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...person who truly inspires you and why? -Lim Thean Soo, Vernon from Singapore...
DIED. Bong Soo Han, 73, Korean martial-arts grand master who introduced hapkido to the West; of complications from cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif. He moved to the U.S. after training in Korea in the art, which combines fluid, circular movement with fierce, sharp kicks. He taught thousands about "perfection of character" through his International Hapkido Federation, but was best known for his work in such films as The Kentucky Fried Movie and 1971's Billy Jack...
...operating long before Hyundai opened factories in China or the U.S. and the South Korean carmaker is already building a second, $1 billion facility next door. Why? "We are going to use India as an export hub, and the domestic market is also growing very fast," says Lheem Heung Soo, managing director of Hyundai in India. "Right now the only difficulty is how to produce more cars...
...Depression is a very heterogeneous disorder and it has many different causes,” he said. “This may be one part of the puzzle for one particular kind of depression.” Ardayfio and his advisor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry Kwang-Soo Kim, tested three groups of mice on a standard anxiety-level test. The mice were placed in a darkened chamber, allowed to acclimatize themselves, and were then allowed to explore another brightly lit chamber. Ardayfio and Kim found that, while normal mice readily explored the new area, mice which had received long-term...
...competition," says Ohno. "Actually, a very high-ranking Korean speed-skating official was telling me that I may have sparked a fan club! How cool is that?" Not everyone in Korea is sold on Ohno. "I know that the Korean public wants revenge," says top Olympic challenger Ahn Hyun Soo. But Ahn insists he wants to beat Ohno only because the American is the top dog, not because he's American. Ohno remains a medal favorite in each of short track's three individual events, although he'll face tough competition from Ahn, China's Li Jiajun and Canada...