While performing medical check-ups, I commonly notice an overflow of people who have higher cholesterol than normal. A study was conducted on 50,000 people who took regular medical check-ups at Samsung Seoul Hospital in 2010. It showed that approximately 40 percent of them had higher cholesterol than normal. This means that the level of serum cholesterol is higher than normal in about half of people who have consulted me. But it takes a very short time to find an answer to my question of how Kor

NEWARK (AP) ― The Detroit Pistons aren’t seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. They’re just feeling better about themselves while riding their longest winning streak of the season and getting some key players back on the floor.Greg Monroe had 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Pistons won their season-high third straight game with a 99-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.“We have to keep this hunger,” said Monroe, who iced the game with a monster drive and jam with 2:27 to

PEBBLE BEACH (AP) ― In what Robert Louis Stevenson called “the most felicitous meeting of land and sea,” the sea was winning Wednesday at Pebble Beach.Jimmy Walker stood in the bunker next to the sea wall along the 18th fairway, soaking up the scenery. Every 15 seconds, waves crashed into the rocks and sent a spectacular splash of white surf some 15 feet high.There was so much salt water in the front of the bunker that the father of Harris English said to Bob Estes, “Is this played as a waste ar

BARCELONA (AP) ― Cesc Fabregas scored one goal and set up another as Barcelona beat Valencia 2-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao.Lionel Messi lobbed a long pass that Fabregas chased down and deftly chipped over goalkeeper Diego Alves for Barcelona’s 15th-minute opener.And after Sofiane Feghouli left Valencia with 10 men late on after receiving his second booking, Fabregas set up Xavi Hernandez to send Barcelona through 3-1 on aggregate.The final will pit

Former Uzbekistan coach aims to help Korea win boxing gold in LondonHe can’t speak a word of Korean, and knows little about this country, but former Uzbekistan boxing coach Mars Kuchkarov says his current goal is to take the Korean national boxers to the London 2012 Olympics.His name may not be familiar to most people here, but the former Uzbekistani national team coach is one of the biggest names in boxing. Now, 55, Kuchkarov has established himself over the past two decades as a master of boxi

Experts say demand to scrap FTA pact would seriously damage Korea’s credibilityThe Korea-U.S. free trade pact has resurfaced as a hot-button issue ahead of the April 11 general elections as the liberal opposition parties vow to scrap it should disputed clauses not be renegotiated.Experts expressed concern that such a move to reverse it could undermine Korea’s international credibility and hurt the long-standing ties with Washington. The pact is expected to take effect later this month or early n

Also passes media rep bill, rejects Constitutional Court justice nominationThe National Assembly on Thursday passed a bill calling for a special counsel to probe allegations that high-ranking ruling party officials were involved in a hacking scandal during the October by-elections.It also passed the long-disputed broadcasting advertisement brokerage bill, referred to as the media rep bill.The nomination of new Constitutional Court justice Cho Yong-whan, however, was voted down.The individual cou