A South Korean student staying in Melbourne was severely wounded after being assaulted by a group of Australian adolescents there, consular officials said Wednesday.The 33-year-old South Korean man surnamed Chang was attacked on Sep. 27 at a park near his school in the southern Australian city by several local teenagers, who cut off a joint of his little finger and broke his left arm, according to the officials."When I was sitting in the park with my friend, more than 10 white teenagers came to

A California homicide suspect representing himself told jurors he has "no remorse, no regrets, no mercy" after allegedly killing his girlfriend and her friend.Nathan Burris, 49, of Oakland, Calif., told jurors Monday he'd appreciate a snappy conviction so he can get back to prison in time for "Monday Night Football." The Contra Costa County Superior Court failed to oblige and his seven-day trial wore on, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday. Burris has admitted he killed his live-in girlf

A boy with a gene possibly dangerous to students with cystic fibrosis returned to his California school after officials yielded in moving him to another school.Colman Chadam, 11, missed 11 days of class at Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, Calif., while school administrators worked out a settlement with his parents over whether his genetic mutation, related to cystic fibrosis, posed a risk to other students with the often-fatal lung condition, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.Palo A

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has broken up with his supermodel girlfriend Erin Heatherton. According to a British media, the conflicting schedules were the reason behind the break-up.“There’s no bad blood, they still care about each other. They just had crazy schedules,” a source said. The 37-year-old actor and the 23-year-old supermodel began dating in December 2011, just months after he split from “Gossip Girl” heroine Blake Lively.　From news report(khnews@heraldcorp.com) <한글 기사>디카프리오, 빅토

South Korea's elderly suicide rate was the highest among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Tuesday, prompting the country to come up with measures to counter the rise of suicides among economically strapped senior citizens.According to the data compiled by the OECD, 81.8 per 100,000 South Korean elderly citizens under 74 years of age committed suicide in 2010, while 160 out of 100,000 people took their own lives among those aged 7

French researchers found that the scent of fresh baked bread makes people act kinder. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern Brittany, suggest that certain smells can trigger a more positive mood, which leads to a greater degree of altruism in strangers. Eight young men and women volunteered to stand outside either a bakery or a clothing boutique, and then stepped in front of a passing shopper and dropped their belongings. The experiment -- which was repeated about 400

A 29-year-old woman who disappeared from a small town in western Sweden and was later found is suspected of having staged the disappearance, police say.The woman, whose name was reported only as Angelica, went missing Sept. 13 after working an evening shift as an instructor at a swimming pool in Mariestad, The Local.se reported Saturday.She was found two days later in a forest in Gothenburg, bound with tape and showing signs of having suffered physical assault. She told police she had been kidna

A New York City nanny accused of fatally stabbing two young children in her care was charged with first-degree murder Saturday night, police said.Police spokesman Paul J. Browne said Yoselyn Ortega, 50, was charged after investigators interviewed her at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where she is recovering from self-inflicted cuts, The New York Times reported.Ortega is accused in the Oct. 25 slayings of Lucia Krim, 6, and her brother, Leo, 2, at their Manhattan apartment. The

A British study revealed that men feel happiest at around the age of 37.Menswear brand “Jacamo” said it is stability, routine and long term commitment that satisfies the male species. The happiest time of a man’s life is around age 37 -- when they have climbed the career ladder and started a family, a new study has found. Phillip Hodson, fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy said “It would be logical to think that men would be happier when they are younger, when the

U.S. researchers have found that people’s reactions to daily stressors determine their heath consequences 10 years in the future. “Our research shows that how you react to what happens in your life today predicts your chronic health conditions and 10 years in the future and your future stress,” said David Almeida, a professor of human development and family studies. Almeida and his colleagues surveyed by phone 2,000 individuals every night for eight consecutive nights regarding what had happened

"Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart is in talks to star opposite Ben Affleck in the con artist film "Focus," a Hollywood source said.The film features a young grifter -- potentially played by Stewart -- who joins Affleck, a more experienced vet."Focus" is written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who together helmed "Crazy, Stupid, Love," the magazine reported. Denise DiNovi will produce.Stewart next appears in "Breaking Dawn Part 2," which opens Nov. 16, and "On the Road" opening nex

A mother and father in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a young man, police said Thursday.Local police officer Tahir Ayub told AFP the father, Mohammad Zafar, had had suspicions about his daughter Anvu Sha and became enraged when he saw her with a boy outside their home on Monday."Zafar beat her up and then poured acid over her with the help of his wife. She was badly burnt but they did not take her to hospital u

For more than five months _ while Julie Cervera struggled to pay a $600 electrical bill, feed her family and keep the cable company from shutting off her service because she couldn't pay _ she was a millionaire without knowing it.Meanwhile, her $23 million lottery ticket languished forgotten in the glove compartment of her car.On Thursday, someone texted her a photo of her daughter, Charliena Marquez, buying the winning ticket for her at a Palmdale Liquor store. The photo had been released by lo

A leopard suspected of killing and eating 15 people in Nepal may have killed others across the border in India, a police official says. The remains of the most recent victim, a 4-year-old boy, was found Saturday in a forest just over half a mile from his home, CNN reported. Police say the leopard probably seized the boy and dragged him away to eat. Kamal Prasad Kharel, chief of police in the Baitadi district, said searchers had been combing the area, looking for the missing child. All that was

North Korea on Saturday openly called for an opposition victory in South Korea's upcoming presidential election, accusing President Lee Myung-bak's conservative government of ruining inter-Korean relations.The North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, a powerful party organization, denounced South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party as a "disaster" that brews "all sources of misfortune" for Koreans."If Saenuri Party, a group of obsolete conservatives, takes the office, it would make th

Egypt's antiquities minister announced on Friday the discovery of a princess's tomb dating from the fifth dynasty (around 2500 BC) in the Abu Sir region south of Cairo."We have discovered the antechamber to Princess Shert Nebti's tomb which contains four limestone pillars," Mohamed Ibrahim said.The pillars "have hieroglyphic inscriptions giving the princess's name and her titles, which include 'the daughter of the king Men Salbo and his lover venerated before God the all-powerful,'" he added.Ibr

A man accused of repeatedly assaulting his 13-year-old daughter was convicted on Thursday.The Gwangju District Court sentenced the man, identified only by his surname Kim, to two years behind the bar for habitual use of violence. In March, Kim was indicted on suspicion of attacking and injuring his daughter over 14 times at his apartment in Gwangju, about 320 kilometers from Seoul. At that time, the daughter had a cast on her leg after a car accident and was allegedly reproached by her father fo

The average level of air pollutants in Pyongyang was found to be higher than that in Seoul, with other environmental problems also present in the socialist country such as poor water quality and the rapid decline of forests, a report showed Thursday.According to the report compiled by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) together with the North's environment ministry, the average sulfur dioxide concentration in Pyongyang stood at 0.009 parts per million (ppm) in 2008, higher than the 0.

A Norwegian airline and an in-flight magazine publisher say they will use WiFi to bring airline passengers new options in in-flight entertainment.Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ink, which provides magazines for about 30 airlines around the world, said they would debut the new system next year, The New York Times reported.Using Norwegian Air Shuttle's free WiFi service, passengers will be able to access content including music, video and travel articles from the carrier's in-flight magazine on their s

A Charlotte, N.C., woman who told police she thought her ex-boyfriend was hiding in the woods near her home was found dead with her new boyfriend soon after. Police searched the area Tuesday for Jacquece Forest but found nothing, The Charlotte Observer reported. At 3 a.m. he told employees at a hospital where he was taken for treatment that he had shot his girlfriend. The bodies of Jennifer Smith and Luc Eric Gonzalez, both 25, were found in her home. The 2-year-old son Smith had with Forest was