LONDON (AP) ― The IOC agreed Wednesday to step in to settle a financial dispute between two British Olympic bodies responsible for delivering the 2012 London Games.The British Olympic Association claims it deserves to receive millions of dollars more from its joint marketing agreement with the London 2012 organizing committee, known as LOCOG.The BOA says it faces a budget shortfall of up to $16 mi

Daejeon Ye Dental Clinic earned accreditation from Joint Commission International in January. This type of accreditation ― a first for a Korean clinic ― is widely used to evaluate the overall facilities as well as the techniques and services of a medical institute according to an international standard. “Earning accreditation from the JCI will be another step toward excellence,” said clinic chief

The number of people suffering from constipation is on a steep rise, the National Health Insurance Corporation said Monday. According to its research on insurance payments between 2002 and 2009, 1.428 million people were treated for constipation in 2009, which is about a 50 percent jump from 2002’s 927,000.Women outnumbered men 800,000 to 630,000 and teenagers showed a significant increase of 7.65

Doctors at Seoul National University Hospital successfully transplanted a lung on a stage-4 lung cancer patient last year for the first time in Korea. According to Prof. Kang Chang-hyun of the cardiothoracic department, a 58-year-old patient was diagnosed with stage-1 lung cancer in 2006 and had her left lower lobe removed. Then in 2007, the disease relapsed, spread to both lungs and the cancer de

The eight existing teams in the top-division South Korean professional baseball league decided on Tuesday to supply an expansion team with extra rookies and foreign players to help smooth its entry into the league.During their six-hour meeting over the future of the new club, to be run by local online game company NCsoft, the eight team presidents of the Korea Baseball Organization agreed that the

The South Korean government’s positive evaluation of two local sports federations has come under fire for its oversight of some recent wrongdoings by those bodies.The Korea Volleyball Association and the Korea Wrestling Federation each scored high marks in the recent evaluation by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and have received extra grants for training, according to sources.The vol

With about a month left until the start of the new season, teams in South Korea’s first-division professional baseball league said Wednesday they are hoping to draw a record number of fans in 2011.According to the Korea Baseball Organization, the combined number of fans that the eight teams hope to attract this season amounts to 6.63 million, surpassing the single-season record of 5.92 million set

South Korea has a new member inside the top 10 in the latest women’s world golf rankings.Park In-bee jumped from 13th to ninth in this week’s rankings, announced by the LPGA Tour, thanks to her victory at the first Japan LPGA Tour event of the season on Sunday. Following that win, Park had said her goal was to be among the top 10 golfers in the world this year.There was no change among the eight g

Kia Motors Corp.’s China venture will invest about $150 million on a research and development center to produce its own brand of cars, according to the parent of the Chinese partner.The venture, Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., will start construction this year and will complete building the center by 2015, Jiangsu Yueda Group Co.’s Vice Chairman Shao Yong said in an interview in Beijing.Automakers

With five more days and nights ― at least ― to reach an agreement, the NFL and the players’ union might find money off the top is not the bottom line.The owners’ request that about $2 billion of total revenues be deducted before they split the rest with the players has been a sticking point ever since 2008. That’s when the owners opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement, which woul