A man was booked without detention for stealing countless Lego collectables from an acquaintance’s home, according to Imsil Police Station of Jeonbuk province.The victim, known only by his surname Kim, had been devoted to collecting Lego for the last 20 years.The accused, only known as Chun, became acquainted with Kim and visited his home several times, figuring out that his treasured collection w

How does Generation X fare in the 21st century?About half the educated women from Generation X, the term once used to describe the new generation, are childless, according to American research.Born between 1965 and 1978, Generation X was first used in a novel written by Douglas Coupland, “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.”The idea quickly spread to describe those born in economic pro

More than five months have passed since the mystery death of a doctor’s pregnant wife, but the case is still unsolved.The father of the dead woman has had his daughter frozen and postponed the funeral to prove that her doctor husband killed her and her unborn baby. The husband, a medical doctor in Seoul surnamed Baek, is suspected of killing his nine-month-pregnant wife. But a Seoul court has repe

The Korea Meteorological Administration issued a heat wave alert for Seoul and adjacent areas at noon Monday, advising people to refrain from going outdoors.The unusually early hot weather will subside no later than Wednesday when the country enters rainy season, or jangma. According to the weather agency, the mercury in Seoul as well as Suwon, Gyeonggi Province and Chuncheon, Gangwon Province ros

Korea’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that a U.S. decision to transfer the domain name “hpweb.com,” registered by a Korean national, to Hewlett-Packard Co. was appropriate. “The domain name ‘hpweb.com’ is confusingly similar to the HP mark. The plaintiff’s registering and perusal of the domain name amounts to cybersquatting under the U.S. federal law,” Judge Kim Ji-hyung said. A Korean surnamed Kim r

The personal information of a sex offender has been made available to his neighbors for public safety, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. This is the first time public notification of this kind has been implemented in Korea after a relevant law came into effect on April 6. According to the ministry, the offender, identified as a 37-year-old man living in an adjacent area of Seoul, was sentenced

A man allegedly threw a cup of scalding hot water into a barista’s face at Starbucks in San Diego on Thursday morning, Daily Mail reported.Now arrested on suspicion of battery, Dennis Christopher Lee, 58, came into the café and asked for a cup of hot water, which Starbucks provides for free.However, after the female barista served him, Lee started taking items from the condiments table. Since the

ULSAN, June 19 (Yonhap) -- An internal audit by Hyundai Motor Co. revealed that 97 workers have accessed Internet gambling sites at work, leading the company to discipline them for improper use of company computers, corporate officials said Sunday. The audit was launched in April after the company received a whistle-blower's tip that some employees on production lines were betting online with offi

Prosecutors defy plan to empower policeThe prosecution and the police have locked horns with each other over whether to share the rights to launch investigations, which is now exclusive for prosecutors. While prosecutors are concerned that empowering police could lead to redundant and abusive investigations causing various problems, police are determined to demand certain level of independence, wh