More than 1,500 owners of Volkswagen vehicles in South Korea are participating in a class-action lawsuit against the German auto giant, demanding the cancellation of their purchases and full refunds, industry sources said Wednesday.According to the sources, a total of 1,536 customers of Volkswagen and its luxury brand Audi joined the collective lawsuit filed with a Seoul court against the German carmaker, its local units and dealerships as of Friday.The number of people suing Volkswagen has been

Industry Nov. 11, 2015

South Korean handset maker LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has added a white color edition to its flagship G4 smartphones series in the latest effort to bolster sales amid the ailing handset business.The South Korean smartphone manufacturer said the new version of the G4 comes with a white cover with gold edges, adding it will appeal to female and younger consumers.The slightly curved G4 has a 5.5-inch in-plane switching (IPS) QHD display. It has a 16-megapixel camera whose performance is

Technology Nov. 11, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's top two tech firms, said Wednesday that they have garnered international awards for some of their latest home appliances, mobile devices and memory chips.Samsung won the Best of Innovation award for a total of 38 products, including the most recently released Galaxy S6 Edge Plus smartphone and the Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch. The titles were awarded by the U.S. Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The winner of the innovation awards

Technology Nov. 11, 2015

A passenger jet of a South Korean low-cost carrier bound for China's northeastern city of Harbin has flown back home due to the record heavy smog in China, the company said Wednesday.The ZE861 plane of Eastar Jet Co., carrying 144 passengers, took off at 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday but returned to Cheongju International Airport at 9:40 p.m. on the same day. "The smog near the airport in Harbin was so heavy that the plane could not make a landing," a company official said. "The plane made a temporary la

Nov. 11, 2015

주거비용이 비싸기로 유명한 런던에서 월세 1파운드, 한화로 약 1,750원인 방이 나와 화제다. 방 한 칸 월세가 평균 96만 원, 시내 중심가에서는 200만 원에 육박하는 런던에선 놀라지 않을 수 없는 가격이다. 하지만, 이 방에는 집주인의 의도를 의심하게 하는 이상한 조건이 있다고. 외신에 따르면, 집주인은 파격적인 월세에 ‘깔끔하고, 정리정돈을 잘하는 싱글 여성’이라는 조건을 붙였다고 한다. 반전은 이제부터. 집주인은 남자, 게다가 집주인과 같은 방을 써야 한다는 것. 집주인은 자신은 고독공포증에 시달리는 환자라며 이런 의심스러운 조건을 붙였다고 한다. 고독공포증은 혼자 있는 것에 대한 극심한 공포를 느끼는 질환이다. 외신에 따르면 온라인 부동산사이트에 올라왔던 이 물건은 삭제된 상태이고, 방이 나갔는지는 확인되지 않았다고 한다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)　

한국어판 Nov. 11, 2015

길게는 72시간까지 마약에 취해 집단으로 성행위를 하는 일명 ‘켐섹스 (chemsex)’라는 행위가 급속도로 퍼지고 있다는 보도가 나오며 논란과 화제를 부르고 있다. 영국 일간지 데일리스타 등에 따르면, 영국 보건당국은 이 신종성행위 때문에 영국 내 에이즈 등 심각한 성병의 전염이 빠르게 늘어날 수 있다고 경고하고 있다고 한다. 보도에 따르면 ‘켐섹스’는 성적 흥분을 유발하는 약물을 투여하고 다수의 상대와 한꺼번에 성행위를 하는 것이라고 한다. 런던의 한 성병진료소에서 조사한 결과, 병원에 온 환자 중 64퍼센트가 ‘켐섹스’라는 집단 성행위를 하고 있고, 한번 이 행위를 할 때 평균 다섯 명과 관계를 맺는 것으로 조사됐다고 한다. 또한, 사용되는 약물 대부분이 주사기로 혈관에 투여되는 것으로 조사되었으며, 약물로 인한 정신질환이 생길 가능성도 있다고 한다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com)　

한국어판 Nov. 10, 2015

Korean Ahn Sun-jun picked up her first LPGA Tour victory in Japan on Sunday.Ahn captured the Toto Japan Classic in a three-way playoff over fellow South Korean Lee Ji-hee and Angela Stanford of the United States, taking her US$225,000 in the winner's check.The event was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. Ahn has now won 20 times on the Japanese tour.Ahn, Lee and Stanford ended the regulation tied at 16-under 200 at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club. Then on the first play

Golf Nov. 8, 2015

President Park Geun-hye will attend a series of multilateral summits later this month, which Cheong Wa Dae said will help expand South Korea's diplomatic scope.Park plans to embark on a 10-day trip on Nov. 14 to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia, according to Kim Kyou-hyun, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs.She will join the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Nov. 15-16, followed by a visit to the Filipino capital of Manila for the APEC session from Nov. 17-19.The president wi

Politics Nov. 8, 2015

The Korea-based United Nations climate fund has endorsed eight initial projects worth $168 million to help developing countries deal with climate change, Seoul's finance ministry said Sunday.In the 11th meeting of the board of directors in Livingston, Zambia, from Nov. 2-5, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved the landmark public works -- three for Africa, three for the Asia-Pacific region and two for South Africa, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.They are the first full-scale

International Nov. 8, 2015

Korea's fiscal soundness is one of the most sustainable among member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a recent report by the Paris-based body showed Sunday.According to the report unveiled by Seoul's finance ministry, South Korea belongs to eight OECD member countries that do not need to take measures to cut spending or to make their fiscal health sounder.The eight nations include Australia, Norway, Switzerland and Luxembourg.The ministry quoted the OE

Nov. 8, 2015