Despite prosecutors’ announcement pinpointing North Korea as the culprit for the April 12 cyber attack, security experts say that it is difficult to identify its instigator given the complicated nature of the hacking process.On Tuesday, investigators at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the North’s premier intelligence body, orchestrated the “un

The Financial Supervisory Service on Wednesday decided to ban its staffers from taking senior posts at financial companies right after their retirement as a way to prevent corruption. The decision came as part of its sweeping reform measures following several incumbent FSS staffers’ wrongdoings.In its statement, the regulatory body said it would ban the habitual practice under which incumbent and

Yet another industrial giant has decided to join the growing number of companies to create a smoke-free working environment.On Wednesday, SK Group, a local energy and telecom giant, said it informed workers that it is to completely ban smoking from its headquarters starting next week. The ban will be effective from Monday in all 35 stories of the SK building in downtown Seoul, which serves as home

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) ― When a woman involved in a polio vaccine drive turned up at Osama bin Laden’s hideaway, she remarked to the men behind the high walls about the expensive SUVs parked inside. The men took the vaccine, apparently to administer to the 23 children at the compound, and told her to go away.The terror chief and his family kept well hidden behind thick walls in this northwester

Hikers are being asked to raise funds for children in the Himalayas by taking to the Korean mountains. A charity hike is to be held to raise money for MountainChild’s ranch program in Kathmandu, Nepal. The charity helps tackle a variety of issues facing children living in the Himalayan mountains, including rescuing them from the threat of human trafficking. The MountainChild Get-High campaign is a