Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to be the No. 1 pick and Nerlens Noel tumbled out of the top five in a surprising start to Thursday's NBA draft.The Cleveland Cavaliers passed on Noel and Alex Len, who went to Phoenix at No. 5, in favor of the Bennett, a University of Nevada Las Vegas forward who has starred for Canada's junior national teams and was the Mountain West Conference player of the year.There was suspense right until the end, either because the Cavs were unsure who they wante

South Korean stocks added 1.56 percent Friday as investors' sentiment was boosted by eased concerns over the United States policy moves and the Chinese economy, analysts said. The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 28.62 points to close at 1,863.32. Trading volume was low at 246 million shares worth 4.34 trillion won (US$3.8 billion) with gainers outpacing losers 631 to 197.Analysts said investors' sentiment got a boost as

The nation's top court on Friday acquitted a former lawmaker and popular online show co-host of charges that he slandered eight state prosecutors who investigated an alleged investment scam involving former President Lee Myung-bak.Lee was at the center of a case widely known as the "BBK scandal" named after a firm set up by him and his convicted former business partner, Kim Kyoung-joon, in 2000. The scandal broke at the height of the 2007 presidential race when the Korean-American businessman cl

New 8th U.S. Army Commander Lt. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux (left) and his predecessor Lt. Gen. John D. Johnson (right) inspect honor guards during a change-of-command ceremony at Knight Field in Yongsan Garrison in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap News)

North Korea is the 23rd most failed state in the world in a U.S. index gauging states' management of social, economic and political affairs, a foreign affairs magazine said Thursday.The Failed States Index, compiled annually since 2005 by U.S. think tank Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy, ranked the North 23rd out of a total of 178 nations. The index examines 12 social, political and economic factors like a government's practical control over its territories, non-provision of public

 미국의 영화제작사인 파라마운트 픽쳐스가 27일 (현지시간) 터미네이터 시리즈를 리부트 (전작의 연속성을 거부하고 시리즈의 이야기를 처음부터 새롭게 만드는 것)할 것이며 첫 영화가 2015년에 개봉될 것이라고 밝혔다.AP통신 등에서 보도한 바에 따르면 파라마운트는 터미네이터 리부트 시리즈로 영화 세 편을 계획하고 있으며, 메건 엘리슨과 데이빗 엘리슨이 제작할 예정이다. “아바타” “셔터 아일랜드”의 각본을 쓴 리타 켈로그리디스와 “드라이브 앵그리”를 쓴 패트릭 루지어가 각본을 맡게 된다.파라마운트는 이번 발표에서 오리지널 터미네이터 시리즈의 스타 아놀드 슈왈체네거가 새로운 시리즈에 출연하게 될지 여부에 대해서는 밝히지 않았다. (코리아헤럴드)<관련 영문 기사>Paramount to reboot ‘Terminator’ franchiseParamount Pictures announced Tuesday that it is rebooting the “Terminator” franchise,

South Korean stocks opened higher Friday tracking overnight gains on Wall Street sparked by improved U.S. economic data, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 14.44 points, or 0.79 percent, to 1,849.14 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Shares gathered ground across the board, with top steelmaker POSCO adding 0.68 percent and No. 1 carmaker Hyundai Motor climbing 2.29 percent. Leading chipmaker SK hyix gained 0.33 percent.U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday

The U.S. Senate passed legislation Thursday that offers the hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America's shadows and promises a military-style effort to secure the long-porous border with Mexico. Its prospects remain highly uncertain in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.The bipartisan vote was 68-32 on a measure that sits atop President Barack Obama's second-term domestic agenda. Even so, conservatives generally oppose citizenship for immigrants li

Jesus Navas scored the decisive penalty as World Cup holder Spain beat Italy 7-6 in a shootout Thursday after extra time ended 0-0, setting up a showdown with host Brazil in the Confederations Cup final.Nobody missed in the shootout until Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci shot over the bar to give Navas an attempt at the winner. The recently signed Manchester City midfielder cooly beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to end a top-class battle and send Spain to another major final.“We were lucky in the

President Barack Obama tried to cool the international frenzy over Edward Snowden on Thursday as Ecuador stepped up its defiance and said it was preemptively rejecting millions in trade benefits that it could lose by taking in the fugitive from his limbo in a Moscow airport. The country seen as likeliest to shelter the National Security Agency leaker seemed determined to prove it could handle any repercussions, with three of its highest officials calling an early-morning news conference to “unil

South Korea will host an indoor multi-sport competition for Asian athletes starting this weekend, presenting some of the more unusual and exotic games over eight days.Incheon, a metropolitan city 40 kilometers west of Seoul, will be the host of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games from Saturday to July 6. Nine venues in and around Incheon will stage a dozen sports for some 2,400 athletes and officials from 43 countries.The Incheon event will mark the official merger of two separate competitio

Portugal and Nigeria won their final Group B matches to reach the last 16 of the Under-20 World Cup on Thursday, while third-place South Korea still has a chance of advancing.Portugal striker Bruma scored his fourth and fifth goals of the event to help the two-time champions beat Cuba 5-0 and top the group, while Nigeria defeated South Korea 1-0 after an early goal by Olarenwaju Kayode and overtook the Asians for second place.Ricardo, Aladje and To Ze also found the net for Portugal, while Bruma

A U.S. grand jury returned a 30-count indictment against the surviving suspect in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings on Thursday, with many charges carrying the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was indicted on charges including using a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use, resulting in death. Many of the charges were brought against him in April, but new charges cover the killing of a police officer and the carjacking of a motoris

The U.S. Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on a North Korean bank and its China-based representative in the latest step to disrupt Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs and pressure the government.The action against Daedong Credit Bank showed that the Obama administration is keeping up pressure on North Korea despite a pause in the threatening rhetoric that followed an atomic test explosion in February and the North's offer this month to negotiate directly with Washington. The U.S. first

South Korea's industrial output shrank in May from a month earlier amid heightened global economic uncertainty, a government report showed Friday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries shrank 0.4 percent last month from a month earlier. From a year earlier, it also fell 1.4 percent. The drop came a month after the output turned around from four previous months of contractions. The output in the service sector still edg

작년 대선에서 새누리당이 2007 남북정상회담 대화록 불법입수했다는 의혹이 제기됨에 따라 야당이 적극적인 공세를 펼치고 있다.민주당 김한길 대표는 27일 국회에서 열린 의원총회에서 “지난 대선을 전후해 새누리당과 국정원이 실행한 탈법적 정치 공작의 전 모를 밝히고 관련자의 지위 고하를 막론하고 엄벌에 처해야 한다”고 주장했다.김 대표는 이어 현재 한중정상회담을 위해 베이징을 방문한 박근혜 대통령이 귀국 직후 “새누리당이 지난 대선에서 탈법 적 정치공작에 나섰다는데 해 국민에게 사과해야 한다”고 말했다.민주당 문재인 의원은 대화록 유출 의혹과 관련해 유출 경위 및 박근혜 후보 캠프와 국정원간 결탁 가능성을 제기하며 검찰수사 또는 국정조사를 요구했다.문 의원은 “가장 중요한 것은 대화록이 박근혜 후보 진영으로 흘러 들어가 선거 에 악용된 경위와 그 과정에서 있었던 후보측과 국정원 간의 결탁을 규명하는 것”이라며 조사를 촉구했다.또한 문 의원은 공개된 대화록에 내용의 왜곡이나 조작이 없었

The U.S. Supreme Court gave legally married gay couples equal federal standing with all other married Americans and cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California, the most populous state. It wasn't a sweeping ruling to allow same-sex couples to marry anywhere, but gay rights advocates quickly said they'd be back in court soon to pursue that goal.Wednesday's landmark rulings, both by narrow 5-4 majorities, sidestepped the larger question of whether banning gay marriage is unconst

North Korea attempted to sell ballistic missiles with a range of 3,500 kilometers to a British arms dealer, an Internet media outlet based in the United States said Thursday.NK News, which specializes in providing North Korea-related information to the general public, said a recent United Nations report revealed the communist country's Haesong Trading Corp. allegedly made an offer to sell a wide range of weapons systems, including intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM), to an arms dealer.

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest smartphone maker, increased its dominance of the Western Europe smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, data showed Thursday.Samsung sold 14.3 million units in the region during the January-March period, taking up 45 percent of the market, according to the data compiled by market researcher IDC.The first-quarter figure compares with the 39 percent market share a year earlier, it showed.On the other hand, Apple Inc. saw its sales fall to 6.

Nearly 25 percent of adult citizens in Seoul are obese amid a lack of exercise, with the proportion on the rise for the fourth consecutive year in 2012, a report showed Thursday.According to the report by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 23.4 percent out of 23,165 surveyed citizens aged 19 or older were obese in 2012, with 31.6 percent among male citizens and 16.5 percent among women. The rate has been on a steady rise from 20.6 in 2008 when the municipal government began compiling related dat