BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief nuclear negotiators of South and North Korea on Wednesday began a second round of talks to discuss terms for resuming the long-stalled six-nation talks on ending the North's nuclear weapons programs, officials said. During the talks, scheduled to last through

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's jobless rate declined in August from a year earlier as the number of newly created jobs in the country increased, a government report showed Wednesday.The jobless rate stood at 3 percent last month, down from 3.3 percent a year earlier, according to the repo

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged North Korea on Tuesday to give up its nuclear programs, saying denuclearization is a key first step toward eventual unification of the two divided states.Lee made the appeal during a speech after receiving a global leadership

A mother of two in the state of Georgia was sentenced to 10 years in prison and an additional 10 years of probation for locking up and abusing a senior citizen in her basement, local reports said.Chandra Renee Faust, 44, pleaded guilty to a number of charges including wrongful imprisonment and abuse

The Indian automobile giant Tata Motors unveiled the latest version of its signature Nano car crafted in gold, silver and gemstone on Monday in Mumbai.The jewel encrusted GoldPlus Nano is covered in 80 kilograms of 22 carat gold and 15 kilograms of silver, according to local reports. It also fe

The suicide rate for men in their 50s has soared, driven by a combination of economic hardships and poor health, reports from Statistics Office and Police Agency showed Tuesday.The suicide rate for men aged 50-54 was 62.4 per 100,000 persons in 2009, quadrupling from 20 years ago. It is the highest

Thieves stole John Travolta's vintage Mercedes-Benz while he was gone for only minutes -- visiting a Jaguar dealership -- police said.The "Grease" and "Pulp Fiction" star left his vintage Mercedes-Benz 280SL parked in a residential district in Santa Monica on Sunday, said Sergeant Richard Lewis.But

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who believes they'll be a millionaire?About two in 10 Americans do — a small showing of optimism compared to Australians, but downright cheery next to Britons when asked about becoming wealthy in the next ten years, according to a new Associated Press-CNBC poll.In all t

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. space officials say they expect a dead satellite to fall to Earth in about a week.NASA has been watching the 6-ton satellite closely. On Friday officials moved up their prediction for its arrival to Sept. 23, give or take a day.NASA scientists have calculated the satelli

SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top central banker said Tuesday that the U.S. economy may not recover as fast as expected because its real economic sectors have yet to rebound.Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo said in a monthly meeting with experts that currently, the real economy an

SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Sales at South Korea's major discount chains and department stores rose from a year earlier in August on growing demand for food and daily household products ahead of a major holiday, a government report showed Tuesday.By lunar calendar, Sept. 12 was Chuseok, the Korean e

NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has downgraded Italy's credit rating by one notch, saying it sees weakening economic growth prospects for the nation and higher-than-expected levels of government debt.S&P said Monday it cut Italy's long- and short-term sovereign credit rating

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Monday requested a four-year jail term for a former prime minister under the previous administration on charges of pocketing illegal political funds. Prosecutors also sought a court order for Han Myeong-sook to forfeit 940 million won (US$827,464), the same

Spy software that can be installed in a smartphone to monitor the activities of the phone’s user has sparked controversy and drawn complaints to the company that makes it.The “Karelog” downloadable software application, released on Aug. 30, enables users to see the current whereabouts, phone call lo

MOSCOW (AP) _ A spokesman for Russia's top investigative body says the navigator of a passenger airline that crashed in June killing 47 people was drunk.The Tu-134 slammed into a highway just minutes before it was to land at the Petrozavodsk airport in Russia's northwest on June 20. Five people surv

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's individual retirement pension market will likely reach 82 trillion won (US$72.4 billion) in 2030, an industry report showed on Monday.The country's financial regulator is planning to introduce the individual retirement pension scheme in July next year, under

BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's top nuclear envoy on Monday called for resuming the stalled six-party disarmament talks on its nuclear weapons programs without preconditions, reiterating a stance that dims prospects of reviving the multilateral dialogue. Ri Yong-ho repeated the call at a

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- Taxes levied on gasoline sold at local pumps accounted for 54.7 percent of consumer prices, a government report said Monday, fueling public demand for lowering oil taxes on petroleum products that have risen in recent months.According to the report submitted to the annual

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- Kim Jong-un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his heir apparent, has been actively participating in the communist regime's politics and policymaking process, the defense ministry here said Monday.Addressing North Korean affairs during the annual parlia

British actress Kate Winslet won the best actress in a mini-series Emmy, for her role in period drama "Mildred Pierce."The Oscar-winning star plays a divorcee single mother who opens a restaurant to survive in the Great Depression in the drama, for which her English-born co-star Guy Pearce won best