A burger version of the signature Korean dish bibimbap is captivating the taste buds of New York foodies. Made by Angelo Sosa, an American chef who appeared on the U.S. TV show “Top Chef,” the bibimbap burger has made a successful debut by winning the best burger prize at a competition to find the greatest burger in America.“Recently we won, by Eater.com, the best burger not only in New York city

BEIJING/YANGZHOU/SHANGHAI(Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il departed the eastern city of Nanjing on Tuesday by train after touring a top electronics company on a trip in which he apparently hopes to learn about China's vibrant economy.Kim appears to be heading toward China's northwest, though his next destination remains unclear.Earlier on Tuesday, he arrived in Nanjing in a convoy of som

Military prosecutors have booked a Marine Corps captain without detention for sexually harassing his soldiers, military officials said Tuesday.The captain at the 6th Marine Brigade, identified only by his surname Kim, is accused of sexually harassing five soldiers between late last year and early this year, according to officials at the Marine Corps.The Marine Corps launched its own probe into the

A U.N. education and cultural body decided Tuesday to grant world documentary heritage status to two Korean historical records, officials said. Ilsungrok, a diary-style log of ancient kings' daily lives, and documents on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju will be listed on the Memory of the World Register, according to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi

DUBLIN (AFP) - One of Barack Obama's presidential limousines on Monday became stuck on a ramp at the US embassy in Dublin, but US officials denied the car was "The Beast" which was carrying the president at the time.Earlier, Irish state radio station RTE reported that it was Obama's heavily armoured Cadillac which had become grounded, but a Secret Service spokesman later said "it was a spare limo

BERLIN (AFP) - A German insurance firm that admitted its top salesmen took part in a sex party with prostitutes during a company junket to Budapest said Monday it was probing allegations that it was not a one-off."We are extremely sure that since 2007 there have been no other cases," Alexandra Klemme, a spokeswoman for Ergo, told AFP. As to before 2007, "we are looking into it."The company said Th

 TOKYO (Yonhap) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday that Beijing invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to the country in an effort to help Pyongyang learn about his nation's economic development and use it for reviving the North's own economy, an official said.Wen made the remark during a bilateral meeting with Lee on the sidelines of a tripartite su

 

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) _ Pope Benedict XVI had a direct line to the heavens Saturday, with NASA's help.Speaking from the Vatican, the pontiff bestowed a historic blessing upon the 12 astronauts circling Earth during the first-ever papal call to space, wishing a swift recovery for the shuttle commander's wounded congresswoman wife and condolences for a station astronaut mourning his mother's

Former U.S. President George W. Bush racked up at least $15 million by delivering nearly 140 paid speeches since leaving office in Jan. 2009, according to reports.Bush spokesman David Sherzer told local news that he earned average fees of between $100,000 and $150,000 per speech.Though the numbers are high, Bush’s predecessor, former President Bill Clinton, earned even more.By the end of 2009 -- n

 Randy "Macho Man" Savage, a larger-than-life personality from professional wrestling's 1980s flying-elbow heyday known for his raspy voice, brash style and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash Friday in Florida. He was 58.A Florida Highway Patrol crash report said the former wrestler — whose legal name was Randy Mario Poffo — was driving a Jeep Wrang

Pop singer outranks Oprah Winfrey to top Forbes celebrity power listFlamboyant pop singer Lady Gaga ousted U.S. media mogul Oprah Winfrey to top this year’s Forbes celebrity power list released on Wednesday.Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, moved up four positions from last year to claim the top spot in Forbes’ annual “The Celebrity 100” 2011 list that measures power by entertainment-re

Astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a previously inconceivable phenomenon: planets that do not appear to be anchored to a host star but instead wander the heavens.In a two-year scan of the cosmos, 10 planets with roughly the mass of Jupiter, the largest planet of our Solar System, have been found at such enormous distances from the nearest star that some of them could be said to float fre

France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned Thursday as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but maintained he was innocent of the sexual assault charges against him, according to AFP.

 

 

More is better when it comes to drinking coffee to ward off the risk of deadly prostate cancer, according to a major US study released Tuesday by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.Men who drank six or more cups per day had a 60 percent lower risk of developing the most lethal type of prostate cancer and a 20 percent lower risk of forming any type of prostate cancer compared to men

Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of ``land mines.''About 20 farmers around Danyang city in Jiangsu province were affected, losing up to 115 acres (45 hectares) of melon, China Central Television said in an investigative report.Prices over the past year promp

Stevie Wonder (left) performs for Oprah Winfrey as Jamie Foxx looks (right). (AP)Maria Shriver appears with Oprah Winfrey during a star-studded double-taping of "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," Tuesday, May 17, 2011, in Chicago.(AP)Winfrey reacts as she is surrounded by Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Jordan (AP)Aretha Franklin and Oprah Winfrey acknowledge fans. (AP)O

They don’t want money from cash register or jewels from the safe. Thieves in the U.S. are now on a quest for human hair, The New York Times reported Tuesday.During the past two months, robbers looking for human hair have killed a beauty shop supplier in Michigan in the worst of a rash of crimes involving the theft of human hair nationwide. Thugs have taken tens of thousands of dollars of hair at a