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S. Korea considering lowering oil taxes: minister

South Korea is considering lowering taxes on oil consumption to help ease financial burdens on low- and mid-income people from sky-high oil prices, the nation's finance minister hinted Monday."The government does not deny the need for lowering oil taxes,"Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun told lawmakers. "It is taking a close look at when and how much the government should push for (tax reduction)."

April 19, 2011

College graduates outside labor force near 3 mln

The number of South Korean college graduates outside the labor force was close to 3 million in the first quarter due to the country's sluggish job market, a government report showed Monday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, 2.95 million people with two-year college degrees or higher were not in the labor force during the January-March period. The number accounted for roughly 18 percent o

Social Affairs April 18, 2011

Three bodies found in northern Mexico grave

Members of the Navy escort Martin Omar Estrada Luna, center, alias "El Kilo," during a presentation to the press in Mexico City, Sunday, April 17, 2011. The Mexican Navy said Saturday it had captured Estrada Luna, the presumed leader of the San Fernando cell of the Zetas drug gang, suspected in the case of the mass graves found in Tamaulipas, as well as the migrant massacre last August in the viol

Foreign Affairs April 18, 2011

Three bodies found in northern Mexico grave

Japan nuclear operator expects 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months

Part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant overlooks a farmland in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan announced a plan Sunday to bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow some evacuated residents to return to their homes. (AP-Yonhap News)TOKYO (AFP) - The operator of

World News April 18, 2011

Japan nuclear operator expects 'cold shutdown' in 6-9 months

Number of bodies found Mexico state rises to 122

Mexican army soldiers patrol the streets in Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas State, Mexico. (AP-Yonhap News)MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday.Tamaulipas state Interior Secretary Morelos

World News April 15, 2011

Number of bodies found Mexico state rises to 122

KAIST faculty asked to raise grades

Business majors at KAIST attend a meeting amid controversy over competition at the college in Daejeon on Tuesday. (The Korea Herald)Professor rubbishes reports of out of control competition at top science collegeA professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has rubbished claims that competition at the college is out of control, revealing that the then-dean of academic affairs s

Social Affairs April 15, 2011

N. Korea says U.S. citizen held since November to be indicted

(Yonhap News)North Korea said Thursday it has detained a U.S. citizen since last November and plans to indict him, as he admitted his "crime," the North's media reported.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the American, named Jun Young-su, was arrested in November last year and has since been investigated by officials for committing a crime against the North after en

Social Affairs April 14, 2011

N. Korea says U.S. citizen held since November to be indicted

Tajik Muslims to ban text message divorces

(MCT)DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) _ Tajik religious authorities say divorce by text message will soon be banned, as they seek to stamp out the practice in the mainly Muslim Central Asian nation.State religious affairs committee head Abdurakhim Kholikov said Monday that sending SMSs with the ``triple talaq,'' a Muslim ritual whereby a husband can end a marriage by reciting the term for divorce three t

World News April 13, 2011

Tajik Muslims to ban text message divorces

Man United ousts Chelsea to reach CL semifinals

Manchester United's Ji-Sung Park celebrates after scoring a goal against Chelsea during their Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Tuesday April 12, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)MANCHESTER, England (AP) _ Manchester United reached the Champions League semifinals for the fourth time in five years and effectively ended a miserable season for Chelsea by

Soccer April 13, 2011

Man United ousts Chelsea to reach CL semifinals

Myanmar could develop nukes with N. Korea's help: expert

WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- Myanmar has not yet developed the technology for nuclear weapons, but has a chance of succeeding with help from North Korea, a scholar said Monday.Speaking to a seminar at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Robert Kelly, a nuclear engineer, said Myanmar has several factories capable of enriching uranium that were built with German technol

North Korea April 12, 2011

Australian jailed for throwing daughter off bridge

West Gate Bridge in Melbourne (AP)MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) _ A man who killed his 4-year-old daughter by throwing her off a bridge in Australia's second-largest city as her horrified brothers watched was sentenced Monday to life in prison.Arthur Freeman, 37, stood motionless as Victorian Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan handed down the punishment, which came despite Freeman's argument that he w

World News April 12, 2011

Australian jailed for throwing daughter off bridge

Powerful quake rocks Tokyo

A man drags a sand bag across a street damaged by liquefaction in the March 11 earthquake in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)TOKYO, (AFP) - A strong offshore earthquake rocked Tokyo on Tuesday, swaying buildings in the Japanese capital and stopping subway services.The US Geological Agency put the magnitude at 6.4, at a depth of 13.1 kilometers (8.1

World News April 12, 2011

Choi Kyoung-ju ties for eighth as best S. Korean at Masters

South Korean golfer Choi Kyoung-ju (Yonhap News)AUGUSTA, United States, (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Choi Kyoung-ju tied for eighth place at 8-under at the Masters Tournament here Sunday, finishing as the top South Korean at the season's first major championship.In the final round, Choi mixed three birdies with three bogeys to shoot an even-par 72 for the day and end at 8-under for the tourname

Golf April 11, 2011

Choi Kyoung-ju ties for eighth as best S. Korean at Masters

Guatemalan judge approves first lady's divorce

Sandra Torres de Colom (AP)GUATEMALA CITY (AP) _ A Guatemalan judge on Friday dismissed a suit seeking to block divorce proceedings by the wife of President Alvaro Colom, clearing the way for her to run for the presidency.A university group and others had sought to block the divorce because it would allow Colom's wife to get around a constitutional ban on a president's extended family from running

Politics April 11, 2011

Guatemalan judge approves first lady's divorce

Man stranded in empty Japanese town since tsunami

(Kunio Shiga listens to a battery-powered radio in the living room of his home in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in northeastern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. The 75-year-old man was stranded alone in his farmhouse ever since Japan's monstrous tsunami struck nearly a month a

World News April 10, 2011

Man stranded in empty Japanese town since tsunami

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