South Korea edged Switzerland 2-1 for its first win in men's football on Sunday at the London Olympics.In the second Group B match at City of Coventry Stadium, Arsenal forward Park Chu-young opened the scoring and Cardiff City winger Kim Bo-kyung broke the second-half tie with a left-foot strike to give his side big three points.South Korea had tied Mexico 0-0 in the opener on Thursday. The victor

Soccer July 30, 2012

LONDON (Yonhap) -- Judoka An Kum-ae won North Korea's first gold medal at the London Olympics Sunday, taking the women's under-52-kilogram class.An defeated Yanet Bermoy Acosta of Cuba with a yuko. An won silver in the same category at the Beijing Olympics four years ago.On Saturday, female weightlifter Ryang Chun-hwa won bronze in women's 48㎏ class for the North's first medal.North Korea sent 56

More Sports July 30, 2012

LONDON (Yonhap) -- South Korean Cho Jun-ho grabbed bronze medal in the men's under-66-kilogram judo on Sunday at the London Olympics, bouncing back after a judging controversy knocked him out of the quarters earlier in the day.Cho beat Sugoi Uriarte of Spain in the bronze medal contest. He had advanced through repechage round after losing his bid for a semifinal berth on an unprecedented overturni

More Sports July 30, 2012

 A South Korean activist who claimed have been tortured by Chinese authorities while under detention is considering bringing his case to the International Criminal Court, his close aides said Sunday.  Kim Young-hwan and three other activists trying to help North Korean refugees in China were arrested in late March and accused of endangering Beijing's national security.   After being deported to So

Social Affairs July 29, 2012

 The number of North Korean visitors to China increased drastically since then-North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's tour of the North's biggest communist ally early last year, Chinese government data shows.   The data on the entry of foreigners obtained Sunday by Yonhap News Agency showed that 152,000 North Koreans entered China in 2011, a sharp rise from 116,000 the previous year. Out of the total,

North Korea July 29, 2012

블리자드의 인기 게임 타이틀 디아블로3가 ‘마법사 무적 모드’ 버그로 인해 논란에 휩싸였다.지난 23일 디아블로3 북미 포럼에 공개된 영상에 따르면 유저들이 마법사 캐릭터의 ‘마인’ 스킬을 특정 조건하에서 사용할 경우 체력이 닳지 않는 무적모드에 들어갈 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.이에 국내 사용자들은 게임 포럼사이트 게시판에 ‘오래 기다렸던 게임인데 배신감마저 느껴진다’며, 이 버그 때문에 캐릭터 간의 밸런스가 심각하게 무너졌다고 불편한 심기를 드러냈다.이들은 버그 때문에 고가의 아이템들을 너무 쉽게 손에 넣는 사람들을 보여 디아블로3가 가장 큰 재미거리인 아이템 파밍의 묘미를 잃고 있다고도 말했다.그럼에도 불구하고 아시아 서버 내 ‘마법사 무적 모드’ 버그는 24일 오후까지도 고쳐지지 않은 것으로 코리아헤럴

Podcast July 24, 2012

Prosecutors have summoned the Democratic United Party floor leader for interrogation on Thursday regarding his involvement in a high-profile bribery case.According to the Central Investigation Bureau of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition party was notified on Tuesday to appear for questioning regarding a savings bank scandal involving several politicians.Howe

Politics July 17, 2012

Police said Sunday they have requested an arrest warrant for a Japanese man on a sightseeing visit to South Korea's southern Jeju Island on charges of sexually harassing two Korean women at an airport restaurant.   The 67-year-old Japanese man is accused of touching the hips of two female employees in their 40s at a Jeju International Airport restaurant on Friday morning, police said.   The man wa

Social Affairs July 15, 2012

Three foreign law firms have been allowed to offer foreign legal consultancy services in South Korea for the first time, the Justice Ministry said Sunday.   The three firms permitted to open branches in Seoul to provide international law-related consultancy services are Ropes & Gray, Sheppard Mullin and Clifford Chance, the ministry said, noting they registered themselves as foreign legal consulta

July 15, 2012

The foreign ministry has suspended a senior diplomat in Auckland from regular duties for alleged ethical lapses, a ministry official said Saturday.   The consul general in Auckland, whose name was withheld, was called home on June 15 after being accused of engaging in a scuffle with a fellow Korean official posted in New Zealand and sexually harassing female embassy staff.   The ministry will hold

Foreign Affairs July 15, 2012