George Mason University Korea will host an open house event for Korean high school students on Saturday, school officials said.The school will invite students in second and third year in high school for a campus tour and introduction to the application process at the university, which is part of the Incheon Global Campus. “We are offering this open house to allow third-year high school students the ability to expand their range of choices for college and second-year students to learn about and p

A European Union court on Wednesday ordered the Palestinian group Hamas removed from the EU terrorist list for procedural reasons, but says the bloc can maintain asset freezes against Hamas members for now.The Islamic militant group, which calls for the destruction of Israel, hailed the decision. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the EU to reverse it.Hamas was put on the EU terrorist list as part of broader measures to fight terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. It w

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met Wednesday with a U.S. congressman who spearheaded an effort for the passage of a landmark 2007 resolution on Japan’s wartime sex slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives, officials said.Rep. Michael Makoto Honda, a California Democrat whose district includes the Silicon Valley, arrived in Seoul earlier in the day for a five-day stay to meet government officials to discuss an alliance between Seoul and Washington and situations in Northeast Asia.

North Korea has refused to accept a protest letter from South Korea over its unilateral decision to amend the wage system for its workers at a joint industrial zone in its border city of Kaesong, a Seoul official said Tuesday.The North earlier said it has scrapped the 5-percent cap on the annual increase rate in minimum wages for around 53,000 employees at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. It also announced plans to relax requirements for overtime and severance pay for them.The South said the Nort

North Korea has a strong will for dialogue with South Korea but it continues to set a halt to the cross-border spread of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets as a precondition, a South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday after a rare visit to the communist nation.Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy met with Won Dong-yon, vice chairman of the North's Asia-Pacific Committee, during a visit to an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.P

Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 84 people, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in over a year.The overwhelming majority of the victims were students at the army public school, which has children and teenagers in grades 1-10.The horrific violence, carried out by a relatively small number of militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban group, a Pakistani militant group trying to overthrow the govern

Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending a 20-year career in which he earned a place in the pantheon of modern greats. The 37-year-old Henry, a member of the France teams that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship, was linked to a potential coaching role with the Gunners after ending his career at the New York Red Bulls, but announced he will become a TV analyst.Henry, who holds the French record of 51 goals in 123 internationals

　올해 수능 출제 오류 논란에 대한 책임을 지고 김성훈 한국교육과정평가원장이 사퇴한다고 밝혔다.　김 위원장은 24일 오전 11시 정부세종청사에서 브리핑을 열고 2015 대학수학능력시험 문제 중 중 영어 25번 문항에 대해서는 4번 외에 5번도 정답으로 판정하였고, 생명과학Ⅱ 8번 문항에 대해서도 4번 외에 2번도 정답으로 최종확정했다고 밝혔다. 　김 위원장은 이 과정에서 생긴 논란에 대해 “스스로, 모든 책임을 지고 한국교육과정 평가원 직에서 물러나고자 한다“며 사의를 표명했다. 　이어 올해는 작년 세계지리 출제 논란과 같은 사태를 막기 위해 출제 및 검토에 최선을 다했다면서도 “그러나 또 다시 흠결 가진 문항을 출제해. 수험생 여러분, 학부모, 선생님 여러분에게 혼란과 불편을 드렸다”며 ”평가원을 대표해 깊이 사과드린다“고 밝혔다.　한편 평가원 관계자는 출제 담당자의 추가 징계가 있느냐는 물음에 대해 ”출제 과정에서 논란이 있다손쳐도 출제된 문항에 대한 책임을 출제위원에 물으면 누

투병중인 애완견 부스터와 함께 있는 데이비스 혼 씨미국 미시시피 출신의 데이비스 혼 씨는 5일, 수암생명공학연구소를 방문해 자신의 개를 복제하기 위한 과정의 일부를 지켜보았다. 시술을 담당한 황우석 박사는 혼 씨의 개 부스터의 세포 핵이 인식된 수정란이 대리모 역할을 하는 개의 체내에 수정되는 과정을 조심스럽게 진행했으며, 시술 후 혼 씨를 만나 과정에 대해 자세히 설명했다. 황우석 박사 (가운데)가 개 복제를 위한 시술과정인 핵이 이식된 수정란을 대리모 견에 이식하는 과정을 끝마친 후 대리모 견을 관찰하고 있다.황우석 박사(좌측)가 데이비스 혼 씨와 대화하고 있다.미국에서 공수된 혼 씨의 애완견 부스터의 세포가 페트리 집시에 담겨있다.애완견을 복제하는 것은 단순히 내릴 수 있는 결정이 아니다. 한번 개를 복제하는데 드는 비용은 십만달러(한화 약 1억850만원)에 달한다. 이와 같은 비용과 지구 반대편으로 떠나는 노력에도 혼 씨가 흔쾌히 이런 결정을 한 이유는 부스터가 단순한 애완견

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday that North Korea has shown provocative and conciliatory gestures as a North Korean vessel violated the western maritime border only days after ranking officials made a surprise visit to the South.Park made the remarks in a meeting with Le Luong Minh, secretary general of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), at her office, requesting that ASEAN play a role in prodding the North into giving up its nuclear weapons.As North

South Korea's prosecutors indicted Wednesday a Japanese reporter from a conservative Tokyo newspaper without detention on charges of damaging President Park Geun-hye's reputation for raising questions about her whereabouts on the day of April's deadly ferry sinking.Tatsuya Kato, head of the Seoul bureau of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, was indicted on defamation charges for reporting that Park and an unidentified man had an alleged secret meeting on the day of the ferry disaster, citing rumo

South Korea said Wednesday that a proposed revision of the defense guidelines between the United States and Japan should be made in a way to promote peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia.Seoul’s foreign ministry unveiled its stance as the U.S. and Japan earlier in the day unveiled an interim report that removes geographical limits on their security partnership, in line with Japan’s move to increase the role of its military such as the use of the right to collective sel

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has called on Europe to engage with North Korea to prod Pyongyang to improve its human rights record, a news report said, as she prepares for a visit to Italy for a biennial summit of dozens of Asian and European leaders.“It is necessary to continue ‘critical engagement’ to urge the North to change its course and to make ceaseless efforts to improve human rights in the North,” Park said in an interview published by Europolitics, a European affairs daily.Park’

The winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are displayed on a screen during a press conference on Wednesday at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm, Sweden. (AFP-Yonhap)Two Americans and a German scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for finding ways to make microscopes more powerful than previously thought possible, allowing scientists to see how diseases develop inside the tiniest cells.Working independently of each other, U.S. researchers Eric Betzig and Will

South Korea's rhythmic gymnastics star Son Yeon-jae grabbed a berth for the individual all-round finals after finishing first in the qualifying round at the Asian Games on Wednesday.She received a combined 71.732 points from the four apparatus of ball, hoop, ribbon and clubs in the individual qualification, edging Chinese rival Den Senyue with 70.183 points.Anastasiya Serdyukova from Uzbekistan finished third with 68.315 points and her teammate Djamila Rakhmatova placed fourth with 68.299 points

Powered by right back Ryu Eun-hee's eight goals, South Korea thrashed Japan 29-19 to win the women's handball gold medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday.The Seonhak Handball Gymnasium in the western port city was filled with thousands of South Korean spectators waiting to see their home country get back on top. The arena burst into an uproar every time a South Korean player snatched the ball into her hands. The South Korean team set the pace early on as it gradually widened the score 9-3 just 15

North Korea defeated Japan 3-1 for the women's football gold medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday.Kim Yun-mi, Ra Un-sim and Ho Un-byol scored a goal apiece to give their country a third Asiad title and first since 2006.North Korea also avenged a loss to Japan in the final at the2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.Cheered on by hundreds of South Korean fans and members of the North Korean delegation to the Asiad, North Korea capped off an impressive tournament at Munhak Stadium with a solid vic

Student leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong warned Wednesday that if the territory’s leader doesn’t resign by the end of Thursday they will step up their actions, including occupying several important government buildings.By raising the stakes in the standoff, the protest leaders are risking another round of confrontation with the police who are unlikely to allow government buildings to be stormed. It also puts pressure on the Chinese government, which has so far remained mostly silen

South Korea raked in two gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Asian Games on Wednesday, fewer than it had hoped for but enough to dispel concerns that it had ceased to be a premier wrestling force on the continent.Ryu Han-su opened the night with a 2-0 victory over his Japanese rival Ryutaro Matsumoto in the men's 66㎏ to claim the top podium spot.Earlier in the semis, the Asian Games debutant had beat Uzbekistan's Elmurat Tasmuradov in a dramatic come-from-behind victory.Defending Olympic

South Korea reached the gold medal games in both the men's and women's basketball at the Asian Games on Wednesday.In the men's semis, South Korea defeated Japan 71-63 to advance to the final where It will take on Iran, which edged out Kazakhstan 80-78 in the other semis. The men's final tip-off will be 6:15 p.m. Friday at Samsan World Gymnasium.In the women's event, South Korea beat Japan 58-53 to reach the gold medal game against China, which earlier defeated Chinese Taipei 75-63.The women's fi