Apple unveiled a long-expected Internet radio service called iTunes Radio on Monday and said it will personalize listeners' music based on what they've listened to and what they've purchased on iTunes.Apple said iTunes Radio will be available this year in the U.S. It will be free with advertisements included, although subscribers of Apple's iTunes Match music-storage service will get a commercial-free version. That service costs $25 a year.In unveiling the service at its Worldwide Developers Con

World Business June 11, 2013

Prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge former spy agency chief Won Sei-hoon with illegally interfering in politics before last year’s presidential election.The longtime aide to former President Lee Myung-bak has been accused of directing his agents to advocate government policies and counter opposition claims online. Wrapping up two months of investigation, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office plans to indict him on charges of violating the laws on elections and the National Intelli

Politics June 11, 2013

검찰이 '국가정보원의 대선•정치 개입 의혹' 사건과 관련, 원세훈 전 국정원장을 불구속 기소하기로 했다.이 사건을 수사 중인 서울중앙지검 특별수사팀(팀장 윤석열)은 11일 원 전 원장 에게 공직선거법 제85조 1항 위반 및 국정원법 제9조 위반 혐의 등을 적용해 불구속 기소할 방침이라고 밝혔다.해당 선거법 조항은 공무원의 지위를 이용한 선거운동을, 국정원법 조항은 국정 원장과 직원의 정치 관여를 각각 금지하고 있다.김용판 전 서울경찰청장은 형법상 직권남용, 경찰공무원법 위반, 공직선거법 위반 혐의로 불구속 기소하기로 했다.검찰은 "수사 결과 밝혀진 범죄 혐의 내용과 촉박한 공소시효 만료를 감안해 불구속 기소하기로 결론을 내린 것"이라고 말했다.이어 검찰은 "나머지 전직 국정원 직원들의 기밀 누설 사건, 여직원 감금 사건 등에 대해서는 수사 결과 발표시에 일괄해 설명할 예정"이라고 말했다.이진한 중앙지검 2차장검사는 "결정이 늦어진 이유는 선거법 성립 여부에 대한 증거 판단 및 법리가

한국어판 June 11, 2013

South Korean stocks opened lower Tuesday as investors' sentiment was dented by the weak Japanese currency, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) moved down 9.43 points, or 0.49 percent, to 1,923.27 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Tech blue chips traded lower, with market behemoth Samsung Electronics falling 1.47 percent and its smaller domestic rival LG Electronics losing 0.26 percent. Top chipmaker SK hynix declined 0.31 percent.Brokerage houses also traded b

June 11, 2013

South Korea sees the currency swap contract with Japan as a matter of "financial cooperation" between the two countries, a high-ranking government official said Tuesday.The remarks come in response to a Japanese media report that Tokyo would not extend the soon-to-be-expired US$3 billion currency swap contract unless Seoul asks for its extension. It is to expire on July 3."The amount is not that significant given our current financial market situation. I think that it is a matter of bilateral fi

June 11, 2013

The U.S. government views the resumption of inter-Korean talks as distinct from the prospects for dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, an official said Monday.The statement was apparently intended to caution the international community against excessive expectations that the U.S. may soon respond to North Korea's peace overtures following months of warlike threats."Well, that's a slightly separate issue," State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said at a press briefing. In Korea, the S

North Korea June 11, 2013

A wave of car bombings rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and extending the deadliest eruption of violence to hit the country in years. Attackers initially targeted market-goers early in the morning, then turned their sights on police and army posts after sunset. Security forces scrambled to contain the violence, blocking a key road in central Iraq and imposing a curfew in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Mosul after the blasts went off. Killing in Ira

World News June 11, 2013

The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons, even though the U.S. posted its lowest emissions since the mid-1990s, the International Energy Agency said Monday.In its annual World Energy Outlook report, the Paris-based IEA said top carbon polluter China had the largest emissions growth last year, up 300 million tons, or 3.8 percent, from 2011. Still, the increase was among the lowest seen in a decade as China continues to inve

World Business June 11, 2013

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government's long-term debt. S&P cited the government's strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.The credit rating service raised its outlook to “Stable” from “Negative,” which means it's less likely to downgrade U.S. debt in the near future.S&P also reaffirmed the government's “AA+” long-term and “A-1+” short-term unsolicited sovereign credit ratings. The long-t

World Business June 11, 2013

세계 젊은이들에게 선망의 대상인 유엔이 대규모 구조조정의 칼날을 맞게 됐다.반기문 사무총장이 집권 1기부터 `온건하게' 추진해온 개혁마저 거부하다 급기야 예산 감축 압박에 밀려 구조조정 위기에 몰리게 된 것이다.이로 인해 집권 2기 임기를 본격적으로 수행하고 있는 반 총장에 대한 유엔본부 직원들의 불만과 볼멘소리가 터져 나오고 있다.◇ "최소 260명 줄인다"…약소국 피해 클 듯2011년 말 현재 뉴욕 유엔본부에서 일하는 직원은 6천600명가량이다. 여기에는 비정규직도 포함된다. 이를 포함해 세계 곳곳에 나가 있는 유엔 직원은 모두 4만4천명 정도다.유엔이 창설 이후 처음으로 인력 구조조정을 단행하기로 방침을 정하고 1차 감축규모로 잠정한 260명은 뉴욕에 근무하는 본부직원만을 대상으로 한 것이다.유엔 예산안의 최종 감축규모가 어떻게 확정되느냐에 따라 구조조정 인원이 더 늘어날 수 있다.유엔의 2012∼2013년 예산안은 당초 2010∼2011년 예산(54억1천만 달러)보다 4.8%

한국어판 June 10, 2013

The three companies vying for South Korea's next-generation fighter jet project have proposed aggressive offset programs to sweeten their bids, ranging from technology transfers to promises of purchasing Korean-made parts, an official said Monday.Seoul plans to buy 60 advanced jets worth of 8.3 trillion won ($7.3 billion) to replace its aging fleet of F-4 and F-5 jets starting from 2017. It is the single priciest arms purchase project from a foreign country. Jets competing for the contract are B

Defense June 10, 2013