중국의 한 20세 여대생이 지원하는 회사 이력서에 ‘처녀성’을 제공하겠다고 적어 논란이 일고 있다.  판슈안슈안이란 이름의 이 여성은 취업 포털 사이트에 “처녀 신입”이란 제목의 이력서를 제출하면서 자신의 사진도 함께 첨부했다.  판 씨는 이력서의 기타 항목에 자신이 처녀이며 이성과 교제 경험이 없고 한 번도 타인이 자신의 몸을 만진 적이 없다며 성적인 면을 강조했다.  또 그녀는 “좋은 자리(직종)를 준다면 늙은 사장님이라도 성관계 가질 수 있다”고 직접적으로 표현하기도 했다.  판 씨의 이력서를 받은 회사는 그녀의 이력서를 언론사에 제보했고 이는 중국의 트위터인 웨이보를 비롯한 SNS에 퍼지면서 논란이 되고 있다.  한국 누리꾼들은 “역시 대륙의 스케일은 다르다” “제정신으로 저러지 못할 것 같다”라며 비난을 쏟고 있

친한 여자친구들끼리 서로 벗은 몸을 처음 본 후 반응이 공개되 화제다. (YouTube)버즈피드(Buzzfeed)에서 공개한 이 영상에는 둘씩 짝을 지은 여자들이 서로 벗은 몸을 처음 보는 모습이 담겨 있다. 이 프로젝트에 참가한 여성들은 모두 상대방의 몸이 매력적이라며 칭찬하는 모습을 보여 이전에 공개됐던 비슷한 남자 실험과는 차이를 보였다. 한 참가자는 “타인에게 자신의 벗은 모습을 보여준다는 것은 무서운 일이다”라면서도 “나는 나의 친구를 믿는다”고 말해 신뢰가 있기에 가능한 일임을 표현했다. (khnews@heraldcorp.com) (유튜브)

Asiana Airlines has rejected the boarding of jazz bassist and musician Richard Bona, who was travelling from New York to Korea to perform at the Jarasum International Jazz Festival this weekend. (Jarasum International Jazz Festival)“I’m sorry to all my fans in South Korea. Asiana refused to board me this morning and treated me so poorly like I was carrying a weapon,” he wrote on his Facebook on Thursday.The musician explained that Asiana refused to board him as he wanted to bring his bass guitar

Doosan Infracore, the second largest affiliate of South Korean industrial giant Doosan Group, has recently asked junior-level employees with less than four years of work experience to retire voluntarily as part of its restructuring efforts, according to an internal source. “Corporate executives had summoned the junior staff members individually in the second week of September and some of them left the firm en bloc on Sept. 14,’’ an insider of the construction equipment maker told The Korea Heral

POSCO Energy, the power generation specialist unit of POSCO Group, is hoping to expand its presence in the overseas market with indigenous technology.In collaboration with HK Turbine, turbine maker POSCO Energy took part in the Power-Gen Asia industry show in Bangkok early this month, using the event to showcase the new disc-type steam turbine.Power-Gen Asia is one of the largest electricity-related industry events held in Asia, attracting more than 7,500 industry officials from over 70 countrie

Bogged by risks from weakening profits and China’s economic slowdown, South Korean steelmakers are seeing higher-than-estimated annual sales in a niche sector to become a major growth engine ― premium auto steel sheets. POSCO and Hyundai Steel, the top two Korean steelmakers, are revving up to gain a competitive edge in auto steel sheets, focusing on developing super high-strength, lightweight products. POSCO workers check steel sheets to be used for cars at its plant in Gwangyang, South Jeolla

Orders won by South Korean shipbuilders in August fell to a 16-month low last month, pushing Korea down to third place after China and Japan in the global ranking of shipbuilding nations, according to global data on Friday.The worsening sales performance will put a heavier burden on the nation’s three major shipbuilders, which are pushing for a set of restructuring measures due to massive losses from lackluster offshore plant businesses -- which they have been capitalizing on as a new growth eng

Korean companies are fast establishing themselves in the growing Central Asian market as the region undergoes economic development. Local construction firms made a name for themselves in carrying out large-scale projects in the Middle East, and they are now proving themselves again in Central Asia. Although Central Asian nations are rich in natural resources and manpower, they are only now focusing on establishing basic infrastructure, presenting a huge market for those with the construction cap

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo posted the highest salary among South Korean conglomerate tycoons in the first half of the year, according to the Financial Supervisory Service’s data. Chung received a total of 4.2 billion won ($3.55 million) -- down 740 million won on-year -- from Hyundai Motor and Hyundai Mobis, the group’s auto parts maker. The decline in his salary was attributed to his resignation from the board of Hyundai Steel, where his remuneration was 740 million won last ye

Ruling Saenuri Party chairman Kim Moo-sung on Friday urged Korea’s National Pension Service to exercise its shareholder rights in order to protect the public’s assets from the fallout of a founding family feud at Lotte Group. “I consider the biggest victims of founding family’s conflicts at Lotte to be not family members involved, but ordinary people who have put their retirement savings into the NPS,” Kim said in a meeting at the National Assembly.The nation’s largest investor has a stake in mo

 The husband of Lee Boo-jin, the eldest daughter of Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee, has reportedly refused to sign divorce papers after they failed to agree on custody and parental rights for their son. “Lee’s husband has no intention to divorce and nothing has changed from his stance,” his lawyer told reporters.Im has refused to give up legal guardianship and parental rights of the two’s 9-year-old son, but this is the first time for him to publicly announce that he does not want a divorce.

 The spat between the two sons of Lotte Group founder and general chairman Shin Kyuk-ho is taking a nasty turn ahead of the coming shareholders meeting to decide his successor.Shin Dong-joo, the first son, stepped up his offensive against his rival and younger brother Shin Dong-bin on Sunday, expressing confidence in winning the vote.Dong-joo is a former vice chairman of Lotte Holdings, the de facto control tower of the Lotte empire in Korea and Japan, while Dong-bin is currently chairman of Seo

Attention is being paid to U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Associates’ next step after it suffered a defeat in a shareholders vote on a merger deal between Samsung C&T and its sister firm last week.At the crucial vote on Friday, nearly 70 percent of Samsung C&T shareholders supported a merger with Cheil Industries. The vote ended C&T’s six-week battle with the fund, which had sought to thwart the Samsung merger plan.After Friday’s result, Elliott said it would reserve all options at its disposa

A police officer enters a Hanwha Chemical plant in Ulsan as part of an investigation into a deadly explosion there on July 4. (Yonhap) Officials clean up the debris from the explosion at the Hanwha Chemical plant in Ulsan on July 7. (Yonhap)The investigation into the deadly explosion at Hanwha Chemical Corp. is pointing to long-established negligence and lax safety management as the cause of The investigation into the deadly explosion at Hanwha Chemical Corp. is pointing to long-established negl

The investigation into the deadly explosion at Hanwha Chemical Corp. is pointing to long-established negligence and lax safety management as the cause of the deadly accident. Since the explosion took the lives of six workers of the Hanwha subcontractor -- Hyundai Environment -- on July 3, the authorities have been probing into the accident.  A number of officials from both companies including the chiefs of Hyundai Environment and Hanwha Chemical’s safety team are under suspicion of being respons

Samsung C&T, the trading and construction unit of Samsung Group, has reiterated its goal to double its annual sales following its tie-up with Cheil Industries, the group’s de facto holding company.Samsung C&T claimed that synergies after the proposed merger with Cheil would bring in about 60 trillion won ($54 billion) in sales with net income before taxes reaching 4 trillion won by 2020.The company said the combined entity, if approved by shareholders in a meeting on July 17, would diversify its

Content Media, a U.K.-based distributor of films and other media content, is hoping to use Korea as a jump-off for Asian expansion.  Content Media’s China unit chairman Bruno Wu. Seoul IRIn a recent interview with The Korea Herald, chief of Content Media’s Chinese operations Bruno Wu said the company would roll out measures to market media contents developed in Korea across the global market. “Through measures such as investing in Korean production firms, (the company) plans to raise the standar

U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates faces a new challenge in its aim to derail the proposed merger of two Samsung Group units, as the prosecution launched an investigation into allegations that Elliott fabricated information in a regulatory filing. Elliott, the third-largest shareholder of Samsung C&T with a 7.1 percent stake, has been seeking to thwart Samsung’s plan to merge Cheil Industries, the de facto holding company, with the Korean group’s construction and trading unit Samsung C&T. It has

DANGJIN, South Chungcheong Province ― Massive, red hot steel plates shot by along the rollers and back again.The heat inside Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin plant was high, but the speed and precision with which steel plates were being prepared for further processing was overwhelming. A few short decades ago, Korea was little more than a war-torn and ruined country, and its steel industry was able to get off the ground only as a result of the government’s relentless drive. Hyundai Steel’s plant faciliti

Samsung C&T on Wednesday expressed confidence in winning at a shareholders meeting on July 17, where its merger deal with Cheil Industries will be put to a vote.The construction unit of Samsung Group also expected limited impact of Institutional Shareholder Services‘ stance on its merger with Cheil Industries.Samsung C&T's headquarters in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul. YonhapISS is a U.S. advisory firm that evaluates corporate issues on behalf of shareholders and provides advice to vote on those i