Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons repelled thousands of anti-government protesters attempting to converge on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his crackdown at a rally of his supporters.  A day after police quashed an 18-day sit-in at the square's Gezi Park, Erdogan spoke to hundreds of thousands of his supporters on one side of Turkey's largest city, and throngs of protesters angrily tried to regroup and reclaim

Justin Rose won the U.S. Open with a closing 70 at Merion Golf Club on Sunday for his first major championship. He finished with a 1-over 281 total, two shots ahead of Phil Mickelson and Jason Day to become the first Englishman to win the U.S. Open in 43 years.The 32-year-old Rose overcame his share of misadventures on a course that challenged all comers despite being the shortest at a major in nine years. He took the sole lead for good because of others' mistakes at No. 15: Mickelson and Hunter

The White House said Sunday North Korea should first prove its seriousness about dialogue through actions, "not nice words," effectively turning down the communist nation's offer of bilateral negotiations without "preconditions" attached."Those talks have to be real. They have to be based on them living up to their obligations, to include on proliferation, on nuclear weapons, on smuggling and other things," said Denis McDonough, President Barack Obama's chief of staff."So we'll judge them by the

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas announced Sunday that he will resign over a spy and bribery scandal involving his government. Necas said he also will quit on Monday as chairman of his conservative Civic Democratic Party. He has been under pressure to quit since police conducted raids all across the country this week and arrested eight people, including Necas' closest aide and the head of his office, Jana Nagyova. She was charged with ordering a military intelligence agency to spy on three people

여대생 청부살인 사건’의 범인 윤모씨(68)의 형집행정지와 관련해 주치의의 허위, 과장 진단서 작성 의혹을 수사 중인 검찰이 13일 주치의가 근무하는 병원을 압수수색했다.윤씨는 2002년 자신의 사위와 이종사촌인 여대생 하모씨의 관계를 불륜으로 의심, 하씨를 청부 살해한 혐의로 기소돼 2004년 대법원에서 무기징역을 선고받았다.이후 윤씨는 세브란스 병원의 주치의 박모 교수가 발급한 진단서에 명기된 유방암, 파킨슨 병 등을 이유로 2007년 형집행이 정지된 후 5차례 이를 연장했다.이와 관련, 피해자 하씨의 가족은 윤씨가 거짓 환자 행세를 하며 세브란스 병원 등 호화병실에서 지냈다는 의혹을 제기했고 허위 과장 진단서 작성 혐의로 박 교수를 지난 4월 검찰에 고발했다.검찰은 박모 교수를 조만간 소환해 조사할 예정이다. (코리아 헤럴드)　 <관련 영문 기사>Severance Hospital raided over ‘contract killing‘ sick noteKorean prosecut

일본에서 청소년들 사이에서 애정의 표현으로 눈알을 직접 핥는 행위가 유행하고 있다.스스로를 초등학교 교사라고 밝힌 한 네티즌은 최근 네이버 일본법인이 운영하는 네이버 마토메에 글을 올려 6학년 남자아이가 한 소녀의 눈알을 핥는 장면을 목격했다고 밝혔다.소스라치게 놀란 그에게 아이들은 “우리만 하는 것이 아니라 다른 아이들도 모두 하고 있다”고 설명했고, 곧이어 열린 학급회의에서 반 학생들 중 3분의 1정도가 ‘눈알 핥기’를 경험한 적이 있었다는 것이 드러났다.자신이 중학교 교사라고 밝힌 또 다른 네티즌은 최근 반 학생들 사이에서 눈병이 급증하는 추세를 보였는데, 체육관에서 소녀의 눈을 핥고 있는 한 소년을 보고 그 이유를 알게 되었다고 적었다.이 행위는 아이들 사이에서 깊은 애정을 표하는 의미가 있다고 한다.허핑턴 포스트에 따르면 ‘눈알 핥기’ 유행은 일본을 넘어 미국에까지 전파된 듯 보이는데, 버진 아일랜드의 일렉트리카 에너지아스 씨는 인터뷰를 통해 자신의 남자친구가 몇 년전부터

The Japanese baseball commissioner apologized on Friday for the confusion caused by introducing a new ball this season without notifying players. Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato held a meeting with representatives of the 12 teams and apologized for the mess while saying his management of the situation was insufficient.“I've caused a lot of trouble for the fans, players and people connected to the game,” Kato said. “Baseball is very important in Japan's sporting culture and I

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday agreed to halt plans to redevelop an Istanbul park at the centre of two weeks of mass anti-government unrest, in a move protesters welcomed as "positive".It marked the first easing of tensions in the standoff, which has presented the Islamist-rooted government with the biggest challenge of its decade-long rule and earned it criticism from the West.Hours after giving a "last warning" to defiant demonstrators camping out in Gezi Park, Erdogan

Former President Chun Doo-hwan is estimated to have accumulated about 933 billion won ($829 million) in illegal wealth, the main opposition party said Friday, stepping up calls for him to pay his long overdue fines.Chun, who ruled from 1981-88, was ordered by the Supreme Court in 1997 to return 220 billion won he was found to have accumulated illegally to the state coffers. He refused to make the payment, saying he was almost penniless. The former president has so far paid only a quarter of the

South Korean organizers of a joint celebration marking the 13th anniversary of the historic inter-Korean summit said Friday that the two Koreas will be holding separate events this year due to strained bilateral ties. The South Korean Committee for the Joint Implementation of the June 15 Summit Declaration said because Seoul has not given permission for its members to attend a celebration in the North, it contacted its counterpart in the communist country and notified them they will hold separat

South Korean stocks added 0.35 percent Friday as investors sought after undervalued shares after the market's sharp decline in the previous trading session, analysts said. The local currency gained against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 6.51 points to close at 1,889.24. Trading volume was low at 275.8 million shares worth 3.44 trillion won (US$3.05 billion) with losers outpacing gainers 412 to 378.On Thursday, the index fell below the 1,900-point ma

Miami's LeBron James scored 33 points while making the impact everyone expects of the four-time Most Valuable Player, leading the Heat to a 109-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday that leveled the NBA Finals at two games each.James also had 11 rebounds and four assists and finally got some much-needed help from his struggling All-Star teammates. Dwyane Wade scored 32 points, Chris Bosh had 20 points and 13 rebounds and the defending champions made sure the series will head back to

주한미군 오산 공군기지에서 인근 상인들을 상대로 불법 강제조사를 실시하고 있다고 YTN에서 보도했다. 보도에 따르면 오산 공군기지 근처 일곱 명의 상인은 12월부터 공군기지 수사관에게 불려가 불법행위를 한 적이 있었는지 취조받았다. 모자이크 처리된 한 남성은 인터뷰에서 "연락이 한 번 왔어요. 부대에서 전화가 딱 왔는데 뭐 좀 조사할 게 있다고 부대 안으로 들어오라는 거에요" 라고 언급했다. 그는 "이런 사무실 이런 게 아니라 조그만 취조실 같은데 단둘이. 책상 하나 있고, 수사관 한 명 나하고 딱 둘이서 수사관이 우리가 조사받는 그런 느낌의 말투로..." 라며 말을 흐렸다. 법률 전문가들은 주한미군이 월권행위를 했다고 주장한다. 하주희 민변 미군문제연구위원회 변호사는 "우리 상인들에게 실질적으로 행정 처분의 효과가 나는 그런 결정을 하기 위해서 우리 상인들을 조사한다거나 하는 것은 SOFA에서 전혀 예상하지 못한 것이고, 관련 규정이 없습니다" 라고 언급했다.  이에 대해 미군 측

 축구선수 박지성과 배우 김사랑의 9월 결혼설이 불거진 가운데 김사랑 소속사는 이를 전면 부인했다. 13일 SNS 등을 통해 축구선수 박지성과 배우 김사랑이 9월 한 호텔 결혼식 예약자 명단에 올라왔다는 내용이 확산되면서 두 사람의 결혼설이 퍼졌다. 김사랑 소속사 측은 이에 대해 박지성 선수와 광고 촬영 이후 만난 적이 없다며 루머에 대해 황당하다는 입장을 밝혔다. 호텔 측도 근거 없는 이야기라며 결혼설을 일축했다. 이 둘의 결혼설은 이번이 처음이 아니다. 2011년 면도기 회사 광고 모델로 활동 당시 두사람이 영국에서 화보 촬영을 마친 후, 열애설이 불거졌고 지난해에도 증권가 정보지를 통해 결혼설이 돌았다. (코리아헤럴드)<관련 영문 기사>Actress denies wedding rumor with Park Ji-sungActress Kim Sa-rang has shot down rumors that she is getting married to football player Par

The Seoul municipal government said Friday it has dismissed requests from a ward office to review a plan to build a memorial park for Park Chung-hee, the late president and father of the incumbent leader, amid controversy over project.Earlier this month, Seoul's Jung-gu district office said it will push to build the park around the former Park family house in Shindang-dong in central Seoul, where he lived for three years before seizing power in a 1961 coup. President Park Geun-hye also lived the

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin voiced his support Friday for a move to revive a system that rewards job seekers who have served in the military.The defense ministry and the gender equality ministry have been at odds with each other over the system because it applies only to men who have fulfilled their mandatory military service.Before being ruled unconstitutional in 1999, the reward system gave male applicants with a military background extra points on exams for jobs.Critics of the system have c

Prosecutors indicted former National Intelligence Service chief Won Sei-hoon without detention Friday on charges of meddling in last year’s presidential election. Announcing the results of its two-month-long probe, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Won ordered his agents to put up online comments and express opinions on Internet posts over political issues. Among 1,760 posts by the NIS agents with hundreds of fake IDs from Sep. 19 to Dec. 14 last year, 67 are confirmed to have

Former spy Edward Snowden has classified US documents which show the specific machines targeted by the National Security Agency in China and Hong Kong, according to a report Friday.The South China Morning Post said a small sample of records had been shown to the newspaper during an interview with Snowden which detailed the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of targets and dates of cyber attacks.IP addresses are unique numbers assigned to individual computers and other devices attached to the Inter

 가수 나비 (27. 본명 안지호)가 축구선수 여효진과 열애를 인정했다.나비는 14일 트위터를 통해 “2년전 좋은 인연이 되어 지금까지 아름다운 추억을 쌓아가고 있는 과정”이라며 여효진과의 열애설을 사실상 인정했다. 나비는 “어제 기사를 통해 제 이야기를 접했다”라며 “팬분들께는 솔직하게 이야기하는 것이 맞다고 생각했다”고 설명했다.이어 여효진에 대해 “서로 힘이들때 기쁠때 옆에서 가장 큰 힘이 되어주는 든든한 친구이자 연인”이라면서 팬들에게 응원을 당부했다.여효진은 현재 고양 Hi FC의 수비수로 활약하고 있으며 두 사람은 2년째 교제 중인 것으로 알려졌다. 나비는 동덕여자대학교 실용음악학과를 졸업해 지난 2008년 앨범 ‘l Luv U’로 데뷔했으며 ‘마음이 다쳐서’, ‘눈물도 아까워’, ‘우리 정말 사랑했어요’ 등을 통해 꾸준히 음악활동을 해왔다. 그 외에도 ‘우리 결혼했어요 세계판’ OST part4 ‘영원히 그리고 하루루만 더’를 불러 눈길을 끌었다.나비 소속사 아이티엠 엔

The United States has conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against opposition forces seeking to overthrow the government, crossing what President Barack Obama has called a “red line” that would trigger greater American involvement in the crisis, the White House said.In response, two U.S. officials said Obama planned to send weapons and ammunition to bolster the rebel forces, though details were unclear. Sen. John McCain, who has been one of th