NEW YORK (AP) _ It's tough to keep a pregnancy a secret when you're in the public eye, and for a while, Beyonce thought the jig was up.``The whole time I definitely was thinking, `Everyone knows, everyone can see,''' said the singer before the screening of her new concert DVD Sunday in New York.It b

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Taylor Swift was crowned artist of the year at the American Music Awards for a second time.``This is so crazy!'' the country superstar said after beat such contenders as Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to capture all three awards that she was nominated for at Sunday's ceremony, in

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Parliamentary Speaker Park Hee-tae said Monday that the time has come to "make a decision" on the free trade deal with the United States, indicating that he could step in to put the much-debated, long-pending bill to a floor vote."I don't have any other arbitration plan an

The average lifespan of Koreans will hit 89.38 years by 2040 in an economy where per capita income will have doubled to $38,408, a state report said.The Ministry of Strategy and Finance Ministry said Asia’s fourth largest economy will continue to expand exports and that 2009’s per capita income of $

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Air Force last year negligently disposed of classified documents but only reported the files as missing nine months after the fact, a lawmaker said Monday.According to Democratic Party Rep. Shin Hak-yong, an orderly of a senior Air Force officer threw away the Air Forc

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Park Hee-young has scored her first career LPGA Tour title in the season's final event, holding off Sandra Gal of Germany and Paula Creamer of the U.S. by two strokes at the CME Group Titleholders.At Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Park fired a two-under 70 i

MOSCOW (AP) _ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was greeted by catcalls when he stepped into the ring after a mixed martial arts fight at a Moscow arena on Sunday night.The whistles and shouts, heard clearly on the live television broadcast, were an unprecedented rebuke as Putin prepares to retu

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday that they have arrested a broker who allegedly used the Internet to arrange perverted sex and booked 70 others, including distinguished figures like doctors and professors, for being involved in the illegal prostitution ring.The 41-year-old man, surnam

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to abolish the time limit for prosecuting murderers as part of efforts to better prevent life-threatening crimes, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday.The ministry is pushing to revise related laws to lift the 25-year statute of limitations on all k

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- Free agent baseball pitcher Chong Tae-hyon on Thursday called off salary negotiations with his original South Korean team to seek a career in Major League Baseball (MLB), a day after the MLB checked his availability this offseason.The right-hander had until this Saturday t

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- Moody's Investors Service on Thursday downgraded its forecast of South Korea's economic growth for next year, citing weakening exports and sluggish domestic demand.The global credit appraiser predicted the South Korean economy would expand 3.5-4.0 percent next year, compar

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- An executive of a suspended savings bank who had been under investigation over the bank's alleged financial irregularities was found dead on Thursday in another apparent suicide in connection with a massive scandal involving troubled savings banks, a joint probe team said.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Your blood type might affect your risk for stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood — the most common type, a study found.The research can't prove such a link. But it fits with other work tying A, B and

ROME, Nov 16, 2011 (AFP) - Italy's former prime minister and cruise-ship crooner Silvio Berlusconi released an album of love songs on his last day in office on Wednesday.The self-declared Latin lover, who often boasted that he single-handedly kept large groups entertained for hours on end with his c

STOCKHOLM (AP) _ A shipwreck discovered in the murky waters of the Baltic Sea is believed to be a legendary 17th century warship whose captain went down with it in battle rather than surrender to the enemy.Deep Sea Productions, an underwater research team, said Wednesday it believes the 25-meter (82

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking for a job? NASA is hiring astronauts. You can even apply online at a giant government jobs website.There is only one hitch: NASA does not have its own spaceship anymore and is sending fewer fliers into orbit right now."The experience is well worth the wait," promised

BEIJING (AP) _ At least 17 preschoolers and two adults were killed Wednesday when their overcrowded minibus crashed with a truck in China's Gansu province, state media reported.The bus, designed to normally carry nine people, slammed into the truck at 9:40 a.m. (0140 GMT) in Qingyang city when the c

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party decided Wednesday to reject President Lee Myung-bak's offer to demand renegotiation on a key clause of the free trade agreement with the United States if the deal is ratified first, its spokesman said.The decision is expected to further

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday rejected a TV celebrity's appeal of his conviction for a deliberate enlistment delay and upheld a suspended jail term handed down earlier this year.Reading a summary of its decision, the appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court said