The Korea Herald

N. Korea test launched short-range missile near Yellow Sea last week

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its western coast last week, an intelligence source said Wednesday. "North Korea fired a KN-06 short-range missile off its west coast in the middle of last week," the source said on the condition of anonymity. "The launch is seen as a test to improve the KN-06 missile." North Korea has apparently been trying to increase the range o

North Korea June 8, 2011

Ex-Korea Univ head Kim Jun-yop dies

Kim Jun-yop, a renowned historian on China and North Korea and the former president of Korea University, died Tuesday at a hospital in Seoul. He was 90.Born in Ganggye, North Pyongyang Province in 1920, Kim was one of Korean independence fighters organized by the Gwangbok Association to end Japanese colonial rule. Kim Jun-yopAfter Korea’s liberation from Japan, he attended National Central Univers

People June 7, 2011

Military catches deserted soldier

　A soldier was caught seven and a half hours after fleeing from his camp in Inje, Gangwon Province with a rifle on Tuesday. 　　An army camp in Gangwon Province (Yonhap News)According to the military authorities, the deserter, a 22-year-old private surnamed Yoon, was found while sheltering himself at a crop field 2 kilometers away from where he had run away. He reportedly showed no signs of resistan

Social Affairs June 7, 2011

Lunch with guru Buffett: $2 million and counting

Alert: if you want to have lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, it's going to cost you more than $2 million.The annual charity auction of a lunch with investment guru Warren Buffett got underway Monday, and just hours into the five-day bidding battle, the price was already at $2,000,111.The founder and wizard of investment house Berkshire Hathaway has put a meal with him on the auction block every year

Industry June 7, 2011

Sales of imported vehicles jump 22 pct in May

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea surged 22 percent last month from a year earlier on demand for new models and aggressive marketing strategies by local dealers, a trade association said Tuesday.A total of 8,777 imported vehicles were sold here in May, compared with 7,193 units sold a year earlier, according to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (

Mobility June 7, 2011

S. Korean girl group Girls' Generation tops Japanese chart

South Korean girl group Girls' Generation topped a weekly Japanese music chart with their first Japanese album, the music statistics company Oricon said Tuesday.The eponymous Japanese debut by the nine-girl group, released on June 1, sold 232,000 copies in its first week, according to the Oricon Weekly Charts. Oricon said it was the best first-week performance for a foreign artist's Japanese debut

Television June 7, 2011

S. Korean girl group Girls' Generation tops Japanese chart

Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jacket on sale

Michael Jackson’s iconic “Thriller” jacket will be up for sale this month at an auction house in Los Angeles, according to reports.The red and black calf-skin jacket with the famous winged shoulders is expected to be sold between $200,000 and $400,000, the auctioneer Julien’s Auctions said.In a press release, Julien’s Auctions said the jacket caused a “fashion craze” during the 1980’s as it was wo

Performance June 7, 2011

US congressman admits he sent lewd picture

NEW YORK (AP) _ A teary-eyed congressman from New York confessed Monday that he tweeted a lewd photo of himself to a young woman and admitted ``inappropriate'' exchanges with six women, reversing his string of denials about the incidents.In an apparent attempt to end the scathing headlines that the allegations have drawn, U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, a democrat, apologized repeatedly in a half-hour n

World News June 7, 2011

US congressman admits he sent lewd picture

2 tourists killed, dozens injured in bus accident

NAMHAE, South Korea, June 5 (Yonhap) -- A tourist bus drove off a road in this southeastern region of South Korea after clashing with passenger vehicles, killing two people and injuring 44 others, police said Sunday.The bus was returning from a tour to the nearby fishing village of Namhae, 495 kilometers southeast of Seoul, when its driver lost control and clashed with three passenger vehicles hea

Social Affairs June 5, 2011

2 tourists killed, dozens injured in bus accident

'Deadly E.coli strain detected in Korea in 2004'

A Korean woman was infected in 2004 with supposedly the same strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed 19 people and sickened about 1,600 in Europe, two Korean doctors said on Sunday.The 29-year-old patient was treated for what would be the first known case of the so-called EHEC 0104 infection, they said. The doctors -- Professors Bae Yoo-kyun at Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Ja

Social Affairs June 5, 2011

'Deadly E.coli strain detected in Korea in 2004'

Acrobat, mom reenact fatal Puerto Rico wire walk

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) --Two members of a famed acrobatic family commemorated patriarch Karl Wallenda on Saturday by completing the stunt that killed him, walking between two towers of a seaside hotel on a wire 100 feet (31 meters) above the ground, without a net.Nik Wallenda said he had planned to walk by himself across a 300-foot-long (91-meter-long) wire, but his mother convinced him to le

Culture June 5, 2011

Acrobat, mom reenact fatal Puerto Rico wire walk

Rooney delighted with hair transplant

LONDON (AFP) - Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney has expressed his delight after undergoing a hair transplant.Rooney confirmed on his Twitter account he visited a top London clinic for treatment in a bid to restore his receding locks."Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not. I'm delighted with the result." Manchester United'

Soccer June 5, 2011

Malaysian women launch 'The Obedient Wife Club'

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A group of Malaysian Muslim women say they will fight divorce, domestic violence and other problems -- by appealing to wives to be more obedient, one of the organisers said Friday.Maznah Taufik said "The Obedient Wife Club" being launched Saturday is aimed at drawing women who will be taught how to please their husbands better to prevent them from straying or misbehaving."W

Social Affairs June 5, 2011

Malaysian women launch 'The Obedient Wife Club'

NM boy, 9, becomes youngest to fly balloon solo

TOME, New Mexico (AP) -- Nine year-old Bobby Bradley floated into history early Saturday, taking off solo in a hot air balloon and landing perfectly about a half-hour later to become the youngest trained pilot to accomplish such a feat.As the morning sun rose in the remote New Mexico town of Tome, Bradley took off in the company of three other balloons, whose pilots included a designated balloon e

Podcast June 5, 2011

NM boy, 9, becomes youngest to fly balloon solo

Gisele Bundchen expected to become 1st billionaire model

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is poised to become a billionaire, according to Forbes.The Brazilian model is appearing in high-profile campaigns for the likes of Versace and Dior, but also earning quite a few extra by branding herself, the report said.Bunchen has licensed her name to a number of products, including a jewelry and eco-friendly cosmetics line, and a line of sandals for Grendene. Recentl

Television June 5, 2011

Gisele Bundchen expected to become 1st billionaire model

Articles by Cho Chung-un