Ruling Saenuri Party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye met with Ven. Jaseung, the head of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, on Monday to win support for her campaign to promote national unity.The 60-year-old lawmaker who won her party's presidential nomination on Aug. 20 held talks with the monk and stressed that pushing for national unity could lead to the happiness of the

A South Korean TV actress has canceled her plan to visit Japan, her entertainment agency said Monday, after a Japanese network suspended the broadcast of a television drama starring her amid heightened diplomatic tension over the South Korean islets of Dokdo. Ku Hye-sun planned to visit Japan on Monday and Tuesday to attend events to mark the release of a DVD set of "Absolute Darling," a Taiwanese

In the heart of Aleppo, besieged by Syrian troops for more than five weeks, a young couple who found love in a time of war exchange vows.Bombs dropped in the distance, but for a moment, those attending the modest wedding ceremony in the Saif al-Dawla neighbourhood of Syria's second city were able to forget about the bloody conflict.The marriage was between rebel sniper Abu Khaled and Hanan, the nu

Like most Palestinian teens, Bashaer Othman goes back to school this week after a long summer break. But rather than hanging out with friends, this 16-year-old has spent the past two months serving as mayor of a small town in the northern West Bank.Sitting at a large desk in front of three framed photographs of president Mahmud Abbas, prime minister Salam Fayyad and veteran nationalist leader Yass

(123rf)A teenager was rescued after she was allegedly kidnapped and tied up in the bathroom of a Las Vegas-area home this weekend, police said.Melissa Duran, 17, was found by SWAT officers in a home in Henderson Saturday about 21 hours after she was reportedly abducted from her home.She had been bound and blindfolded, but was in good condition despite being terrified by her ordeal, said Henderson

California lawmakers have passed a bill that could make the state the second in the United States to approve self-driving cars on its roads.The bill, passed unanimously by the state senate, will go to Gov. Jerry Brown, who is expected to sign it into law, TG Daily reported Friday.Under the law, the California Department of Motor Vehicles would be required to create standards and licensing procedur

Controversial religious leader oversaw a vast business empireRev. Moon Sun-myung, the founder of the Unification Church and a business mogul, died shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday morning. He was 92.Moon died at a church-owned hospital in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province. His wife, Han Hak-ja, and children were at his side, the church said.Rev. Moon Sun-myung (Yonhap News)Moon was admitted to the intens

Internet addiction may have a molecular basis, German researchers say, linked to a genetic variation that also plays a major role in nicotine addiction.Researchers at the University of Bonn studying people and their Internet habits found a significant number who exhibit problematic behavior, where all their thoughts revolve around the Internet during the day and they feel their well-being is sever

South Korea's industrial output shrank for the second straight month in July, raising concerns the country's economy might be faltering in the face of headwinds from the eurozone debt crisis and a global slowdown, a government report showed Friday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries fell 1.6 percent in July from a mon

An Atlanta non-profit said it will paint over a controversial public mural of a woman in various states of undress.Nathan Bolster, executive director of operations for the non-profit Living Walls Conference, said the group commissioned the concrete wall mural from Spanish artist Hyuro and the work was completed about two weeks ago, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Thursday.However, Bolste

As many as 125 students at Harvard University are being probed for allegedly cheating in a final exam at the elite institution, administrators said Thursday.The official university site news.harvard.edu/gazette reported that a large number of undergraduates "may have inappropriately collaborated on answers, or plagiarized classmates' responses, on the final exam for the course."An initial investig

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday that North Korea has made "significant progress" in the construction of a new light-water reactor (LWR).In a new report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the dome has been placed on a reactor containment building in the secretive nation's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon."There have been indications that some components may have been instal

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the current law stipulating the deportation of illegal aliens is constitutional, officials said Thursday.Under the Immigration Control Law, immigration offices can take illegal foreign workers into emergency custody and put them under compulsory expulsion. The foreign workers are subsequently repatriated to their home countries unless they are granted refuge

This scene from movie "Star Wars" shows a fictional planet Tatooine, which orbits two stars.U.S. astronomers say the Kepler planet-hunting mission found the first multi-planet solar system orbiting a binary star, bringing images of "Star Wars" to mind."It's Tatooine, right?" University of Texas at Austin astronomer Michael Endl said, referring to the fictional planet with twin suns in the popular

Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, a hub of industry and business, said Tuesday it will seek (euro) 5.02 billion ($6.29 billion) in aid from the central government, adding to the country's financial troubles as it struggles to avoid needing a sovereign bailout.Catalonia, which has Barcelona as its capital, became the third region after Valencia and Murcia to officially solicit aid. Valencia

Mitt Romney, the U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate, expressed concern Wednesday over North Korea's alleged sales of nuclear weapons.He described the world as a "dangerous place" and stressed the seriousness of North Korea's threats."With instability in Pakistan and horrific violence in Syria, and with North Korea having shared nuclear technology, the threat of proliferation of weapons o

This photo is not directly related to the article.(123rf)The mother of the German teenager who was held captive by a Bosnian couple was detained Tuesday for assaulting a journalist who broke the story on the captivity, a local newspaper reported.The victim's mother, Christine Siegner, "physically assaulted" journalist Majda Vildic in front of the local court in northeastern town Kalesija, where a

A Wells Fargo Home Mortgage employee in Iowa says he was canned this summer for a 10-cent Laundromat scam 49 years ago.The Des Moines News-Register reported Monday the company confirmed it fired Richard Eggers July 12 from his $29,795-a-year customer service representative position. The 68-year-old Vietnam veteran from Des Moines had held the job for seven years.The crime that did in Eggers occurr

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (AP-Yonhap News)Romney hopes to regain message controlFor a man basing his presidential hopes on a jobs-and-economy message, Mitt Romney has spent an inordinate amount of time on other issues, from abortion to the federal Medicare program to bad weather.Many of the distractions have been beyond Romney's control, including a Republican congressman's blu

(YouTube)러시아에서 교통 사고를 겪고 살아남은 젊은 남녀가, 자신들이 낸 사고로 인해 사망한 시신들이 놓여있는 자리에서 술을 마시고 춤을 추는 어처구니 없는 사건이 발생했다.니주니노브고로드주(州)에서 일어난 이 교통사고는 네명이 타고 있던 승용차 한대가 주차해있던 지프차를 들이받아 전복시키면서 발생했다고 경찰은 밝혔다. 이 사고로 지프 차에 타고 있던 부부는 사망했다.그러나 사고를 낸 승용차 운전자와 동승자들은 이 사고가 자신들의 탓이 아니라며 발뺌을 했다.더욱 기가 막힌 것은 사고가 일어난 직후 이들의 태도. 아무런 상처 없이 차에서 빠져나온 이들은 경찰이 사망한 부부의 시신을 지프차에서 옮기는 사이 ‘살아남은 것’을 축하하며 술을 마셨다고 한다. 현지 언론보도에 따르면 이들은 사고를 내기 전부터