LUCKNOW, India (AP) _ Rescuers searched through the wreckage of a packed express train for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India on Sunday, killing at least 21 and injuring more than 100 others, officials said.   The Kalka Mail train was on its way to Kalka, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Howrah, a station near Kolkata in eastern India, when 12 coaches and the engine

   MOSCOW (AP) _ A passenger boat sank on the Volga River in Russia Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving 61 missing, officials said.   Regional emergencies ministry spokesman Marat Rakhmatullin said the Bulgaria sank in the middle of the river in the Tatarstan region, about 450 miles (750 kilometers) east of Moscow..   He said 173 passengers and crew were onboard when the boat went down

Park Mo-ran, an ethnic Korean Russian, won a Korean literature translation award last week.The 24-year-old student translated the novel “The Door of Morning” into Russian and was picked as one of the winners of a competition organized by the Korea Literature Translation Institute. Park Mo-ran (Yonhap News)Witten by Part Min-kyu, the book had formerly won prestigious Yi Sang Literary Award. The you

   LONDON (AP) _ Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World signed off with a simple front page message _ ``THANK YOU & GOODBYE'' _ leaving the media establishment here reeling from the expanding phone-hacking scandal that brought down the muckraking newspaper after 168 years.   Journalists crafted the newspaper's own obituary before sending the tabloid's final edition to the prin

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) _ A plane crashed in a thunderstorm as it was attempting to land in the Congo Friday, killing at least 48 people, and leaving a dozen or more buried in the wreckage. 53 passengers survived.``I confirm the crash of one of our planes,‘’ said Stavros Papaioannou, the chairman and CEO of Hewa Bora Airways told The Associated Press by telephone. ``There are already 46 bodies at the

   WANDO ISLAND -- South Korea's Kim Ju-hee on Saturday routed Fahpratan Looksaikongdin of Thailand to become the new Women's International Boxing Council (WIBC) light flyweight champion, making her the holder of five world boxing organizations' titles.    The 25-year-old won a 3-0 victory over Looksaikongdin, 20, after dominating the bout on Wando, an island off South Korea's southwest coast.   

The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine USS Texas made a port call in South Korea on Saturday as part of a regular deployment to the Pacific area, the U.S. military in the South said.    The Texas, based in Hawaii, arrived at South Korea's southeastern port city of Busan with more than 130 crew members, according to officials at the U.S. Forces Korea.    The 7,800-ton Texas is a Virginia-class attack s

  The head of South Korea's ruling party said Saturday that he agreed to ditch a plan to further cut taxes for big companies, as the conservative party looks to regain votes from the poor ahead of next year's elections.    "It is inconsistent for the government to continue to cut taxes for big companies, which are said to put some 100 trillion won(US$94.6 billion) in banks and block the money from

   DETROIT (AP) _ Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center, has died, a family friend said Friday. She was 93.   Mrs. Ford's death was confirmed by Marty Allen, chairman emeritus of the Ford Foundation. He did not comment further, and said he expected the Gerald R. Ford Presiden

  South Korean stocks are expected to continue their upward march next week on the back of favorable market conditions, analysts said Saturday.    The country's key stock index, the KOSPI, gained 2.57 percent, or 54.61 points, this week to close at 2,180.35 on Friday, despite the lingering debt crisis in Europe and a rate hike by China.   Next week is packed with major events such as the central b

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin has ordered military commanders to inspect the standards of discipline and irregularities, following a shooting rampage earlier this week by a marine that killed four colleagues on a front-line unit, a source said Saturday.    Questions over discipline have been raised since the 19-year-old marine corporal, only identified by his surname Kim, opened fire on Monday at

   WASHINGTON -- The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voiced clear opposition to President Barack Obama's push to package three pending trade pacts with a worker assistance program.   "We expect in the House to move four separate bills, and I would hope they would heed our advice," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters.   His firm stance came a day after key commi

   JUBA, South Sudan (AP) _ South Sudan became the world's newest nation early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of millions.   In the new country's capital, Juba, streets pulsed with excitement. Residents danced, banged on jerry cans and chanted the name of the world's newest president, Salva Kiir. One man kneeled and kissed t

   ADDIS ABABA -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak agreed Friday to provide active support for Ethiopia's economic development, pledging to significantly boost relations with the African nation that helped save the South from North Korea's invasion 60 years ago.   In summit talks with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Lee expressed gratitude for Ethiopia's participation in the 1950-53 Korean War, a

Workers often turn to other companies for better opportunities but more than half of those who switched jobs have regrets, according to research.In a poll conducted by Incruit, a local online recruitment website, about 58.7 percent of those who changed jobs are unsatisfied and willing to go back to their previous employment.The major reasons provided was “the original work turned out to be better,

The number of foreigners accused of serious crimes such as violence and gambling is increasing, according to National Police Agency.In the last 3 months, about 8,311 expats were arrested with 341 of them being taken into custody. The figure is marks a more than 26 percent increase from the same period last year. Accusations of five major crimes of murder, robbery, rape, theft, and violence showed

A new U.S. street sign reading “Seven in Heaven Way” has been criticized by atheist groups, according to reports.In order to commemorate firefighters who died a decade ago during the 9/11 bombings, the new sign was put up in Brooklyn, New York, near where the victims used to work.However, atheist groups are furious about the sign’s message, saying it may provoke people of different faiths, or thos

John Z. LeeJohn Z. Lee, a 44-year-old Korean-American attorney, has been recommended to the White House for a position as a federal judge in Illinois.Lee was recommended along with three others by Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin while Republican Sen. Mark Kirk recommended an additional candidate. Currently, there are three vacant seats for the federal bench at U.S. District Court for the Northern Distri

STX Group also continues to express interest to the last minute  　By Kim Ji-hyun and Choi He-suk KCC Corp., a member of Hyundai’s sprawling industrial empire, may submit its letter of intent for a stake in Hynix Semiconductor, industry sources said on Thursday. Reports of KCC’s intention to participate in the bidding came shortly after Hyundai Heavy Industries said it would not be participating in