Kettmann also takes the reader to Santo Domingo, where Pedro Martinez's former coach watches the action from a sports bar, and to Kwangju, South Korea, where former Sox reliever Byung-Hyun Kim's old high school coach is watching the game at two in the morning.

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Some 10% of the general population and 40% of 13-to-18-year-olds are addicted to the Net, says Dr. Kim Hyun Soo, 37, head of Korea's professional society for psychologists specialized in treating Internet addiction.

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"From an overall market perspective, the market growth rate is expected to slow down compared with the previous years, " said Kim Hyun-joon, vice president of Samsung's mobile-communications business, during the company's January earnings call with analysts.

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Although the president reiterated his firm stance on North Korea, South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek met with North Korean unity leader Kim Yang Gon on Saturday.

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But rapprochement talks between the countries hit a wall after conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in early 2008, with a tougher stance toward the North than Kim and his successor, Roh Moo-hyun.

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SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Fifty-six year-old Roh Moo-hyun is from the same political party as 77 year-old outgoing president Kim Dae-jung.

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