PARIS, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean-born French scholar who contributed to the return of Korea's ancient royal books from France died at a Paris hospital on Tuesday. She was 83.Park Byeng-sen, a Korean historian who studied in France, had been receiving hospital treatment after undergoing surg

People Nov. 23, 2011

France is reeling after a 17-year-old boy raped and murdered a girl at a chic boarding school while conditionally freed on charges of rape a year ago."It's absurd. It could have been avoided with a little less negligence," the dead 13-year-old's mother, Paola Marin, told Europe 1 radio as a nation s

Podcast Nov. 22, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s president said Tuesday it is in the final stage of negotiations with Google Inc. to manufacture Internet-connected TVs powered by the U.S. company's software. Yoon Book-keun, president of Samsung's digital media business, said talks between the tw

Industry Nov. 22, 2011

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday."We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough in the AIDS response," said Michel Sidibe, ex

Technology Nov. 22, 2011

HTC Corp.’s loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million to buy S3 Graphics Co. to boost its chances of a licensing deal to end the dispute. The U.S. International Trade Commission said yesterday that S3 Graphics’s patent rights weren’t viol

Technology Nov. 22, 2011

BEIJING, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) - Ai Weiwei fans have again rallied behind the outspoken Chinese artist after he revealed he is being investigated on pornography charges -- by posting naked pictures of themselves online.Supporters of Ai -- who disappeared into custody for 81 days earlier this year -- ra

World News Nov. 22, 2011

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The human rights panel of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses as part of annual move to put pressure on the communist regime, diplomats here said.The Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly

North Korea Nov. 22, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- A cargo ship carrying 21 crewmen, including nine South Korean sailors, is presumed to have sunken in the South China Sea earlier in the day, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.According to the ministry, the 15,000-ton ship lost contact after leaving Penang, Malaysia.Hong

Social Affairs Nov. 22, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Teenage South Korean students are expected to enjoy visa-free travel to China for short-term school trips beginning early next year, an official at Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.Seoul and Beijing have been in talks to grant visa-waiver status to South Korean element

Foreign Affairs Nov. 21, 2011

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister said Monday that there is a need to take measures to lessen the fallout from excessive cross-border capital flows in order to help the global economy move forward.Speaking at a forum arranged by the Asian Development Bank and the Institute fo

Nov. 21, 2011