(online-urgent) Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Hyo-jin to wed in Dec.Celebrity couple Yoo Ji-tae and Kim Hyo-jin will tie the knot on Dec. 2 after dating for more than five years, Kim‘s agency said Sunday.“The date for wedding only has been set, other details including place (for the ceremony) haven’t been decided

 MEXICO CITY (AP) — A First Division Mexican soccer match was suspended Saturday after gunmen opened fire on police outside the stadium in the northern city of Torreon, causing players and referees to run for cover.Local clubs Santos and Morelia were tied 0-0 at the 40-minute mark when th

SANTA BARBARA, California (AP) _ Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian. The basketball pro and the reality star are husband and wife.Kardashian, 30, and Humphries, 26, tied the knot Saturday night in the exclusive Montecito area near Santa Barbara, California, Kardashian public

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Oscar scored a hat trick to lead Brazil to a 3-2 win over Portugal in extra time on Saturday to win the Under-20 World Cup.Oscar got the winner in the 111th minute, lobbing a shot from the right that was tipped by Portugal keeper Mika onto the underside of the crossbar before

DAEGU, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Usain Bolt, dubbed the fastest man on earth, has set his sights on one goal at the upcoming World Championships in Athletics here -- to defend his world titles so he can become "a legend.""I am trying to defend my titles; that's my aim," Bolt said in an interview with Yonh

 CHILMARK, Massachusetts (AP) _ A vacationing President Barack Obama seems to be in search of drama, passion and intrigue _ at least in his reading material.The White House says Obama bought two books at a Martha's Vineyard shop on Friday and brought three others from Washington for his 10-day

SEOUL (AFP) -- North Korean's heir apparent appeared to be absent from the entourage on leader Kim Jong-Il's trip to Russia, according to a list announced by the North's state media during the rare visit.Korean Central News Agency confirmed Sunday Kim's "unofficial visit to Siberia and the Far East"

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon pledged Sunday to stake his mayorship on the results of this week's referendum on the city's free school lunch program, upping the ante in the controversial vote. Oh Se-hoon (Yonhap News)"I will stake my mayorship on the results of Wednesday's refere

A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps for his conscription has been voted as the defining symbol of military mandatory service by netizens, the military recruitment agency said on Thursday.  Hyun Bin (The Korea Herald)According to the Military Manpower Administration, actor Hyun B

Shin Chang-won, who stunned the nation with his jailbreak in 1997 and more than two years of life on the run, was in critical condition after attempting suicide in his prison cell on Thursday, prison officials said.The 44-year-old convict attempted suicide via strangulation using a rubber glove in h

Colleagues with a temper may earn more than nice people, according to a new study. (MCT)In a joint study by University of Notre Dame and University of Western Ontario, researchers found out that mean male workers earned 18 percent more on average than so-called “agreeable” people.Although the tenden

LONDON (AP) _ British media are reporting that a British honeymooner has been killed in a suspected shark attack in the Seychelles.The Daily Telegraph says the 30-year-old victim was attacked as he swam off Anse Lazio beach, on the island of Paslin.Britain's Foreign Office late Monday confirmed the

A man accidently killed his soldier friend on vacation with an umbrella after having an argument with a passerby, Busan Geumjeong Police Station announced.The man, only known by the surname Kim, was with his naval serviceman friend near a convenience store at Busan on Sunday.The two got involved wit

K-pop group B2ST returned to Seoul Tuesday after the band was denied entry at Haneda International Airport in Japan because of visa problems, according to reports.The South Korean boy band couldn’t pass through immigration desks and were put on standby for over eight hours. They were denied entry fo

In new multi-platform media environment, news is becoming portable, personalized, and participatoryWhen a massive landslide hit an affluent residential town in southern Seoul on July 27, it was ordinary citizens, not professional journalists, who broke the news.An amateur video capturing a torrent o

A British girl who claims to be in love with Korean culture has had her tongue freed to speak its language better, according to Daily Mail.Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones, 19, was a typical student dreaming of working Korea in the future. Fascinated by the language, she even visits a local Korean church a

The increasing popularity of “ernai,” or mistresses among wealthy men is emerging as a problem in Chinese society, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.Amid the rapid development of the country’s economy, large numbers of those fortunate enough to enjoy the prosperity are having affairs with mis

A man in his 30s was arrested for two sexual assaults, involving violence and theft, including one against a pregnant woman, according to Incheon Nambu Police Station.The offender, whose name has not been released, allegedly broke into a pregnant woman’s home on July 23 and threatened her with a wea

(MCT)More than half of Korean workers were not paid back money they lent to colleagues, a poll showed on Thursday.According to Recruit, a local online job search engine, about 87.2 percent of the 532 respondents said that they had lent money to colleagues.But about 57.2 percent replied that they had

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ North Korea says South Korea mistook ``normal blasting'' from a construction project for artillery shelling when it accused Pyongyang of opening fire near the rivals' disputed maritime line in the Yellow Sea.North Korea said Thursday the South was simply frightened by noise