이번 달 초에 공개되어 여론의 질타를 받았던 “외국인 남성들이 클럽에서 한국여성을 추행하는 영상”을 제작하는데 참여했다고 스스로 밝힌 남성이 관련된 영상들을 추가로 공개함에 따라 해당 영상이 연출된 상황임이 밝혀졌다.코리아헤럴드가 최근 원작자로부터 입수한 두 종류의 동영상에는 유튜브를 통해 유포되었던 동영상에 등장하는 외국인 남성 두 명과 한국인 여성 한 명이 등장한다. 새로운 영상들에는 유튜브 영상과 동일한 상황이 연출되지만 남성들이 사용하는 욕설의 종류 등 원본 영상과 약간씩 다른 점들이 보인다. 그러나 두 영상 모두 원본과 마찬가지로 여성이 화를 내며 자리를 뜨는 장면으로 마무리가 된다.원본 영상과 제작자가 추가로 보여준 두 동영상은 완전히 동일한 상황이 약간의 변화를 갖고 세 번이나 진행된다는 점에서 연출이 확실시된다. 또한 새로운 영상에는 여성의 손에 대사로 추정되는 까만 글씨가 빼곡히 쓰여져 있는 장면이 있는데, 이는 예전에 공개된 영상에는 없는 장면이다.본지와 접속한 제

The ruling Saenuri Party on Friday boycotted a hearing on the state spy agency's alleged meddling in last year's presidential election as it wrangled with opposition parties over whether the meeting should be open to the public.The ruling party has argued that the hearing should be held behind closed doors because it is likely to touch on sensitive intelligence issues as lawmakers question National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Nam Jae-joon and other officials of the spy agency in connection

Safeguards to prevent another work stoppage are key to reopening the shuttered inter-Korean factory park in North Korea, an official at South Korea's presidential office said Friday.Bilateral talks aimed at reopening the Gaeseong Industrial Complex effectively broke down Thursday after the two sides collided on how to prevent any unilateral closure of the business zone that has remained idle since early April.Seoul has been asking for the North to guarantee it won't block operations due to non-e

South Korean stocks traded 0.18 percent higher late Friday morning following gains in carmakers and retailers, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) edged up 3.39 points to 1,913.00 as of 11:20 a.m.Carmakers led the market gain, with No. 1 player Hyundai Motor adding 0.67 percent and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors climbing 1.32 percent. Samsung Heavy Industries, a major shipbuilder, advanced 2.17 percent.Retailers also traded lower, with Lotte Shopping increasin

A detained former intelligence chief has been indicted on charges of accepting kickbacks, including cash and gifts such as expensive jewelry, from a construction company, prosecutors said Friday.Won Sei-hoon, who served as the National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief under then-President Lee Myung-bak until early this year, is suspected of receiving some 170 million won (US$153,000) in bribes from a former head of now-bankrupt Hwangbo Construction since 2009, they said. In return, Hwang Bo-yeon

South Korean stocks opened almost flat Friday as investors took a wait-and-see approach ahead of U.S.Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting slated for next week, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) moved down 2.23 points, or 0.12 percent, to 1,907.38 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Carmakers traded mixed, with Kia Motors advancing 0.16 percent and top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis remaining unchanged. No. 1 player Hyundai Motor also stayed flat.Market

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has held talks with China's Vice President Li Yuanchao during commemorations of the anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire, state media said Friday.Kim told a Chinese delegation led by Li on Thursday that Pyongyang "will always remember the disinterested internationalist assistance" China provided during the War, the North's Korean Central News Agency reported.China's intervention in the Korean War was decisive in halting and then pushing back a powerful US-led o

Japan's consumer prices rose in June for the first time in 14 months, official figures showed Friday, as Tokyo looks to tackle years of deflation that have crippled growth in the world's third-largest economy.Excluding volatile prices of fresh food, prices rose 0.4 percent in June, the first increase since a 0.2 percent rise in April last year, according to the internal affairs ministry.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to pull Japan out of 15 years of falling prices with active government spe

The number of dead in Syria's civil war has passed 100,000, the U.N. chief said Thursday, calling for urgent talks on ending 2{ years of violence even as President Bashar Assad's government blasted the United States as an unsuitable peace broker. In the latest example of the relentless carnage, a car bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 66 in a pro-regime, residential area near the capital.All international attempts to broker a political solution to the Syrian civil war have failed. Despit

Serbia's Viktor Troicki has been banned for 18 months for failing to provide a blood sample during an anti-doping test before the Monte Carlo Masters in April.The International Tennis Federation said in a statement Thursday that the 53rd-ranked Troicki had provided a urine sample, but not a blood sample, and therefore had violated anti-doping rules. His ban will end Jan. 24, 2015. Troicki, who is competing at the Croatia Open this week at Umag, told a news conference on Thursday that “this is th

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top maker of computer memory chips and smartphones, said Friday that its second-quarter profit spiked 49.6 percent from a year earlier, buoyed by robust shipments of its flagship Galaxy S smartphones and higher chip prices.Net profit came to 7.77 trillion won ($6.96 billion) in the April-June period, compared with a profit of 5.19 trillion won a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory filing.Revenue soared 20.7 percent on-year to 57.46 trillion won in

U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that his country needs to commemorate the sacrifice of Korean War veterans "with deeds, not just with words."In a proclamation to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the three-year Korean War, Obama described it as a "conflict that defined a generation and decided the fate of a nation."He added, "Most of all, we remember those brave Americans who gave until they had nothing left to give. No monument will ever be worthy of their service, and no memori

South Korea's top central banker said Friday that the country is seen as overcoming the negative impacts of the yen's weakness on the local economy, but weak domestic demand still remains a concern."It seems that (Korea) has weathered well the impacts of the yen's slide (as the second-quarter growth data shows)," Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo said before holding a monthly meeting with heads of local banks.The BOK said Thursday that the South Korean economy grew 1.1 percent on-quarter i

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, reported its largest-ever quarterly earnings Friday, but a slowdown in growth momentum fueled fears of market saturation for high-end handsets. The Korean IT giant said its second-quarter operating profit surged 47.5 percent from a year ago to 9.35 trillion won ($8.4 billion), while sales during the April-June period reached 57.46 trillion won, a 20.73 percent rise. But the record figures that fell short of analysts’ estimates were dampe

The prosecution has imposed overseas travel bans on 40 people including former President Chun Doo-hwan, his relatives and associates who allegedly helped him conceal his assets, officials said on Thursday. Investigators also said they were considering requesting authorities in the United States, Singapore and the British Virgin Islands for judicial cooperation. The former president and his family are suspected of hiding massive assets overseas under borrowed names and by other illegal means such

성재기 남성연대 대표가 25일 “내일 한강에 투신하겠다”면서 시민들에게 1억원을 빌려달라는 글을 올려 화제가 되고 있다. 성 대표는 이날 남성연대 홈페이지에 “성재기, 내일 한강에 투신하겠습니다”란 글을 올리면서 “한강으로 투신하려 한다”며 시민 여러분들의 십시일반으로 1억을 빌려달라”고 요청했다. 그는 이어 자신이 잘못되면 한승오 사무처장이 대표자리를 물려받을 것이라고 적으며 후원금 송금을 위한 계좌 9개를 공지에 적었다. 그는 후원금은 남성연대 부채를 갚는 일과 차후 운영금으로 쓰일 것이라고 설명했다. 성 대표는 또한 경찰, 소방관들에게 폐를 끼치지 않을 다리를 선택하여 기습 투신할 것이라고 설명하면서 “이 과정은 동료들이 촬영하여 인증할 것”이라고 설명했다.네티즌들은 이와 같은 성 대표의 행동에 대부분 싸늘한 시선을 보였다. 한 네티즌은 “목숨을 담보로 구걸하는것으로 밖에 안보인다”면서 비난했고 다른 네티즌은 “협박 모금? 창의적이네요. 그냥 뛰어내리세요”라고 적었다.성 대표는

일본 후쿠시마 원전 3호기에서 초고농도의 방사능이 포함된 수증기가 배출돼 일본 전체가 비상에 빠짐과 동시에, 바다 건너 한국에서도 방사능 피해에 대한 공포가 확산되고 있다.아사히 신문 등 일본 언론이 최근 보도한 바에 따르면 후쿠시마 원전 근처에서 시간당 최고 2,170밀리시버트에 달하는 높은 방사능을 함유한 수증기가 검출되었다고 한다. 시간당 2000 밀리시버트의 방사능은 지난 2011년 5월, 후쿠시마 원전이 녹아내린 뒤 불과 두 달 뒤에 측정된 방사능과 비슷한 수준이다.도쿄전력 (TEPCO) 측에서는 지난 18일 수증기가 처음 확인되었을 당시 방사능 수치에 변화가 없다고 밝혔으나, 재측정 결과 고동도의 방사능이 확인되었다. 도쿄 신문 보도에 따르면 이 정도 수치의 방사능에 수시간 노출되었을시 사망에 이를 수 있다고 한다.2,170밀리시버트에 달하는 초고농도 방사능은 방호 복장을 갖춘 작업원들도 8분 이상 일하기 어려울 정도의 환경이다.원전 작업원의 연간 피폭 허용 한도는 250

South and North Korea resumed talks Thursday aimed at restarting operations at a joint factory park in the communist country, a key symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.Working-level officials from both sides have met five times this month but with neither side showing a willingness to make concessions. No agreement has been reached on the specific conditions for the resumption of operations at the factory zone that has remained shuttered since early April. From the outset of negotiations, each si

South Korean stocks opened lower Thursday as investors sought after profit taking, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) moved down 4.62 points, or 0.24 percent, to 1,907.46 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Carmakers led the decline, with No. 1 player Hyundai Motor losing 0.89 percent and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors falling 0.83 percent. Top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries shed 0.48 percent.Retailers also traded lower, with Lotte Shopping moving down 0

SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Thursday reported record-breaking quarterly earnings on the back of timely investment and sanguine market conditions.Sales reached 3.93 trillion won ($35.2 billion) while the operating profit stood at 1.11 trillion won. Both were an all-time high for the company. Net profit swung to the black from a 53 billion won deficit in the same period last year. “Technology migration, combined with cost-cutting measures and improved market condition