TOKYO (AFP) - Millions of Japanese people were without food, water or power Monday and hundreds of thousands more homeless after a massive quake and tsunami left the economic superpower battling third-world conditions.Aid workers and search teams from across the world joined 100,000 Japanese soldiers in a massive relief push as the rattled country suffered a wave of major aftershocks and fresh tsu

World March 14, 2011

Kim Hyun-joong, a member of the popular South Korean boy band SS501, has donated 100 million won (US$88,700) for earthquake relief efforts in Japan, his agency said Monday.Keyeast, Kim's management agency, said the singer/actor sent the money to his Japan-based agency, DA, earlier in the day.To mark the Japanese premier of his South Korean television show, Kim was scheduled to meet with fans in To

Entertainment March 14, 2011

SHANGHAI (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean officials arrived in Shanghai on Sunday to investigate an alleged sex-for-influence scandal involving a Chinese woman and several South Korean diplomats. (Courtesy from Seoul Shinmum)South Korean officials said the previous day that the team of officials from the Prime Minister's Office and foreign ministry plans to make the on-site investigation at the

Social Affairs March 13, 2011

In the wake of Japan's biggest recorded earthquake two days ago, the South Korean government grappled Sunday with searching for missing nationals and supporting relief efforts in the disaster-hit northeastern region, Seoul'sforeign ministry said. Local people are out on a street to inspect the aftermath of a massive tsunami triggered by March 11 earthquake, in Tagajo, near Sendai, northern Japan,

Politics March 13, 2011

Reports of Japan's devastation by a strong earthquake sent many South Koreans online to deliver messages of goodwill, condolences and offers of aid for a third day on Sunday. An urban area devastated by tsunami is seen in Minami Sanriku, Miyagi, northern Japan Sunday, March 13, 2011 after Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. (AP-Yonhap)The 8.9-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever in J

Technology March 13, 2011

  LONDON (AP) _ The cigarette packs piled into prominent displays behind store counters and supermarket checkouts in England can't be missed. They occupy prime retail real estate, helping to keep addicts hooked and quitters tempted.In this June 29, 2010 file photo, tobacco products are displayed in a shop in Glasgow, Scotland. Tobacco will no longer be displayed in shops under new legislation bein

World March 10, 2011

(AP)Subway now has more restaurants worldwide than McDonald's.The sandwich chain surpassed the world's largest hamburger chain in terms of number of stores in the U.S. in 2002 and now it has taken the global lead.Subway had 33,749 restaurants worldwide at the end of last year, according to the company. McDonald's Corp. had 32,737, according a regulatory filing.McDonald's, however, remains the indu

National March 8, 2011

Tiger Woods, former No. 1 golfer in the world, is scheduled to visit South Korea next month for a youth golf camp, his corporate sponsor announced Tuesday.Tiger Woods at the AT&T National golf tournament.(AP)Nike Golf Korea said Woods will come to South Korea on April 14 as part of the company's "Make It Matter" youth clinic series covering Asia. Woods will first go to China in early April, after

Golf March 8, 2011