A South Korean tourist has been arrested by Canadian police after he was found to be carrying illegal drugs at Vancouver International Airport, Seoul's consulate office said Friday.The 28-year-old tourist only identified by his family name of Kim was apprehended while trying to leave the country after a four-day visit. He was scheduled to stop in Japan before returning home.The consulate office sa

Social Affairs June 3, 2012

Alleged poisonings of Afghan schoolgirls by Taliban insurgents regularly make headlines -- but there are signs the incidents could be cases of mass hysteria, say specialists in the field.In a widely-reported "attack" last week, more than 120 girls from a school in northern Takhar province were rushed to hospital after scores fainted and others complained of feeling ill.Local officials accused the

World News May 31, 2012

Three people were killed and two were wounded Wednesday when a gunman opened fire inside a Seattle coffee house and then fled, police said.Seattle Police Department Deputy Chief Nick Metz told reporters he did not know the motive for the 11 a.m. PDT shooting at the Cafe Racer Espresso in the city's University District, but another law enforcement source told The Seattle Times it may have been rela

World News May 31, 2012

South Korea's global competitiveness ranking remains unchanged in 2012 from a year earlier despite persistent economic uncertainties, an international institute said Thursday.According to the 2012 World Competitiveness Yearbook unveiled by the International Management Development Institute (IMD), South Korea ranked 22nd in competitiveness among the 59 countries surveyed.IMD is a Switzerland-based

May 31, 2012

Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday vowed that creativity would remain in the company's "DNA" and hinted that products on the horizon could come in the area of television.Cook was the star opening guest at a prestigious All Things Digital conference hosted by the Rupert Murdoch-owned technology news website at a resort in the Southern California town of Palos Verdes."We're going to introduce some grea

Technology May 30, 2012

Mitt Romney clinched his Republican party's White House nomination Tuesday by winning its Texas primary, vowing to get America "back on the path to prosperity" by defeating Barack Obama in November.But the milestone was clouded by a rehashed controversy over claims by billionaire tycoon Donald Trump, a high-profile Romney supporter, questioning President Obama's birthplace."#1144. Thank You. Whate

World News May 30, 2012

An employer says a 17-year-old girl Texas girl who spent a night in jail for truancy does nothing but work and go to school.Diane Tran, an 11th-grader, was jailed for 24 hours May 23 after a judge found she had disobeyed an order not to miss any more school, KHOU-TV, Houston, reported. Under Texas law, students can only have 10 unexplained absences in a year.Mary Elliot, who runs the wedding plann

World News May 30, 2012

South Korea's current account surplus shrank in April from the previous month mainly due to a drop in exports, the central bank said Wednesday.The current account surplus reached US$1.78 billion last month, down from $2.97 billion in March, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The figure is larger than the $1.28 billion surplus tallied a year earlier and marks the third month in a row that the cu

May 30, 2012

The defense ministry called Tuesday for stern punishment for an Army officer indicted over his Twitter posting critical of President Lee Myung-bak, saying the act of criticizing the supreme commander of the armed forces impedes military order and discipline.Military prosecutors have put the 29-year-old captain on trial recently on charges of insulting a superior in connection with his Twitter post

Defense May 29, 2012

Taekwondo star Aaron Cook is appealing to the British Olympic Association after the ``incredible'' decision by his national federation to deny him a spot on the team for the London Games. Cook was omitted from the team despite being the world's top-ranked fighter in his division.``I now have no option but to request that the British Olympic Association review the selection,'' he said in a statemen

More Sports May 29, 2012

Tokyo said Tuesday it will start direct currency trading with China for the first time, scrapping the dollar as an intermediary unit for the first time to push business between the two Asian economic giants.Japan's Finance Minister Jun Azumi said the deal between China and Japan, the world's second- and third-largest economies respectively, will see the system of setting yen-yuan rates via their U

World Business May 29, 2012

North Korea's state television has aired a series of documentaries of leader Kim Jong-un soon after his inspection trips, in an apparent move to help the young leader gain public support.Korean Central Television broadcast films on Kim on Saturday, just two days after he toured an amusement park, an ice rink and a street in Pyongyang.The state television aired the new documentaries three times on

North Korea May 29, 2012

Justin Bieber is wanted for questioning by Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators after a photographer complained of being roughed up by the pop star at a shopping center.Sheriff's Lt. Robert Wiard says the photographer called police on Sunday and complained of pain to his chest. Wiard said the scuffle happened when the photographer tried to take pictures of Bieber and his girlfriend, teen act

Performance May 29, 2012