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Wanted: Astronauts; Missing: US rocket to fly them

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking for a job? NASA is hiring astronauts. You can even apply online at a giant government jobs website.There is only one hitch: NASA does not have its own spaceship anymore and is sending fewer fliers into orbit right now."The experience is well worth the wait," promised

Podcast Nov. 16, 2011

Chinese state media say 17 preschoolers killed

BEIJING (AP) _ At least 17 preschoolers and two adults were killed Wednesday when their overcrowded minibus crashed with a truck in China's Gansu province, state media reported.The bus, designed to normally carry nine people, slammed into the truck at 9:40 a.m. (0140 GMT) in Qingyang city when the c

World News Nov. 16, 2011

Main opposition party refuses to accept Lee's renegotiation offer on U.S. FTA

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party decided Wednesday to reject President Lee Myung-bak's offer to demand renegotiation on a key clause of the free trade agreement with the United States if the deal is ratified first, its spokesman said.The decision is expected to further

Politics Nov. 16, 2011

Court upholds suspended prison term for celebrity over enlistment delay

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday rejected a TV celebrity's appeal of his conviction for a deliberate enlistment delay and upheld a suspended jail term handed down earlier this year.Reading a summary of its decision, the appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court said

Television Nov. 16, 2011

Keen video-gamers' brains may reward them more

Technology Nov. 16, 2011

Giant yellow diamond auctioned for over $10.9M

GENEVA (AP) — The Sun-Drop Diamond of South Africa, a giant pear-shaped yellow gem weighing 110.3 carats, has sold for more than $10.9 million at auction Tuesday, beating previous records for a jewel of its type.Including commission the unidentified telephone bidder paid almost $12.4 million f

Arts & Design Nov. 16, 2011

Giant yellow diamond auctioned for over $10.9M

Lost JFK assassination tapes on sale

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A long-lost version of the Air Force One recordings made in the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with more than 30 minutes of additional material not in the official version in the government's archives, has been found and is for sale.

World News Nov. 16, 2011

Moody's places Hynix Semiconductor on review for upgrade

HONG KONG, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday it has placed the credit rating of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. under review for possible upgrade following SK Telecom Co.'s bid to buy a controlling stake in the company.SK Telecom, South Korea's top mobile operator, said it will pay

Industry Nov. 15, 2011

Seoul mayor attacked by conservative activist

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was attacked by a 62-year-old woman Tuesday during a civil defense exercise in a subway station but was not hurt, witnesses said.The woman, only identified by her last name Park, hit the mayor on the neck while the liberal mayor was watching a pub

Social Affairs Nov. 15, 2011

Comedian-turned-director indicted over unpaid wages

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- Disgraced comedian-turned-director Shim Hyung-rae was indicted without physical detention Tuesday on charges of not paying workers of his own movie production house, prosecutors said.Shim, the head of Younggu-Art Entertainment, was accused of failing to pay 891 million won

Social Affairs Nov. 15, 2011

Lee says will seek ISD revision

(Yonhap News)President tells opposition Seoul will ask U.S. to revise disputed FTA clause if Assembly passes billPresident Lee Myung-bak offered Tuesday to open a new round of negotiations with the U.S. on a set of controversial clauses in the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, once the parliament ratifies the treaty. Lee made the proposal to Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, during a meeting with party leaders at the National Assembly. “The president said he wo

Politics Nov. 15, 2011

Samsung wins early Australia trial on Apple infringement claim

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co., embroiled in patent disputes with Apple Inc. around the globe, won an early trial on its claim that the iPhone and iPad 2 in Australia infringe its patents on 3G wireless transmissions.Australia Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett today ordered tha

Technology Nov. 15, 2011

Need an Olympic party venue? Maybe the Throne Room

LONDON (AP) _ The parties will be at the palace _ at least during next year's Summer Olympics.Queen Elizabeth II has approved renting out fancy rooms at St. James's Palace as party venues during the 2012 London Olympics.Buckingham Palace says holders of royal warrants _ companies with long-standing

World News Nov. 15, 2011

Downing Street defends catnapping 'mouser-in-chief'

In a file picture taken on April 28, 2011 Larry, the 10 Downing Street cat, walks on the cabinet table wearing a British Union Jack bow tie ahead of the Downing Street street party in central London. (AFP)Downing Street defended its resident cat Larry on Monday after Prime Minister David Cameron rep

World News Nov. 15, 2011

Downing Street defends catnapping 'mouser-in-chief'

Hungry mosquitoes fly farther than you think

(AP) How far does a mosquito fly? Harry Boerema wants to know.Boerema lives near a drainage project, where Dutch authorities are dredging a huge meter-deep (3-foot) basin in the northern rural landscape to head off flood waters and protect towns and villages from disaster.The project threatens to in

Technology Nov. 15, 2011

Articles by Cho Chung-un