Lee Kwang-hee seeks donations for Sudanese to ease hunger with mangosFashion designer Lee Kwang-hee has made clothes for the richest in society, including former and current first ladies.Two years ago, she rolled up her sleeves not to sew dresses but to grab a garden trowel in Africa. She planted mango trees in one of Sudan’s poorest areas to help people living in the troubled Sudanese village of

A 10-year-old boy in Liaoning province pretended to be his own parent in order to chat online with his teachers and the parents of his classmates.He kept up the ruse for nearly a year before his cover was blown.Registering as "Lulu's parent", the boy communicated with other parents and teachers in a group talking room on the instant messaging service set up by his teacher in a primary school in Da

A fake police officer's cover was blown recently when two of the women he was dating and cheating money out of bumped into each another, triggering a series of events that exposed him.The man, surnamed Xuan, had pretended to be a high-ranking police officer for six years in Anshan, Liaoning province, to impress gullible women and help him trick them out of money.But he came unstuck when he visited

   President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called for tearing down prejudices about the disabled, saying that their physical challenges never mean they cannot be as competitive as the non-disabled.   "I believe that the disabled can be competitive workers as much as they want, depending on the types of work and duties," Lee said in his biweekly radio address ahead of the April 20 Day for the Disabled, c

 South Korea's listed companies paid out 33 percent more in dividends to foreign shareholders in 2010 than a year earlier, helped by an increase in earnings, data showed Monday.   A total of 4.97 trillion won ($4.6 billion) in dividends were paid to foreigners last year, compared with 3.73 trillion won in the previous year, according to the data by the Korea Exchange (KRX).   Last year's dividend

  South Korean banks' mid to long-term foreign borrowing jumped in March from the previous month as they braced for rising global uncertainties, the financial regulator said Monday.     Twelve local banks borrowed a total of $3.49 billion last month through overseas bond issuance and loans with a maturity over one year, $1.68 billion more than in February, according to the Financial Supervisory Se

   South Korean stocks lost ground on Monday after a strong start as investors unloaded tech blue chips and bank shares, analysts said.   The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 1.29 points, or 0.06 percent, to trade at 2,139.21 in the first 15 minutes of trading.   The KOSPI touched a record high of 2,149.45 as soon as the market opened, but tech and financial shares increase

   A Chinese employee of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. has been indicted for trying to leak the company's core technology and business secrets, prosecutors said Sunday.   The 40-year-old woman, who had worked as a senior researcher for a home appliance department of the company since 2007, is suspected of attempting to hand over the company's classified documents regarding noise reduction

 Shamcey Supsup, a magna cum laude graduate from the University of the Philippines who says she values good education over fame and fortune, won Sunday (April 10) night’s Binibining Pilipinas (Miss Philippines) pageant.The 24-year-old beauty from General Santos City in southern Philippines, who also is an architecture board exams topnotcher, will represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant

BANGKOK - As Thais nationwide celebrated the Thai New Year, Songkran, on April 13, Bangkok's Central World Shopping Plaza claimed success in beating a Spanish record for the world's largest water pistol fight.A foreign tourist is splashed with water by a young boy as people come out to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok.In September 2007, in Spain, 2,671 partici

   WASHINGTON --  U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday lauded South Korean students for outperforming American students thanks to the nation's heavy investment in education.   "South Korean children are outpacing our kids in math and science," Obama said in a speech at George Washington University to unveil his fiscal policy centering on budget deficit cuts while maintaining heavy investment in e

   WASHINGTON -- An American citizen being held in North Korea has been accused of getting involved in unauthorized religious activities in the reclusive communist state, informed sources said Wednesday.   The Korean-American businessman has been held in North Korea since November for his involvement in missionary work, the sources said, adding the man in his 60s attends a church in Orange County,

The female population outnumbered the males in Seoul for the eighth straight year last year, though the proportion of the male population grew slightly, census data showed Wednesday.    Out of 10.5 million people living in the capital, 5.2 million or 49.5 percent were male, and 5.3 million or 50.3 percent were female as of December, showing a male-to-female ratio of 98.09, according to data from t

   South Korea's jobless rate rose in March from a year earlier, but the number of newly created jobs grew sharply as the private sector continued to expand recruitment, a government report showed Wednesday.   The jobless rate was 4.3 percent last month, up from 4.1 percent a year earlier, according to the report by Statistics Korea. It was, however, down from 4.5 percent in February.   The number

   South Korea's central bank on Wednesday revised up its projection for this year's consumer inflation on high oil and food prices, but the bank retained its economic growth forecast.   The Bank of Korea (BOK) upgraded its inflation projection for this year to a three-year high of 3.9 percent from a previous estimate of 3.5 percent, indicating that the country will face a buildup in inflationary

A video of a brownish poodle puppy has found fame on YouTube and CBS news in the U.S.The little shaggy poodle apparently has something in common with human babies -- it makes a very similar gurgling sound. In the video, the puppy is rolling on the floor and playing, biting his forefoot. Viewers can’t believe the gurgling sound is really from the puppy. They say it is undistinguishable from a baby’

(MCT)Seven out of 10 people who have changed their jobs regret their decision, research showed Friday.Job site Saramin (http://saramin.co.kr) said that 67 percent of respondents were not satisified with their new jobs in a survey conducted on 1,409 Koreans who have sought new opportunities in different companies.In the survey, 34.3 percent of those answered said they regret their decision because

A new trend is emerging in the U.S. among youngsters: pointed ear surgery. According to ABC news, trendy young people who are fans of movies such as “Lord of the Rings” and “Star Trek,” like to copy the looks of elfin characters in these movies, especially their distinguishing pointed ears. The surgery is painful and dangerous. Unlike some tattoos and piercings, the ear surgery is expensive and no

  A chief North Korean military general said Friday that his troops will not remain a "passive onlooker" if South Korea and the United States continue their joint military exercise, according to Pyongyang's official news agency.   The threat from Ri Yong-ho, vice marshal of the Korean People's Army, came at a ceremony to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the election of North Korean leader Kim Jon

  The South Korean government needs to be more active and logical in defending its sovereignty over Dokdo against Japan's continued claims to the rocky islets in the East Sea, a Japanese-born scholar said Friday.   Yuji Hosaka, professor of Japanese Studies at Sejong University in Seoul, questioned the effectiveness of Seoul's so-called quiet diplomacy on the Dokdo issue aimed at blocking it from