HANOI (AFP) ― Vietnamese police rounded up at least 10 people as they forcibly broke up an anti-China rally on Sunday after a series of protests over tensions in the South China Sea.Around 50 demonstrators, greatly outnumbered by the security forces, were stopped and forced to disperse after they gathered close to the Chinese embassy in the capital Hanoi.“Down with China! Down with arresting patri

CHICAGO (AP) ― Marilyn Monroe’s billowing skirt shows it’s possible to catch a nice breeze in the Windy City.As dozens of people watched Friday, an 8-meter-tall sculpture of Monroe in her famous pose from the film “The Seven Year Itch” was unveiled on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. In the movie, a draft catches Monroe’s dress as she stands over a subway grate to cool off.Many in the crowd that descen

The scale of trade between Korea and Australia has increased dramatically since relations were established five decades ago.Overall trade between the two countries ballooned to more than $27 billion during that period, making Korea Australia’s third largest trading partner.The bilateral trade relationship is fueled by exports of Korean cars, petroleum products and automobile parts.For its part, Au

There are symbols that almost everyone knows ― a heart stands for love, a white dove for peace ― yet there is no logo that symbolizes human rights.The German Embassy announced a global competition to find the international symbol for humanity’s fundamental rights.Until July 31, candidates can submit proposals for what will be known the world over as the accepted logo for the principle of human rig

The British Embassy has joined the growing ranks of local embassies on Facebook.“We launched our official Embassy Facebook page in an effort to keep pace with the growing use of social networking services in Korea,” British Ambassador Martin Uden told The Korea Herald.The page opens another window through which the embassy can communicate and interact with people in Korea and in the United Kingdom

LONDON (AFP) -- The British government and police faced fresh pressure over their ties to Rupert Murdoch on Saturday as the media mogul published apologies in national newspapers over the phone hacking scandal.A day after Murdoch lost two of his most senior executives, the crisis returned to haunt the British establishment with new allegations about the close ties between the media baron's empire

TORONTO (AP) ― CC Sabathia ensured the New York Yankees didn’t have to wait another day for their next win.Sa-bathia won his seventh straight start to become the first 14-game winner in the majors, Brett Gardner had three hits and the Yankees beat Toronto 4-1 on Saturday, ending the Blue Jays’ five-game winning streak. “To not win for a week, and that’s what it felt like because we hadn’t played f