Family members of people abducted during the 1950-53 Korean War said Monday they will formally sue North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for unlawful detention and failure to address such abuses.The petition will be filed against Kim, Armed Forces Minister Jang Jong-nam, State Security Minister Kim Won-hong and Choi Bu-il, minister of people’s security, the Korean War Abductees Family Association (KWAFA) said.The group said the legal motion, along with supporting evidence, will be submitted to the Int

Maintaining an active lifestyle is one of the best ways to prevent strokes for the elderly at high risk, according to research reported by HealthDay News.British professor Barbara Jefferis at University College London conducted a 10-year experiment on 3,435 men aged between 60 and 80, and divided them into five groups: those who walked zero to three hours a week, four to seven hours a week, eight to 14 hours a week, 15 to 21 hours a week and more than 22 hours a week. The data shows that men who

Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Prize, she blinked and retorted Oh Christ! ... I couldn't care less.”That was typical of the independent _ and often irascible _ author who died Sunday after a long career that included The Golden Notebook,” a 1962 novel than made her an icon of the women's movement. Lessing's books reflected her own improbable journey across the former Bri

CAIRO (AP) ― Egypt unveiled Friday a multimillion dollar renovation project for Cairo’s famed Egyptian Museum, including plans to demolish a scorched building that stands between it and the Nile, in a bid to draw tourists back and restore a sense of normalcy after more than two years of unrest.Organizers said they want to return the dusty 111-year-old museum to its former glory by painting the walls and covering the floors in their original colors and patterns.The lighting and security systems a

PARIS (AP) ― Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France’s Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition.Down to just 14 employees after a 206-year history that produced more than 250,000 pianos, the Pleyel piano factory in Saint Denis, north of Paris, announced this week that it’s closing “because of recurrent losses and a very low level of activity.”Like so many industries that Europe once dominated, today

A year-end sale will be held in Malaysia from Saturday to Jan. 5, 2014, offering discounts, bargains and promotions at major shopping malls. The annual shopping event will be centered in Kuala Lumpur, home to popular shopping malls such as Suria KLCC, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and Bukit Bintang. CNN Travel has listed Malaysia as the fourth-biggest shopping destination, followed by New York, Tokyo and London. The Malaysian tourism office said luxury items will be offered at 20 percent off on average

Vivaldi Park opens for the 2013-14 winter season on Nov. 22. The ski resort said it has increased its ski and snowboard inventory available for rent to 7,000 ski sets, 4,000 snowboards and 7,000 snowboard boots for the new season. They also installed more depository posts capable of accommodating more than 6,700 skis and snowboards. For safety, the resort expanded the width of two slopes to prevent the bottleneck that usually occurs in the middle. The price for the all-day seasonal pass is 410,0

The Korea Tourism Organization has started promoting new culinary destinations in Korea: Yeongdeok for snow crab, Chuncheon for stir-fried marinated chicken dakgalbi, and Damyang for bamboo sprouts. The three food destinations have been added to the KTO’s list of famous food spots in Korea that include the popular tteokbokki street in Sindang-dong, Seoul, Chodang tofu village in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, and the mudfish soup street in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. The food streets selected b