몇 차례 만남 주선에도 성사 안되자 불만 품은 듯…피해자 수술 중한 60대 남성이 이성과 만남을 제대로 주선해주지 않는다며 서울 강남 한복판에서 결혼정보업체 대표에게 흉기를 휘두른 사건이 벌어졌다.서울 강남경찰서는 살인미수 혐의로 김모(63)씨를 붙잡아 조사 중이라고 26일 밝혔다. 김씨는 이날 오전 11시 40분께 서울 강남구 지하철 2호선 역삼역 5번 출구 인근 인도에서 결혼정보업체 대표 A(57·여)씨를 흉기로 수차례 찌른 혐의를 받는다.당시 주변에 있던 남성 2명이 김씨에게 달려들어 팔을 붙잡고 흉기를 떨어뜨려 더 큰 피해를 막을 수 있었다. 이들은 112로 전화를 걸어 "흉기로 사람을 찌른 남성을 잡고 있다"고 신고했다.특별한 직업이 없는 김씨는 5년 전 A씨가 운영하는 업체에 회원으로 가입해 그간 몇 차례 이성과의 만남을 주선받았지만 제대로 성사된 적이 없자 불만을 품은 것으로 조사됐다.김씨는 경찰에서 "최근 들어 업체에서 만남을 주선하는 기회도 줄고, 전화를 해도 연락이

(사진=긴샤무 트위터)인기 순정만화의 주인공처럼 청순한 외모의 ‘여고생’이 주목받고 있다. 　트위터에서 긴샤무(@GINSYAMU)라는 닉네임으로 활동하는 학생이다. 이 ‘여고생’은 단발머리에 초롱초롱한 눈매로 누리꾼들 시선을 사로잡는다. 　해당 계정은 4만9천여명의 팔로워를 보유하고 있다. 　그러나 사실 긴샤무는 남자. 그는 자기소개란에 자신이 15살 남학생임을 명기한 상태다.　(사진=긴샤무 트위터)그는 또 “난 여장하는 사람이 아니다. 그냥 머리가 긴 남자일 뿐”이라고 밝혔다.　긴샤무의 사진을 접한 국내의 한 누리꾼은 “여자인 나보다 훨씬 여성스럽고 예쁘다”며 놀랍다는 반응을 보였다.　(사진=긴샤무 트위터)(khnews@heraldcorp.com)　　

전범기 광고물에 응징을 가한 시민의 행동이 화제다. 　최근 한 페이스북 페이지에는 ‘전범기 노래방 광고판에 응징을 가한 시민’이라는 제목의 게시물이 올라왔다. 　게시물에 첨부된 사진에는 일본 전범기를 배경으로 한 노래방 광고물이 찍혀있었다. 광고물은 중국어로 쓰여있지만, 주변에 보이는 ‘안경·콘택트’ 등의 간판과 덧글의 제보로 보아 해당 사진은 서울시내에서 찍힌 것으로 추정된다. 　이어 바람이 빠져 쓰러진 광고물을 누군가의 발이 밟고 있는 사진과 그가 남기고 간 것으로 보이는 메세지의 사진이 올라왔다. 　 (사진=페이스북)"개탄스럽구나"라는 말로 시작하여 A4용지 3장에 걸쳐 쓰인 메세지에는 순국하신 수많은 열사님들의 희생을 더럽히는 행동이라며 광고물을 비판하는 내용이 쓰여 있었다. 　또 그는 자신을 “강남에서 밥 벌어먹는 같은 자영업자”라고 소개하며 전화번호를 남기고 “신고환영”이라고 적었다. 　이 소식을 접한 누리꾼들은 “멋있다 아저씨” “어떻게 전범기를 우리나라에서 당당하게 내

기사 내용과 관계없는 사진 (사진=영화 `올가미`)‘막장 시월드’에 속 시원한 한 방을 날려주던 이유리가 이번에는 결혼을 후회한다고 말했다. 　25일 방영된 KBS 2TV ‘아버지가 이상해’에서는 결혼생활에 위기를 맞은 변혜영(이유리 분)과 차정환(류수영 분)의 모습이 그려졌다. 　가짜 깁스 소동까지 벌이며 자신을 골탕먹이려 한 시어머니 오복녀(송옥숙 분)에 분개한 이유리는 차정환과 마주 앉은 자리에서 결혼 생활에 대한 반성과 회의감을 드러냈다. 　 (사진=KBS 2TV `아버지가 이상해`)변혜영은 “지금 나 자신한테 너무 화가 난다. 내가 너무 심하게 까불었다”며 “결혼을 너무 쉽게, 우습게 여긴 거지. 그래서 꼴 좋게 코가 빡 깨졌다. 쌍코피 줄줄이다”라고 말했다. 　그러자 차정환은 마찬가지로 “내가 결혼을 너무 우습고 만만하게 여겼구나. 내가 날 너무 과대평가했구나”라며 “정작 더 코가 깨진 건 나야”라고 말했다. 　이에 변혜영은 “결국, 우리 둘 다 쌍코피가 줄줄 흐르네”라고

기사내용과 관계없는 사진(사진=언스플래시)최근 30도를 웃도는 불볕더위로 시민들이 불편을 호소하는 가운데 덥기로 유명한 미국 아리조나 주 피닉스 도시의 시민들이 47도를 웃도는 더위에 재치있는 반응을 보여 화제가 되고 있다. 　SNS 상에는 각자의 불볕더위에 대처하는 방법을 담은 사진들이 업로드 되었는데, 한 시민은 쿠키 반죽을 차 안에 넣어두었다. 이 반죽은 약 80분 후 그럴듯한 모양의 쿠키가 되었다.　 (사진=트위터)그런가 하면 아예 오븐 팬 째 쿠키를 구운 시민도 있었다. 　 (사진=이미저)또 시민들은 온갖 플라스틱 우체통, 도로교통 표지판 등 온갖 ‘녹아내리는’ 사물 등의 사진을 찍어 올리며 더위를 증명했다. 　 (사진=레딧)(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has finished off the podium in his final two races in his world championships tune-up in Italy.Park ranked fourth in the men's 800-meter freestyle at the Sette Colli Trophy at Stadio del Nuoto in Rome on Sunday (local time), with a time of 8:04.31.Jan Micka of the Czech Republic won the race in 7:54.24. (Yonhap)Earlier in the day, Park ranked eighth in the 100m freestyle at 49.14 seconds, as Dominik Kozma of Hungary finished first in 48.68.Park entered the Sett

The names of 3,300 UN troops killed in the Korean War were called out in Washington on Sunday in a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the war's outbreak 67 years ago.Representatives of 21 countries took turns calling out the names of the fallen troops at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington for 12 hours starting at 7 a.m. (Yonhap)The names of soldiers were called in groups according to their countries in alphabetical order beginning with Australia. As a new country took its turn

Suspending annual joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea could lead to a weakening of the alliance, a former chief US nuclear negotiator with North Korea said.Former Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill made the point in a recent Project Syndicate article, expressing concern about the "freeze-for-freeze" idea that calls for the US freezing or scaling back the exercises in exchange for the North freezing nuclear and missile testing."Advocates of this so-called

A South Korean temple on Friday opened an 18th-century Korean Buddhist painting, stolen about 50 years ago, to the general public after its American owner and a US art museum let it be repatriated to South Korea last year.The painting, called "Obuldo" in Korean, a depiction of the Five Buddhas, was stolen from Songgwang Temple in Suncheon, 415 kilometers southwest of Seoul, in the early 1970s. Obuldo, made by Uigyeom, a Buddhist monk and painter in the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, was one painting

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said Friday its semiconductor arm's move to join the acquisition of Toshiba Corp.'s chip business is "not finished," hinting there are still challenges moving forward.The remark came as a global consortium including South Korea's SK hyinx Inc. was tapped as the preferred bidder for the sale of the memory arm of Japanese tech giant Toshiba earlier this week.The consortium included Japanese players and US Bain Capital.Taking anti-monopoly regulations into account, SK

The US Forces Korea said Friday it has an "original" agreement with South Korea to deploy the THAAD missile defense system here as soon as possible.It was in response to President Moon Jae-in's view that the deployment process has been "accelerated for some reason" that he does not know.He has apparently questioned the transparency of the related procedures, especially at home."Originally, the alliance decided to deploy THAAD as soon as able in order to substantially improve our layered missile

Nearly three in 10 South Korean office workers feel alienated at the workplace due to their academic background, a poll said Friday.Top online job search portal JobKorea said its recent survey of 352 office employees showed that 33.8 percent of the respondents have felt a sense of alienation during their career because of their academic background.Yet JobKorea said the percentage is down 23.9 percentage points from five years earlier.The portion was the highest for those with high school diploma

Representatives from host South Korea will seek redemption when the biennial world championships in their traditional martial art will get underway this weekend.The 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Federation World Taekwondo Championships kicks off at Taekwondowon here in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, on Saturday. The competition will run through next Friday.This will be the seventh WTF worlds held in South Korea, the birthplace of taekwondo, and the first since the 2011 edition i

Korea Line Corp., South Korea's No.2 bulk carrier, said Friday that it has clinched a 1.27 trillion-won ($1.15 billion) deal to transport liquefied natural gas.Under the deal with Korea Gas Corp., Korea Line will transport LNG through May 30, 2037, the company said in a regulatory filing.Other details of the contract were not revealed.In 2013, Korea Line was taken over by SM Group, a midsized shipping group. Korea Line currently operates some 30 vessels, hauling goods, such as iron, ore, crude o

Stocks of South Korean airlines, led by Korean Air Lines Co., are set to further rise down the road following their recent surge on the back of falling oil prices, solid demand and a strong won, analysts said Friday.Korean Air Lines, which has gained some 50 percent so far this year, traded at 38,950 won (US$34) on the Seoul bourse as of 10:20 a.m., extending its gain to a third day. No. 2 flag carrier Asiana Airlines, which saw its stock price almost double this year, hit a yearly high of 6,330

The United States will not stop the Seoul-Washington joint military drills as a concession for North Korea's suspension of missile and nuclear tests, Voice of America reported Friday.Katina Adams, a US State Department spokeswoman, told VOA's Korean Service that there is no equivalency between the US-South Korea alliance's lawful, longstanding and defense-oriented military exercises and North Korea's unlawful nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Adams was also quoted as saying, "Our military e

More than 60 percent of inpatients of smoking cessation clinics have successfully quit, double the figure for outpatients, a local report showed Friday.The ratio of inpatients who successfully quit smoking for four weeks was 73.9 percent, or 216 patients out of 292 patients who joined the anti-smoking program at Dankook University Hospital, the latest findings by the Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco said.The people were admitted to the program between March and November of las

South Korea said Friday that it is closely monitoring North Korea's missile development in cooperation with the United States amid a news report that the North has conducted another rocket engine test.North Korea has conducted the test of a rocket engine that could be seen as part of the North's program to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile, Reuters reported, citing a US official.South Korea's unification ministry said that the South's military believes that North Korea is continuing

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating fell this week amid a political standoff over his disputed personnel choices, but he maintained high support, close to 80 percent, a survey showed Friday.In the survey conducted from Tuesday through Thursday by local pollster Gallup Korea, Moon's rating was tallied at 79 percent, down 4 percentage points from a week earlier.Those who disapproved of his job performance made up 14 percent, up 4 percentage points from the previous week, while 7 percent said t

The founder of South Korea retail giant Lotte Group is expected to lose his seat in the boardroom of a crucial affiliate in the group's governance structure, industry sources said Friday.Lotte Holdings Co., the holding firm for the group's Japanese affiliates, is known to have decided to approve the resignation of Shin Kyuk-ho as a board member during its shareholders meeting at its headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday, according to the sources. The firm's board of directors did not propose an exte