The United States moved closer to the possibility of the first-ever default on the government's debt as Speaker John Boehner adamantly ruled out a House vote on a straightforward bill to boost the borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama.With no resolution in sight, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Sunday that Congress is “playing with fire” as he called on lawmakers to quickly pass legislation re-opening the government and a measure increasing the nation's $16.7 tri

Clashes erupted on Sunday across much of Egypt between security forces and supporters of the ousted president, leaving 44 killed, as rival crowds of supporters of the military and backers of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi it deposed poured into streets around the country to mark a major holiday.The capital, Cairo, saw multiple scenes of mayhem as street battles raged for hours in some neighborhoods, with Morsi supporters firing birdshot and throwing firebombs at police who responded with gunshots a

NongHyup Bank said Friday that it will demand 5 billion won ($4.7 million) from AhnLab Inc., an antivirus software firm, for damage from an allegedly North Korea-led cyber attack in March.The banking unit of NongHyup Financial Group Inc. said AhnLab's software program failed to deal with malicious code attacks on March 20, inflicting financial damage to the company."Since April, NongHyup has been negotiating with AhnLab concerning damages of the cyber attack," an official from the bank said. "If

4일 오전 3시50분께 강원도 춘천시 국군춘천병원 생활관에서 오모 일병이 동료병사인 권모 일병을 흉기로 찔러 숨지게 했다.오모 일병은 권모 일병을 찌른 뒤 난동을 부리다 부대 내 당직장교가 쏜 실탄 1발을 어깨에 맞아 중태에 빠져 수술을 받았다.군 당국은 사고현장을 통제하고 당직장교와 부대원들을 대상으로 사고 원인을 조사중이다. (신대원 기자) <관련 영문 기사>Soldier stabbed to death by colleague in military hospital A Korean soldier was stabbed to death early Friday morning by his colleague at a military hospital in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. An enlisted cadre at the hospital, only identified by his surname Oh, reportedly attacked a colleague who

 미국의 한 남성이 손자를 게이라는 이유로 집에서 쫓아낸 자신의 딸에게 보낸 훈계의 편지가 화제가 되고 있다. 동성애를 옹호하는 활동으로 알려진 “FCKH8.com”라는 회사는 최근 이 편지를 공개하면서 “이 남성분이 자신의 손주 곁에 서서 동성애를 혐오하는 딸에게 대항하는 태도에 깊은 감명을 받았다. 이게 진짜 사랑이죠!”라고 말했다. 이 회사는 동성애자를 비호하는 문구를 담은 티셔츠를 팔아 동성애 관련 단체에 기부하는 것으로 알려졌다.FCKH8.com의 대변인인 루크 몽고메리는 회사 측에서 이 남성과 이름이 “채드”라는 이름의 손자에게 연락을 취한 결과 이 편지가 진실인 것으로 입증되었다고 밝혔다.이 편지에서 이 남성은 자신의 딸이 채드를 집에서 쫓아낸 것을 비난하며 이러한 행위가 “혐오스럽다”고 지적했다. 또한 그는 채드가 동성애자가 된 것이 스스로의 의지가 아니며 “원래 그렇게 태어났다”고 말하면서 딸에게 “반면 너는 남에게 상처를 주는, 편협하며 사고방식이 거꾸로 된 사람이

걸그룹 카라의 소속사 DSP미디어 측은 일본 한 매체가 전한 “사실상 해체” 보도에 대해 “사실무근”이라고 일축했다.DSP 미디어는 4일, 이 보도에 대해 “확인 절차 없이 나간 추측성 보도”라고 말했다. 또한 카라멤버들 중 네명의 계약 기간이 내년 1월 만료되는 것은 맞지만 멤버들이 소속사와 현재 재계약과 관련해 계속해서 논의중이라고 전했다.DSP 측은 이어 기사가 나가게 된 루트를 확인하고 있으며 공식대응을 검토중이라고 밝혔다.일본의 스포츠지 ‘도쿄 스포츠’는 이날, 카라가 일본 투어를 마지막으로 사실상 해체에 들어간다고 보도한 바 있다.이 매체는 한 관계자를 인용하며 “강지영을 제외한 4명의 멤버와 소속사와의 계약이 내년 1월에 만료되기 때문에, 일본 사무소가 연내에 업무를 중지할 것”이라고 보도하면서 11월 효고현의 고베에서 카라가 갖게 될 공연이 마지막 공연이 될 것이라고 보도했다.한편 카라는 지난달 2일 정규 4집을 발매하고 타이틀곡 '숙녀가 못 돼'로 활발히 국내 활동을

Political disputes escalated Friday over the handling of the transcript of the 2007 inter-Korean summit after the prosecution found that it was not transferred to the National Archives at the end of the Roh Moo-hyun administration.The ruling Saenuri Party stepped up its attack on former president’s aides in the opposition bloc. The party claimed that they might have intentionally deleted the minutes before transferring other presidential records, to conceal Roh’s remarks, which allegedly made a

South Korean stocks closed little changed Friday after a choppy trading, as investors took to the sidelines on speculation that the partial government shutdown in the U.S. could last longer than expected, analysts said. The local currency rose slightly against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slipped 2.49 points, or 0.12 percent, to finish at 1,996.98. Trading volume was light at 236.5 million shares worth 4.24 trillion won ($3.95 billion) with decliners f

A T-shirt company which set out to fight homophobia on Wednesday heralded a man who threatened to disown his daughter for disowning her openly gay son.“We were blown away by how this guy stands by his grandson and stands up against his own homophobic daughter. This is real love!” FCKH8.com, a company which raises money for gay rights by selling t-shirts with anti-homophobic messages, said on its Facebook page after receiving a letter detailing the story.Luke Montgomery, the spokesperson of FCKH8

The United States will not agree to South Korea's reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for commercial purposes due partly to proliferation concerns, a former U.S. State Department adviser on arms control said Friday. Seoul and Washington are in negotiations to renew their bilateral pact, dubbed the 123 agreement, with the latest and eighth round of negotiations held in Washington earlier this week.The agreement, last revised in 1974, was to expire in 2014, but the two countries agreed earlier this

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes posted the fastest times in both practice sessions at the Formula One Korean Grand Prix here on Friday, setting the pace early as the only F1 stop in the country got underway.The British driver clocked a lap time of 1 minute and 38.673 seconds in the afternoon practice at the Korea International Circuit here, about 400 kilometers south of Seoul. In the morning session, Hamilton topped the field with 1:39.630."It's been a good day," Hamilton said. "I feel like I have a

Adobe Systems Inc., the biggest maker of graphic-design software, said hackers broke into its networks and stole personal data on 2.9 million customers and source code for popular products including Acrobat and ColdFusion. The customer information includes names and encrypted credit- and debit-card numbers, and Adobe is notifying victims and resetting the passwords for affected accounts on its website, Brad Arkin, chief security officer, wrote yesterday in a blog post. The San Jose, California-b

South Korea's central bank said Friday it plans to aggressively pursue measures to stabilize the financial market, if speculation over U.S. monetary stimulus reduction increases market jitters.Uncertainty over the timing of the Federal Reserve's stimulus cut has grown as the U.S. central bank surprised the market last month by deciding to delay tapering its US$85 billion monthly bond-buying stimulus program.The Bank of Korea (BOK) said in its monetary policy report that if necessary, it will car

South Korean stocks traded 0.44 percent lower late Friday morning, dented by losses in large-cap exporters, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 8.83 points to 1,990.64 as of 11:20 a.m.Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipyard, slumped more than 3 percent, with LG Chem, a leading chemical maker, dipping 2.6 percent. In contrast, tech firms, though paring earlier gains, stayed in positive terrain. Samsung Electronics was up 0.4 percent, and SK h

The number of medical doctors arrested for sexual crimes has jumped almost two-fold over the last four years, data showed Friday.A total of 83 medical doctors were apprehended on charges of rape and sexual assaults last year, almost two times higher than 43 in 2008, according to the data compiled by the National Police Agency (NPA).The NPA data submitted to Rep. Kang Ki-youn of the ruling Saenuri Party indicated 39 doctors were arrested for the same charge in the first half of this year."Doctors

삼성전자가 지난달 내놓은 ‘스마트워치’ 갤럭시가 외신으로부터 혹독한 평가를 받고 있다.뉴욕타임즈의 컬럼니스트 데이빗 포그는 최근 갤럭시 기어 리뷰를 통해 “이 시계를 아무도 사지 않을 것이며, 아무도 사지 말아야 한다”고 혹평했다. 그는 또한 이 제품의 인터페이스가 “재앙(train wreck)”이라면서 소프트웨어 디자인, 사용자 안내에 영문 번역까지 문제삼았다.그는 사용자가 갤럭시 기어의 기능을 찾거나 이용하는 것이 불편하다고 묘사하면서, 새 기능을 설치할 때마다 새로운 설치, 로그인, 설정 과정을 걸쳐야 하며 어떨때는 “끝도 없는 분통 터지는 화면(endless loop of infuriating screens)”을 봐야 한다고 설명했다.실제로 갤럭시 기어가 출시된 이후, 제품의 사진기능을 포함한 여러 기능, 전화기를 꺼내지않고 통화가 가능하다는 점들은 호평을 받았으나, 시계 자체만의 기능은 상당부분 제한되어있다는 점은 비난을 받았다.갤럭시 기어의 기능을 완전히 사용하기 위해서는

Hagel focuses on vigilance on N.K.[기사요약]척 헤이글 미 국방장관이 김관진 한국 국방장관과 함께 9월 30일 비무장 지대를 방문해 군 장병들을 격려하고, 북한에 대한 경계를 강조했다. 10월 2일에는 전시작전통제권 전환 연기, 맞춤형 대북억제전략 마련, 사이버 안보 협력 등 한미간 안보현안을 연례안보협의회에서 논의한다. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday toured the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas as he began his official schedule here to discuss key security arrangements with Seoul and mark the 60th anniversary of their alliance.*demilitarized zone: 비무장 지대*mark: 기념하다“This is a very important loca

A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new and much more advanced material that can capture carbon dioxide, and at a significantly lower price, the science ministry said Friday.Using nano particles, the team from Seoul's Hanyang University has developed a new membrane that can specifically capture only carbon dioxide or other molecules of different sizes if necessary, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.Currently, high molecules or polymers are used to produ

The Obama administration said Thursday it would support tougher economic pressure on Iran if the Islamic republic doesn't begin slowing the pace of its uranium enrichment activity and opening its stockpiles of nuclear material to greater inspection, and reassured its critics that the U.S. would not be played for “suckers” by the moderate tone of Iran's new leader.The chief U.S. nuclear negotiator told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the administration could offer the Iranians some sa

A woman with a year-old child led Secret Service and police on a harrowing car chase from the White House past the Capitol Thursday, attempting to penetrate the security barriers at both national landmarks before she was shot to death, police said. The child survived.“I'm pretty confident this was not an accident,” said Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Still, Capitol Police said there appeared to be no terrorist link. Authorities would not say whether the woman had been armed.Tourists, co