The Korea Herald

North Korea 'opens luxury goods store'

SEOUL, Nov 14, 2011 (AFP) - North Korea has opened a department store in its capital offering luxury goods for the ruling elite to try to bolster loyalty before a second dynastic succession, officials and reports said Monday.The store named Potongkang opened in February, selling imported high-end br

Politics Nov. 14, 2011

N. Korea's propaganda Web site adds links to SNS sites

North Korea's government-run Web site began linking posts critical of South Korea to popular social networking sites (SNS) to allow netizens to more easily spread its message online, in its latest effort to step up cyber propaganda. The official Web site of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunificati

North Korea Nov. 14, 2011

Review: Kindle Fire sacrifices to get under $200

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kindle was always an odd product name. Amazon used a verb to name a thing, raising the question: Kindle what? Now we have the answer: Kindle Fire.The Kindle Fire is the first full-color, touch-screen Kindle. It's available in the U.S. starting Tuesday for $199.A price like

Technology Nov. 14, 2011

Review: Kindle Fire sacrifices to get under $200

6.4-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia's Maluku

JAKARTA, Nov 14, 2011 (AFP) - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern North Maluku province on Monday, meteorologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert.The quake occurred at 11:05 am (0405 GMT) with an epicentre 69 kilometres (4

World News Nov. 14, 2011

Civil suit filed over jailed IN swim coach

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The family of an Indiana teenager filed a civil lawsuit against USA Swimming and others Thursday, saying officials didn’t do enough to protect the girl from the sexual assaults by her coach.The suit, filed in Marion County Superior Court, levels accusations against the umbrel

Podcast Nov. 11, 2011

Civil suit filed over jailed IN swim coach

Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild

GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Weste

Podcast Nov. 11, 2011

Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild

NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars

The US space agency is getting ready to launch later this month the biggest, most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to explore Mars for signs of previous life there, NASA said Thursday.The Curiosity rover, known formally as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is a $2.5 billion state-of-the-a

Technology Nov. 11, 2011

NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars

Apple launches iPhone 4S in S. Korea to fanfare

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S was released in South Korea on Friday with great fanfare as the country's two largest mobile carriers heated up their competition to lure customers.SK Telecom Co., South Korea's largest mobile operator, and the runner-up KT Corp. invited fans to cele

Technology Nov. 11, 2011

Apple launches iPhone 4S in S. Korea to fanfare

Marc Jacobs perfume ad banned in UK

LONDON (AP) _ Britain's advertising standards watchdog on Wednesday banned a Marc Jacobs perfume ad starring actress Dakota Fanning, saying it seemed to sexualize a child and could cause serious offense.Four readers complained about the magazine ad for Jacobs' recently launched ``Oh, Lola!'' perfume

Film Nov. 10, 2011

Canada's same-sex penguin pair to be split apart

TORONTO (AP) _ Toronto's zoo is splitting up a pair of male penguins whose affection has drawn headlines and jokes about ``Brokeback Iceberg.''The African penguins have shared the nest they built since coming to the zoo about a year ago. But since the penguins are an endangered species, zoo official

World News Nov. 10, 2011

Canada's same-sex penguin pair to be split apart

S. Korea to push 10% power cuts for manufacturers, limit neon sign use

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government on Thursday announced a wide range of measures to prevent recurrence of a recent nationwide power outage that include a 10 percent mandatory power cut by major manufacturers and limited use of neon signs during peak hours.The move follows massiv

Technology Nov. 10, 2011

Banks' household loans grow by most in 4 months in Oct.

South Korean banks' household loans grew by the most in four months in October on a rise in mortgage lending, the central bank said Thursday, complicating the government's efforts to curb growing household debt.Local banks' household loans, including home-backed and credit loans, reached 451.8 trill

Nov. 10, 2011

Ruling party seeks to expand child care subsidies for all families

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is considering expanding state child care subsidies to all households with children under 2 years old to encourage more couples to have children and boost the country's low birthrate, a senior policymaker said Thursday.The proposal cal

Politics Nov. 10, 2011

World's smallest four-wheel-drive is a billionth of a meter

PARIS, Nov 9, 2011 (AFP) - Scientists in the Netherlands said on Wednesday they had made a four-wheeled molecule that measures just a billionth of a meter-- 60,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair -- and moves in response to a burst of electrons.(Ben Feringa/University of Groningen)T

Technology Nov. 10, 2011

World's smallest four-wheel-drive is a billionth of a meter

Gold prices climb higher amid Italy woes

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Gold prices on both the international and South Korean markets are expected to continue rising as renewed worries on the eurozone, sparked by Italy's financial woes, prompt investors to scurry for safer assets, data showed Thursday.On Tuesday, the contract for December del

Nov. 10, 2011

Articles by Cho Chung-un