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Hit-and-run toddler death sparks outrage in China

BEIJING (AP) _ A video showing a toddler hit twice by vans and then ignored by passers-by is sparking outrage in China.The 2-year-old girl, identified as Wang Yue, is in critical condition following Thursday's accident. State media on Tuesday quoted the Guangzhou Military District General Hospital a

Podcast Oct. 18, 2011

Museum unconvinced by new Van Gogh death theory

AMSTERDAM (AP) _ Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th century Dutch master.A book by Pulitzer prize-winning auth

Books Oct. 18, 2011

Museum unconvinced by new Van Gogh death theory

Premature babies 5 times more likely to be autistic: study

WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 2011 (AFP) - Babies who are born early and small are five times as likely as normal infants to develop autism, according to a two-decade-long US study released Monday.Premature babies have long been known to risk a host of health problems and cognitive delays, but the study in th

Technology Oct. 17, 2011

Disgraced Korean scientist unveils cloned coyotes

SEOUL, Oct 17, 2011 (AFP) - Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk unveiled eight cloned coyotes Monday in a project sponsored by a provincial government.Hwang delivered the clones to a wild animal shelter at Pyeongtaek, 50 kilometres (35 miles) south of Seoul, in a ceremony chaire

Technology Oct. 17, 2011

Disgraced Korean scientist unveils cloned coyotes

S. Korea developing vertical take-off plane: official

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is developing a new type of aircraft that can take off and land vertically to conduct reconnaissance missions, Seoul's top procurement official said Monday.Noh Dae-rae, head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), said at a local seminar that

Defense Oct. 17, 2011

Regulator begins procedure of Lone Star's KEB sale

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator on Monday took the first administrative step toward ordering U.S. private buyout firm Lone Star Funds to sell the bulk of its controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB).The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said in an e-mailed statem

Oct. 17, 2011

S&P to hold annual meeting in S. Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Global credit appraiser Standard & Poor's (S&P) will have its annual meeting with South Korean policymakers this week to assess the nation's overall economic situations and credit status, the finance ministry said Monday.A delegation led by Kim Eng Tan, S&P's senior direct

Oct. 17, 2011

Samsung files suits against Apple in Japan, Australia

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it asked judges in Japan and Australia to temporarily ban sales of the iPhone 4S, accusing Apple Inc. of violating its mobile and user interface patents.In Japan, Samsung is also seeking to win a court injunction on the iPad 2

Industry Oct. 17, 2011

Lee says alliance with U.S. ‘evolving into global alliance’

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Monday South Korea’s alliance with the United States is “evolving into a global alliance” under which the two countries are working together to tackle not only Korean Peninsula issues but global challenges as well.Lee made the remark in his biw

Foreign Affairs Oct. 17, 2011

S. Korean firms face cash crunch amid financial turmoil

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The bulk of South Korea's large companies are confronted with worsening liquidity conditions as a result of global economic uncertainty, data showed Monday.The annual excess cash flow forecast of 83 listed companies reached 43 trillion won (US$37 billion), nearly halving f

Industry Oct. 17, 2011

Hamilton takes pole position at Korean GP

YEONGAM, South Jeollar Province— McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton continued his dominance at the Korean Grand Prix by knocking Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel off pole position on Saturday.The 2008 champions claimed top spot on the grid with a supreme run of 1 minute 35.820 seconds, 0.222 seconds ahead of

More Sports Oct. 15, 2011

Hamilton takes pole position at Korean GP

N. Korean leader's grandson enrols at Bosnia college

The grandson of reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has enrolled to study at a college in Bosnia amid intense interest in the bespectacled 16-year-old whose father fell out of favour with Pyongyang in 2001.Kim Han-Sol, described as charismatic and idealistic by one schoolmaster, turned to the

North Korea Oct. 15, 2011

N. Korean leader's grandson enrols at Bosnia college

New iPhone launch turns into remembrance for Jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't just the latest iPhone that drew people to Apple stores Friday.Many consumers waited in lines for hours — sometimes enduring chilly temperatures and overnight thunderstorms — to remember Steve Jobs, Apple's visionary who died last week.The company's first

Technology Oct. 15, 2011

New iPhone launch turns into remembrance for Jobs

Former British envoy embarks on group tour to N. Korea

SEOUL, Oct 15 (Yonhap) -- A former British envoy to Pyongyang and a group of people interested in North Korea gathered in Beijing on Saturday to embark on a 12-day journey to one of the most reclusive countries in the world rarely seen by foreigners, a U.S. report said Saturday. Political Tours, a B

Foreign Affairs Oct. 15, 2011

'Angry Birds' maker may hold IPO in 2012, Mighty Eagle says

Rovio Entertainment Oy, the Finnish creator of “Angry Birds” mobile-phone games, may sell shares to the public as early as next year and is probably worth more than $1 billion, its chief marketing officer said. "We’re not ready to file for an IPO tomorrow,” Peter Vesterbacka, who also goes by the ti

World Business Oct. 15, 2011

Articles by Cho Chung-un