South Korea and the United States on Monday began two days of joint naval exercises off the east coast involving the nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier.The 97,000-ton USS Nimitz (CVN 68) left the southeastern port of Busan earlier in the day for the exercises with South Korea's Navy in the East Sea near Pohang, a senior military official said.The Nimitz Strike Group consists of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and guided-missile destroyers and cruisers.South Korea mobilized the Aegis-

Defense May 13, 2013

South Korean stocks turned higher after a weak start Monday, as further depreciation of the Japanese yen stopped short of unnerving investors, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 0.93 points, or 0.05 percent, to 1,945.68 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Autos and utilities lent support to reverting to gains, with Hyundai Motor rising 0.53 percent and state-run electricity provider Korea Electric Power Corp. climbing 1.5 percent. Top-cap Samsung Electron

May 13, 2013

Four former student activists were acquitted in a retrial on Monday 39 years after they were imprisoned for campaigning against the military regime led by then President Park Chung-hee.In 1974, the four were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to 10 years for leading a protest against the revision of the Yushin Constitution that the former president introduced to prolong his stay in power, in violation of a now-defunct emergency decree.In the retrial, the Seoul High Court delivered a no

Politics May 13, 2013

Total capitalization for South Korea's stock market edged down in March from end-2012 amid the protracted economic slump, the bourse operator said Monday.The value of shares listed on the main board and the secondary market came at US$1.1 trillion last month, down 2.08 percent from the end of 2012, the Korea Exchange (KRX) said, citing data by the World Federation of Exchanges.South Korea accounted for 2.01 percent of the total global stock market cap, ranking as the world's 15th-largest bourse,

May 13, 2013

Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 18, including two children, police said.Police said many of the victims were grazed, and most of the wounds were not life-threatening.FBI spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig said federal investigators have no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism.“It's strictly an act of street violence in New Orleans,” she said. The southern city has one of the highest violent

World News May 13, 2013

Serena Williams kept the No. 1, and added No. 50.Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to retain her No. 1 ranking and collect her 50th career title, while Rafael Nadal saw off Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 for his fifth title since returning from a knee injury.The second-ranked Sharapova would have taken the top ranking with a win, but Williams stormed to an early lead as Sharapova struggled with her serve.Despite Sharapova briefly recovering her poise in t

More Sports May 13, 2013

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised Sunday to return to office with a resounding election victory _ a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances.Questions remain, however, about Sharif's stance on another key issue: violent Islamic extremism. Critics have accused his party of being soft on radicals because it hasn't cracked down on militant groups in its st

World News May 13, 2013

As red-and-white ticker tape flew into the rainy sky at Old Trafford, a beaming Alex Ferguson hoisted up the Premier League trophy for a 13th and final time.Behind Britain's most successful football manager stood his jubilant squad of players, dancing to a soundtrack of “Champions, Champions” being belted out by more than 76,000 fans.It was the end of an era at Manchester United on Sunday as Ferguson took charge of his final home match of a club he has led for nearly 27 years. And he had a 38th

Soccer May 13, 2013

Paris Saint-Germain sealed their first Ligue 1 title since 1994 with a 1-0 win at Lyon on Sunday.Marseille's 2-1 win over Toulouse on Saturday, their fourth success in a row, had ensured PSG would have to keep the champagne on ice until after their own game.But former AC Milan winger Jeremy Menez scored the only goal of the game against a limp Lyon side and that proved enough to deliver the silverware."I am very happy, especially because it is not easy to win here," said PSG coach Carlo Ancelott

Soccer May 13, 2013

The party of Bulgaria's ousted premier Boyko Borisov came first in tense elections Sunday but fell short of a majority, exit polls showed, setting the scene for political stalemate and fresh protests.Three months after the biggest demonstrations in years prompted the former bodyguard to tender his government's resignation, Borisov's GERB party won between 29.6 and 32 percent of the vote, exit polls showed, based on a count of votes from two percent of constituencies.The socialist BSP party came

World News May 13, 2013

미국의 과학자들이 젊은 쥐의 피를 늙은 쥐에서 수혈해 심장 질환의 일부인 심근비대를 고쳤다고 밝혔다.하버드 줄기세포 기관 (Harvard Stem Cell Institute)와 브리검앤워먼스 병원(Brigham and Women's Hospital)의 연구진은 쥐들의 신체에서 심근비대를 유발하는 원인이 무엇인지 밝히는 실험을 진행했다. 심근비대(myocardial hypertrophy)란 심근섬유가 비대한 결과, 심중량의 증가, 심실벽이 비후(肥厚)된 상태를 가리킨다.연구진이 밝혀낸 바에 따르면 이러한 작용은 GFD-11이라는 호르몬과 관련이 있다고 한다.연구진은 먼저 젊은 쥐와 늙은 쥐의 혈관을 이용해 젊은 쥐의 혈액이 늙은 쥐에게로 주입되도록 했다. 그리고 그 과정을 지켜본 결과 4주만에 심근섬유가 비대해지는 현상이 눈에 띄게 반전되었다고 한다.검사 결과 늙은 쥐의 혈액에서는 시술 전에 GFD-11의 수치가 상당히 낮았던 것으로 드러났다. 연구진은 GFD-11의 효과를 확신하기

한국어판 May 10, 2013