Lotte Giants’ Jo Sung-hwan gets a timely hit during the Game 2 of second round of the 2012 KBO playoffs. (Yonhap News)The Lotte Giants defeated the SK Wyverns 5-4 in 10 innings on Wednesday to tie their second round playoff series at one game apiece in South Korea's top baseball league.In the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) contest at Munhak Stadium here, west of Seoul, SK's reliever Jung Woo-ra

A local court issued a warrant on Wednesday to arrest the South Korean foster daughter of Hwang Jang-yop, the late highest-ranking North Korean defector, on suspicion of fraud.A 70-year-old woman surnamed Kim was accused of snatching about3 billion won (US$2.7 million) for the past three years from three investors with her accomplice, surnamed Yoon, after falsely saying they would give them rights

Lance Armstrong (AP-Yonhap News)Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so the group can focus on its mission instead of the doping allegations surrounding the former cycling champion.The move came a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing accusations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams

The U.S. embassy in Stockholm was evacuated on Wednesday over a possible security incident, a spokesman for the mission told AFP, while police said a suspect envelope had sparked the scare."We've evacuated the embassy while we are investigating a possible security incident," embassy spokesman Jeff Anderson said."We are working together with the Swedish authorities."When contacted by AFP around mid

Opposition leader Shinzo Abe, a man well-placed to become Japan's next prime minister, visited a Tokyo war shrine Wednesday, in a move that risks causing further friction with neighboring countries.Clad in formal evening dress, Abe, a one-time prime minister who was elected president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) last month, said he was at Yasukuni Shrine in an official cap

몸길이가 15미터가 넘고 티라노사우루스의 네 배에 달하는 무는 힘을 가졌을 것이라고 추정되던 선사시대의 해양 생물이 실제로는 그보다 작다는 것이 밝혀졌다.노르웨이 오슬로 대학의 고생물학자 에스펜 누트센, 패트릭 드러켄밀러와 요른 후룸은 2004년에서 2012년 사이에 북극해에 있는 스발바드 제도에서 플레오사우르 (쥐라기와 백악기에 서식했던 거대한 해양 파충류) 두 마리의 화석을 발견했다. 극한 환경으로 인해 몸체의 극히 일부만이 발견되었지만 과학자들은 “프레더터 X”와 “더 몬스터”라고 이름 붙여진 이 생물이 생전에 무려 15.2미터에 달하는 몸집을 자랑했을 것이라고 추정했다. 만약 이 추정이 확인되었다면 역사상 가장 거대한 플레오사우르로 기록되었을 것이다.이들의 발견은 “사상 최강의 포식자가 나타났다”고

Presidential candidates Ahn Cheol-soo and Rep. Park Geun-hye made differing assessments of the political legacy of former liberal President Kim Dae-jung on Wednesday.The two were participating in a forum hosted by the Kim Dae-jung Foundation.In his address, Ahn focused on his keyword “change,” stressing that Kim brought fresh air to the country when elected the first-ever liberal president in 1997

Park Young-joon, former vice economy minister and close aide to President Lee Myung-bak, was sentenced to two years behind bars for taking bribes in return for peddling his influence in winning government approval for a massive construction deal.The Seoul Central District Court handed out the prison sentence to the former vice minister of Knowledge Economy, also ordering him to forfeit 194.78 mill

(NASA)U.S. scientists say they have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans -- asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path as Jupiter.The asteroids are unusual in that they travel in packs, with one group leading the way along the orbit in front of the gas giant planet, with a second group trailing behind.Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has revealed

Cigarettes produced by South Korean manufacturers may contain substances that make people become addicted to them more and faster, a report showed Wednesday, suggesting a possible change of tactics in future damage suits against tobacco companies.So far there have been three damage suits filed against South Korea’s tobacco manufacturers, but none were ruled in favor of the customers or plaintiffs.

Investigators raided the offices and residences of President Lee Myung-bak’s son and eldest brother on Wednesday as part of a probe into suspicions over a now-scrapped project to build Lee’s retirement home. The raid came one day after the independent counsel team banned 10 people involved from traveling overseas. They included the president’s son Si-hyung, former presidential security service chi

(MCT)A North Dakota eBay seller made $9,995 by selling a gallon of sauce from the McJordan, a Michael Jordan-themed McDonald's sandwich available only in 1992.EBay seller mortbank1971, who has an address listed as Bismarck, N.D., sold the gallon of sauce to an undisclosed buyer Monday night for $9,995 with free shipping, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday."A once in a lifetime chance to own the

SK Wyverns` Park Jung-kwon hits a go-head single that clinched the game 1 of the second round of the KBO playoffs on Tuesday in Incheon. (Yonhap News)The SK Wyverns squeezed past the Lotte Giants 2-1 Tuesday to open the second round of the playoffs in South Korea's top baseball competition.In the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) action at Munhak Stadium here, just west of Seoul, starter Kim Kwang

Fresh expectations of a Spain bailout followed by a Moody's decision not to downgrade Madrid's credit rating to junk grade Tuesday sent the euro climbing to its best level in a month.Late in trade Moody's credited Spain's commitment to reforms and ECB support for its debt in deciding to hold the rating at Baa3, while appending a "negative outlook", a warning that a cut could still take place if th

Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday confirmed its rating on Spain's government debt but assigned a negative outlook, signaling that a downgrade is still possible in the coming months.The rating agency said Spain's efforts to improve its financial position and the European Central Bank's willingness to lend support should give the government the time and flexibility it needs to stabilize its publi

South Korea's Park Chu-young fights for the ball during a qualifying match against Iran on Tuesday in Iran. (Yonhap News)South Korea fell to Iran 1-0 in their World Cup qualifier here Tuesday.At Azadi Stadium, Javad Nekounam's second-half score gave the 10-man Iranian team a huge victory in their Group A contest in the ongoing final World Cup qualification round.With the win, Iran pulled even with

(UPI)지난주 미국 플로리다에서 발견된 거대한 안구는 대형 황새치의 것임이 밝혀졌다.이 안구는 지난주 한 민간인에 의해 발견된 후 그 정체에 대해 전문가들 사이에서 논란이 일었는데, 성인의 양 손바닥을 거의 가리는 거대한 크기 때문에 대왕 오징어에서 고래까지 다양한 추측이 오갔다.그러나 플로리다 해양, 야생동물 보존 위원회는 이 안구가 453킬로그램까지 자라는 거대한 황새치의 것이라고 잠정결론을 내렸다.플로리다 해양, 야생동물 보존 위원회의 조안 헤레라는 “이 안구를 분석한 전문가 집단은 ‘크기, 색체, 구조와 안구 주변의 뼈로 봤을 때 황새치의 것 같다는 결론을 내렸다”라고 말했다.“안구 주변에 보면 무언가에 베인듯한 자국이 있는데, 이걸로 봐서 안구가 (황새치를 잡은) 어부에 의해 도려내진 다음 버려진

Reality TV star and former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan, right, whose real name is Terry Bollea, leaves the United States Courthouse with his attorney David Houston after a news conference Monday. (AP-Yonhap News)Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan sued a disc jockey, the DJ's ex-wife and a gossip website Monday after a sex tape involving Hogan and the woman was posted online.Hogan said in two lawsuits that

(UPI)A mystery giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach last week most likely came from a large swordfish, scientists say.Cut marks on the eyeball suggest it was cut out of the fish's head at sea by a fisherman who then tossed it overboard, NBC News reported Monday.There had been speculation the eye might have come from a giant squid or even a whale, but officials at the Florida Fish and Wi

(Haven Giguere/Yale University-UPI)Two U.S. citizen scientists have discovered a planet in a system with four different suns, the first known of its type, U.S. and British astronomers say.The distant planet orbits one pair of stars while a second pair of stars orbits around it, they said.The planet was discovered by two U.S. volunteers using the Planethunters.org website who spotted faint dips in