Korea's civil rights body ordered the Air Force to revise its discriminatory policy that excludes night college students from getting scholarships, adding that the existing system poses major problems for equality.The country's Air Force currently runs a scholarship program that cherry picks college students through their third year and provides them with tuition and flight education courses so they can become pilots after graduating.The program, however, is only open to those enrolled in daytim

Defense May 18, 2016

Kim Ki-min has become the first South Korean ballerino to win the world's most prestigious ballet award, organizers said Wednesday.The organizing committee of Benois de la Danse 2016 declared him the best dancer on Tuesday, local time, for his role as Solor in the Paris Opera Ballet's "La Bayadere de Rudolf Noureev" staged in late 2015.The 24-year-old is currently the principal dancer with Russia's Mariinsky Ballet.Previously, two other South Korean ballerinos -- Kim Hyun-woong and Lee Dong-hoon

Culture May 18, 2016

Korean civic groups together filed a complaint Wednesday, challenging the constitutionality of the local authorities' collection of user information from mobile carriers without a warrant.The Lawyers for a Democratic Society, or Minbyun, said 500 people, including professors, filed the complaint with the Constitutional Court.Under the current law, local investigative authorities, such as police, prosecution and intelligence agency, can gather personal information of mobile carrier users without

Social Affairs May 18, 2016

Two former South Korean football stars were appointed honorary ambassadors for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup on Wednesday. The organizing committee of the U-20 World Cup unveiled Park Ji-sung and Ahn Jung-hwan as new goodwill ambassadors for South Korea's first hosting of the FIFA tournament since 2007. The U-20 World Cup, which features 24 nations, will be played from May 20 to June 11, 2017, in Cheonan, Daejeon, Incheon, Jeju, Jeonju and Suwon. Park and Ahn are considered South Korean football

Soccer May 18, 2016

미국에서 육아도우미로 일하는 20대 여성이 돌보던 아이들을 미끼로 은행에서 현금을 갈취한 사건이 발생해 충격을 주고 있다. 미국에서 발행되는 최대일간지 중의 하나인 뉴욕 데일리 뉴스 (New York Daily News)에 따르면 28세 레이첼 아인스파 (Rachel Einspahr)는 지난 금요일 콜로라도주, 웰드 카운티의 한 은행에서 돈을 갈취한 혐의로 체포됐다. 보도에 따르면, 아인스파는 은행원에게 접근해 자신의 아이들이 괴한에게 잡혀 있고 돈을 주지 않으면 아이들이 죽을 것이라는 내용의 쪽지를 전달했다. 쪽지를 받은 은행원은 500달러, 우리 돈으로 약 59만 원을 챙겼다. 은행원의 신고를 받고 수사에 나선 경찰은 괴한이 없었다는 것을 알아채고 아인스파가 사용한 차량을 추적한 끝에 체포에 성공했다고 외신은 전했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)　

한국어판 May 18, 2016

버펄로 떼가 사자싸움에 끼어들어 한 마리 수사자가 목숨을 건지는 영상이 화제다.  유튜브 야생동물전문채널 ‘크루거 사이팅 (Kruger Sightings)’에 올라와 약 5개월간 240만 번 이상 재생된 이 영상에는 총 네 마리의 수사자와 버펄로 떼가 등장한다. 영상은 수사자 세 마리가 한 마리를 공격하면서 시작한다. 공격을 당하는 사자는 속수무책으로 당하고, 곧 목숨을 잃을 위기에 처한다. 하지만, 이때 한 무리의 버펄로가 등장하고 공격을 이어가던 세 마리 수사자는 도망치고 만다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

한국어판 May 18, 2016

누구나 한 번쯤은 어린 시절 달리는 자동차 창문 밖으로 손이나 팔을 내밀었다가 어른에게 꾸중을 들은 기억이 있을 것이다. 흔히 우리나라에서는 손이나 팔을 내밀었다가 사고가 나면 팔이 잘린다는 등의 말로 아이들을 겁주기도 하는데, 이런 사고가 인도에서 실제로 일어나 경각심을 일깨워주고 있다. 외신에 의하면 사고는 최근 인도 서부의 구자라트주에서 일어났다. 현장에서 촬영돼 인터넷을 통해 확산하고 있는 영상에는 통학버스를 타고 있던 한 여학생의 팔이 거의 절단되다시피 심각하게 손상된 장면을 보여준다. 소식을 전한 영국의 일간지 데일리스타는 ‘정확하게 무슨 일이 벌어졌는지는 알려지지 않았지만, 여학생이 팔을 창문 바깥으로 내밀었다가 버스 바깥의 물체에 걸린 것으로 보인다’며 자동차사고의 위험성을 전했다. 한편, 데일리스타에 따르면, 인도의 취약한 도로상태는 잦은 교통사고로 이어지고 있으며 전세계 교통사고로 인한 사망사고의 15퍼센트가 인도에서 발생하고 있다고 전했다. (khnews@hera

한국어판 May 18, 2016

South Korea hosted an official ceremony to mark the 36th anniversary of a key popular uprising that played an instrumental part in transforming the country into a liberal democracy, amid on-going squabbles over the status of a controversial song used at the event.On May 18, 1980, more than 200,000 citizens of Gwangju, 329 kilometers south of Seoul, rose up against the military junta led by Gen. Chun Doo-hwan, who took power following the turmoil left by the assassination of then-President Park C

Social Affairs May 18, 2016

Recent satellite imagery shows camouflage netting over the deck of North Korea's ballistic missile submarine in an indication that the communist nation is forging ahead with its SLBM development, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Tuesday.The May 8 imagery of the Sinpo South Shipyard shows netting has been suspended over the Gorae-class submarine in an sign that the North is continuing to "actively pursue development of both a ballistic missile submarine and submarine-launched ballistic mi

Defense May 18, 2016

The U.S. Pacific commander called Tuesday for greater trilateral military cooperation with South Korea and Japan as the three countries plan to hold their first joint missile-tracking exercise to better defend against North Korea.Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. made the remark during a speech at a security seminar in Washington, saying the North is posing a "real threat" with its pursuit of nuclear weapons and delivery missiles in addition to "hundreds of thousands of rockets within range of Seoul."He

Defense May 18, 2016

A group of U.S. House lawmakers called Tuesday for President Barack Obama to award this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom to late Korean-American war hero Kim Young-oak.Reps. Judy Chu (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Mark Takano (D-CA) made the appeal during a joint press conference at the House Rayburn building, saying the late retired Colonel Kim contributed to safeguarding and promoting the U.S. founding ideals of freedom and equality.Joining the campaign are a total

International May 18, 2016

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday he is willing to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to a Reuters report."I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," Trump was quoted as saying of the North's leader in an interview with the Reuters.Trump also reiterated that he would pressure China to rein in the North, according to the report."I would put a lot of pressure on China because economically we have tremendous power over Chin

International May 18, 2016