NM boy, 9, becomes youngest to fly balloon solo

TOME, New Mexico (AP) -- Nine year-old Bobby Bradley floated into history early Saturday, taking off solo in a hot air balloon and landing perfectly about a half-hour later to become the youngest trained pilot to accomplish such a feat.As the morning sun rose in the remote New Mexico town of Tome, Bradley took off in the company of three other balloons, whose pilots included a designated balloon e

June 5, 2011

Homemade Danish rocket takes off

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A home-made rocket built by two Danes successfully blasted off from a floating launch pad off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm Friday, nine months after its first test flight failed due to a defective hair drier."It was like seeing a missile and it came over us a couple of kilometres up. We are ecstatic and will be going home with everything we have learned," one of the Dani

June 5, 2011

Murder accomplice caught by a single message

A simple text message helped police uncover who the accomplice was in a heated murder case. The murder case, revealed two weeks ago, involved a university professor who killed his wife and threw her body into the Nakdong river. The body of the wife was discovered on May 21, 50 days after she was reported missing. Kang, her husband and a university professor, admitted to the killing after his arres

May 31, 2011

Blackbeard's anchor recovered off US coast

 A 3,000 pound anchor from what is believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, is recovered from the ocean where it has been since 1718, on Friday, May 27, 2011 in Beaufort Inlet, in Carteret County N.C. Crew member Mitchel Gilliland, right, helps guide the anchor aboard the Dan K. Moore. (AP-Yonhap News) (AP-Yonhap News)MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina (AP

May 29, 2011

[Photo] Celebrities at Paeksang Arts Awards

Celebrities show off their evening gown and tuxedos at the 2011 Paeksang Arts Awards held on Thursday in Seoul. Ko Hyun-jung Kim Nam-joo Moon Geun-young Lee Min-jung Lee Byung-hun Tang Wei Hwang Jung-eum  Tang Wei Hwang Jung-eum

May 27, 2011

애플 팀쿡 방한의 진짜 목적은?

서울 서초구 삼성전자 서초사옥에서 열린 삼성전자 갤럭시S2 미디어데이에서 모델이 갤럭시S2를 소개하고 있다. (연합뉴스)애플 팀쿡 방한의 진짜 목적은?애플, 삼성에 아이패드3용 아몰레드 도입 타진애플의 최고운영책임자인 팀쿡이 최근 한국 방문에서 삼성의 아몰레드 (AMOLED) 디스플레이 기술을 아이패드3에 적용하기 위해 삼성 측과 협의를 벌인 것으로 알려졌다.“애플은 삼성의 아몰레드 기술을 일명 아이패드 3라고 불리는 아이패드 2의 업그레이드 버전에 적용시키고자 하는 것으로 알고 있다,”고 한 업계 관계자가 코리아 헤럴드에 전했다.팀쿡은 또한 삼성측에 선수금도 제의한 것 같다고 이 관계자는 덧붙였다.애플은 현재 올해 3월에 출시된 아이패드 2를 포함한 모든 태블릿 PC에 LCD 디스플레이를 사용하고 있다.삼

May 25, 2011

Farewell Oprah!

Stevie Wonder (left) performs for Oprah Winfrey as Jamie Foxx looks (right). (AP)Maria Shriver appears with Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago.(AP)Winfrey reacts as she is surrounded by Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Jordan (AP)Aretha Franklin and Oprah Winfrey acknowledge fans. (AP)O

May 18, 2011

Children's Day photos

Photographs showing children in different parts of Seoul on Wednesday in celebration of Children's Day. (Yonhap News)

May 5, 2011

[단독인터뷰] 김영하 '트위터 다시 안 할 것'

Korean author Kim Young-ha in New York (Kim Yoon-mi/The Korea Herald)'팟캐스트 '김영하의 책 읽는 시간' 곧 재개할 생각'트위터를 접겠다고 선언했던 소설가 김영하는 최근 코리아헤럴드와 뉴욕에서 가진 단독 인터뷰에서 트위터를 다시 할 생각은 전혀 없다고 밝혔다.트위터를 다시 할 의향이 없느냐는 질문에 김영하는 “트위터를 안 하니까 편하다. 안 하고 나서 좀 더 느긋해졌다”고 대답했다.그는 “(트위터를 할 때는) 매일 뭔가를 얘기 해야 할 것 같고 그랬는데 여기서 그걸 끝내고 나서 1주일이건 한 달이건 어떤 문제를 혼자 생각할 수 있게 되었다” 라고 말했다.그는 어떤 이슈에 대해 말을 한다는 건 “압력솥의 뚜껑을 여는, 김이 새는 효과”와 같다고 설명했다

May 3, 2011

Hollywood, fashion elite recall McQueen at NY gala

NEW YORK (AP) _ A who's who of Hollywood's elite and fashion's most coveted hit the red carpet in New York City on Monday night for the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala Benefit.This year's event, ``Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,'' honored the work of the late designer, who committed suicide in February 2010 at age 40.``I miss him terribly, not only as a person but as a

May 3, 2011

Sarah Burton is designer of royal wedding dress

Kate Middleton arrives at Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)LONDON (AP) _ It's a stunner: Kate Middleton arrived at her Westminster Abbey wedding in a splendid dress by Sarah Burton, creative director of the Alexander McQueen fashion house _ ending months of speculation about the identity of the designer.The lacy white gown, with its low neckl

April 29, 2011

Royal wedding guests enter Westminster Abbey

LONDON (AP) _ Guests attending the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton have started entering Westminster Abbey.The Great North Door opened Friday morning under three hours before the ceremony is due to begin. About 1,900 immaculately dressed guests, including fellow royals from around the world, a smattering of pop stars, sports idols and dignitaries, will jam the abbey.A number of famous

April 29, 2011

Figure skating: The show must go on

 Canadian skater Meagan Duhamel hits Eric Radford with her elbow as they perform their pair's short program at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 27, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)Canadian skater Eric Radford is seen with bleeding nose as he and Meagan Duhamel perform their short program at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday,

April 28, 2011

Boy monks join Buddhist priesthood

Boy monks attend a ceremony to temporarily join the Buddhist priesthood after having their heads shaved at Jogyesa temple in central Seoul on Monday. 　Photos by Lee Sang-sup/The Korea Herald

April 25, 2011

Smelly 'corpse flower' attracts visitors

 A blooming Titan Arum (amorphophallus titanum) is pictured in the botanical garden of the university of Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, April 22, 2011. Thousands of plant lovers have flocked to the northern Swiss city of Basel to see a giant, stinky flower bloom for the first time in 17 years. The Basel Botanical Gardens expects 10,000 people to see its amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flo

April 25, 2011

여성은 약지가 긴 남성에게 호감 느껴

손가락 길이 비교: 당신의 네번째 손가락은 두번째 손가락 보다 깁니까? 남자의 약지(네 번째 손가락)가 검지보다 길수록 여성들이 호감을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.영국의 브리티시 로열 소사이어티에서 발간한 저널 '바이오로지컬 사이언스'에서 발표된 이 연구 결과는 태아기의 호르몬 노출 여부, 특정 신체적 특성의 발전, 그리고 이성을 끄는 매력의 연관성을 밝혔다.이 연구는 인간의 행동은 후천적인 것보다 자연적인 것에 의해 더 많은 영향을 받는다고 말한다. 이전의 연구들에서는 이미 검지와 약지의 길이 차이가 자궁에서의 테스토스테론(남성 호르몬) 노출 빈도를 보여주는 척도라고 밝혀진 바 있다. 검지와 약지의 차이가 클수록 남성 호르몬의 영향을 더 많이 받은 것으로 드러났다.이 연구를 주도한 제네바 대학의 연구진은 여성

April 21, 2011

Pulitzer Prize winning photography

Three photographers of the Washington Post, Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti, won the Pulitzer Prizes in the breaking news photography for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti.워싱턴 타임즈의 사진기자 3명은 아이티 지진후 참사를 담은 사진으로 퓰리처 상 긴급뉴스사진 부문을 수상했다. 퓰리처상은 매년 뉴욕의 컬럼비아대 퓰리처상 위원회가 수상작을 발표해 왔으며 , 올해로 95주년을 맞는다. In this Jan. 2010 photo submitted by th

April 19, 2011

Every month’s 14th is a special day for Koreans

People are eating Chinese noodles on April 14, Black Day, in Korea. (Yonhap News)April 14 is Black Day in Korea. Singles get together and eat Chinese noodles called “jjjajangmyeon.” But Korea has a host of unique days which may be unfamiliar elsewhere. Every 14th day in a year marks a different, and usually romantic, occasion. Although the origins of many of them are unclear, it is assumed that th

April 17, 2011

Bolivia's new female defense minister

Cecilia Chacon swears in as new Bolivia's minister of defense at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Chacon will be the first woman to be defense minister in Bolivia's history.  -- 볼리비아 사상 첫 여성 국방장관으로 임명된 41세 세실리아 차콘이 취임식에서 선서를 하고 있다. (AP-Yonhap News)<<최다클릭기사>>63빌딩 6배높이 - 275층 '왕국타워' 건설Babel tower of the 21st century? Saudi to build world's tallest building

April 12, 2011

A monument for octopus Paul

A monument for octopus Paul is pictured at the aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Paul became a world wide phenomenon during the last soccer world cup, when predicting the correctly results. A new exhibition "Octopus Garden", named after the Beatle's song, shows the life of the sea animals in Oberhausen. (AP-Yonhap News)

April 6, 2011