Research over the last decade showing that proteins called sirtuins can increase lifespan is deeply flawed, according to a new study in Nature that debunks prior claims of a direct causal link.Pioneering experiments on earthworms and fruitflies -- commonly used as models to examine the biology of hu

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- A growing number of foreigners are interested in studying about Korea, spurred by the growing cultural power of Asia's fourth-largest economy, a report showed Thursday. Foreigners who applied for the Graduate School of Korean Studies (GSKS) at the state-run Academy of Kor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A major study challenges the way diabetics and others with failing kidneys have been treated for half a century, finding that three-times-a-week dialysis to cleanse the blood of toxins may not be enough.Deaths, heart attacks and hospitalizations were much higher on the day a

A dog eating carnival in China dating back more than 600 years has been banned after public outrage at the cruel way the animals are slaughtered, state media said Wednesday.The dogs are killed and skinned in the streets of Qianxi township in the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang during the festiv

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, agreed Wednesday to cooperate closely in dealing with North Korea and moving relations between the two countries forward as they held their first face-to-face talks in New York."I expe

NEW YORK (AP) _ Three of the top U.S. banks are likely to start paying more to borrow money.Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday lowered its debt ratings for Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup. The ratings agency said it has become less likely that the U.S. government would step in and pre

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Federal Reserve will use more than $400 billion to try to drive down long-term interest rates, make home and business loans cheaper and invigorate the U.S. economy.Analysts said the moves would provide only a slight economic benefit.The action the Fed announced Wednesday is mod

WASHINGTON, Sept 21, 2011 (AFP) - The Obama administration came under fire Wednesday from both China and domestic critics as it approved a $5.85 billion upgrade of Taiwan's fighter jets that stopped short of selling new F-16s.Taiwan and US officials said that the upgrade would improve the island's d

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator said Thursday the potential outflow of foreign capital is the biggest concern for the South Korean economy, which is highly vulnerable to external uncertainties. "The rapid outflow of foreign capital is the area we are most worried ab

NEW YORK (Yonhap News) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea Wednesday to break its self-imposed isolation and join the international community by forsaking its nuclear ambitions, declaring that Seoul is ready to help its impoverished neighbor if it makes the strategic decision.

Despite calls by human rights group Amnesty International for an 11th-hour stay of the 17-year-old's execution, Alireza Molla-Soltani was sent to the gallows at the scene of the crime in the city of Karaj, west of the capital.A large crowd of people had gathered to witness the hanging and security f

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The education ministry will accredit universities that do well in attracting and educating foreign students and screen low-performing colleges to limit visa approvals and other benefits, officials said Wednesday.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said it wi

MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Masked gunmen blocked traffic on a busy avenue in a Gulf of Mexico coastal city Tuesday and dumped the bodies of 35 slaying victims as horrified motorists watched, authorities said.Veracruz state Attorney General Reynaldo Escobar Perez said the bodies were left piled in two trucks

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Five suspected members of a South Korean smuggling ring have been arrested on suspicion of producing and selling counterfeit designer goods worth 42 billion won ($36.7 million), the country's customs office said Wednesday.One person was held in custody and four booked wit

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it has agreed on an exclusive deal to build attractions based on James Cameron's "Avatar" at its theme parks, starting with Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Fla.The first "Avatar" land, which begins construction in 2013 and is expected to open

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey has come up with a radical solution for tackling crowd violence at football matches -- ban the men and let only women and children in.Under new rules approved by Turkey's football association, only women and children under the age of 12 will be admitted to watch games -

Starbucks is being sued for $3 million by a tourist from Virginia who says his five-year-old daughter found a video camera hidden in the washroom of one of its Washington outlets.William Yockey, 28, accuses the Seattle-based global coffee chain of invasion of privacy, negligence, "intentional inflic

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean religious leaders left for North Korea on Wednesday for a rare visit they said could contribute to peace and reconciliation on the divided peninsula.The seven leaders representing Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists and various ethnic religions plan

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The number of people suffering from cerebral infarction, a type of stroke caused by disturbance in blood vessels supplying blood to the brain, is rising among the aged population in South Korea, a report showed Wednesday.The number of cerebral infarction patients rose by

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Shareholders of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said Wednesday that they will open up the final bidding for the chipmaker in a move to secure the fairness and transparency of the sale process.Creditors-turned-shareholders of Hynix said on Tuesday that they will proceed to sell a