U.S. workers who are engaged in their work and workplace are more likely than those who are not engaged to have a healthier lifestyle, a survey indicates.The Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted January-December 2012 found engaged employees ate healthier, exercised more frequently and consumed more fruits and vegetables.The employee engagement index was based on research on actionable workplace elements with proven linkages to performance outcomes, including productivity, customer service,

Conscripted K-pop star Rain, joined by hundreds of fans, hiked the route used by a group of North Korean commandos to infiltrate the capital city 45 years ago on a failed mission to assassinate then President Park Chung-hee. On Jan. 21, 1968, 31 North Korean armed agents infiltrated into Seoul after slipping past the heavily guarded inter-Korean border.They were stopped several hundred meters from the presidential Cheong Wa Dae, and all but one were shot to death.The Army’s Capital Defense Comma

MOSCOW (AFP) ― The Bolshoi ballet’s artistic director Sergei Filin was convalescing in Moscow on Saturday following a horrific acid attack, but doctors said they need at least a week to know how much vision he will retain.A masked man cornered Filin near his house late Thursday and threw acid on his face. Following emergency surgery on his eyes, the former dancer was taken out of intensive care and was in stable condition in a regular hospital room, Alexander Mitichkin, the head doctor at Moscow

Former mayor of Paju City Ryoo Hwa-sun was recently appointed as the seventh president of Kyung-in Women’s College, the school said.He will take office Monday for a three-year term. Ryoo graduated from the department of sociology at Seoul National University, and worked as managing editor of The Korea Economic Daily and chief executive of WOW-TV, a unit of The Korea Economic Daily Media Group. He served as the fourth and fifth elected mayor of the suburban city north of Seoul in Gyeonggi Provinc

 A New York ice cream company unveiled a new treat it says is specially formulated for flu sufferers.The Influenza Sorbet is a combination of lemon, spicy cayenne pepper and a healthy dose of Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey that will clear the sinuses and soothe scratchy throats.Jeni Britton Bauer, owner of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, told the New York Post her sorbet, derived from an old family remedy, has been getting rave reviews."People tell me it's the only thing that makes them feel better,"

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SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Malaysia has been rated the world’s top Muslim-friendly holiday destination in a survey released Wednesday that listed Egypt, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Singapore as runners-up.The study by Singapore-based Muslim travel consultancy Crescentrating ranked countries on how well they cater to the growing number of Muslim holidaymakers seeking halal ― or Islam-compliant ― food and services.It used criteria including the level of safety in a country, the ease of a

GANSBAAI, South Africa ― One night as my sister and I walked across the rugged yet strangely delicate terrain of a place called Farm 215, the path to our cottage lighted only by the stars and a flashlight, the wine-wobbly beam suddenly illuminated several sets of legs.A moment of what the ...? And then we realized that we were standing in the middle of a small herd of horses, including two mares and their foals, that roam the South African eco-retreat outside Gansbaai.It was a perfect mother-chi