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Yoda the Chihuahua is crowned the World‘s ugliest Dog

The Chinese crested-Chihuahua Yoda claimed the honor as the World’s Ugliest Dog held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California. Owner Terry Schumacher hugged and kissed her dog as they won the $1,000 top prize. Yoda won a trophy after being crowned the winner of the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog Contest (AP)During this year’s competition, Yoda defeated defending champion, Princess Abby, one-eyed Chihuahua

June 27, 2011

Yoda the Chihuahua is crowned the World‘s ugliest Dog

European firms offer internship to N. Korean defectors

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- HSBC Bank and several other European companies in South Korea plan to offer a rare internship program to dozens of North Korean defectors in a move to give them work experience, an official said Friday. Under the initial program, 20 North Korean college students and graduates in the South are scheduled to work as interns at about 10 European firms for about three mon

Foreign Affairs June 24, 2011

Roadblock: theme park boss’ car replaced with Lego

Some people might be unlucky enough to wake up to find their car on bricks, but not many find their vehicle made out of bricks.　That happened at Legoland California, where staff organized the perfect prank by replacing their boss’ car with a Lego version, the Daily Mail reported.On Monday morning, Peter Rochetti, the general manager of Legoland parked his Volvo SUV in his usual spot. Little did he

Culture June 24, 2011

S. Korea likely to approve world's 1st stem cell therapeutic drug

SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's drug safety agency will likely approve a stem cell therapeutic drug this month in what could be the world's first move to permit the sale of a stem-cell medicine, officials said Friday.The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) is expected to finalize all procedures needed to permit the sale of "Hearticellgram-AMI," a stem cell therapy for acute myocardi

Technology June 24, 2011

Study links potatoes, among other foods, to weight gain

(MCT)LOS ANGELES — Public Enemy No. 1 in America's battle of the bulge isn't cupcakes, soda or double bacon cheeseburgers. It's the simple potato, according to Harvard University researchers.Daily consumption of an extra serving of spuds — french fried, sliced into crispy chips, mashed with butter and garlic, or simply boiled or baked — was found to cause more weight gain than downing an additiona

Technology June 24, 2011

Study links potatoes, among other foods, to weight gain

Police confirm Daesung’s car killed motorcyclist

Police concluded Friday that the death of a motorcyclist was caused by a car driven by Big Bang member Daesung. They said Daesung would be booked without detention. The police made a briefing Friday morning based on the autopsy result of the motorist, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle driven by the 22-year-old singer, hit both a motorcyclist who was lying in the road and a taxi dri

Performance June 24, 2011

Police confirm Daesung’s car killed motorcyclist

Presidential aide in U.S. for possible talks on N. Korea, FTA: source

SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- A key South Korean presidential aide on national security is visiting the United States for possible talks on inter-Korean relations and the ratification of a free trade agreement between Seoul and Washington, a source said Thursday.Kim Tae-hyo, a senior secretary to President Lee Myung-bak for national security strategy, left for the U.S. on Wednesday, the source added,

Foreign Affairs June 23, 2011

Police clear marathoners of doping allegations

CHUNCHEON, South Korea, June 23 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday that they have cleared a marathon coach and his athletes of doping allegations, wrapping up their probe two months before South Korea hosts the world athletic championships.The Gangwon Provincial Police Agency said it has examined records from a rehabilitation hospital where 19 athletes were treated, and found no evidence that they h

Social Affairs June 23, 2011

Court orders compensation for Samsung employees who died of leukemia

SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court ordered compensation for the families of two young Samsung Electronics employees who died of leukemia, recognizing for the first time a link between leukemia and working in a computer chip-making line.The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of the families, who requested the court annul the Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Services' 2009 decision

Social Affairs June 23, 2011

Parliament passes bills on Korea-EU free trade safeguards

SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Thursday passed a package of safeguard bills aimed at protecting local industries from cheap imports after a free trade deal with the European Union (EU) takes effect in July. The free trade pact, approved by the parliament in April, will eliminate 98 percent of import duties and other trade barriers in manufactured goods, agricultural products a

Politics June 23, 2011

[Herald Interview] Col. Kim: A war hero, a great humanitarian

Korean-American professor tells story of man who transcended ethnic rivalryChang Tae-han, professor at University of California, Riverside, recalled his last visit to Colonel Kim Young-oak, a highly decorated Korean-American war hero, when he was already in a coma at a hospital in Los Angeles six years ago.“I told him that his biography, written in Korean, had just been published in Korea. He did

People June 23, 2011

[Herald Interview] Col. Kim: A war hero, a great humanitarian

U.S. marine gets leg back with injection of pig bladder hormone

A U.S. marine who almost lost his right leg due to a bomb blast in Afghanistan, has become the first to see it grow back, thanks to regenerative medicine that uses a substance from a pig bladder, the Daily Mail reported.Marine Corporal Isaias Hernandez lost 70 percent of his right thigh muscles that would normally require amputation. However, rather than cutting it off, the remaining leg muscles w

Technology June 23, 2011

Ex-British PM criticized for charging party guests

Tony Blair (MCT)Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being criticized for charging £10 ($16) per student joining his son’s end-of-term party at his mansion, the Daily Mail reported.For safety and the privacy of their son, Blair banned parents from driving into their estate, the report said.As an alternative, they reserved coaches to escort the party goers from the school to Buckinghamshire,

June 23, 2011

Ex-British PM criticized for charging party guests

Chinese billionaire confesses affair through online message

A Chinese billionaire, Wang Gongquan, announced that he is eloping with his mistress, on Chinese Social Networking Service Sino Weibo. The renowned investor’s online message to dump his wife to leave with his new love immediately went viral, The Telegraph reported. He posted the message saying, “I am giving up everything and eloping with Wang Qin. I feel ashamed and so am leaving without saying go

Technology June 22, 2011

British children in danger of sexual exploitation

Children in Britain are unprotected from sex crimes due to lack of governmental inspection, the Daily Mail reported. The research conducted by Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center said that 2,083 young victims of sexual grooming had been identified since 2008, and that the number was likely the tip of the iceberg. The report said among the victims, 842 were runaway girls.The report arou

Social Affairs June 22, 2011

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