A Chilean judge has ordered the remains of poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda exhumed in a probe into whether he died of cancer as commonly believed or was killed by agents serving Augusto Pinochet.The exhumation was announced Friday by the foundation that manages his literary legacy.The leftist poet, who died 12 days after the 1973 military coup that ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, was long believed to have died of prostate cancer.But

Culture Feb. 10, 2013

South Korea dominated the women's 1,000-meter short-track speed skating World Cup event in Germany this weekend.Shim Suk-hee, 16, finished the race with a time of 1:30.685, claiming gold on Saturday at the ISU World Cup in the German city of Dresden. Lee So-youn and Park Seung-hi came in second and third, winning silver and bronze.Shim's latest gold medal comes after she won two gold medals in the women's 1,000-meter short-track final at two previous international competitions organized by the I

More Sports Feb. 10, 2013

China will likely become the world's largest economy by 2017, overtaking the economic powerhouse U.S., a report showed Sunday.Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) said in a report that China's gross domestic product measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis will be nearly US$20 trillion, surpassing the comparable figure for the U.S.By 2030, the world's three largest economies on PPP basis will be China with $30.6 trillion, the U.S. with $23.4 trillion and India with $1

Feb. 10, 2013

North Korea is expected to unveil a revamped version of the Arirang festival in July when the country celebrates the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War, according to a travel agency in China.Beijing-based Koryo Tours, specializing in tours to North Korea, has recently launched a new tour program to the communist country which includes a trip to the border village of Panmunjom, a war museum as well as the mausoleum of the ruling Kim family, according to the tour firm's Web site.The tour program

North Korea Feb. 10, 2013

Russia is putting pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear test plan that threatens global peace, according to officials of South Korea's Incheon city on an official visit to Russia.Incheon mayor Song Young-gil met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Friday and discussed a range of topics that included North Korea's threatened third nuclear test, they said."Russia is exerting its utmost efforts to dissuade North Korea from conducting a nuclear test," an Incheon city off

Foreign Affairs Feb. 10, 2013

Japanese auto giant Toyota said Wednesday it would recall more than 900,000 vehicles in Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United States because of an airbag problem.Toyota will replace parts used in some 907,000 hatchbacks, named Voltz in Japan and Corolla and Corolla Matrix overseas, and produced between 2001 and 2004, a company spokesman said.(AFP)

Industry Jan. 30, 2013

A South Korean expansion baseball team expressed its displeasure Wednesday with the site its home city has selected for its new stadium, saying that the decision was "political" and did not take into account public opinion.Changwon, an industrial city in South Gyeongsang Province, home of the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), announced earlier in the day that it will build a new ballpark on the land formerly occupied by the Army College in nearby Jinhae district.It's located sou

Baseball Jan. 30, 2013

France on Wednesday suspended sales of an acne drug whose use as a birth control pill has been linked to the deaths of four women.The National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health Products (ANSM) said it was suspending sales of a hormonal treatment called Diane-35 made by German firm Bayer.(AFP)

World News Jan. 30, 2013

Queens Park Rangers has signed South Korea defender Yun Suk-young from K-League side Chunnam Dragons.The 22-year-old Yun has signed a 3.5-year deal with the Premier League's bottom club.The left back, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics, has been granted a British work permit and will be eligible to play when he obtains a visa.(AP)

Soccer Jan. 30, 2013

Global leaders participating in a conference on intellectual disabilities on Wednesday will issue a joint statement urging the world to help improve rights for the intellectually disabled, officials said.The "PyeongChang Declaration," with the subtitle, "Hearing Voices, Making Changes," will be announced after the conclusion of the Global Development Summit, which opened earlier Wednesday on the sidelines of the 10th Special Olympics World Winter Games, the event's organizers said. PyeongChang,

Foreign Affairs Jan. 30, 2013

"Intolerable" sanctions are the best way to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, South Korea's presidential national security adviser said Wednesday, amid threats by the communist country to conduct its third nuclear test.    "The best way to break a nuclear illusion of North Korea is to increase the degree of consequences from the international community to a level that the North is intolerable any more," Chun Yung-woo told a security forum in Seoul.    Chun said that the worl

North Korea Jan. 30, 2013