SBS의 인기 시트콤 ‘순풍산부인과’에 출연했던 여배우가 숨진 채 발견되었다고 경찰이 1일 밝혔다.서울 강남경찰서는 지난달 29일, 배우의 시신이 강남 논현동 자택에서 발견되었다고 전했다. 시신을 발견한 것은 그녀의 남자친구인 것으로 알려졌다.경찰은 그녀가 평상시 우울증을 앓았고, 유서로 추정되는 ‘미안하다’란 내용의 편지를 남겼다고 밝혔다.해당 배우는 1994년 MBC 미니시리즈 '도전'으로 드라마에 데뷔해 SBS '순풍산부인과', '도시남녀' 등에 출연했다.<관련 영문 기사>Actress from popular 90s sitcom found deadA 38-year-old actress from a popular 1990s sitcom was found dead in an apparent suicide, police said Monday.The body of the actress was found Friday by her boyfriend at her home in Gangnam

South Korea's consumer prices increased at a slower pace in March, keeping its on-year growth in the 1-percent range for the fifth straight month, a government report showed Monday.The country's consumer prices index rose 1.3 percent on-year in March, slowing from a 1.4 percent gain in the previous month, according to the report by Statistics Korea. From a month earlier, it dropped 0.2 percent.The on-year figure represents the fifth straight month since November that the price growth has stayed

With North Korea churning out military threats, a key concern is that its young leader Kim Jong-un may reach a point of no return in provocative steps, a U.S. congressman said Sunday.Rep. Peter King (R-NY), former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said North Korea's statements may not be an "empty threat.""Kim Jong-un is trying to establish himself. He's trying to be the tough guy. He is 28, 29 years old, and he keeps going further and further out, and I don't know if he can get

북한이 30일 "이 시각부터 남북관계는 전시상황 에 들어간다"고 선언했다.북한은 이날 발표한 '정부•정당•단체 특별성명'을 통해 "북남 사이에서 제기되는 모든 문제는 전시에 준하여 처리될 것"이라며 "조선반도에서 평화도 전쟁도 아닌 상태는 끝장났다"고 주장했다고 조선중앙통신이 전했다.  성명은 "미국과 괴뢰패당이 군사적 도발을 일으킨다면 그것은 국지전으로 한정되지 않고 전면전쟁, 핵전쟁으로 번져지게 될 것"이라며 "우리의 첫 타격에 미국 본 토와 하와이, 괌도가 녹아나고 남조선 주둔 미군기지는 물론 청와대와 괴뢰군기지도 동시에 초토화될 것"이라고 위협했다. 이어 성명은 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장이 긴급 작전회의를 소집하고 전략미사일 타격계획을 최종 검토•승인했다고 지적하며 "원수님(김정은)의 중대결심은 미국과 괴뢰패당에 대한 최후경고이며 정의의 최종결단"이라고 강조했다. '정부•정당•단체 성명'이란 형식은 통상 북한이 대남정책의 기조를 발표할 때 사용하는 형식이며, 따라서 이날 북

Ryu Hyun-jin is following in the footsteps of former major league pitcher Chan Ho Park, who inspired him and countless other South Korean kids who dreamed about getting to the big leagues.Ryu is slated to make his official debut Tuesday on the same mound where Park threw his first pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers back in 1994.Park spent 17 seasons in the majors before retiring at the end of the 2010 campaign with a 124-98 record, 4.36 ERA and 1,715 strikeouts. He spent his first eight big leagu

Senior officials from the government, the presidential office and the ruling Saenuri Party called in unison for closer cooperation with each other Saturday as they held a workshop to discuss ways to make the new administration of President Park Geun-hye successful."All of us are in the same boat," Prime Minister Chung Hong-won said during the workshop at a training center for civil servants in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul. "If the government becomes successful and wins praises, credits will go

Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist Catholics who adored his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for restoring much of the traditional pomp to the papacy.Francis' decision to disregard church law and wash the feet of two girls _ a Serbian Muslim and an Italian Catholic _ during a Holy Thursday ritual has become something of the final straw, evidence that Francis has little or no interest in on

The presidential office issued a public apology Saturday for mishandling personnel affairs after a series of nominees for senior government posts have resigned over alleged ethical lapses and other problems."As head of the Presidential Committee for Personnel Affairs, I am very apologetic for causing concern to the people over personnel issues of the new government," presidential chief of staff Huh Tae-yeol said in a statement read by presidential spokeswoman Kim Haing. "We will try to ensure ev

A California hockey mom convicted of having sex with a 16-year-old boy has had a second mistrial declared on charges she sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy.Orange County Superior Court Judge W. Michael Hayes called the mistrial Thursday after a jury deadlocked 10-2 in the retrial of Kathia Maria Davis, 45, of Laguna Niguel, who was charged with having sex with the 13-year-old friend of her son, The Orange County Register reported.Davis' first trial last August on four felonies involving the 13

President Nicos Anastasiades vowed on Friday to keep Cyprus in the euro but had harsh words for international lenders behind the huge bailout that saved the island from bankruptcy.The central bank later lifted curbs on domestic credit card payments and said it would make daily efforts to relax the wider controls that it imposed to avert a bank run, the first of their kind in the eurozone.The finance ministry announced on Friday night that restrictive measures were being extended by five days, wi

Italy remained in political limbo on Friday after talks to break a deadlock created by inconclusive polls ended with no solution in sight, leaving the make-up of the future government of the eurozone's third largest economy in the hands of the president.After a day-long round of consultations with President Giorgio Napolitano, the country's parties appeared to be as far as ever from resolving a stalemate left after the centre-left won the February ballot by a whisker but failed to secure a key m

President Park Geun-hye nominated a former state arms procurement agency chief to be the new head of South Korea's antitrust watchdog, the presidential office said Saturday.The nomination of Noh Dae-lae as Fair Trade Commission chief came days after Park's earlier choice for the job resigned amid allegations that he has been holding secret overseas bank accounts to evade taxes.Noh, 57, is an economic technocrat who had worked in various posts at the finance ministry since 1979 before serving as

While military tensions on the Korean Peninsula show no signs of abating, international efforts continue to address North Korea's abysmal human rights situation.The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, said Friday it would hold a forum next week aimed at raising public awareness on the communist nation's human rights abuses.With the theme of "Human Rights in Kim Jong-un's North Korea: Is progress possible?" the session will take place on

North Korea said Saturday that inter-Korean relations have entered into a state of war and all cross-border issues will be dealt with in a wartime manner, the latest in a near-daily series of strident threats against the Southin recent weeks.The warning came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un put strategic rocket units on standby, threatening to strike targets in South Korea, the U.S. mainland, and its military bases in Hawaii and Guam, in anger after nuclear-capable U.S. B-2 stealth bo

UFO sighting reports in the Texas ended in an anticlimactic way after the objects turned to be paper lanterns, U.S. media reported MondayAccording to the local sheriff’s office, the “fireballs in the sky” which incited UFO stir were actually Chinese paper lanterns from a nearby wedding.The “fireballs” were first reported to police around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. About a dozen locals and police officers responding to the report witnessed several orange lights moving slowly in the sky.Police contacted

Two British activists with a humanitarian convoy destined for the Gaza Strip were subjected to a brutal gang rape by five men in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the deputy prime minister said Thursday.The two women of Pakistani origin "were brutally raped in front of their father," Awadh al-Barassi said on his Facebook page, condemning "a horrible act."Barassi said he had been to see the two victims in Benghazi on Thursday, and that the family was "in a very bad psychological state."The women,

Police in South Carolina said a woman arrested on a domestic violence charge allegedly stabbed her boyfriend and threw his prosthetic leg into the yard.Greenwood police said they responded to Michelle Thomas' home just after 11 p.m. Monday after she reported an altercation with her live-in boyfriend, who she accused of drunkenly hitting her after she threw a pack of cigarettes to him, WYFF-TV, Greenville, S.C., reported Thursday.Thomas said she armed herself with a knife and threatened to stab t

Police in Pennsylvania said a dog left unattended in a car shifted the vehicle into gear and struck a pedestrian.West York Police said they responded to a call at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday about a man being struck by a car and officers arrived to find a dog had been left unattended inside the running car and managed to knock it into gear, the York (Pa.) Daily Record reported Thursday.The man, a Hokes Mill employee, attempted to stop the car before it hit a parked truck, but was unsuccessful and ended u

South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Friday as investor sentiment was cheered by the government's economic stimulus unveiled the previous day, which included a possible extra budget worth 10 trillion won (US$89.8 billion), analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) jumped 16.31 points, or 0.82 percent, to 2,009.83 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Shares gathered ground across the board, with builders and brokerage houses leading the rise. No. 1 player Hyun

Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption Thursday of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade which required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states.In an unexpected twist, Mexico proposed that the conference go ahead and adopt the treaty Thursday without the support of the three countries, saying there was no definition of “consensus.” Delegates then started debating whether this should be done and several countries supported Mexico, but the Russian