After a year of fiery growth, micro-blogging site Twitter is seeing a sharp drop in traffic in Korea while social networking hotspot Facebook continues to grow, figures show. According to Internet market research firm KoreanClick on Monday, Twitter’s page views in the last week of 2010 fell to about 25 million from nearly 45 million three months ago. The number of unique visitors ― people who visi

The 24 migrant workers evicted last week from a shelter at the Ansan Foreign Workers’ Center (AFC) have all been re-housed, but the center’s operators are vowing to fight the closure, claiming it was illegal. The Human Resources Development Service ordered the eviction of the AFC by fax on Dec. 22, indicating that it would remove the contractors from control of the center. The HRDS, a Ministry of

(captured from Daily Mail)The youngest person ever to be diagnosed with breast cancer has made a full recovery at the age of three, reported the Daily Mail on Sunday. When Melanie Hunter found a little lump on her daughter Aleisha’s chest, she thought it was a harmless cyst. “It was a tiny little hard lump, the size of a pea,” Melanie told the Daily Mail. After hospital tests, Melanie was told it

A male turtle named Zvilka lost the use of his back legs after he got run over by a lawn mower. The serious injury fractured his spine and disabled his back legs. (Captured from Telegraph video clip)Now he is able to move again with the help of wheels, British newspaper the Telegraph reported Wednesday. According to the report, the Israeli Wild Animal Hospital attached wheels to his abdomen to hel

  FRESNO, California (AP) -- The Kardashian sisters have been sued by a California company that created a prepaid debit card endorsed the reality show starlets.   The Fresno Bee reports that Revenue Resource Group LLC filed suit in Fresno County Superior Court last week against Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian.   The sisters pulled out of the endorsement deal in November under criticism over the

A growing number of netizens are protesting against a new girl group who appear to be using the title of a children’s book for their name. The book’s author is none too pleased with the new six-member group that has begun appearing in magazines and on national TV this month.Baek Hee-na, author of the book “Dal Sherbet” has been highly praised for her creative storyline and pictures. “Dal Sherbet”

 People ride the subway without trousers during an event "No Pants Subway Ride" in New York, the U.S., on Jan. 9, 2011. Participators who attend the event ride the subway without trousers in New York on Sunday. This event that started in 2002 in 50 cities around the world stresses that everybody should "keep a straight face about it". (Xinhua-Yonhap)

Police officers feed an owl before sending it back to nature in Nanping, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 10, 2011. The owl was found by the policemen on a patrol on Jan. 7. The owl belongs to wildlife under second class state protection. (Xinhua-Yonhap)

Kwon tells about life of stunt performersLess than a week remains until the final episode of SBS’ smash hit series “Secret Garden” airs. For the past 18 episodes, the weekend drama has amassed a broad fan base and more buzz than it can handle. Everything from the sequin encrusted track suits worn by heartthrob Hyun Bin’s winsome hero to co-star Ha Ji-won’s enthralling portrayal of stuntwoman Gil R

Korea’s biggest family buck the growing one-child national stereotypeAmid a backdrop of a looming demographic crisis in South Korea, due to one of the lowest birthrates in the world and an aging population, the country’s largest nuclear family ― with 13 children ― makes a welcome change. Attempts to boost the current rate of around 1 child per family have proved unsuccessful, with worries over cos

Korea’s annual producer inflation hit a two-year high in December, central bank data showed on Monday, adding to evidence of rising consumer inflationary pressure around the region.The producer price index in December rose 5.3 percent from a year earlier, the Bank of Korea said in a statement.It marked the fastest growth since December 2008, led by food and raw material prices.The data comes after

Promoter of ‘Sport for All’ focuses on global cooperationMany people make exercising their top New Year’s resolution, but are often unable to follow through.For Lee Kang-too, exercising regularly doesn’t have to involve running or going to the gym. Instead, it can be a simple activity, such as walking or climbing the stairs.“I wear my work-out shoes all the time. So wherever I go I’m ready to go f