Thirteen Korean adoptees regained their South Korean citizenship on Tuesday but didn’t have to forfeit their foreign nationality in the first case of its kind to happen since a revised immigration law went into effect, the Justice Ministry said.Kim Dae-won, 43, who was adopted by a family in Switzerland when he was five, and 12 other adoptees were allowed to have double citizenship, the ministry s

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The world’s oldest man, Walter Breuning, whose first memories included the day U.S. president William McKinley was shot in 1901, has died at age 114, the retirement home where he lived said Friday. Walter BreuningBreuning was the second oldest person in the world, 26 days younger than American woman Besse Cooper, according to the Gerontology Research Group which tracks the worl

Nicolas Cage attends the premiere of "Season Of The Witch" in New York. Authorities say Cage has been arrested in New Orleans on charges of domestic abuse battery and disturbing the peace. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orleans “after getting drunk” and having a heated argument with his wife in the French Quarter, police sa

Korean jazz singer Na Youn-sun has won the Echo Jazz 2011 award in the international female vocalist category.The award is presented by the German Phono Academy, the cultural institute of the federal association of the music industry. The award ceremony will take place on June 17 at the Glaserne Manufaktur of Volkswagen in Dresden.  Na Youn-sunAccording to Yonhap news agency, 42-year-old Na receiv

Air crash kills man on way to visit father’s grave at cemetery for massacred PolesCHICAGO ― The artist was overjoyed as he boarded a jet bound for the forest of death.Wojciech Seweryn, a guest of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, was honored for dedicating his life to commemorating the massacre of 20,000 Polish officers in the Katyn Forest of Russia in 1940.One of those men was Seweryn’s father.“Ne

City project head confident of drawing more branches and students from abroadNorth London Collegiate School Jeju, the first international school in Jeju Global Education City, will open in five months. By 2015, if all goes as planned, at least three prestigious international schools will have opened branch campuses in the government-financed, 3,794,000-square-meter city in Seogwipo. Byon Jong-il,

Lee Eun-chul, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in men’s 50m rifle prone, has qualified as an international shooting referee. Lee Eun-chulLast month he completed an international refereeing course in Korea and passed the final examination. Lee will referee in domestic competitions for the rest of this year, and take to international meets from next year.The 44-year-old former shooter studied computer

Actor Jang Keun-suk has donated 10.1 million yen ($121,000) in proceeds from his recent charity event for its earthquake and tsunami victims to the Japanese Red Cross. Jang Keun-sukHis management agency Tree J Company said on Wednesday that the 24-year-old actor raised the funds by selling wristbands, cards and other items with well-wishing messages for Japan at his Japanese fan site from March 17

Former Soviet veteran astonished that modern South Korea recalls conflictIn a Seoul coffee shop, his jacket jangling with medals, the 79-year-old man grew animated as he recalled the war of his youth. Like many other veterans of the conflict, he was astonished by modern South Korea, but also saddened that the 1950-53 Korean War is virtually unknown back home.This veteran was not, however, a member

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) ― Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says he’ll run again ― for New Jersey Senate.“When I run ― as you see from my record ― I run to win,” the 49-year-old Lewis said outside a historic courthouse in his home county, where he announced his candidacy Monday with his mother and other family members standing nearby. Lewis said he hopes to inspire people, encourage communities to

Spain’s Edurne Pasaban, who claims to be the first female climber to conquer the world’s 14 highest peaks, seeks to become the first woman to climb Mount Everest without oxygen, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.Pasaban, 37, scaled the 14 mountains above 8,000 meters in May 2010 after she reached the summit of 8,027-meter Shisha Pangma, situated in China’s Tibet region. Edurne PasabanShe told a r

Ji Lee /Korean to be Facebook creative directorJi Lee, creative director of Google Creative Lab, is moving to Facebook to be the social networking site’s first creative director, the online news site Creativity reported.Lee drew attention three years ago as Google scouted the New York street artist as its creative director.Born in Korea and raised in Brazil, Lee studied design at Parsons School of

An unusual exchange between Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and a Korean student in Taiwan has caused a stir.According to a news release by the Taipei Mission in Korea, Ma had an informal discussion with students of Taipei-based St. John’s University on Sunday.During the meeting, Lee Jin-hee, the only Korean student attending the university, made an unusual request to the Taiwanese leader. Lee as

Three spend private money to publish magazine on contemporary KoreaThree young women are blazing a trail in the field of Korea promotion with a fresh magazine which highlights contemporary aspects of the nation.Launched by Byon Sarah, Park Sang-aa and Choi Jung-yoon last August, Roking is a free magazine that shows the cool side of Korea to the world. The title Rok uses the initials of the Republi

STAR CITY, Russia (AP) ― It was the Soviet Union’s own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.The 27-year-old cosmonaut’s mission lasted just 108 minutes and was fraught with drama: a break in data transmission, glitches involving antenna

MiYooMo campaigns for the island’s bid to become one of New Seven WondersA group of Koreans attending U.S. universities have composed a song with their foreign friends to promote Jeju island in its drive to be selected as one of the New Seven Wonders.The song, currently available on the group’s website (www.miyoomo.com), describes the beauty of the tourist attraction with English lyrics and a ligh

A Korean acting couple, Choi Soo-jong and his wife Ha Hee-ra, have joined an organ donation drive by Korean Organ Donor Program.Choi Soo-jong (left) and Ha Hee-raAccording to the organization, Choi and Ha pledged support for organ donation on its “Day of Organ Donation,” which fell on Saturday. The couple, together with 100 volunteers of Shinhan Bank, also campaigned for organ donations at an entr

U.S. actress Demi Moore is in Nepal after joining a global campaign to root out human trafficking.She is there as part of CNN’s Freedom Project, a worldwide network which works to eliminate trafficking of women and sex slavery, the Press Trust of India reported Friday. Demi MooreThe 48-year-old actress is there without husband Ashton Kutcher to work with Maiti Nepal, the country’s biggest anti-tra

CHICAGO ― As drums pulsed and a singer wailed, Chelot Pierre danced. Dressed in white, a red sash around his waist, the young man glided about the room with serpentine grace. His arms waved gently, evoking the ocean lapping at his Caribbean homeland. His face, marked by a faint scar on his forehead, was serene.Anthony Bradford watched from the front row. He could scarcely believe 14 years had pass

Organizers of the 2011 world athletics championships in Daegu launched its official song on April 7.They say the melody and lyrics of the song titled “Let’s Go Together” express the dreams, passion and challenges of track and field athletes as well as their harmony. Cho Hae-nyoung (center), co-president of the Organizing Committee for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu from Aug. 27 to Sept