The South Korean volleyball team celebrates after beating Brazil in the group stage. (Yonhap News)Kim Hyun-sung launches a scissor kick against Gabon during a group match. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)Park Ji-sung (left) and Lee Chung-yong watch the Korean football team face Gabon. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)Korean judoka Song Dae-nam bows to his coach after winning gold. (London Olymp

South Korean marksman Jin Jong-oh (center) holds up his gold medal for the 10-meter air pistol at the London Olympics on Saturday, flanked by Italian silver medalist Luca Tesconi (left) and Serbian bronze medalist Andrija Zlatic. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)South Korean marksman and gold medalist Jin Jong-oh is now looking to bring home his second gold from the London 2012 Olympic Games.Jin,

   South Korean swimming hope Park Tae-hwan walks toward the locker rooms after finishing second in the men’s 400-meter freestyle final at the Olympic Games in London on Saturday. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)Jin strikes gold in shooting, Park takes silver in swimming, archers settle for bronzeSouth Korea got off to a golden start Saturday, the first full day of competition in the London Olym

Jang Mi-ran is neck and neck with China’s Zhou Lulu, Russia’s Tatiana KashirinaThe following is the seventh of a series of articles on rival athletes in South Korea’s most competitive events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. ― Ed.The quest for a gold medal in the women’s 75kg-plus class weightlifting is expected to boil down to a competition between a highly experienced veteran and promising Olymp

A group Korean doctors have identified a new hereditary disease, which has been acknowledged by international academia.Dr. Choi Byoung-ok of Ewha Womans University and others on Wednesday said that the rare breed of a hereditary illness they found for the first time in the world in 2011 was named “Peripheral Neuropathy, Myopathy, Hoarseness and Hearing Loss” by the U.S. National Institute of Healt

The prosecution on Friday sought arrest warrants for President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother Lee Sang-deuk and his former aide Rep. Chung Doo-un in connection with their alleged involvement in bribery cases.Lee Sang-deuk is suspected of taking a total of 700 million won ($608,700)in bribes from the management of ailing savings banks in return for exercising his influence in evading a shutdown orde

Disappointment was palpable among participants of a U.N. environmental meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday as the three-day summit ended with no tangible outcomes on how to further global action.Yet, the grim reality is a reason for Korea to push harder with its green-growth drive and promote it overseas, the country’s environmental minister said.“Not all countries came to embrace the con

Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the tomato in an international project that promises enhanced versions of the fruit.The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, has been conducted since 2004 by more than 300 scientists from 14 countries including a Korean team that mapped out one of the 12 chromosomes.“We have identified 35,000 genes in the tomato genome. This will be of

The inheritance fight between Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee and his siblings officially began on Wednesday with their lawyers attending a court session on the day.The legal teams of both sides were set to meet for a hearing with a judge present at the Seoul Central District Court.“I had many worries ahead of the trial as the issue was getting bigger,” said Judge Seo Chang-won. “We will

 

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and Republican congressional leaders made significant progress toward a deal to avert a potentially catastrophic first-ever government default threatened for early next week, according to officials familiar with the talks.Under a plan negotiated late Saturday night, the nation's debt limit would rise in two steps by about $2.4 trillion and spending would be cut b

Parts of North Korean landmines apparently churned up by torrential rains have washed up across the border in South Korea, prompting a search by the military for more mines, the defence ministry said.Two wooden shells of North Korean landmines were found Thursday in a water-harvesting cistern near Hantan River at Cheolwon County, just south of the inter-Korean border, it said."They were just empty

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway began burying the dead on Friday, a week after an anti-immigrant extremist killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage.Mourners of all ages vowed they would not let the massacre threaten their nation's openness and democracy.An 18-year-old Muslim girl was the first victim to be laid to rest since the gunman opened fire at a political youth camp and bombed the gove

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unforgiving display of partisanship, the Republican-controlled House approved emergency legislation Friday night to avoid an unprecedented government default and Senate Democrats scuttled it less than two hours later in hopes of a better deal."We are almost out of time" for a compromise, warned President Barack Obama as U.S. financial markets trembled at the prospect of eco

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- South Korea and Bolivia agreed on Friday to cooperate on a lithium battery business with the two countries seeking to set up a joint venture here to produce parts for rechargeable batteries.In April 2009, the two countries signed a deal to develop lithium resources in the South American country, which boasts nearly half of the world's known reserves.The deal allows South Korean

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey made a two-day trip to South Korea earlier this week, the militaries of South Korea and the U.S. said Saturday.Dempsey, the nominee to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in South Korea on Thursday and held talks with the outh Korea's JCS chairman and toured the inter-Korean border vllage of Panmunjom on Friday before returning home

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- North Korea and the United States have completed this week's talks in New York, which both sides called "constructive."Speaking to reporters separately, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, gave no details on whether substantial progress was made in their two-day discussions."Talks were