이른바 '사법연수원 불륜사건'으로 파면된 전 사법연수생 측이 숨진 전 부인의 가족에게 위자료로 준 아파트를 돌려받으려 법적 다툼을 벌이는 것으로 확인됐다.13일 서울북부지법에 따르면 전 사법연수생 A(32)씨의 부친은 "양측 간 합의 내용을 위반해 결과적으로 아들이 파면됐으니 지급했던 아파트를 되돌려달라"며 전 부인의 모친 이모(55)씨를 상대로 지난해 11월 소유권 이전등기 말소등기 절차이행 청구 소송을 냈다.문제의 아파트는 A씨의 전 부인이 스스로 목숨을 끊은 후인 지난해 8월 중순 A씨 측에서 이씨에게 위자료 성격으로 건넨 부동산이다. A씨 부친은 최근 기자들에 보낸 이메일에서 "이씨 측이 위자료를 요구해 현금 5천만원과 노원구 하계동의 1억5천만원 상당의 부동산을 지급했다"고 주장한 바 있다.A씨는 이씨와 아파트 소유권 이전 조건으로 '관련 기관에 진정하거나 언론에 제보하는 등 불이익을 줄 수 있는 행동을 일절 하지 않는다'는 내용의 합의서를 작성했다.하지만 얼마 뒤 이씨는

한국어판 April 13, 2014

The trade ministry said Sunday that it is seeking ways to remove non-tariff barriers set by its main trade partners on concerns they may sap Seoul's overseas shipments.China topped the list with 35 cases of non-tariff barriers, followed by the U.S. with 31 and Japan with 31, according to the trade ministry and the Korea International Trade Association. The number of the European Union's non-tariff barriers reached 29, trailed by Indonesia with 22 cases and Vietnam with 19.Countries around the wo

April 13, 2014

The top US environmental official will visit Taiwan in the first trip by a cabinet-level leader from Washington to the Chinese-claimed island in 14 years, officials aid Saturday.Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will travel to Taiwan and Vietnam from Monday through Wednesday to discuss cooperation, her agency said in a statement.The trip would be the first by a cabinet-level US official to Taiwan since 2000 when then US president Bill Clinton sent transport

April 13, 2014

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won flew to Pakistan on Sunday to hold meetings with senior officials and businessmen to discuss cooperation in the economy and other areas, his office said.Chung is the highest-ranking South Korean official to visit the South Asian country since the establishment of their diplomatic ties in 1983.He departed from the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, wrapping up his five-day visit to China.Chung plans to hold a series of meetings during his four-day t

Politics April 13, 2014

A local court ordered a German ex-husband to pay compensation to his former South Korean wife, a ruling that may be a step in trying to set down jurisdiction and guidelines in divorce cases involving spouses of foreign nationality, court officials said Sunday.The court said the husband should pay his ex-wife 50 million won ($48,262), half the amount she had sought. Names of the couple and dates of the court proceedings were not made available.A German court granted divorce filed by the husband w

Social Affairs April 13, 2014

The government has poured almost 14 trillion won ($13.5 billion) into the pension funds for public servants and soldiers over the last five years to cover their deficit, data showed Sunday.The government pumped a combined 13.9 trillion won to plug losses by the pension funds from 2009-2013, according to the finance ministry, and around 3.8 trillion won may go to covering the two pension funds' deficit this year, up from 3.3 trillion won tallied for last year.The growing deficit threatens to weig

April 13, 2014

Samsung Electronics has sold nearly 120,000 units of its newest smartphone Galaxy S5 in South Korea as of last week, matching the performance of the predecessor model, the S4, market watchers said Sunday.The sales translate to roughly 10,000 units daily during the 12 business days from the March 27 launch date to Friday, they said. The S5 accounts for approximately 28 percent of the domestic smartphone market, they added.The smartphone, the latest version in the company's flagship Galaxy series,

Technology April 13, 2014

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Ukraine later this month, officials said Saturday, as Washington warned Moscow of "additional consequences" if it fails to reduce tensions with Ukraine.The announcement came just a day after Washington unveiled sanctions against six of Crimea's breakaway leaders, including the official who signed the deal with Moscow to split the peninsula from Ukraine.During a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Ke

World News April 13, 2014

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands Sunday, sending strong waves crashing into the coast but there were no reports of significant damage.The quake struck at 7:14am waking residents in the Solomons capital Honiara about 300 kilometers from the epicenter, and was followed 10 minutes later by a 5.9-magnitude aftershock.The US Geological Survey, which measured the undersea quake at around 29 kilometers deep, issued a "green alert", indicating there was a low likelihood

World News April 13, 2014

Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of “Children of a Lesser God,” has died. She was 70.Frelich died Thursday at their home in Temple City, California, her husband, Robert Steinberg, said. She suffered from a rare degenerative neurological disease called progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP, for which there are no treatments, he said.“She was extraordinary, the finest sign language actress there ever was,” he said. “We were married for 46 year

Film April 13, 2014

Both sides in Syria's bloody civil war said Saturday that a rural village fell victim to a poison gas attack, an assault that reportedly injured scores of people amid an ongoing international effort to rid the country of chemical weapons. What exactly happened Friday in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province some 200 kilometers north of Damascus, remains unclear and likely won't be known for some time. It took United Nations weapons inspectors months to say it was likely some chemical

World News April 13, 2014