자다가 눈 떠보니 모르는 여성이 나에게 성행위를 시도하고 있다? 미국에서 실제로 이런 일이 일어나 충격을 주고 있다.찬테 길먼 (페이스북 캡쳐)15일 외신에 따르면, 31세 익명의 남성은 어느 날 잠에서 깬 후의 경악을 금치 못했다. 100 키로에 달하는 거구 여성이 자신에게 성행위를 시도하고 있었던 것. 그는 손마저 이미 묶인 상태여서 저항할 수도 없었다.미국 경찰은 즉시 가해자인 26세 찬테 길먼을 강간 혐의로 체포했다. 피해자에 따르면 그녀는 친구의 지인일 뿐 직접적으로 아는 사이는 아니라고 전했다. 그녀가 어떻게 피해자의 집에 들어갈 수 있었는지는 알려지지 않았다. 현재 길먼의 자신이 피해자 남성의 집을 침입해 성행위를 한 기억이 전혀 없다며 혐의 사실을 부인하고 있다. 그러나 경찰은 피해자 남성에서 채취한 DNA를 분석한 결과 길먼의 것과 일치한다고 밝혔다. 사건을 조사한 한 범죄 전문가는 그녀가 “조울증과 정신병을 앓고 있다”고 진단했다. 그는 또 “여성에게 강간죄를 적용

South Korea will reject a Chinese medical group's plan to build the nation's first for-profit foreign hospital on the southern resort island of Jeju as doubts grew over the firm's financial status and management, officials at the health ministry said Monday. China Stemcell Health Group (CSC) has been seeking Seoul's approval since early 2013 to build Shaner Hospital on Jeju with a 50 billion won ($48.4 million) investment pledge, but the Ministry of Health and Welfare will turn down the proposal

North Korea demanded Monday that South Korea lift a set of economic sanctions and stop other "hostile" acts against Pyongyang as a precondition for high-level talks that Seoul has proposed.In August, Seoul made an offer for a second round of high-level talks on the reunion of separated families and other pending inter-Korean issues.In a commentary titled "Dialogue and confrontation can't be compatible each other," the North's Rodong Sinmun state newspaper stressed that "the South's May 24th Meas

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will hold a two-day conference on open-source to allow developers to share ideas on the new industrial trend.The Samsung Open Source Conference (SOSCON), which kicks off Tuesday, aims to cover various themes, such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data, and other sectors in relation to open-source. U.S.-based Intel Corp. and the Linux Foundation are also sponsors of the event.Open-source refers to programs whose sou

South Korean teenage golfer Kim Hyo-joo won the Evian Championship in France on Sunday, edging out veteran player Karrie Webb of Australia by one shot for her first career LPGA major championship.Kim, 19, capped off her final round of 3-under 68 with a dramatic birdie putt on the 72nd hole, for a four-round total of 11-under 273 at Evian Resort Golf Club in southeastern France. She won the 350,000-euro (US$487,500) prize and an exemption to play on the LPGA Tour for the next five years.Sunday's

Three incumbent lawmakers were indicted on Monday for allegedly taking bribes on multiple occasions, prosecutors said.The legislators -- Reps. Song Kwang-ho of the ruling Saenuri Party and Shin Geh-ryeun and Shin Hak-yong of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) -- were booked without physical detention in separate bribery cases.Song is suspected of taking 65 million won (US$62,560) in bribes from local railway parts supplier AVT in exchange for business favors.The 72-ye

KB Financial Group Inc. plunged more than 5 percent on the South Korean stock market on Monday as the chief of the country's No. 2 banking group by market value comes under pressure from the company board to resign.KB Financial stocks were trading at 38,850 won on the main bourse as of 11:22 a.m., sharply down 5.59 percent from Friday's close, after KB Financial's board of directors recommended chairman Lim Young-rok to resign.Last week, the country's financial regulator suspended Lim for three

(123rf)중국 남성이 정자 기증을 하다가 심장마비로 숨지는 사고가 발생했다. 정 강 (유튜브 캡쳐)15일 외신에 따르면, 병원 레지던트로 일하는 23세 정 강은 정자은행에서 성인 잡지를 보며 정자 기증을 유도하다 갑작스럽게 쓰러졌다. 의료진이 심폐 소생술을 시도했으나 그는 현장에서 숨졌다. 정자은행 관계자는 그가 방으로 들어간 지 2시간이 지나도 나오지 않는 것을 이상하게 여기다 그가 쓰러진 것을 발견한 것으로 알려졌다. 정확한 사망 원인은 현재까지 밝혀지지 않았으나 그가 사고 당일 열흘 전부터 정자 기증을  네번이나 했고, 이는 정자은행의 강압에서 비롯됐다고 유족들은 주장했다. 또한 사고 직후 적절한 의료 조치를 취하지 않았다며 정자은행을 고소했다. 그러나 최근에 열린 항소심에서 법원은 “의대 과정을 밟고 있는 그가 정자은행 참여와 같은 중요한 결정을 내릴 수 있는 능력이 있었다고 본다”며 “정자은행은 약 6천만원의 장례식 비용을 지급하라”는 1심의 판결을 유지했다. (khne

The torch for the upcoming Asian Games will arrive in the host city of Incheon this week, the event's organizers said Monday.The organizing committee for the 17th Asian Games said the torch will reach the west coast port city on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of the multisport competition.In an unprecedented development, two separate torches were lit first before they came together in a ceremony in Incheon last month. The first torch was lit in New Delhi, India, the host of the

Stock funds that invest in overseas securities have suffered massive outflows over the past five years as investors drawn by an earlier stock boom in emerging markets exited to reduce losses after being spooked by the financial crisis in late 2007, data showed Monday.Foreign stock funds posted a total outflow of 29.19 trillion won (US$28.09 billion) from July 2009 to August 2014. On a monthly basis, such funds have suffered a capital outflow for 62 straight months, according to the data compiled

China said Friday it has discussed the possibility of resuming a long-stalled three-way meeting of top diplomats from South Korea and Japan, as the three nations move to seek ways to mend ties worsened by territorial disputes and history-related issues. China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, however, gave a cautious response to the likelihood of resuming a trilateral summit among leaders of the three nations, urging Japan to make "positive efforts" before any such three-way summit ca

South Korea's top financial regulator on Friday suspended the chairman of KB Financial Group Inc., the country's fourth-largest banking group by assets, for management failures, upgrading the punishment proposed by the watchdog.The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it decided on a "suspension" penalty for KB Financial Chairman Lim Young-rok for mishandling internal affairs over the group's selection of a new computer system.The penalty, the second-highest among five tiers that the FSC can

South Korea's state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) has agreed to sell its money-losing Canadian oil refining subsidiary to a New-York based commodities merchant bank later this year, its Canadian unit said Friday. Harvest Operations, KNOC's energy affiliate in Canada, said it will hand over its 100 percent stake in the North Atlantic Refining Limited (NARL) to SilverRange Financial Partners LLC for an undisclosed price. The agreement includes the Come by Chance refinery in Newfoundland, a 11

A Seoul appeals court, partly overturning a lower court's ruling, on Friday handed down a reduced jail sentence of three years to the chairman of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, who is charged with embezzlement and tax evasion. The Seoul High Court, however, did not immediately lock up Lee Jay-hyun, citing his poor health. Lee was earlier temporarily released from jail for hospital treatment.In a lower court ruling earlier this year, the 54-year-old tycoon had been sentenced to fou

South Korea opened a foreign investment center at its major joint venture with North Korea on Friday, stepping up efforts to globalize the facilities just north of the heavily fortified inter-Korean border.It is designed to provide potential foreign investors with administrative support and other services, the unification ministry said. Officials fluent in English and Chinese are working there."The center will provide one-stop service to foreign companies hoping to do business in the Kaesong Ind

Samsung Engineering Co. said Friday that it has secured a US$80 million order to design plants for a major Mexican oil refiner, thanks to its proven track record in large construction projects.The South Korean industrial plant builder said it plans to complete the order placed by Mexico's state-run oil refiner, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), by September 2015. The Mexican refiner is pushing to build a refinery with a daily production capacity of 38,000 tons of ultra low sulphur diesel in the Salam

The government said Friday that it will soon launch a feasibility study on the expansion of Jeju International Airport amid a fast growing number of visitors to the southern resort island of Jeju.The move follows a recent study, published earlier in the day, that suggested the number of air passengers to and from Jeju will more than double from some 20 million in 2013 to over 44 million in 2030, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.The airport, including its runway, wi

South Korean TV actor Lee Min-ho, who is popular at home and in Chinese-speaking countries, received a warm welcome by thousands of fans when he arrived at a Taiwanese airport earlier this week, his management said Friday."The Taoyuan International Airport was crowded with thousands of fans coming to see Lee and a great number of journalists coming to take pictures of him at 10 p.m. Wednesday," his agency, Starhouse Entertainment, said in a release.His arrival was televised live nationwide on th

South Korea and Germany will hold a vice ministerial meeting next week intended to share the European nation's experience on reunification, an official said Friday.The annual session, the fourth of its kind, will take place in Berlin from Wednesday through Friday, according to Lim Byeong-cheol, spokesman for Seoul's unification ministry.The two countries launched a joint government-civilian consultative committee in 2010 with the aim of sharing Germany's experience and knowledge acquired in the

The government said Friday it will impose fines of up to 50 million won (US$48,262) on those who hoard cigarettes in a bid to stabilize the market following its decision this week to hike tobacco prices.The penalty will go into effect as of noon Friday, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. The government announced on Thursday that it plans to raise the price of cigarettes by 2,000 won per pack, an 80 percent increase, a move it said is aimed at lowering the country's smoking rate t