The Korea Herald

‘Carter to fly to Seoul after trip to N. Korea’

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is likely to fly directly to Seoul after visiting North Korea, sources said Thursday, a trip that could include a meeting with President Lee Myung-bak.Carter will be traveling to Pyongyang next week for discussions expected to focus on North Korea’s denuclearization, a peace treaty and humanitarian food aid to the impoverished communist nation. He will be accompa

Politics April 21, 2011

[Herald Interview] Expert calls for safeguards on N.K. reactor

Ex-IAEA deputy director concerned by danger of possible radiation leak at YongbyonThe light water reactors being built in Yongbyon, North Korea, will not be a danger as long as IAEA safeguard measures are properly in place, a nuclear expert said. The remarks came from Olli Heinonen, former deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency until last year, in an e-mail interview wit

International April 21, 2011

[Herald Interview] Expert calls for safeguards on N.K. reactor

N.K. imported truckloads of gifts for elite: report

A long convoy of lorries believed to be carrying gifts for North Korea’s elite was seen entering the communist state on the eve of a major holiday, according to a South Korean Internet newspaper.The Daily NK, staffed by anti-Pyongyang activists, said Tuesday it had received video footage of more than 200 trucks crossing the Yalu River nose-to-tail from China on April 14.The North celebrates the an

North Korea April 20, 2011

N. Korea detains two Japanese men: report

North Korea detained three Japanese men on apparent drug smuggling charges in its special economic zone last month, but it later released one man, a news report said Wednesday.The three Japanese employees of a machine maintenance firm in Tokyo visited the city of Rason, near North Korea’s border with Russia, in March to check machines at a food manufacturing factory, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspape

North Korea April 20, 2011

Obama reinforces sanctions on N.K. for nukes, missiles

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. President Barack Obama has reinforced trade restrictions against North Korea to buttress a United Nations arms embargo on the North for its nuclear and missile tests, the White House said Monday.Obama has extended trade restrictions against North Korea every year since 2009 under Executive Order 13466 issued by former President George W. Bush upon his termination of

North Korea April 19, 2011

13 Korean adoptees obtain dual citizenship

Thirteen Korean adoptees regained their South Korean citizenship on Tuesday but didn’t have to forfeit their foreign nationality in the first case of its kind to happen since a revised immigration law went into effect, the Justice Ministry said.Kim Dae-won, 43, who was adopted by a family in Switzerland when he was five, and 12 other adoptees were allowed to have double citizenship, the ministry s

Social Affairs April 19, 2011

World’s oldest man dies at 114 in U.S.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The world’s oldest man, Walter Breuning, whose first memories included the day U.S. president William McKinley was shot in 1901, has died at age 114, the retirement home where he lived said Friday. Walter BreuningBreuning was the second oldest person in the world, 26 days younger than American woman Besse Cooper, according to the Gerontology Research Group which tracks the worl

People April 17, 2011

‘Drunk’ Nick Cage arrested in New Orleans

Nicolas Cage attends the premiere of "Season Of The Witch" in New York. Authorities say Cage has been arrested in New Orleans on charges of domestic abuse battery and disturbing the peace. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orleans “after getting drunk” and having a heated argument with his wife in the French Quarter, police sa

World News April 17, 2011

‘Drunk’ Nick Cage arrested in New Orleans

Na Youn-sun wins Echo Jazz award

Korean jazz singer Na Youn-sun has won the Echo Jazz 2011 award in the international female vocalist category.The award is presented by the German Phono Academy, the cultural institute of the federal association of the music industry. The award ceremony will take place on June 17 at the Glaserne Manufaktur of Volkswagen in Dresden. Na Youn-sunAccording to Yonhap news agency, 42-year-old Na receiv

People April 17, 2011

2 Polish tragedies, 70 years apart

Air crash kills man on way to visit father’s grave at cemetery for massacred PolesCHICAGO ― The artist was overjoyed as he boarded a jet bound for the forest of death.Wojciech Seweryn, a guest of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, was honored for dedicating his life to commemorating the massacre of 20,000 Polish officers in the Katyn Forest of Russia in 1940.One of those men was Seweryn’s father.“Ne

People April 17, 2011

First school in Jeju global city to open in Sept.

City project head confident of drawing more branches and students from abroadNorth London Collegiate School Jeju, the first international school in Jeju Global Education City, will open in five months. By 2015, if all goes as planned, at least three prestigious international schools will have opened branch campuses in the government-financed, 3,794,000-square-meter city in Seogwipo. Byon Jong-il,

Social Affairs April 14, 2011

First school in Jeju global city to open in Sept.

Shooter becomes international referee

Lee Eun-chul, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in men’s 50m rifle prone, has qualified as an international shooting referee. Lee Eun-chulLast month he completed an international refereeing course in Korea and passed the final examination. Lee will referee in domestic competitions for the rest of this year, and take to international meets from next year.The 44-year-old former shooter studied computer

People April 14, 2011

Actor Jang donates 10m yen to Japan

Actor Jang Keun-suk has donated 10.1 million yen ($121,000) in proceeds from his recent charity event for its earthquake and tsunami victims to the Japanese Red Cross. Jang Keun-sukHis management agency Tree J Company said on Wednesday that the 24-year-old actor raised the funds by selling wristbands, cards and other items with well-wishing messages for Japan at his Japanese fan site from March 17

People April 14, 2011

‘The Korean War is forgotten in Russia’

Former Soviet veteran astonished that modern South Korea recalls conflictIn a Seoul coffee shop, his jacket jangling with medals, the 79-year-old man grew animated as he recalled the war of his youth. Like many other veterans of the conflict, he was astonished by modern South Korea, but also saddened that the 1950-53 Korean War is virtually unknown back home.This veteran was not, however, a member

People April 14, 2011

Olympian Carl Lewis to run for NJ Senate

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) ― Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says he’ll run again ― for New Jersey Senate.“When I run ― as you see from my record ― I run to win,” the 49-year-old Lewis said outside a historic courthouse in his home county, where he announced his candidacy Monday with his mother and other family members standing nearby. Lewis said he hopes to inspire people, encourage communities to

People April 12, 2011

Olympian Carl Lewis to run for NJ Senate

Articles by Chun Sung-woo