PASADENA -- Braving intense radiation, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets.    Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin erupted in applause when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft beamed home news that it was circling Jupiter's poles.    The arrival at Jupiter was dramatic. As Juno approached its target, it fired its rocket engine to slow itself down and gently slipped into orbit. Becau

[THE INVESTOR] LG Life Science‘s premium health supplement brand Re:Tune has released a new probiotic supplement optimized for improving intestinal health and immunity, the company said Sunday.Probiotics Dual Premium utilizes a patented probiotic strain called DDS-1 produced by the American UAS Labs, and contains 50 billion lactic acid bacteria -- providing the maximum amount of probiotics recommended by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.Probiotics Dual Premium also includes bacteria that has

LENS, France (AP) -- French authorities will deport 20 Russian men next week for their role in the violence that has marred the first week of the European Championship. Stephane Bouillon, prefect for the region that includes the southern French city of Marseille where the worst outbreak of violence in Euro 2016 took place, said Thursday that the unnamed men will be deported Monday.  Bouillon said they are suspected of "participation in skirmishes linked to the England-Russia game on June 11 in M

HELSINKI (AFP) - European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday it was hard to be upbeat about the outcome of Britain's vote on whether to stay in the EU, but warned it made no sense for the country to quit."I know it's very difficult for us to be optimistic today, we know the latest polls," Tusk said on a visit to Helsinki a week before the referendum.But he added: "Leaving now does not make any sense."A new opinion poll published in Britain on Thursday by the Ipsos Mori group showed 53 p

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese man feared snatched by North Korea after he went missing almost two decades ago was found alive in Japan earlier this month, police said Thursday. The issue of abductions to North Korea is a highly-charged one in Japan, where there are suspicions dozens of people were kidnapped by agents from the isolated country. That fate is also seen a possibility for hundreds of others.Kazuya Miyauchi, who went missing aged 32 in Fukui prefecture, on Japan's west coast opposite North

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Myanmar's new civilian-led government to complete the Southeast Asian nation's transition to democracy by implementing further reforms to enshrine free markets, development and human rights. Speaking with Myanmar's foreign minister and de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, after talks in the capital of Naypyidaw, Kerry pledged continuing U.S. support for the country and hailed progress it has made since Suu Kyi's political par

Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Yang Hak-seon, who has been battling a foot injury since March, has been given a second chance to prove himself worthy of the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, the South Korean gymnastics association said Sunday.Yang participated but withdrew from the national team trials that lasted two days from Saturday, ending up with a score of 0 and finishing last among 15 candidates. Yang Hak-seon (Yonhap)The Korea Gymnastic Association (KGA), however, said it is giving

LONDON (AFP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday it would be decades before Turkey could possibly join the EU, saying that it might happen in the year 3000 on current progress.Even then, the United Kingdom, like all member states, would have a veto on their entry, Cameron said, with future Turkish accession a key battleground in Britain's referendum on its own EU membership. David Cameron (center) (AFP)"It is not remotely on the cards that Turkey is going to join the EU at any ti

MACAU -- Amid heated debates on a second casino in Korea permitting the entry of locals, an international expert warned it would “destroy the country.” Citing the nature of Koreans and their emotional response toward gambling, David Jung, founder and CEO of Hero Poker, a Philippines-focused online poker program, said allowing a casino to open within urban areas in Korea is a dangerous idea, stressing that the people would never draw a clear line between their life and entertainment when it comes

The Agriculture Ministry said Sunday that it would be beginning a survey of all animal breeding farms, but that under current law it would be difficult to penalize those operating illegally.The announcement came after public outcry over the unsanitary and cruel conditions of a dog breeding farm in South Jeolla Province that was broadcast recently on a local TV show. The program showed hundreds of female dogs locked in tiny cages, forced to become pregnant and give birth repeatedly in squalid con

Namyang Dairy Products will be fined 500 million won ($420,000) for its past unfair practices towards retailers instead of the original fine of 12.3 billion won, the Fair Trade Commission confirmed Sunday.The decision is in accordance with a court decision passed in January 2015 by the Seoul High Court and affirmed by the Supreme Court in June, citing lack of evidence for the full penalty.In 2013, the FTC reported Namyang to prosecutors for bullying sales agents and retailers into buying excess

The continuing battle over the toxicity of a major brand’s humidifier sterilizer has led to rising fears about chemical household products, data showed Friday.A growing number of consumers are balking at purchasing chemical household products, beyond those manufactured by Oxy Reckitt Benckiser. RB’s humidifier sterilizer Oxy Ssak Ssak is currently blamed for allegedly causing the deaths of over 103 people in Korea.According to industry watchers, the widespread fears reflect consumers’ distrust t

With the Korean government raising awareness about the harmful effects of table sugar, other products that provide an alternative sweet punch while staying light on calories have come to the fore.Consumers have begun to seek out products that are not only sweet, but also natural, low on calories and preferably with additional health benefits.One of the alternatives is allulose, a naturally occurring sweetener found in small amounts in raisins, figs, and wheat. Although it is almost as sweet as t

Dongwon F&B has begun a voluntary recall of its mild tuna products in response to consumer concerns over an unidentified black substance in some of the cans, the company said Friday.The recalled product is the brand’s Mild Tuna 210 g, marked with expiration dates from March 23 to April 25, 2021. The company said that about 1.17 million cans will be collected from consumers and retailers.Dongwon said through a statement that the black substance was caused by “high heat in the manufacturing proces

Last year, Koreans spent nearly double overseas compared to the amount foreign consumers spent here in Korea, data showed Sunday.According to data from Statistics Korea, Korean consumers spent nearly 26.1 trillion won ($22.6 billion) overseas, roughly two times the 13.1 trillion won spent by foreign consumers in Korea.The figures include both consumer spending overseas and direct purchases from foreign websites. Tourists shop at a duty-free store in Seoul. (Yonhap)The disparity indicates a sever

A Seoul appeals court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a former presidential official accused of leaking presidential documents.The Seoul High Court found Cho Eung-cheon, who handled the discipline of senior public officials, not guilty of violating the Presidential Records Management Act.Cho was indicted last year along with senior police officer Park Kwan-cheon for handing over 17 documents to Park Ji-man, the younger brother of President Park Geun-hye, between June 2013 and January 2014. (Yo

The eurozone economy has finally recouped all the ground lost in the recessions of the past eight years after official figures Friday showed that the 19-country single currency bloc expanded by a quarterly rate of 0.6 percent in the first three months of the year. The scale of the increase reported by Eurostat in a preliminary estimate was unexpected -- the consensus in the markets was for a more modest rise to 0.4 percent from the previous quarter's 0.3 percent. (AP Photo)Eurostat said the incr

Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's second-largest flag carrier, said Friday that it decided to sell non-core assets worth about 400 billion won (US$351.1 million) as part of its efforts to strengthen its financial health. Asiana held a board meeting earlier in the day and decided to sell off its 100 percent stake in Kumho Terminal and 50 percent stake in a hotel and office operator based in Vietnam for about 270 billion won and 123 billion won, respectively, the company said.The move is in line

South Korea’s industrial output fell in March mainly due to a drop in the machinery and electronics parts sector, government data showed Friday.Production in the manufacturing, mining and utilities declined 1.5 percent in March from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. The March figure is a setback from a 2.2 percent growth in February, which was the first increase in three months.From a month earlier, industrial output fell 2.2 percent in March. (Yonhap)By sectors, the machinery’s out

Chinese consumers are less loyal to Hyundai cars than most other auto brands, according to the latest report of U.S. consulting firm McKinsey & Company.A survey on 3,500 Chinese consumers in March showed that 43 percent of those who owned a Korean brand car wanted to switch to a more upscale brand. That was the highest percentage following those owning French cars. (Yonhap)McKinsey said that those with German cars were the most loyal to the brands they had.   “Korean brands are not yet viewed as