Canadian-based cheating website Ashley Madison on Tuesday celebrated its resumption of services “in a very viable market” in Korea.　Ashley Madison, a pro-adultery platform and dating website, was banned by the Korean government after two weeks of successful service in March 2014 for its potentially negative impact on Korean society, in which adultery was still illegal at the time.　However, the law was changed in February this year when South Korea’s constitutional court overturned a 62-year-old

Samsung Electronics Co.'s handsets emit less electromagnetic waves than Apple Inc.'s iPhones, a research report showed Sunday, with the low-end Galaxy Mega smartphone being the No. 1 radiowave-safe product.   According to the research conducted by market tracker Cnet in France, the Specific Absorption Rate, a measure of emission of electromagnetic fields, came to 0.142 watts per kilogram for the Galaxy Mega, hovering far below the 0.972 W/kg by Apple's latest iPhone 6.   The global industry requ

South Korea's benchmark stock index is expected to reach an all-time high this year, propelled by ample liquidity around the globe and other favorable conditions, securities companies said Sunday.   The local stock market could undergo a temporary correction during the first half of this year, but will likely stage an overall bull run in the second half, they said.   According to a survey of industry leader Samsung Securities Co. and nine other brokerages, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index i

The head of the ruling party called on the prosecution Sunday to conduct a thorough probe into a high-profile corruption scandal involving key politicians and close aides to President Park Geun-hye.   The South Korean political circle has been embroiled in a corruption scandal as Sung Wan-jong, the former head of a local builder, left behind a so-called "bribery list" while committing suicide last week.  Sung's death came just hours before a local court was to issue an arrest warrant for him on

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro held unprecedented face-to-face talks Saturday in Panama, a more than hour-long meeting crowning their historic effort to bury Cold War-era antagonism.   In the first sitdown between leaders of both nations since 1956, Obama thanked Castro for his "spirit of openness and courtesy" during their interactions, while the communist leader stressed that the negotiations will require patience.   And in a bid to calm rising tensions with another leftist

South Korea's exports are likely to drop nearly 2 percent in 2015 from a year earlier due to falling oil prices and other negative external factors, the central bank said Sunday.   In its latest outlook, the Bank of Korea predicted the nation's customs-cleared exports to come to $562 billion this year, down 1.9 percent from the previous year.   Outbound shipments are expected to shrink 3.6 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier, and inch down 0.2 percent in the second half of

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected the construction site of a second airport terminal in Pyongyang, calling on officials to complete the project in a way to highlight national identity, the North's media said Sunday.   The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim gave his so-called field guidance at Terminal 2 of Pyongyang International Airport, whose construction is nearing its completion. The dispatch did not give details about the date of his visit.   Kim said that it would be

LG Electronics Co.'s next flagship smartphone is expected to keep detachable batteries like its predecessors, industry sources said Sunday, a move that may allow the company to lure users unfamiliar with Samsung's new built-in batteries.   The G4 will come with 3,000 mAh batteries that can be separated from the smartphone, and also have a port which allows users to insert secure-digital memory cards to expand data capacity, the sources said.   Such features contrast with Samsung Electronics Co.'

The two South Koreans left standing at the Masters struggled to move up the leaderboard at the first major championship of the men's golf season on Saturday.   Noh Seung-yul and Bae Sang-moon both shot an even-par round of 72 at Augusta National Golf Club. Noh, playing in his first Masters, started his day with a double bogey before making three birdies against one bogey, and is sitting at even par for the tournament, good for a six-way tie for 30th.   Bae, playing at Augusta for the third time,

South Korea has been accepted as a founding member of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China's finance ministry said Saturday.    The approval was made by existing members, including China, Britain and France, the Chinese ministry said in a statement posted on its website.    Austria and Spain were also accepted as founding members of the AIIB on Saturday, according to the statement, bringing the number of founding members to 41 nations.    On March 27, South Korea applied to

The disclosure of a so-called "bribery list" left behind by an embattled businessman at the center of a snowballing corruption scandal before he committed suicide continued to put the government of President Park Geun-hye on edge Saturday.Sung Wan-jong, head of Kyeangnam Enterprise Ltd., killed himself by hanging on Thursday, hours before he was to appear before a Seoul court set to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for him on various corruption charges.   A brief memo found in his trous

A group of South Korean activists has resumed its cross-border scattering of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and thousands of DVDs of a U.S. movie last week, officials said on Thursday, in what could be a source of tension between the two Koreas.   "On Saturday afternoon near the military line in Gangwon Province, we have sent DVDs of 'The Interview' and U.S. dollars to the North with balloons," a South Korean activist group said.   "We are planning to send balloons whenever weather condition

South Korea's nuclear watchdog delayed a decision on the operational license of a new nuclear reactor on Thursday as safety concerns remain nearly four months after shutting it down following a deadly toxic gas leak. The state-run Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) said it will hold another meeting on April 23 to decide the fate of the Shin Kori-3 reactor, which has been dormant since late December after nitrogen gas was leaked from a construction site, killing three workers.   The 1,

BEIJING--South Korea and China held a ceremony in Beijing on Thursday as the number of the two nations visitors to each others' country surpassed 10 million people last year.    The number of Chinese visitors to South Korea soared 46 percent from a year ago to 6.33 million people last year, while the number of South Korean visitors to China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau, grew 3.6 percent to 4.1 million, according to the South Korean Embassy.    The surge was fueled by a growing popularity of Ko

첫 성매매특별법 공개변론…특정 지역 허용-일부 허용 불가 맞서"개인의 내밀한 부분까지 국가가 형벌을 가해야 하나", "인간의 존엄 지키는 공익적 필요성 크다"    9일 헌법재판소 대심판정에서 열린 성매매 특별법 위헌심판 공개변론에서  생계 를 위한 자발적 성매매를 처벌대상으로 삼을 수 있는지를 두고 격렬한 논쟁이  이어 졌다.    성매매 특별법 21조 1항은 성판매자와 구매자를 모두 처벌대상으로 삼고 있지만 , 위헌법률심판 제청을 신청한 성매매 여성 김모씨 측에서는 전면 합법화보다는  생계를 위한 어쩔 수 없는 성매매만큼은 허용해야 한다고 주장했다.    김씨 측 대리인인 법무법인 정률의 정관영 변호사는 "이 여성들은 성매매  이외에 다른 생계수단이 없는 상황"이라며 "가장 원하는 것은 제한된 구역의 성매매는 처벌하지 말고 그 외의 지역은 처벌하는 것"이라고 말했다.    독일이나 네덜란드처럼 특정지역에서 이뤄지는 생계형 성매매는 처벌대상에서 제외하고, 성매매 알선자나 포주들에

 진행자: 석지현, Julie Jackson1. 삼성전자 1분기 영업이익 시장 예상치 상회 기사 요약: 삼성전자 1분기 영업이익이 시장의 예상치를 웃돈 것으로 나타났다. 전사적인 비용절감의 노력으로 작년 4분기 대비 이익 지표가 개선된 것이라는 분석이다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638Samsung sees signs of recovery after profit slump 　[1] Samsung Electronics on Tuesday estimated its first-quarter operating profit at 5.9 trillion won ($5.44 billion), easily beating analysts’ estimates.*first quarter: 1/4분

Samsung Electronics Co. may end up saving arch nemesis Apple Inc. about $533 million.That's how much Apple was told to pay after a jury in February said its iTunes service infringed patents owned by Texas licensing firm Smartflash LLC.This week, Samsung, which is being sued over the same technology, convinced U.S. regulators to review whether two of Smartflash’s patents should have been issued in the first place.If a review board at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tosses those patents, it w

BEIJING--China has returned a shipment of anthracite coal to North Korea because it failed to meet standards for mercury emissions, according to a local report on Saturday.This appears to be the second rejection by China of the North Korean mineral this year.The shipment arrived at the Longkou port of China's northern coastal province of Shandong late last month, but was returned as its quality did not satisfy China's environmental regulations, iQiru.com, a local Shandong Internet news site, rep

Newly shaven-headed and clad in white mourning robes the grieving parents of the victims of last year's Sewol ferry disaster began a marathon march Saturday to press for an independent inquiry into the tragedy. Families of those who died in the Sewol ferry accident start a march from Ansan, Gyeonggi Province on Saturday. YonhapMore than 200 people are participating in the march from Ansan city to the capital Seoul, mostly the parents of the 250 students from the same high school who perished whe

WASHINGTON (AP)--The framework nuclear deal sealed by world powers and Iran leaves major questions: Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S or anyone else be able to respond in time? In theory, yes. Are they prepared to use military force? Questionable.Would a final deal settle global fears about Iran's intentions? Almost surely, no.But the surprisingly detailed fact sheet released by the United States after Thursday's diplomatic breakthrough in Switzerland provides President Barack Obama sign