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

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

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

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

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

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