Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt are among the technology industry executives President Barack Obama will meet with tomorrow in the San Francisco area, according to a person familiar with the private session.Steve Jobs (AP-Yonhap News)The president will discuss the U.S. economy and job creation wit

World Feb. 21, 2011

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A geomagnetic space storm sparked by a solar eruption like the one that flared toward Earth Tuesday is bound to strike again and could wreak havoc across the gadget-happy modern world, experts say.Contemporary society is increasingly vulnerable to space weather because of our dependence on satellite systems for synchronizing computers, airline navigation, telecommunications net

Technology Feb. 21, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ The wife of Britain's ex-leader Gordon Brown says she spotted Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi asking for model Naomi Campbell's phone number at an official dinner.Sarah Brown said in an interview with the Daily Mail published Saturday that she later joked about the episode with ``Harry Potter'' author J.K. Rowling. She did not specify exactly when it took place or whether Berluscon

Politics Feb. 20, 2011

LONDON, (AFP) - Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their wedding in April, palace officials said Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with an array of royals, world leaders, family and friends.Gilded invitations issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II began dropping onto doormats in Britain and abroad after being sent out on Wednesday and Thursday, with the monarch's EIIR

World Feb. 20, 2011

A senior official of North Korea's ruling party has been named to lead a special party bureau, code-named Office 38, that oversees coffers and raises slush funds for its leader Kim Jong-il and the ruling elites, a source on North Korea said Sunday.Kim Tong-un, formerly head of Office 39 in the Workers' Party of Korea, assumed the post in May last year, when North Korea revived Office 38, which was

North Korea Feb. 20, 2011

Jae-beom (Yonhap News)Jae-beom, the former leader of the boyband 2PM, on Thursday offered his first apology to entertainment agency JYP head Park Jin-young since their relationship turned sour over the singer’s departure from the group.Jae-beom posted a letter on a Daum online community board to his fans, looking back on his departure from the band.In the statement, he said he felt sorry for causi

Podcast Feb. 17, 2011

Park Jae-beom (Yonhap News)박재범은 2월 17일 목요일 공식 팬클럽 Jay-Effect에 팬들에게 보내는 편지를 공개하며 JYP와 2PM 멤버들에게 사과의 글을 남겼다. 아래는 편지 전문: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------모두 건강히 잘 지내고 계신가요?하루하루 조금씩 따뜻해지는 날씨에 이제야 정말 새해가 시작 된 것 같은 기분이 듭니다.요즘 새로운 음반 준비에 몰두하다 보니, 날씨나 시간, 날짜에 조금 무신경했던 거 같아요.얼마 전, 새해였던 것 같은데 벌써 2월도 마지막을 향해 달려가고 있고,제가 여러분들을 찾아갈 날도 얼마 남지 않았

Podcast Feb. 17, 2011

Lady Gaga arrives for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 13, 2011.(MCT)  Lady Gaga said she spent three days inside the egg at the Jay Leno's show. (MCT)Lady Gaga performs at the 2011 Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 13, 2011. (MCT)Lady Gaga said Willow Smith inspired her hair whip performan

International Feb. 17, 2011

NEW YORK, (AFP) - A teenaged Somali pirate captured in a dramatic high seas operation was sentenced by a US court Wednesday to nearly 34 years in prison, despite defense pleas for leniency due to his young age.Federal Judge Loretta Preska in New York said the sentence of 33 years, nine months for Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse would serve as "general deterrence in this kind of crime."Muse was captured i

Foreign Affairs Feb. 17, 2011

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ From almost the moment Le Yati Min was born, her mother knew the girl had a little something extra.``I asked the nurses whether my kid was born complete with hands and legs,'' says her mother. ``They replied that the baby even has more than she needs.''Born with 12 fingers and 14 toes, Le may be the most ``digitally enhanced'' person in the world. Now, the 16-month-old girl'

International Feb. 16, 2011

A North Korean man crossed the inter-Korean border and defected to South Korea, a military official said Wednesday. The man in his early 20s passed through the heavily armed border and was spotted by South Korean soldiers patrolling a frontline guard post at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday in Cheorwon County, some 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul, the official said.  North Korean military guard post sta

Social Affairs Feb. 16, 2011

Kim Jong-chol, the second son of Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-il, was seen at a concert by world-renowned guitarist Eric Clapton in Singapore, a South Korean broadcaster reported on Tuesday.Kim, dressed in black pants and a T-shirt, was accompanied by some 20 men and women at a concert hall in Singapore on Feb. 14, two days ahead of his father's birthday, according to Korea Broadcasting System (KBS).

North Korea Feb. 16, 2011

MILAN (AP) _ His penchant for beautiful young women has cost him his wife, and now may cost Silvio Berlusconi what he cherishes most: power.The 74-year-old Italian premier was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges he paid a 17-year-old Moroccan girl for sex, and then used his influence to cover it up _ an offense that, if proven, could see him barred permanently from public office.Berlusconi h

Politics Feb. 16, 2011

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A NASA spacecraft is just hours from its long-anticipated encounter with a comet, and skywatchers hope the flyby will shed light on how the comet's surface has changed since it skimmed by the Sun in 2005.The US space agency's Stardust-NExT mission spacecraft "is within a quarter-million miles (402,336 kilometers) of its quarry, comet Tempel 1, which it will fly by tonight," NAS

Technology Feb. 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A NASA spacecraft is just hours from its long-anticipated encounter with a comet, and skywatchers hope the flyby will shed light on how the comet's surface has changed since it skimmed by the Sun in 2005.The US space agency's Stardust-NExT mission spacecraft "is within a quarter-million miles (402,336 kilometers) of its quarry, comet Tempel 1, which it will fly by tonight," NAS

Technology Feb. 15, 2011