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New Zealander climbs every mountain to chart Baekdu-Daegan range in N.K.

Expat LivingJan 3, 2012

A New Zealander’s quest to document the entire Baekdu-Daegan range is closer to completion after a recent trip through the hills of North Korea. Roger Shepherd, founder of HikeKorea.com and an honorary ambassador of travel for South Korea, explored the North’s portion of the Baekdu-Daegan from Oct. 15 to Nov. 1. He followed the range through the North Korean provinces of Gangwon, South Hamgyeong, South Pyeongan and North Pyeongan, accompanied by three members of the New Zealand-Korea Friendship
Celtic maintain 2-point lead

More sportsJan 3, 2012

GLASGOW (AP) ― Celtic maintained a two-point lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League as the Glasgow rivals both won 3-0 on Monday.Celtic’s victory at Dunfermline was secured by Anthony Stokes curling the ball into the bottom corner of the net and Victor Wanyama volleying in a second just before halftime before Charlie Mulgrew completed his side’s 10th successive league win after the break.Rangers bounced back from its Old Firm derby defeat with a convincing win over Motherwel
Fulham sinks Arsenal

More sportsJan 3, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― Steve Sidwell tied the score in the 85th minute and Bobby Zamora got the go-ahead goal in the second minute of stoppage time, giving Fulham a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Monday night that knocked the Gunners from the Premier League’s top four.Laurent Koscielny’s 21st-minute goal on a header put Arsenal ahead, but the Gunners played a man short after Johan Djourou was ejected for his second yellow card following a rough tackle in the 78th.Chelsea moved into fourth with a 2-1 victory
Sports figures choose teams in elections

More sportsJan 3, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The New York Giants and New York Jets share an NFL stadium but their owners don’t share political views. Woody Johnson of the Jets is a top fundraiser for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, while Giants co-owner Jonathan Tisch is a generous backer of President Barack Obama.They’re among a host of owners, executives, athletes and coaches from across the sports world supporting candidates in the 2012 election cycle.Even the NFL and Major League Baseball have political action
Oregon rolls to win Rose Bowl

More sportsJan 3, 2012

PASADENA, California (AP) ― Oregon’s incredible offense busted up Wisconsin and the record books on the way to the Ducks’ first Rose Bowl presented by Vizio victory in 95 years.Darron Thomas passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns, freshman De’Anthony Thomas scored on runs of 91 and 64 yards, and the Ducks (No. 5 BCS, No. 6 AP) earned their first bowl victory under coach Chip Kelly, holding off Wisconsin 45-38 Monday night in the highest-scoring Rose Bowl ever played.And it wasn’t over until t
Rangers rally to beat Flyers in Classic

More sportsJan 3, 2012

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Henrik Lundqvist stopped Danny Briere’s penalty shot with 19 seconds left, Brad Richards scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the New York Rangers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in the Winter Classic on Monday at Citizens Bank Park.Playing on a rink that stretched from first base to third base, the Rangers made the league’s fifth Classic event a memorable one to stay atop the Eastern Conference standings.Mike Rupp scored
Ex-Liverpool, Everton defender Ablett dies

More sportsJan 3, 2012

English soccer player Gary Ablett, the first player to have won the FA Cup with both Liverpool and Everton, has died. He was 46.England’s League Managers Association says the former English defender died Sunday night after a 16-month fight against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Ablett won the league championship twice and the FA Cup in 1989 during a 147-game stint at Liverpool between 1986 and 1992. He made the rare switch to neighbor and rival Everton in 1992.At Everton, he became the first player to w
Ramirez says he’ll accept switch to third

More sportsJan 3, 2012

Hanley Ramirez says he’ll accept a position switch to third base so Miami Marlins newcomer Jose Reyes can play shortstop.When Reyes signed a $106 million, six-year deal with Miami last month, there was speculation Ramirez was unhappy about being supplanted at short. But new manager Ozzie Guillen sold Ramirez on the idea.“I have spoken with Guillen,” Ramirez said. “What we want is to win with the Marlins. We will see what’s going to happen with the position switch and everything else. If it’s thi
Hawks’ late run ends Heat’s perfect start

More sportsJan 3, 2012

MIAMI (AP) ― Joe Johnson scored 21 points, Tracy McGrady hit a pair of big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Atlanta Hawks ended Miami’s perfect start by beating the Heat 100-92 on Monday night.McGrady and Al Horford each scored 16 for the Hawks (4-1), who opened the final period on a 15-3 run to take control. And McGrady made perhaps the two biggest plays of the night in the final minutes, first throwing a lob to Josh Smith for a dunk, then hitting a 3-pointer that gave the Hawks a 93-84
Time to peak, playoffs are here

More sportsJan 3, 2012

The way the Green Bay Packers blew through the regular season, it would be foolish to pick against them repeating as Super Bowl champions.Yet they aren’t on the hottest streak nor playing the best football as January rolls around. And as the Steelers, Giants and, yes, the Packers have proven in recent years, being a wild card isn’t an overbearing burden, so don’t dismiss Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit or Atlanta entirely.New England, the top seed in the AFC with a 13-3 record, and New Orleans,
AhnLab’s price to earnings ratio breaks 100

IndustryJan 3, 2012

Speculation over company founder’s presidential bid drives up stock priceThe stock price to earnings ratio of AhnLab Inc. soared over 100 Tuesday as the founder of the anti-virus software company continues to be counted as a strong presidential hopeful for the opposition bloc.It is the first time a company of this size has seen its PER, or the price paid for a share divided by the annual net income earned by the firm per share, reach 110 since the dotcom bubble about 10 years ago. AhnLab’s stock
U.S. Forces Korea extends curfew on military staff

DefenseJan 3, 2012

The U.S. Forces Korea commander on Tuesday extended the off-base curfew on military personnel until further notice.The new curfew begins Jan. 7 at 1 a.m. The hours of the curfew are from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. throughout the week. Previously, the curfew had been enforced from midnight until 5 a.m. on weekdays and from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. on weekends and public holidays. The U.S. military introduced a curfew on its members on Oct. 7 following a series of serious crimes, including the rape of a high school
New Year’s resolution: No major overhauls

ViewpointsJan 3, 2012

I’ve been making the same New Year’s resolutions since I was 11: be nicer, get organized and lose weight. And although I still have friends who speak to me, can easily locate 1,392 pencils in my office without searching and am not yet being hauled around by a winch, I haven’t exactly exceeded my expectations.In the spirit of new beginnings, and yet aware that, if certain fringe groups are correct, the world will end before I pay off my 2011 Visa bills, I’d like to propose a new vision for New Ye
SK chairman steps up to normalize management

IndustryJan 3, 2012

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won instructed chief executives of affiliate companies to promptly normalize management on Tuesday, a day after other chaebol chiefs announced their business plans for the new year.The nation’s third largest conglomerate in asset value put off its annual year-end personnel reshuffle and finalizing of investment plans for 2012 as Chey and his younger brother went through prosecutorial investigation on charges of embezzlement to make up for losses in futures trading. Vic
Shares end up 2.69 percent on Europe optimism

Jan 3, 2012

South Korean stocks jumped 2.69 percent Tuesday as investor sentiment was boosted by better-than-expected European economic data that showed signs of recovery, analysts said. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark KOSPI jumped 49.04 points to 1,875.41. Trading volume was heavy at 437.9 million shares worth 4.8 trillion won ($4.2 billion), with gainers outnumbering losers 572 to 261.“Positive economic data in Europe provided a boost to a new-year rally,” said Um Tae-woon, a