Police stand around a warning message painted on a banner left near the site where five dismembered bodies were found on the sidewalk next to a car in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico. There are a half dozen words for drug cartel informants, and double that for drug war dead. "Narco" has become a general prefix. The trend has people worrying that Mexico is developing a kind of offhand j

World News April 25, 2011

A Syrian protester holds up a Syrian national flag during a demonstration attended by Syrians living in Jordan against Bashar's government and the ruling Baath Party in front of Syrian embassy in Amman, capital of Jordan, on April 24, 2011. (Xinhua-Yonhap News)BEIRUT (AP) _ Syrian security forces detained dozens of opposition activists and fired from rooftops in a seaside town Sunday as authoritie

World News April 25, 2011

 HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong movie billed as the world's first 3D porn film has broken the city's first-day box office record previously set by Hollywood blockbuster Avatar."3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" notched up HK$2.8 million ($360,000) on its first day last week, outpacing director James Cameron's science fiction epic which drew HK$2.6 million, the porn movie's publicist told AFP Thursd

Technology April 22, 2011

Seo Tai-ji (left) and E Ji-ah (Yonhap News)Actress E Ji-ah admits marriage and divorce, while Seo Tai-ji remains silentKoreans in their 30s and 40s used to automatically associate the name “Seo Tai-ji” with “the President of Culture” in the 1990s.His songs such as “Class Idea,” (1994) “Dreaming Balhae” (1994) and “Come Back Home” (1995) contained controversial yet influential messages to make teen

Television April 22, 2011

Is your ring finger longer than index finger? (The Korea Herald)PARIS, (AFP) - The longer a man's fourth or ring finger is compared to his index finger, the more likely he is to be judged attractive by women, according to a study released Wednesday.The results, published in the British Royal Society's journal Biological Sciences, unveil intricate links between foetal exposure of males to hormones,

Technology April 21, 2011

손가락 길이 비교: 당신의 네번째 손가락은 두번째 손가락 보다 깁니까? 남자의 약지(네 번째 손가락)가 검지보다 길수록 여성들이 호감을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.영국의 브리티시 로열 소사이어티에서 발간한 저널 '바이오로지컬 사이언스'에서 발표된 이 연구 결과는 태아기의 호르몬 노출 여부, 특정 신체적 특성의 발전, 그리고 이성을 끄는 매력의 연관성을 밝혔다.이 연구는 인간의 행동은 후천적인 것보다 자연적인 것에 의해 더 많은 영향을 받는다고 말한다. 이전의 연구들에서는 이미 검지와 약지의 길이 차이가 자궁에서의 테스토스테론(남성 호르몬) 노출 빈도를 보여주는 척도라고 밝혀진 바 있다. 검지와 약지의 차이가 클수록 남성 호르몬의 영향을 더 많이 받은 것으로 드러났다.이 연구를 주도한 제네바 대학의 연구진은 여성

Podcast April 21, 2011

This undated photo provided by Getty Images shows Getty photographer Chris Hondros in Afghanistan. Hondros was critically injured while on assignment in Misrata, Libya, on Thursday, April 20, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MISRATA, Libya (AP) _ Two Western photojournalists, including an Oscar-nominated film director, were killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebel

World News April 21, 2011

Some 300 pro-Islamic demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar Assad for the violent crackdown of protests in the country, following traditional Friday prayers at historical Beyazit Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday April 15, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)BEIRUT (AP) _ Syria did away with 50 years of emergency rule, but emboldened and defiant crowds accused President Bashar Assad of simply t

World April 20, 2011

(MCT)TORONTO (AP) _ Canadian police said Tuesday they still don't know what caused the death of a student from Beijing who was last seen alive on a webcam by a friend who witnessed her struggling with a man before the camera was abruptly shut off.Police said the body of 23-year-old York University student Qian Liu was found Friday in her apartment in Toronto a few hours after her friend in China w

World News April 20, 2011

Three photographers of the Washington Post, Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti, won the Pulitzer Prizes in the breaking news photography for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti.워싱턴 타임즈의 사진기자 3명은 아이티 지진후 참사를 담은 사진으로 퓰리처 상 긴급뉴스사진 부문을 수상했다. 퓰리처상은 매년 뉴욕의 컬럼비아대 퓰리처상 위원회가 수상작을 발표해 왔으며 , 올해로 95주년을 맞는다. In this Jan. 2010 photo submitted by th

April 19, 2011