Meet DONA ― the Korean robot that could change the face of charity collecting. The cute, red-caped robot interacts with passers-by, encouraging them to put money in its collecting can. DONA interacts with people when its sensors tell it that someone is about to give some cash. It reacts by bowing, blinking, waving and wiggling its arms in thanks. Trials in New York’s Union Square and Seoul Muse...

Celebrations during Korea’s family month of May are to recognize single mothers in the country’s first ever Single Mom’s Day. Unwed mothers and their children are to be celebrated and supported at a conference exploring issues ranging from international adoption to the discrimination these small families often face. Attendees will celebrate the event on May 11 by sharing enough birthday cakes t...

A taxi driver said to have had fanatical religious beliefs was found dead Sunday on a wooden cross in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province, police said. In an apparent emulation of the crucifixion of Jesus, his hands and feet were found nailed to a cross in an abandoned quarry mine. The 58-year-old man surnamed Kim wore something similar to a crown of thorns on his head. He was wearing only und...

Prosecutors say North’s intelligence body involved in system breakdown North Korea masterminded the April 12 cyber attack that paralyzed the banking system of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, or Nonghyup, for several weeks, prosecutors said Tuesday. The nation’s worst-ever banking network crash prompted calls for stronger measures to safeguard key financial institutions in the ...