(포토뉴스) 한국의 소치 미녀 3총사 -- 박승희와 이상화, 김연아 (왼쪽부터)가 15일 오후(현지시간) 러시아 소치 해안클러스트 아이스버그 스케이팅 팔래스에서 열린 쇼트트랙 여자 1,500m 준결승에서 한국의 여자선수들을 응원하고 있다.

Viktor Ahn won the gold medal in the men's 1,000 metres short track speed skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday, leading a Russian one-two in one of the sport's premier events.Competing for his adopted country Russia, Ahn reclaimed the title he last won for South Korea in Turin eight years ago, leading almost all the way in the five-man final.Vladimir Grigorev, also of Russia, won the silver medal while the bronze went to Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands at the Iceberg Skating Palace.

 An 80,000-ton freighter collided with an oil tanker Saturday, spilling an undisclosed amount oil into the water off South Korea's largest port of Busan, Coast Guard officials said.   The collision opened a large hole, about 20 centimeters by 30centimeters, in the hull of the cargo ship, from which fuel oilgushed out, they said.   The accident occurred at about 2:20 p.m. as the freighterapproached the oil tanker to replenish its fuel, the officialssaid, adding that the tanker had planned to tran

South Korean teenage short tracker Shim Suk-hee won the silver medal in the women's 1,500ｍ at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday.   The 17-year-old earned her first Olympic medal at Iceberg Skating Palace, finishing behind Zhou Yang of China. Arianna Fontana of Italy grabbed the bronze.   Zhou defended her Olympic gold in 2:19.140, while Shim clocked at 2:19.239 followed by Fontana at 2:19.416.   A second South Korean in the final, Kim A-lang, was penalized for her role in a collision with Li

Two South Korean female short trackers advanced to the finals in the 1,500ｍ race, while one man also reached the finals in the 1,000ｍ event at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday.   In the women's 1,500ｍ, Shim Suk-hee and Kim A-lang made it outof the semifinals at Iceberg Skating Palace. Cho Ha-ri failed toreach the finals after being disqualified for pushing off anotherskater. In the men's 1,000ｍ, Sin Da-woon also moved on to the finals.   In the women's semis, 19 skaters were paired into two

South Korea's financial watchdog is stepping up its probe into Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co.'s alleged accounting fraud and may expand its inspection into its largest shareholder, the Korea Development Bank (KDB), depending on the outcomes, industry sources said Friday.   Daewoo Engineering has been under an audit review by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) on accounting fraud charges based on a tip-off it received last year.The builder was originally affiliated with the now-defunc

걸그룹 소녀시대가 신곡의 뮤직비디오 데이터 파손으로 컴백 일정을 재논의한다고 소속사 SM엔터테인먼트가 14일 밝혔다.  소녀시대는 오는 24일 네 번째 미니앨범 '미스터 미스터'(Mr.Mr.)를 발매하고 1 년여 만에 컴백할 예정이었다. 앨범 출시에 앞서 19일 타이틀곡 '미스터 미스터'를 온라인에 먼저 공개하고 20일 엠넷 '엠카운트다운'으로 방송 활동을 시작할  계획이 었다.   그러나 촬영해둔 '미스터 미스터' 뮤직비디오의 데이터 일부가 편집 과정에서 소실되면서 앨범 발매일과 첫 방송 일정 재조정이 불가피하게 됐다.  소속사 관계자는 "삭제된 뮤직비디오 장면이 중요한 부분인데 복구가 가능한지 확인 중"이라며 "만약 불가능하다면 재촬영 등의 방안을 강구해야 한다. 소녀시대가 지난해 '아이 갓 어 보이'로 미국 '유튜브 뮤직 어워드'에서 상을 받을 정도로 해외 팬들에게도 관심이 높아 퀄리티 있는 작품을 선보여야 하기 때문"이라고 설명했다. 이어 "만약

A Seoul court on Friday sentenced the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group to four years in prison for tax evasion and embezzlement.Lee Jay-hyun was found guilty of misappropriating 165.7 billion won ($156 million) in company assets to offshore slush funds and dodging taxes in the process.Seoul Central District Court, however, did not immediately lock up Lee, the country's 10th richest man, saying that he is not a flight risk.In the same ruling, the court also ordered the 54-

미국에서 소송을 벌이는 삼성전자와 애플의 대표가 만나 협상했지만 큰 소득이 없이 끝난 것으로 보인다.14일 전자업계에 따르면 신종균 삼성전자 사장과 팀 쿡 애플 대표가 지난주  미국에서 만났다.이번 면담은 미국 캘리포니아북부 연방지방법원 새너제이지원이 이달 19일까지 협상하도록 명령한 데 따른 것이다.그러나 업계에서는 양사 주장이 워낙 첨예하게 대립한 데다 서로 주장하는 손해 배상 액수도 큰 차이가 나 합의가 이뤄질 가능성이 작을 것으로 봤다.실제로 협상 후 1주일여가 지난 지금까지 양사에서 아무런 발표가 없는 것으로 미뤄볼 때 양사가 합의에 이르지 못한 것으로 보인다.그러나 삼성전자 측은 "두 CEO가 면담했는지, 면담 결과가 어떤지 확인해줄 수 없다"고 말했다. 애플코리아 측도 이 사안에 대한 질문에 답변을 거부했다.재판부는 19일까지 협상 진행 상황을 기다렸다가 합의가 이뤄지지 않으면 1심 판결을 내릴 것으로 보인다. (연합)

South and North Korea ended their high-level talks meant to break an impasse in their relations, Seoul's unification ministry said Friday.The ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, did not say whether the rival Koreas reached a deal on family reunions and the upcoming joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises.The rival Koreas have locked horns over the military exercises that partly overlap with a new round of reunions of separated families set to be held at a North Korean mountain resort

 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday as part of President Barack Obama's efforts to prod Beijing to do more to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.The U.S. is also encouraging China to peacefully settle its territorial rows with Japan and a number of Southeast Asian nations.Beginning the meeting with Xi at the Great Hall of the People, Kerry conveyed "good greetings" from President Barack Obama, according to an initial pool report for a smal

A former U.S. ambassador to South Korea said Friday he expressed "regret" to North Korea over its cancellation of a U.S. envoy's visit regarding jailed American Kenneth Bae and urged the North to release Bae "soon.""When we heard that he was not going to be released, I expressed regret and said that I hope he would be released soon," Donald Gregg told reporters upon his arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport after wrapping up a five-day visit to North Korea.Gregg, who heads a U.S. civi

South Korea's public sector debt amounted to more than 820 trillion won ($768.9 billion) in 2012, government data showed Friday, renewing worries over the financial health of public organizations. According to the data provided by the finance ministry, the public sector debt owed by central and provincial governments and non-financial state-run enterprises came to 821.1 trillion won as of end-2012. The amount represents 64.5 percent of the country's gross domestic product.No comparison figures w

Ssangyong Engineering and Construction Co., which was placed under court protection early this year, has effectively secured three public work projects worth 107 billion won ($100.8 million), industry sources said Friday.The sources, who declined to be identified, said the orders issued by the state-run Korea Expressway Corp., and Pohang Regional Maritime Affairs and Port Administration are expected to be finalized next week.The construction projects include two sections of a highway connecting

President Park Geun-hye expressed shock Friday after two handicapped people were rescued last week from a salt farm after years of slavery-like labor, saying she can't believe such an incident happened in the 21st century.The two in their 40s, one of them mentally handicapped and the other visually handicapped, were coaxed with job promises into the salt farm on an island off the southwest coast in 2008 and 2012, respectively, and were forced to work like slaves with little sleep and no pay. Att

Dozens of local cartoons that portray Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II will be displayed in South Korea following a successful exhibition in France, organizers said Friday.The exhibition will be held at the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency in Bucheon, just southwest of Seoul, on Feb. 18-March 1, featuring more than 20 cartoons, illustrations and videos telling the tragic stories of former sex slaves, a municipal cultural agency said.The agency

South Korea's financial regulator said Friday that three card firms will have their businesses suspended for three months starting next week as punishment for a recent massive data breach.Last month, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) revealed that some 20 million clients' personal data, including bank account numbers, addresses and credit ratings, had been leaked from three credit card firms -- KB Kookmin, NH Nonghyup and Lotte. There was also a breach at a bank that shared its customer da

2014 소치 동계올림픽에서 한국 첫 금메달을 안겨준 ‘빙속여제’ 이상화가 해군 장교로 복무 중인 남자친구 이상엽 씨와 곧 결혼을 할 것으로 알려졌다. 복수의 해군 관계자에 따르면 “이상화 선수와 남자친구인 이상엽 중위가 오는 5월 결혼을 약속한 사이로 알고 있다”고 말했다. 이상화 선수는 이번 올림픽에서 스피드스케에팅 여자 500m와 1000m에 출전해 500m에서 올림픽 신기록을 세우며 2010 밴쿠버올림픽에 이어 2연패를 달성했고, 1000m에서는 12위를 기록해 밴쿠버 대회(23위)보다 우수한 성적으로 대회를 마무리했다.이상화 선수의 남자친구로 알려진 아이스하키 선수 출신인 이상엽 씨는 해군 장교로 보무중이며 휴가기간에 이상화를 응원하기 위해 부대장 승인 아래 지난주 소치로 떠나 현지에 머물며 이상화에게 힘을 실어주고 있다고 전해진다. 한편 이상화 선수는 물론 가족까지도 남자친구와 관련되거나 결혼설에 관련된 질문에 ‘노코멘트’로 일관하며 입을 굳게 닫았다.이상화 이상엽 결혼

South Korea will use Friday's high-level talks with North Korea to make sure that the planned reunions for families separated since the Korean War will take place next week as scheduled regardless of military exercises with the United States, a government official said.The two Koreas plan to hold family reunions from Feb. 20-25.But the plan was thrown into doubt this week as North Korea said in the first high-level talks with the South in seven years that the reunions cannot take place while U.S

Daum Communications Corp., the operator of South Korea's second-most visited portal, said Friday its fourth-quarter net income fell 59.8 percent on-year.Net profit came to 5.5 billion won ($5.24 million) in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to the 13.8 billion won posted a year earlier, Daum said in a regulatory filing.Revenue gained 22.6 percent on-year to 143.7 billion won in the October-December period, while operating profit sank 31.4 percent to 15 billion won over the cited period.For al