Defense chiefs of South Korea and China on Friday agreed to establish an annual “strategic defense dialogue,” paving the way for enhanced cooperation in tackling peninsular and regional security issues, officials said. During their talks in Beijing, Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Liang Guanglie also expressed their opposition to “any acts that undermine peace and ...

Citizens make big money reporting violations In the waiting room of one internal medicine clinic in Seoul, an inconspicuous pair of investigators is conducting a sting. These sleuths do not have fedora hats or trench coats, but designer purses, blouses, and most importantly, a camcorder hidden out of sight. Kim, the veteran of the two, exhibits such nonchalant behavior in the clinic that it is...

Apple Inc. may have violated local laws when it tracked the whereabouts of iPhone users, which if found to be true could spell bigger trouble for the California-based company. Sources close to the situation said tracking and storing information on the location of the users may have infringed on domestic laws on location information. In Korea, it is illegal to collect information about the locat...

It's tough at the top for alpha males: study WASHINGTON (AFP) -- If you're feeling envious of your boss's paycheck, a study out Thursday shows that success comes with high stress, possibly as much as faced by those who have to struggle to find a bite to eat. The results of nine years of research on wild baboons, published in the journal Science, suggest that despite perks like easy access to ma...

Drinking a lot of water has long been thought to be good for your health. But according to Glasgow-based GP Margaret McCartney, drinking eight glasses of water a day can be harmful, the Daily Mail reported. Writing in the British Medical Journal, McCartney said the benefits of drinking a lot of water are groundless and that drinking too much water can even lead to poor concentration. She also ...

A taxi caught fire on Thursday in the tunnel linking Hannam-dong to Yejang-dong through Namsan, stopping traffic for about 90 minutes. The taxi caught fire while going through the tunnel towards Hannam-dong at 6:05 p.m. The fire was extinguished about 20 minutes later. No casualties were reported, but the fire caused motorists and passengers to evacuate the tunnel. The tunnel was reopened at 7:...

A lawyer here announced Thursday that he will lead a class action against Apple Inc. for violation of privacy with its iPhone “tracker” device. All eyes are now on whether Apple will aggressively defend against the litigation, which may affect the majority of the country’s 3 million iPhone users and inflict billions of won in losses on the business giant. What the court found problematic was no...

The South Korean Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged its Japanese counterpart to immediately revoke its boycott of Korean Air in protest of the airliner’s test flight over Dokdo in the East Sea. “We see the measure as the Japanese government’s sanction against a Korean private company,” Seoul’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Byung-jae told reporters. “Reflecting on the current relations between ...