Arsenal forward Park Chu-young, in hot water for his decision to delay military conscription, was named to South Korea's men's Olympic football team on Friday.Hong Myung-bo, the head coach of the Olympic squad, announced the 18-man lineup and selected the 26-year-old Park as one of his three "wild cards," used on players over the Olympic roster age limit of 23.Goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong, 27, and d

The truckers' union said Friday it has reached an agreement with the transportation association over a fare increase, paving the way for ending their ongoing strike.Thousands of unionized truckers across the country have been on strike since Monday, demanding the government increase fees and reduce fuel costs.The union and the Container Transportation and Container Yard Operator's Association resu

Five South Korean short films, including four that are currently showing at a festival in Seoul will be screened at this year's New York Asian Film Festival(NYAFF) from Friday to July 15. Four of the films are "Hideout," an action-thriller directed by Lee Chang-hee; "Heart," an animated film by Erick Oh; "Finis Operis," a comedy by Mun Byong-gon; and "The Lucky Gumboy," a documentary by Choi Shin-

A New Mexico woman is suing her city after she spent the night in jail as a result of an overdue "Twilight" book and DVD from the library.Lori Teel, whose attorney sent a tort claim notice to the Portales city clerk Monday, said police officers visiting her home on a report of a disturbance June 12 arrested her in front of her five children, ages 1 to 10, and she spent the night at the Roosevelt C

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, handing him a huge election-year political victory and keeping in force the legislative centerpiece of his term, a law aimed at covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.The decision means the historic overhaul -- opposed by virtually all Republicans including Mitt Romney, Obama's challeng

  Jessica Chastain                                                                          Woody HarrelsonHollywood stars Woody Harrelson and Jessica Chastain have been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities for 2012.Chastain, whose film credits include "The Tree of Life" and "Take Shelter," has been a vegetarian for 15 years and a vegan for five, and ev

Visitors watched as an adult male chimpanzee attacked and killed a baby chimpanzee at the Los Angeles Zoo, officials said. Zoo officials said in a statement the baby chimp was killed Tuesday while in a habitat with other chimps, the Los Angeles Times reported.  The zoo officials said the baby chimp had been introduced gradually to other chimps in the habitat and there had been no sign of pr

Mario Balotelli finally showed some quality finishing, scoring twice in the first half Thursday to give Italy a 2-1 win over Germany and an unexpected spot in the European Championship final.Extending its winless streak against Italy in major tournaments to eight matches, Germany had no answer for Balotelli nor Antonio Cassano's creativity.In the 20th minute, Balotelli had no trouble getting past

European leaders meeting in Brussels agreed Thursday to devote (euro) 120 billion ($149 billion) for ``immediate growth measures'' to try to dig the continent's weakest economies out of crisis.While some hailed the accord as a sign of progress for the troubled European Union and job creation, about half is money that had already been promised. And it is not seen as the powerful solution that marke

An Ivy League scholar and mother-of-two is touching a raw nerve by questioning whether high-flying career women with families, at least American ones, can truly "have it all."Writing in The Atlantic magazine, Anne-Marie Slaughter cited her own downshift from powerful State Department official to mere Princeton University professor as evidence that they cannot, at least not as US society now stands

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower courts' prison sentences for two former students at a prestigious medical school convicted of sexually harassing an inebriated female schoolmate during a trip. Judge Chon Soo-an confirmed the two-and-a-half-year prison term for a 24-year-old man surnamed Park, while upholding the one-and-a-half-year term for another man with the surname Bae.The top court

Heat waves cause the most weather-related deaths and the very young, very old and very sick are most at risk, U.S. health officials remind. "Hyperthermia is an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment," officials at the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health,

Land mines planted by al-Qaida militants before they fled key southern Yemen strongholds have killed 73 civilians over the past week, Yemeni officials said Tuesday. Engineering teams have removed some 3,000 land mines around Zinjibar and Jaar, according to the governor's office in Abyan province.Government troops captured both towns in a two-month offensive to uproot al-Qaida fighters from large s

Key technologies to manufacture advanced flat-panel displays at Samsung Mobile Display and LG Display have been leaked by an local unit of an Israeli company, local prosecutors said Wednesday, raising concerns the leakage could pose a major threat to the national interest.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted under physical detention three employees at the local unit of an Israel

South Korea and China agreed Tuesday to step up cooperation to rein in illegal fishing by Chinese fishermen in Korean waters, the Foreign Ministry said. The two sides held the first talks since they launched a joint consultative body in January to address the rampant poaching. Foreign ministry officials and maritime police participated in the meeting in Beijing.“The meeting enabled both sides to h

The ruling Saenuri Party is considering pushing to convene a one-day plenary meeting of the National Assembly to elect a new parliamentary speaker and two vice speakers, officials familiar with the issue said Monday.The Saenuri Party also said it could hold the plenary parliamentary session by itself if the main opposition Democratic United Party and other opposition parties refuse to cooperate, t

Prosecutors  have charged a Swedish professor with aggravated assault after he allegedly cut off his much younger wife’s lips and ate them because he believed she was having an affair.The 52-year-old man, whose name was withheld, was also accused of slicing his wife’s arms in the attack.The assault was first reported by a Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet in May and prosecutors classified the case as

South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Sunday it has imposed 1.51 billion won (US$1.3 million) in fines on the Korean unit of Dutch electronics giant Philips for preventing South Korea's online shopping malls from offering discount prices.The move by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is the first punitive action against a foreign company for blocking price cuts following the implementation of a free

 Red cars attract more bird droppings than any other color, news reports said Sunday.A U.K. study said it analyzed more than 1100 cars over a two-day period and at the end, 18 percent of the pooped-on cars were red. Another 14 percent were blue, followed by black with 11 percent, white with 7 percent and grey or silver with 3 percent.Green cars only got 1 percent of the bird bombs, news reports sa

Britain's Prince William celebrates his 30th birthday on Thursday, triggering a clause in his late mother Diana's will which could see him receive a 10 million pounds inheritance.The late Princess of Wales left the bulk of her estate to sons William and Harry, who were aged 15 and 12 when she died in 1997, but the executors ruled that the inheritances should not be handed over until both turned 30