“I am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we’re on is not producing jobs as fast as I want it to happen,” President Obama said last week.Does this mean we’re about to see a package of bold ideas from the White House for spurring growth of jobs and wages? Sadly, it doesn’t seem so.The president says he’s interested in working with Republicans to extend some of the measures that were par

Suicide attackers launch assault near Karzai’s office; Taliban claims responsibilityKABUL (AP) ― Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged Saturday that the U.S. and Afghan governments have held talks with Taliban emissaries in a bid to end the nation’s nearly 10-year war, even as suicide attackers launched a bold assault in the heart of the county’s capital, killing nine people.The attack, which

NEW YORK (AP) ― As a trendsetting designer and architect, David Rockwell has done it all ― from Broadway shows and a restaurant partly owned by Robert De Niro to children’s hospitals and a hip hotel near Times Square.On Friday, his latest creation will open: the permanent home of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, a $41 million world-class movie complex that is both a community center for its Man

Ink stains on movable metal print types, claimed to be the world’s oldest, have been scientifically shown to be from the Goryeo Kingdom of Korea (918 ― 1392), Hong Wan, a scholar from Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, said on Saturday.Hong, speaking at a forum organized by the Institute for Social Science Research of Kyungpook National University and Cheongju Early Printing Muse

NEW YORK (AP) ― It is hard to think of how Paul McCartney could have given his first solo album a bigger publicity hurdle to overcome, unless he had been arrested for some vile crime on the week of its release in April 1970.The newly ex-Beatle distributed a questionnaire that was treated by fans and the media as definitive word that the world’s most beloved rock band, true today as it was then, ha

The Norwegian Embassy is running one of the most creative tourism promotions ever seen on these shores. On June 17, a ship sailed out of Bergen Harbor in Norway heading for the very north of the country on a five-day journey.Along with the regular passengers, a camera crew is filming every second of the journey and broadcasting it live directly to Samgakji Station in Seoul.“This means 134 hours of

Two important workshops that team up scientists from Italy and Korea examine the possible paths to take in curbing the effects of pollution.The first Science and Technology Office of the Italian Embassy workshop took place last week under the umbrella of the ‘International Year of Chemistry’ proclaimed by the United Nations.The Italian Council of National Research and Hanyang University hosted a w

Kenya envoy out to expand coffee exports, tourism and tradeThe Korean coffee market continues to expand by leaps and bounds and behind the growth are countries offering some of the finest beans and blends.The latest estimate of the market pegs coffee consumption at 2 kilograms per person per year, compared to an average per capita consumption of 0.2 kg in the Asia-Pacific region. Widespread penetr

South Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan has notched three victories at the Santa Clara Grand Prix, showing his best form ahead of the World Championships in July.Park finished first in the men’s 200-meter freestyle final on Sunday at the Santa Clara Swim Club in California, beating Australian Ryan Napoleon with a new meet record of 1 minute 45:92 seconds. Korea’s Park Tae-hwan (right) and Michael

BETHESDA, Maryland (AP) ― Rory McIlroy kept punishing the golf course and the record book Saturday, setting himself up with an eight-shot lead at the U.S. Open with 18 holes left between him and his first major championship.In a third round that felt more like a regular day on tour than the toughest test in golf, McIlroy shot 3-under-par 68 to finish at 14-under 199, breaking Jim Furyk’s record fo

Korean Under-23 team came back from behind to claim 3-1 victory over Jordan at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday.Yoon Bit-garam scored a penalty after Kim Tae-hwan had equalized in the second half, and substitute Kim Dong-sub added one to win the first leg of the play-offs against Jordan. The host dominated the game completely in the first half, taking chance after chance against the lackluster Jo