Diplomatic documents and the contact information for South Korean political heavyweights have been leaked to a Chinese woman suspected of having an affair with a Korean consulate officer in China, sources familiar with the issue said Tuesday.The latest revelation comes after the 41-year-old consular officer in Shanghai last month resigned while the Ministry of Justice was widening its probe into a

Foreign Affairs March 8, 2011

Tel Aviv (dpa) - She will soon celebrate her 100th birthday, but Luba Fishman has found a new career - as a poster woman for an international cosmetics company.The Latvian-born, Israel-domiciled great-grandmother was chosen as a new face for Dove Cosmetics' "real beauty" campaign, with the slogan "Does true beauty have an age limit?"The company says the campaign is designed to avoid "beauty stereo

World News March 8, 2011

Actor Hyun Bin (Yonhap News)　Actor Hyun Bin joined the Marines on Monday for his military service in South Korea.  “I have received great attention and love in the year 2010 and now I have been ordered by my country (to serve in the military). I will return the love you have given me in two years and I will spend those two years well,” Hyun said in the farewell message to his fans gathered in fron

Social Affairs March 7, 2011

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A NASA scientist's claim that he found tiny fossils of alien life in the remnants of a meteorite has stirred both excitement and skepticism, and is being closely reviewed by 100 experts.Richard Hoover's paper, along with pictures of the microscopic earthworm-like creatures, were published late Friday in the peer-reviewed Journal of Cosmology, which is available free online.Hoov

Technology March 7, 2011

A late rookie actress, who committed suicide in March 2009 after accusing her talent agency chief of abusing her, claimed in her posthumous letters disclosed by broadcaster SBS on Sunday that she was forced to entertain and provide sex services to 31 people about one hundred times.SBS disclosed letters supposedly written by the late actress Jang Ja-yeon claiming the sexual services she had to offe

Television March 7, 2011

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) _ Nuns in hot pants, nuns in full habits and even nuns with bushy mustaches _ the motley band of costumed revelers gathered to celebrate the first day of Carnival, joining one of the growing number of roving street bands that take over Rio de Janeiro during the five-day party.A dancer performs during the parade of Aguia de Ouro samba school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, March 6

March 6, 2011

Natalia Gantimurova is crowned Miss Russia 2011. The 2011 Miss Russia beauty pageant was held in March 5, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (Photos by Xinhua-Yonhap News) Crowned Natalia Gantimurova poses for photos during the final of Miss Russia pageant in Moscow, Russia, March 5, 2011.Natalia Gantimurova, winner of Miss Russia 2011, is crowned during the final of Miss Russia pageant in Moscow, Russia, Ma

March 6, 2011

WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) _ Fresh from a stumble at the Grammys and muffing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, singer Christina Aguilera was arrested early Tuesday near the Sunset Strip on suspicion of being drunk in public but will not be prosecuted, authorities said.Aguilera, 30, was ``extremely intoxicated'' when a car driven by her boyfriend was stopped, Los Angeles County sheriff's

World News March 3, 2011

Mothers may be more likely to pass down Alzheimer’s disease to their children than fathers, a finding that may help identify patients earlier, researchers from the University of Kansas School of Medicine said. Healthy older adults with no cognitive problems whose mothers had Alzheimer’s disease had more brain shrinkage than those who had a father or no parent with the disease, according to researc

Technology March 2, 2011

List of the 83rd Annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday:1. Best Picture: ``The King's Speech.''  Colin Firth as King George VI of England in The King's Speech. (The King's Speech official website)2. Actor: Colin Firth, ``The King's Speech.''  Colin Firth accepts the Oscar for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The King's Speech" at the 83rd Academy Awards.(AP-Yonhap News)3.

Feb. 28, 2011

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, (Yonhap) -- Police in New Zealand on Monday visited the father of two South Korean siblings who remain missing since last week's deadly earthquake to retrieve evidence that could help identify the two, the South Korean embassy in Wellington said.Police visited the 57-year-old father, Yoo Sang-cheol, at his motel in Christchurch to collect cell samples from his mouth and

Foreign Affairs Feb. 28, 2011

HOLLYWOOD, (AFP) - British royal drama "The King's Speech" was crowned Oscars winner on Sunday, taking three of the top Academy Award prizes at the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season.The movie took best picture, best director and best actor for Colin Firth as a stammering King George VI, helped by an Australian voice coach to rally wartime Britain. Colin Firth accepts the Oscar for best pe

Film Feb. 28, 2011

GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., will officially launch the Chevrolet brand in South Korea this week, saying goodbye to Daewoo, a name that has endured in South Korea for the past 28 years, the company said Monday.The name of the company will officially be changed to GM Korea from GM Daewoo also from Tuesday, it added."The change of the company name is an e

Mobility Feb. 28, 2011

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said on Monday an intrusion into a hotel room where Indonesian officials were staying during an recent official visit in Seoul, South Korea, was a misunderstanding. Hatta, who headed a delegation consisting of 50 officials to Seoul between Feb. 14 and 17, said the three apparent intruders were actually hotel guests who happened to enter the wrong

Foreign Affairs Feb. 22, 2011