아시아태평양경제협력체(APEC) 정상회의 참석차 인도네시아 발리를 방문중인 박근혜 대통령이 7일 시진핑(習近平) 중국 국가주석과 45분간 양자회담을 하고 대북문제 등 현안에 대한 의견을 교환 했다.박 대통령은 이날 낮 숙소인 발리의 아요디아 리조트 발리 그랜드볼룸에서 석달 여만에 열린 회담의 모두발언에서 "지금 북한 주민의 많은 수가 만성 영양실조에 걸렸다고 하는데 핵무기에 모든 것을 쏟을 수는 없다고 생각한다"며 "북한이 경제발전에 주력하도록 중국이 많이 설득하고 힘써주기를 부탁드린다"고 말했다.또 "북한이 이산가족 상봉을 약속하고 사흘전에 일방적으로 취소를 하는 바람에 평생을, 50년 이상을 기다려온 이산가족의 마음에 상처를 준 것을 참으로 안타깝게 생각한다"며 "북한이 올바른 선택을 하도록 하기위해서는 양국의 긴밀한 공조가 정말 중요하다"고 강조했다.이에 시 주석은 비공개 대화에서 북한 비핵화와 관련, "북핵 보유를 반대하며, 북한의 추가적 핵실험을 결연히 반대한다"는 입장을

영국의 해리 왕자 (29)가 내년에 여자친구 크레시다 보나스 (24)와 결혼할 것으로 보인다고 현지 언론이 6일 (현지시간) 보도했다.텔레그래프 지가 두 사람의 친구들을 인용해 보도한 바에 따르면 해리 왕자의 오랜 설득 끝에 보나스가 최근 들어서 결혼에 대해 받아들이게 되었다고 한다. 익명을 요구한 한 친구는 “해리는 결혼과 자녀들에 대한 이야기를 멈추지 않는데, 그녀 (보나스)는 이에 대해 익숙해졌다”고 전하면서 두 사람이 결혼식을 내년에 올릴 가능성이 높다고 말했다. 보도에 따르면 보나스는 이전까지 스스로 “너무 어리다고 여겨 결혼에 대해 두려워했다”고 한다.두 사람은 작년 5월, 해리 왕자의 사촌 유지니 공주의 소개로 만났으며, 이 때 해리 왕자는 그녀에게 첫눈에 반했다고 한다.두 사람은 지난 11월 해리 왕자가 아프가니스탄으로 파견되었을 때에도 주기적으로 전화통화를 해왔으며, 그가 귀국한 이후 본격적으로 열애를 시작했다고 알려졌다.보나스는 리즈 대학에서 무용을 전공했으며 올해

15년 만의 ‘10월 태풍’ 다나스(DANAS) 예상경로에 누리꾼들의 관심이 쏠리고 있다.태풍 다나스는 속도로 북상해 8일 밤 우리나라 남해안과 동해안 부근에 가장 가까이 접근할 것으로 예상된다. 7일 기상청 국가태풍센터에 따르면 다나스는 현재 일본 오키나와 동남동쪽 약 490㎞ 부근 해상에서 시속 35㎞의 빠른 속도로 서북서진하고 있다.다나스는 고온의 오키나와 해역을 통과하면서 에너지를 끌어모아 당초 예상보다 매우 강하게 발달하고 있다. 다나스는 이날 중심기압 945헥토파스칼(h㎩), 최대풍속 초속 45ｍ, 강풍반경 350㎞의 중형급 매우 강한 태풍으로 성장했다. 김지영 기상청 국가태풍센터 연구관은 “다나스가 앞으로 얼마나 더 강하게 발달하느냐에 따라 우리나라에 미치는 영향이 달라질 것”이라며 “오키나와 해역을 지나면서 북동쪽으로 방향을 틀 때의 강도 변화에 주목할 것”이라고 말했다. 다나스는 이날 오후 일본 오키나와 동쪽 약 110㎞ 부근 해상을 지나 8일 오전 서귀포 남쪽 약

BALI, Indonesia ― President Park Geun-hye requested Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping persuade North Korea to renounce its nuclear program and focus on its economy amid signs of the reclusive state reactivating its nuclear facilities.During their talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here, Xi reiterated that Beijing opposes Pyongyang’s possession of nuclear arms and additional atomic tests, a senior Seoul official said, declining to be named.Xi also said C

Ex-president Chun Doo-hwan's closest aide and former intelligence chief has been probed over the wealth the former leader illegally accumulated during his rule in the 1980s, prosecution sources close to the investigation said Monday.Chang Se-dong was questioned last Tuesday over suspicions that he actively helped his former boss create a slush fund and received some of the money as a reward while serving as the head of the Agency for the National Security Planning, which later became the Nationa

South Korean stocks closed 0.13 percent lower Monday as investors sat on the sidelines amid the political impasse in the United States, analysts said. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 2.56 points to finish at 1,994.42. Trading volume was low at 245.7 million shares worth 4.05 trillion won ($3.16 billion) with losers outpacing gainers 552 to 264.Analysts said Seoul shares lost ground as Washington declared a partial halt

A Seoul court on Monday acquitted 45 people on charges of proxy voting in selecting a minor opposition party's proportional candidates ahead of last year's April parliamentary elections.With similar cases pending in the court, legal experts expect the ruling could affect the verdicts of some 400 other people who are standing trials in connection with the Unified Progressive Party (UPP) election fraud scandal.The scandal centers around allegations that votes were cast en masse through a single In

North Korea warned Monday that it will carry out pre-emptive strikes to counter military provocations by South Korea and the United States.In a statement released by spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK), Pyongyang strongly denounced the agreement reached at the latest joint South Korea-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting that calls for so-called customized deterrence against North Korea's nuclear weapons.Customized deterrence calls on South Korea and the Unit

A typhoon slammed into southeastern China on Monday with powerful winds and heavy rains that cut power, canceled flights and suspended train services. Typhoon Fitow struck Fuding city of Fujian province with winds of up to 151 kilometers an hour in the early morning hours, then slowed before weakening to a tropical storm, the National Meteorological Center said. More than half a million people had been evacuated and fishing boats were called back to shore while authorities issued a red alert _ t

지난 2011년 자신 앞에서 줄담배를 피운 남성을 성폭력 혐의로 고발한 ‘서울대 담배녀’이 계기가 돼 서울대 사회과학대 성폭력 회칙이 11년만에 개정됐다.서울대 담배녀 사건으로 인해 개정된 회칙의 가장 큰 변화는 성폭력의 범위를 축소한 것이다.‘성적이거나 성차에 기반을 둔 행위’라고 규정한 기존 회칙이 지나치게 모호하다는 지적에 따라 ‘상대의 동의를 받지 않은 성적 언동을 함으로써 (중략) 인간의 존엄을 해치는 행위’로 성폭력의 개념을 구체화했다. 담배를 피우는 것까지 성폭력으로 규정하는 건 지나치다는 학내 여론을 수렴한 결과다.서울대 사회과학대 학생회는 지난달 27일 발표한 ‘서울대학교 사회과학대학 학생회 반성폭력학생회칙’ 개정안을 통해 성폭력 범위를 종전보다 명확화•구체화했고 피해자 중심주의를 사실상 폐기했다. 개정안에는 종전 ‘한 인간의 성적 자율권을 침해하는 것, 성적이거나 성차에 기반을 둔 행위, 의도에 무관하게 피해자의 자율성이 침해되는 결과가 발생했을 경우를 모두 포함’

South Korea will retain its 2014 budget to promote the country's ownership of its easternmost islets of Dokdo at this year's level, a parliamentary record showed Monday.According to the budget bill submitted to the National Assembly, the government set aside 4.24 billion won ($4 million) in next year's budget for the foreign ministry's promotion efforts over the islets, the same amount earmarked for this year.The government first introduced the Dokdo budget in 2003, setting aside 250 million won

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers got a no-decision in his first Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff start here on Sunday.Facing the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the National League Division Series (NLDS) at Dodger Stadium, Ryu was yanked out of the game with two outs in the third inning for pinch hitter Michael Young, with the Dodgers ahead 6-4.Ryu allowed four earned runs on six hits and a walk in three innings for his shortest outing of the year, including the regular season. Ryu became

South Korea's central bank is widely expected to freeze the key interest rate for the fifth straight month in October amid downside risks from a partial U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling talks, a poll showed Monday.All 16 analysts forecast that the Bank of Korea (BOK) will freeze the benchmark seven-day repo rate at 2.5 percent on Thursday, according to the survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news arm of Yonhap News Agency.Analysts said that the BOK is likely to take a wait-and-see s

Pedro Alvarez hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in best-of-five NL division series.Alvarez pulled a grounder into right field that scored pinch-runner Josh Harrison from second base. Russell Martin followed with a sharp RBI single against reliever Kevin Siegrist, who took over after Carlos Martinez (0-1) faltered.The go-ahead single was the latest big hit by Alvarez. He homered in the first two ga

Seoul's suicide rate fell for the first time in six years in 2012, data showed Monday.According to the data by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a total of 2,391 citizens in the capital city took their own lives in 2012, down from the previous year's 2,722.The suicide rate, or the number of deaths per every 100,000 citizens, in 2012 came to 23.8, falling 11.5 percent on-year, the data showed.The suicide rate in Seoul had been on the rise since 2006, with a 17.1 rate in 2006, 21.6 in 2008, 26.2

South Korean stocks inched up Monday, as investor sentiment was soothed by gains in U.S. equity markets, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 4.73 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,001.71 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Tech bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0.78 percent on the back of its brisk earnings outlook. The electronics arm of Samsung Group unveiled on Friday its third-quarter earnings estimate after posting a record quarterly operating profit of

Fred Couples, the coolest guy in golf, never really looked that way until he stood on the edge of the 18th fairway Sunday and saw everything going his way.The Americans needed only one more point to win the Presidents Cup.And there was Tiger Woods, who has a history of delivering the winning point, in the middle of the fairway at Muirfield Village, where he has won a record five times.The Presidents Cup ended just the way it always does.Woods found the green and two-putted for par and a 1-up vic

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel's relentless push toward a seemingly inevitable fourth-straight Formula One drivers' championship continued with a victory at the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday.Even two safety-car periods, the emergence of a truck on the circuit mid-race and the incineration of his teammate's car were not enough to put off the German, who made it a hat-trick of wins in Korea, and a fourth successive victory overall.The Red Bull ace led throughout to win by 4.2 seconds ahead of the

International disarmament experts on Sunday began dismantling and destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal and the equipment used to produce it, taking the first concrete step in their colossal task of eliminating the country's chemical stockpile by mid-2014, an official said.The inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have about nine months to purge President Bashar Assad's regime of its chemical program. The mission, endorsed by the U.N. Security Council, fa

In the domestic equivalent of the "Subway Series," two Seoul-based clubs will go toe-to-toe in the opening round of the South Korean professional baseball playoffs starting on Tuesday.The Nexen Heroes will host the Doosan Bears to start the best-of-five first round of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) playoff series at Mokdong Stadium in western Seoul at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. It will be the first-ever postseason clash between the two clubs.The Heroes, who finished third in the regular season, w