For audience expecting a circus, ‘Rain’ leaves something to be desiredIf hair-raising acrobatics, lions jumping through hoops on fire and ultra-flexible girls folding themselves like paperclips is your idea of a good show, “Rain” is not what you are looking for. Canadian troupe Cirque Eloize’s “Rain” is such a new type of show that calling it a circus would be to ignore most of its essence. Though

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The red and black leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in his “Thriller” video went under the hammer for $1.8 million on Sunday, a day after the second anniversary of the pop icon’s death.The jacket, which fetched several times its estimate of between $200,000 and $400,000, has “Love Michael Jackson” written on the sleeve, and a dedication in the lining to his long-time costu

Lee Man-soo, a former triple crown-winning catcher, topped the vote for South Korea’s all-time baseball greats, the nation’s top baseball league announced Monday.In a vote among baseball officials, fans and media, Lee earned 74.05 points of a possible 100, the Korea Baseball Organization said. The league is celebrating its 30th season and naming 10 all-time all-stars as part of the season-long com

Jeju United striker Shin Young-rok is awake after a 50-day coma, resulting from a serious heart attack in May, Cheju Halla General Hospital announced on Jeju Island, Monday.Shin is now capable of communicating freely and will eventually be able to return to his normal life with the help of rehabilitation therapies, the hospital said.  Jeju United manager Park Kyung-hoon (right) clasps hands with s

Figure skating champ Kim Yu-na optimistic about Korea’s chancesAhead of PyeongChang’s Olympic bid presentation in Togo this week, figure skater Kim Yu-na said Monday that she was optimistic about the South Korean candidate city’s chances to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.“We’ve all worked hard so far, and I am confident we will have good results in the end,” Kim said before departing for the Africa

 JYJ, a Korean boy group formed by Junsu, Jejung and Yuchun of the disbanded TVXQ, has successfully wrapped up their world tour concert, its agency CJes Entertainment said on Monday.The 2011 JYJ World Tour Concert started on April 2 in Bangkok, Thailand, and the members went on to showcase their talent in Taiwan, China, Japan, four cities in the U.S. before coming back to Korea’s Busan in mid-June

(MCT)A dog traumatized by its memory of a car accident chewed four tires, damaging two police cars and an animal control vehicle.New Zealand media reported that Bruno, a 7-year-old dog, has been taken to an animal shelter after attacking the tires of police cars.The owner of Bruno, Fay Gock told the police that Bruno was hit by a car when he was 1 year old. Thereafter, the registered memory of the

The Chinese crested-Chihuahua Yoda claimed the honor as the World’s Ugliest Dog held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California. Owner Terry Schumacher hugged and kissed her dog as they won the $1,000 top prize. Yoda won a trophy after being crowned the winner of the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog Contest (AP)During this year’s competition, Yoda defeated defending champion, Princess Abby, one-eyed Chihuahua

People attend a world record attempt at a photocall to highlight the release of the film "The Smurfs" in 3-D at the O2 Centre in london on the june 25, 2011. Simultaneous Smurf gatherings took place in 12 countries, all to be counted as part of a world record attempt which they broke. (AFP-Yonhap News)  (Xinhua-Yonhap News) (AFP-Yonhap News) <한글 기사> 4천여명 스머프날 기념 코스프레..기네스 경신지난 53년간 사랑을 받아온 만화 '개구쟁

(MCT)A small asteroid about the size of a tour bus will pass close to Earth on Tuesday, space.com reported. The asteroid, about 10 meters wide, will make its closest approach at 2:14 a.m. Korean time on June 28 (17:14 GMT, June 27) and pass about 12,000 kilometers above Earth’s surface. The asteroid, named 2011 MD, was discovered by LINEAR, a pair of robotic telescopes in New Mexico, which scan as