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Local youngsters win art prizes from Bangladesh

Foreign affairsSept 4, 2011

The Bangladesh Embassy has honored local youngsters participating in an art exhibition in the South Asian nation.“This is very helpful in promoting understanding and friendship between the two countries,” Bangladesh Ambassador Shahidul Islam told The Korea Herald during the award ceremony last week.
Czech sci-fi makes it into Korean

Foreign affairsSept 4, 2011

Science fiction and diplomacy don’t usually overlap, but one ambassador has stepped up to introduce a translation of Czech sci-fi stories into Korean. The project is close to Czech Republic Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa, Jr.’s heart because he is a science fiction aficionado. During the 1980s to the 1990
Reclaiming the pearl of Sri Lanka

Foreign affairsSept 4, 2011

Korean companies and agencies helping create a better Sri LankaSri Lanka, the former Pearl of the Indian Ocean, is out to reclaim its moniker by rebuilding a country ravaged by war and terrorist attacks.For 26 years, the country suffered a civil war that ended in 2009 with many questions to be answe
Serena knocks off Azarenka

GolfSept 4, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― If anyone still harbored any doubts about whether Serena Williams is back at her best, she put on a pretty persuasive performance during the first 17 minutes of her third-round match Saturday at the U.S. Open.That’s how long Williams needed to build a 5-0 lead en route to a 6-1, 7-6
Korea looks ahead to Kuwait

SoccerSept 4, 2011

Park Chu-young aims to keep up his strong playIt is halftime in South Korea’s two-game opening gambit in its bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and the players couldn’t be feeling better. Well, they are sure to be a little jetlagged after playing 90 minutes against Lebanon and then flying to the
[Herald Interview] Pole vault legend Bubka praises Daegu Worlds

Sept 4, 2011

DAEGU -- Korea’s first ever World Championships in Athletics, which concluded on Sunday after nine days of competition, will provide a “bright future” for Korean athletics, according to athletics legend Sergey Bubka.In his pole vaulting career, Bubka won six Worlds titles, set 35 world records, and
Several nations win first medals in Daegu

Sept 4, 2011

The 2011 World Championship did not see world records broken over the course of nine days but did see records of other sorts established, including countries’ first medals.Kirani James brought home the first medal Grenada has ever won in either the Olympics or Athletics World Championships by winnin
Gold standard

Sept 4, 2011

Usain Bolt erases false-start nightmare, captures gold in 200mDAEGU -- The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt vindicated himself by running the men’s 200 meters final with the second-fastest winning time in the history of the World Championship, despite calling his efforts “conservative.”“I had to be co
2011 World Championship in Daegu

Sept 4, 2011

Fabiana Murer of Brazil celebrates after winning the gold in the women's pole vault final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu August 30, 2011. (The Korea Herald) Abel Kirui of Kenya won the men's marathon Saturday at the world championships in Daegu. (The Korea Herald)Usain Bolt of Jamaica
Denny's launches beefy mac ’n cheese sandwich

Food&BeverageSept 4, 2011

Denny’s -- the US-based all-night casual dining chain that makes a sport of topping itself in extreme foods -- is at it again with the launch of a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with macaroni and cheese and a beef patty blanketed in Frisco sauce.Mac 'N Cheese Big Daddy Patty Melt (Denny's)Their Mac
Handbags beat loans as Hermes overtakes SocGen

IndustrySept 4, 2011

If only French banks had the allure of a Parisian maker of $8,000 handbags.The chart of the day shows how Hermes International SCA, maker of Birkin bags and the best performer this year in France’s SBF-120 Index, has overtaken Societe Generale SA, the country’s second-biggest bank, by market value.
Sacramento man arrested for allegedly biting snake

Sept 4, 2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn‘t whom you’d expect.Police say a python underwent emergency surgery after a man allegedly bit the creature twice.Sgt. Andrew Pettit says officers were called to t
Korean American joins Libyan rebels

PeopleSept 4, 2011

A Korean American college student has joined a group of Libyan rebels for the last two months to fight against Gadhafi forces, according to reports.According to the Christian Science Monitor, Chris Jeon, a math major at the University of California, Los Angeles, bought a one-way ticket to Cairo and
Jessica Simpson wants smaller boobs

MusicSept 4, 2011

Jessica Simpson is planning to take breast reduction surgery, a U.S. entertainment magazine reported.Jessica Simpson (Bloomberg)According to the magazine, the U.S. TV star and singer does not want her double D breasts, reportedly telling her friends that they make her look bigger than she really is.
S. Korean economic growth to slow to 4.1 pct this year: think tank

Sept 4, 2011

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run think tank on Sunday revised down its 2011 growth project for the local economy to 4.1 percent, saying that the global economic slowdown will likely hurt the country's exports.The revised estimate of Asia's fourth-largest economy is compared with a