A British man irritated by noise from a late night party allegedly stabbed a female guest to death and injured a male attendee.Heather Dyer, 22 years old, was declared dead at the scene on Saturday 2:30 a.m. (local time) after being stabbed in the chest twice. The other victim is currently in hospital in a serious condition.The murderer, whose name has not been released, was furious about the nois

Some Australian construction companies based in Sydney have been accused of maltreatment of immigrant workers, labor unionists said.The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) of Australia claimed they are taking advantage of foreign workers by hiring them through illegitimate procedures while paying wages below minimum level.CFMEU estimated that of 13,000 temporary foreign workers

A female Korean student died in Ghana while apparently trying to escape from potential abduction, according to Korean government on Monday. The 21-year-old victim, a student from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, was on a trip with other four classmates for a school project to research the slave trade.The team had landed on Kotoka International Airport in the capital Accra on Sunday H

Ryu Si-won celebrates his victory at the Ferrari Challenge Race in Shanghai, Monday. (Yonhap)Korean wave star Ryu Si-won and his car racing team won an international race in China on Monday, according to reports.The 39-year-old celebrity won the second round of the Ferrari Challenge Race in Shanghai.Last month, Ryu won the first round of the race at Zhuhai City of Guangdong Province.“I feel so gre

CAPE TOWN, July 24, 2011 (AFP) - A 50-year-old South African man thought to be dead woke up in a chilly morgue on Sunday and shouted to be let out, scaring off two attendants who thought he was a ghost, local media reported."His family thought he had died," health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo told the Sapa news agency."The family called a private undertaker who took what they thought was a dead body to

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ Anders Behring Breivik said he was a boy when his life's path began to turn. It was during the first Gulf War, when a Muslim friend cheered at reports of missile attacks against American forces.``I was completely ignorant at the time and apolitical but his total lack of respect for my culture (and Western culture in general) actually sparked my interest and passion for it,'' th

BALI, Indonesia, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan urged North Korea on Saturday to take actions to dismantle its nuclear program before the resumption of stalled multinational talks can take place.In a joint statement after a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of a key ASEAN forum, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and

TOKYO, July 23, 2011 (AFP) - A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Saturday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the weather agency said.The quake happened at 1:34 pm (0434 GMT) off the Pacific coast of Miyagi prefecture, around the same area as the giant March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The depth of the quake was 40 kilometres (25 miles), it s

LONDON (AP) _ Police investigating the suspicious deaths of five patients at a hospital in northern England said Friday that they had charged a 27-year-old nurse in the case.Police and prosecutors say that Rebecca Leighton endangered the lives of patients at the Stepping Hill Hospital in the town of Stockport, near Manchester, by damaging saline bags, saline ampoules, and unspecified medical produ

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dinosaur fan alert: Steven Spielberg says a fourth "Jurassic Park" film may be only a few years away.Spielberg told an audience at the Comic-Con fan convention Friday that he has a story and a screenwriter for the next installment of his blockbuster franchise about prehistoric reptiles brought into modern times through cloning.The filmmaker directed the first two "Jurassic Park" a

Former S.E.S. member-turned actress Eugene finally tied the knot with TV actor Ki Tae-young Saturday at a church in Gyeonggi Province.Only family members and a small number of close friends were invited.The two showed up at a press conference before heading to the invite-only ceremony.Newly wed couple Eugene (right) and Ki Tae-young poses for press before their wedding ceremony held at a church in

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's gross national income (GNI) is forecast to grow to $30,000 per capita by 2014 before increasing by an additional $10,000 in the four years that follow, the finance minister said on Saturday."Our country's gross national income may exceed $30,000 in the first quarter of 2014 and $40,000 in 2018," Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan said in a for

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 23, 2011 (AFP) - The United States said Saturday it was "encouraged" by unexpected and rare talks between North and South Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told regional foreign ministers at an Asian security forum in Indonesia that the onus remained squarely on the North to prove its sincerity before six-party talks could

STOCKHOLM (AP) _ The 32-year-old suspected of massacring at least 80 young people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in downtown Oslo that killed at least seven is a mystery to investigators: a right-winger with anti-Muslim views but no known links to hardcore extremists. A young victim is helped in the center of Oslo, Norway on Friday, July 22, 2011, after a bomb ripped open buildings in the

BALI, Indonesia, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan held a brief meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Pak Ui-chun, on the sidelines of a key ASEAN forum here, an official said Saturday.The informal meeting between Kim and Pak came a day after the chief nuclear envoys from the two Koreas met for the first time since 2008 and agreed to make joint efforts to resume

  OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 84 people at an island retreat, horrified police said early Saturday. It took investigators several hours to begin to realize the full scope of Friday's massacre, which followed an explosion in nearby Oslo that killed seven and that police say was set off by the same suspect.The mass shooti

Korean touches are being introduced to dishes at major restaurants located in the Big Apple, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.Jean Georges, who has three Michelin stars, started to provide fusion Korean food like pepper paste & butter steak and kimchi hotdogs at his New York restaurants Perry St. and Mercer Kitchen.Georges, who also owns 20 restaurants aroun

Two college students were arrested for growing, selling, and consuming marijuana, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.The accused, known only by their surnames Seo and Jang, had sold some 300 grams of home grown marijuana in college campuses.Having green cards at the United States and Argentina respectively, the two Koreans smuggled seeds from America and had been cultivating them at the

KOLKATA, India (AP) _ A snarling leopard mauled 11 people in an Indian village and terrorized wildlife officials trying to drive it away before it was tranquilized and died of injuries from the fierce showdown.Forestry officials were forced to flee, dive for cover and even climb up on a jeep to escape the adult, male leopard‘s attacks in West Bengal state.At one point, the big cat leapt through th

A man crashed into mother’s house with a light aircraft after making a phone call that he would “drop by.”Konrad Schmidt, a 47 year-old engineer from Switzerland, had attempted a suicide attack with his rented Diamond Aircraft DA42 in his town, located north of Zurich last Saturday.Luckily, the 68 year-old mother survived from the crash because she was in the basement when the incident occurred.Sh