Korean male figure skater Kim Min-seok failed to qualify for the free skating at the ongoing world championships here in Russia.Kim scored 56.19 points in his short program of the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships at Megasport Arena Wednesday, Russian time, to rank 27th among 30 skaters. Only the top 24 from the short program qualified for the free skating scheduled for Thursday.Kim started

The world’s taekwondo athletes are gathering in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, for the World Taekwondo Championships. The 20th world championships kicks off on Sunday at Gyeongju Indoor Gymnasium and will run until May 6. More than 1,000 athletes from 149 countries will compete in the biannual event, according to the World Taekwondo Federation. The athletes are divided into eight male and ei

The foreign affairs and trade committee of South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday passed the nation's free trade deal with the European Union in a vote after rival parties agreed to tax cuts for small livestock farms.The parliamentary committee approved the ratification bill for the long-stalled free trade agreement with the EU by a vote of 17 to 2 in a plenary session after hearing protectiv

Those who read newspapers are more talkative than those who don’t, the Korea Press Foundation’s research showed. The research categorized 1,832 people between the ages of 19 and 64 based on their conversational activities and media usage. Those who engaged more frequently in conversation showed higher usage of media, according to the survey conducted from Nov. 1-Dec. 6 by Hankook Research. The fou

A 2-year-old reportedly memorized massive amount of information from his parents’ iPhone, including all the 44 U.S. presidents in order.Rockford Ramierz from California is able to name all American states and capitals and all the countries in the world, the Daily Mail reported. His reading skill is also way above his peers.The secret of the genius child was iPhone, according to his parents. They s