A 453-hour-long TV series aimed at reuniting separated families in Korea that aired in 1983 will be pushed for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register next year, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Tuesday. According to the CHA’s unit for world heritage enlistment, the live TV show, “Finding Dispersed Family,” aired by state-run broadcaster KBS from June 30 through Nov. 14 in 1983 was selected as Korea’s candidate for next year’s enlistment. “The program reflects the harsh and t

Doctors, nurses and pharmacists on Wednesday protested the government’s plan to introduce telemedicine, saying the new practice would threaten businesses, jobs and the quality of medical service.“Telemedicine would lower the quality of medical service and jeopardize operations of local clinics and regional hospitals,” the groups said in a joint news conference.“The introduction of the technology will cut at least 50,000 jobs in the medical service industry,” they said.The event was joined by fiv

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) ― Archaeologists in Nepal say they have discovered traces of a wooden structure dating from the sixth century B.C. that they believe is the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine.Kosh Prasad Acharya, who teamed with archaeologists from Britain’s Durham University, said Tuesday that the structure was unearthed inside the sacred Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini. Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, is generally thought to have been born in about the sixth century B.C. at the temple sit

NEW YORK (AP) ― So long, dingy sweatpants. Workout clothes for women, once relegated to the back of the closet, are moving to the front of the fashion scene. Yoga pants are the new jeans, neon sports bras have become the “it” accessory and long athletic socks are hipper than high heels.“I’ve actually had more excitement buying workout gear than normal jeans and dresses,” says Amanda Kleinhenz, 27, who wears workout gear both in and outside of the gym in Cleveland. “I want to look good.” Blame it

GLENDALE, California (AFP) ― President Barack Obama praised the American movie industry on Tuesday, saying Hollywood was not only a key export industry but also an important cultural and diplomatic tool.Speaking after a visit to the DreamWorks Animation studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, Obama said Hollywood was one of the engines of the American economy.“I’ve come here today, because this is one of America’s economic engines, not just DreamWorks, but this whole cluster of companies t

A joint research team from Britain and Finland suggested that work-related stress is linked to accelerated aging, scientific journal PLOS ONE reported on Nov. 20. The University of Olulu in Finland and Imperial College London in Britain analyzed the relationship between 5,620 Finnish men and women’s DNA and their period of unemployment between 1994 and 1997. They compared DNA samples of men who were employed and unemployed to see whether cell lifespan was associated with stress. Unemployed men w

The number of foreign tourists to Korea reached the 10 million mark as of the end of October, a month earlier than last year, despite the continued fall in the number of Japanese tourists and the slow down in the increase of Chinese tourists in October. According to the monthly tourist figures for October, about 10.34 million foreign tourists visited Korea in the first 10 months of the year, a 9.3 percent increase from the same period last year. In 2012, the number of foreign tourists surpassed