will choose the five most popular dishes at their stores and reduce the sodium

The Suwon Samsung Bluewings and the Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of South Korea’s K-League advanced to the next round at an ongoing continental club competition with victories.At the Suwon World Cup Stadium, about 45 kilometers south of Seoul, the Bluewings defeated Sydney FC 3-1 in Group H action of the Asian Football Confederation Champions League. Ha Tae-gyun, Mato Neretljak and Yeom Ki-hun each had