The family and friends of a South African woman hospitalized with a rare neurological disease are raising funds to help pay for her treatment.Yvette Pienaar was enjoying life in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, with her long-term boyfriend when she was suddenly hospitalized after being diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease. The 26-year-old was initially placed in a hospital in Daegu on July 8, after experiencing a brief reactive psychosis. Doctors believed she was suffering from a psychotic

Former FIFA Vice President Chung Mong-joon will receive the highest individual honor in Asian football for his contribution to the sport in the region, officials said Tuesday.The Asian Football Confederation announced that it will confer the AFC Diamond of Asia award on Chung, a long-time South Korean football administrator, legislator and industrialist.South Korea and Japan co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup as the first Asian hosts of the sport’s grandest event, with Chung acting as an instrume

Severely disabled Korean veterans started a seven-day, 600-kilometer handcycle journey in the United States Monday, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice agreement. According to the Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs, the 16 veterans who are paralyzed from the waist down set out from United Nations headquarters in New York, powering the tricyles with their arms, on Monday. They will arrive at their destination, Annapolis, Maryland, on July 28. They read out a letter thank

Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, Starbucks Coffee Korea team up to introduce Korean food culture

Prince William's wife, Kate, is in the early stages of labor in a private wing of a central London hospital, palace officials said Monday.It is a historic moment for the British monarchy _ the couple's first child will become third in line for the British throne, after Prince Charles and William, and should eventually become king or queen.William and Kate entered St. Mary's Hospital in central London through a side door early Monday morning, avoiding the world's media. Palace officials confirmed

A South Korean military delegation will visit Washington D.C. this week to attend an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice and donate a painting to a newly opened war exhibition at the Pentagon, the Defense Ministry here said Monday. Gen. Jung Seung-jo, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will join the Korean delegation led by Rep. Kim Jung-hoon of the ruling Saenuri Party at the armistice event on Saturday, which will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Def

University students will hold a concert in front of Seoul City Hall on Friday in support of Korean women who were coerced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II. A handful of members of a student volunteer club came up with the idea for such an event, and started to recruit concert planners in May. They posted recruitment posters around universities and gathered participants through word of mouth using social networking services.Currently, some 300 students of 30 universitie

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 presidents ― often to their discomfort and was not shy about sharing her opinions, died Saturday. She was 92. Thomas died surrounded by family and friends at her Washington apartment on Saturday, the family said in a statement. A friend, Muriel Dobbin, told The Associated Press that Thomas had been ill for a long time, and in and out of the hospital before coming