South Korean Shin Ji-yai captured the Ricoh Women's British Open on the LPGA Tour here Sunday for her second career major championship.At Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Shin fired a four-round total of nine-under 279 in windy conditions for a resounding, nine-stroke victory over compatriot Park In-bee. It is the largest margin of victory in the Women's British Open history since it became an LPGA majo

 NEW YORK (AP) _ Bikini season may be over, but this is no time to tone down the workout. Many of the styles on the runway at New York Fashion Week flash a bit of skin here or there: bare midriffs, cutout backs, keyhole necklines. The silhouettes in spring previews that entered a fourth day Sunday aren't necessarily skin tight, but it's not a season of full-on floaty frocks, either. ``We've

South Korea unveiled an additional 5.9 trillion won (US$5.23 billion) worth of fiscal support Monday as part of its efforts to boost domestic demand amid worries tough overseas market conditions are casting a pall over the country's export-driven economic growth.According to the finance ministry, the government will push for additional fiscal support worth 4.6 trillion won this year and 1.3 trilli

The government is considering revising the law to punish sex offenders without a complaint from their victims, the justice ministry said Monday, in response to growing calls to eliminate loopholes in the current law. Under the current law, those suspected of committing sex-related crimes are indictable only if a formal complaint is made by the victim, stoking concerns that sex offenders sometimes

Model Miranda Kerr attends a event of Japanese fashion company "Samantha Thavasa" in Tokyo, Japan, on September 9, 2012. (UPI) Model Miranda Kerr attends a event of Japanese fashion company "Samantha Thavasa" in Tokyo, Japan, on September 9, 2012. (UPI)'완벽 미모' 미란다 커,  팬들 울먹핸드백 브랜드 사만사 타바사(Samantha Thavasa)의 런칭 축하 행사를 위해 도쿄를 방문한 슈퍼모델 미란다 커가 환하게 웃으며  일본 팬들과 인사를 나누고 있다.

The 4-year-old daughter of a British couple slain in the French Alps was flown home Sunday, while her sister, 7, came out of a coma, officials said.Four-year-old Zeena al-Hilli was the only member of her family not harmed in the Wednesday shootings that left her parents, a grandmother and an innocent bystander dead, The Guardian reported.Saad al-Hilli, an Iraqi-born engineer, along with his wife I

President Lee Myung-bak said Sunday South Korea wants to help Greenland pursue economic development in an environment-friendly way, expressing sadness and concern after seeing Arctic glaciers that are melting due to global warming.Lee arrived in Greenland earlier in the day to take a first-hand look at problems resulting from climate change and to hold talks with Premier Kuupik Kleist of the Danis

South Korea is currently developing a new bullet train that has already set a new speed record during its initial test run, the government said Monday.The HEMU-430X is an indigenous express train with an anticipated maximum speed of 430 kilometers per hour (km/h).The train was developed as part of a national research and development project and began its test run in June, according to the Ministry

South Korea's producer prices rebounded in August from the previous month as oil costs and agricultural product prices increased, the central bank said Monday.The producer price index, a barometer of future consumer inflation, rose 0.3 percent last month from a year earlier, compared with a 0.1 percent on-year fall in July, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). July marked the first month in nearl

South Korea finished 12th in the overall medal tally of the London Paralympics that came to an end in London on Sunday.South Korean Paralympians won a total of 27 medals -- nine gold, nine silver and nine bronze -- from the Aug. 29-Sept. 9 Paralympics.A total of 135 athletes and officials in eight sports, including sailing, archery, shooting and tablet tennis, participated in the 2012 Paralympics,

A 14-year-old Russian girl in the Urals city of Izhevsk staged an armed bank robbery as part of a plan to run away from home and commit suicide, investigators said Thursday.The girl, "wearing a mask and armed with a knife, carried out a raid on one of the city's commercial banks with the aim of stealing money but was stopped by the bank's security guards," the Investigative Committee said.The girl

Barack Obama on Thursday accepted his party's nomination to run for president in November. In a prime-time address he set out his view of the last four years, Republicans' record and offered a glimpse of a second term.Here were some of the highlights:ON HIS RECORD"Hope has been tested by the cost of war, by one of the worst economic crises in history and by political gridlock that's left us wonder

The ruling and main opposition parties are in an escalating clash over allegations that threats were made against Ahn Cheol-soo, a software entrepreneur-turned-professor with presidential ambitions, with both sides accusing each other of engaging in political intrigue.Lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) blasted the ruling Saenuri Party for resorting to old-fashioned poli

Pennsylvania State Police said they arrested a man caught on camera stealing a toilet from a store and immediately returning the item for store credit.Investigators said Bobby Clifford Smith III, 32, was caught on camera Aug. 28 taking the toilet from a Lowes home improvement store in Somerset and going directly to the customer service line, where he exchanged the toilet for $667.34 in store credi

Barack Obama, his re-election in doubt, looked to reignite the excitement that powered his first run for the presidency, promising better days ahead as he accepted the Democratic Party nomination before thousands of charged-up party loyalists and millions of television viewers. The speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention was a crucial one for Obama with just two months to go before t

 The chemical properties of green tea affect the generation of brain cells, providing benefits for memory and spatial learning, researchers in China say. Professor Yun Bai of the Third Military Medical University in Chongqing, China, and his team focused on the organic chemical epigallocatechin-3 gallate, known as EGCG, an antioxidant in green tea.  "Green tea is a popular beverage across the worl

 Dozens of Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange on Thursday embarked on a controversial detoxification treatment plan developed by the Church of Scientology, a Hanoi hospital director said.US aircraft sprayed chemical defoliants such as Agent Orange over vast swathes of jungle during the Vietnam War in an attempt to flush out Viet Cong communist guerrillas by depriving them of tree cover and food.Th

A local court acquitted the chief of an online media firm Friday of charges of insulting and threatening President Lee Myung-bak in a hostile online posting.Shin Sang-cheol, head of online news outlet Surprise, was indicted on the charges in February after a conservative group sued him over his posting on the company's Web site that allegedly threatened the president with foul words.He told prosec

The European Central Bank unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to halt Europe's financial crisis on Thursday with a pledge to buy unlimited amounts of the government bonds of countries struggling to manage their debts.Large-scale purchases of short-term government bonds would drive up their price and push down their interest rate, or yield, making it less expensive for countries to borrow money. T

The United States believes that North Korea may use biological weapons some day, which poses another major security threat on top of its nuclear weapons drive, according to an annual U.S. government report."The United States judges that North Korea may still consider the use of biological weapons as an option," the State Department said in its new report on international agreements and commitments