South Korea's economic growth slowed in March due mainly to the mining and manufacturing industry showing lackluster growth affected by the eurozone debt crisis, a state-run think tank said Sunday.   The eurozone crisis has adversely affected South Korea's exports to slow economic growth of Asia's fourth largest economy, the Korea Development Institute report said, adding the U.S. and some other a

Boston's Chinatown has been on edge since a 57-year-old woman claimed three women used hypnosis to get her to fork over $160,000 in life savings, police say.Police say the victim was food shopping in Chinatown April 15 when the trio of women tapped her on the shoulder and began asking her questions. The victim says one of the suspects spoke and her henchwomen handed her a plastic bag. She was told

해경청, 화성 궁평항서 붙잡아 검찰에 넘겨금융당국에 의해 영업정지된 미래저축은행의 김찬경 회장이 지난 3일 밤 경기도 화성 궁평항을 통해 몰래 출국하려다 해양경찰청에 검거됐다.6일 해경청에 따르면 3일 오후 8시30분께 경기도 화성시 서신면 궁평항 선착장에서 배를 이용해 중국으로 밀항하려던 김 회장 일행 5명이 붙잡혔다. 일행은 김 회장, 밀항 알선책 3명, 방조자 1명 등이었다.해경은 5일 오후 김 회장 등의 신병을 부실저축은행 수사를 맡고 있는 검찰의 저축은행 합동비리수사팀에 넘겼다. 검찰은 김 회장을 포함해 영업정지 대상으로 거론되는 저축은행 주요 관련자들 에 대해 모두 출국 금지 조치한 상태다.김 회장은 금융당국으로부터 5일 오전 열릴 저축은행 경영평가위원회에 참석해 줄 것을 요청받은 상태였다.금융위

어린이날인 5일 오후 부산 부전동의 6층 건물 3층에 있는 S노래주점에서 화재가 발생해 9명이 숨지고 10명이 다치는 사고가 발생했다. 병원 이송환자 중 중환자가 많아 사망자가 더 늘어날 것으로 보인다.이날 불은 오후 8시50분께 S노래주점 가운데 룸에서 처음 발생한 것으로 파악되고 있으며 정확한 화재 원인을 밝혀지지 않은 가운데 화재는 완전 진화 됐다.처음 노래주점에서 불이나자 19명이 연기를 마시고 병원으로 옮겨졌으며 이중 김모(24)씨 등 9명이 숨졌고 10명이 부상했다. 불이 나자 건물 안에 있던 수십 명이 옥상과 외부로 대피하는 소동이 벌어졌다.불이나자 긴급 출동한 20여대의 소방차와 50여명의 소방인력이 동원돼 화재 진압에 나서면서 사고현장 주변 교통이 2~3시간 동안 마비되는 등 큰 혼란이 빚어

A fire broke out at a karaoke facility in Busan, killing nine people including three migrant workers from Sri Lanka and injuring 25 others, police said on Sunday.The blaze started at one of the 28 rooms at the karaoke lounge on the third floor of a six-story building in the southeastern port city around 8:55 p.m. Saturday, according to the witnesses and the police.All of the victims -- seven men a

미국 시애틀의 대학에서 화장실을 쓰던 여대생이 갑자기 한 남성이 난데없이 눈앞에 떨어지는 황당한 경험을 했다.여대생 조이 에스틸은 2일(현지시간) 신원을 알 수 없는 한 남성이 천정을 뚫고 나타났다고 전했다.처음 남자가 나타났을 때 에스틸은 그가 천정에서 일하고 있던 사람이라고 생각하고 ‘도와드릴까요?’라고 물었다고 현지언론에 밝혔다. 그러나 그녀는 곧 남자가 평상복을 입고 있다는 사실을 깨닫고 경비원이 와서 그에게 수갑을 채울 때까지 다른 학생들과 힘을 합해 그를 꼼짝 못하게 잡아두었다. 에스틸은 남자가 손에 일회용 카메라를 들고 있는 것을 보고 몰래 화장실 촬영을 하려고 했다는 추측을 했다. 그러나 경찰은 그가 이전에 한 패스트푸드 식당의 잠겨있는 화장실에 들어가려다가 들킨 후 도주 중이었다고 밝혔다.

1일 오전, 여자 사이클 선수단을 덮쳐 7명의 사상자를 낸 운전자가 DMB를 시청하다가 운전부주의로 사고를 낸 혐의를 인정했다고 경찰이 밝혔다.사건 당일날 경북 의성군 단밀면 낙정리 25번 국도에서 25t 트라고 화물 트럭을 운전하던 백모씨 (66)는 스타렉스 승합차를 추돌한 뒤 사이클 선수단을 덮쳤다.이 사고로 상주시청 여자 사이클 선수단의 박모(25), 이모(24), 정모(19)양 등 3 명이 숨지고, 김모(20)양 등 선수 3명이 다리ㆍ늑골 골절상을 입었다.당시 사고 화물트럭 안에 DMB가 켜져 있었다.선수단은 오는 5일 구미에서 열리는 경북도민체전 사이클 대회에 출전하기 위해 편도 2차로의 국도에서 훈련을 하다가 사고를 당했다.상주시청 선수단은 지난해 아시아사이클선수권대회 단체 우승, 올해 3ㆍ1절

Childbirths in South Korea grew in February from a year earlier following five straight months of decline as the government encourages couples to have more babies, a report showed Friday.   According to the report by Statistics Korea, the number of babies born in the cited month reached 46,000, up 6.3 percent, or about 2,400, from the same month a year earlier.    The increase comes as Seoul is ac

   Standard & Poor's lowered Spain's long-term credit rating by two notches on Thursday, saying the country's budget problems are likely to get worse because of the weak economy.   S&P reduced Spain's long-term sovereign credit rating to ``BBB+'' from ``A.'' The agency also lowered Spain's short-term rating and assigned a negative outlook, which suggests the possibility of another downgrade in the

South Korea's current account surplus widened sharply in March from the previous month, backed by strong auto and petrochmical exports, the central bank said Friday.   The current account surplus reached $3.04 billion last month, up from $560 million in the black tallied in the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The figure is larger than the $1.33 billion surplus tallied a year

Smartphones, displays up but chip down for tech giant in Q1　By Park Hyong-kiSamsung Electronics saw its first-quarter earnings hit an all-time high thanks to brisk global sales of smartphones, the company said on Friday.The Korean tech manufacturing giant said that its operating profit reached a record of 5.85 trillion won ($5.15 billion) in the period of January to March, up 98.4 percent from 2.9

SK hynix Inc. the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, said Thursday it swung to a net loss in the first quarter due to an industry-wide slump that hurt sales and prices.   Net loss amounted to 271.2 billion won ($238.3 million) in the January-March period, a turnaround from a profit of 273.5 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory filing.   Sales dropped 14.5 percent on-y

 The South Korean economy is not expected to make a quick recovery from its current slump due to external uncertainties and domestic problems, a local think tank said Wednesday."A stable and rapid rebound of the South Korean economy is not in the cards as the private sector remains vulnerable to economic shocks and lacks resilience," Samsung Economic Research Institute(SERI) said in a report.The r

South Korean stocks closed effectively flat on Monday as investors waited for this week's U.S. interest rate decision and corporate earnings, analysts said. The local currency dipped against the U.S. dollar.   The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gave up 2.02 points, or 0.10 percent, to close at 1,972.63. Trading volume was moderate at 578 million shares worth 3.52 trillion won

KILIS, Turkey (AP) _ Syrian forces fired across the border Monday into a refugee camp in Turkey, wounding at least five people as a U.N.-brokered plan to end more than a year of violence this week all but collapsed, authorities said.Syrian activists said two people were killed, but the reports could not be immediately confirmed.The Syrian soldiers were believed to be firing at rebels who tried to

 

 

 

 The recent talks between North Korea and the U.S. in New York may not immediately resolve their differences but represent a positive "first step" toward more discussions, a South Korean official said Sunday.   The official said the meeting between North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, was "an extension" of an

The Korean government is set to face an uphill battle in keeping the Korean won from appreciating at a rapid clip as the U.S. debt crisis is sending ripples throughout financial markets across the world.“The local currency could gain to the 1,000 won level against the greenback by the end of the year,” said Huh In, an international finance analyst at the state-run Korea Institute for International