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Seoul to raise subway, bus fares this month

PoliticsFeb 2, 2012

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will raise public transportation fares by 150 won ($ 0.13) later this month to make up for rising deficits from energy costs and transfer fee discounts, officials said Wednesday. A passenger pays subway fare with a transit card in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap News)
Spacecraft measures ‘alien’ particles from outside solar system

PoliticsFeb 1, 2012

Using data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, an international team of researchers has measured neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar space. A suite of studies published in the Astrophysical Journal provides a first look at the constituents
Moon tops Ahn for 1st time in poll

PoliticsJan 31, 2012

Surge of former Roh aide makes it a three-way race Moon Jae-in, an aide to late former President Roh Moo-hyun, excelled software guru Ahn Cheol-soo for the first time in a poll of potential presidential candidates. Moon Jae-in (Yonhap News)The poll, released Tuesday by Ohmynews, a progressive o
[속보] 금융위, 하나-외환 합병 승인

PodcastJan 27, 2012

금융위원회는 27일 하나금융지주의 외환은행 자회사 편입 신청안을 승인했다고 밝혔다.외환은행 대주주인 론스타 펀드가 국내은행을 소유할 자격이 없는 산업자본(비금융주력자)이었고, 따라서 하나금융이 론스타와 맺은 계약 또한 무효라는 논란에 금융당국이 일단 종지부를 찍은 셈이다.금융권 관계자들은 향후 정치권 및 시민단체의 거센 반발과 함께 가처분신청을 포함한 줄 소송이 잇따를 것으로 내다보고 있다.(코리아헤럴드)<영문 기사>Hana Financial entitled to acquire KEBFinancial regulators endors
‘ My husband gave his life for me ’: Italy ship survivor

PodcastJan 17, 2012

Night view on Jan. 16 of the cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of the harbour of Isola del Giglio after hitting underwater rocks on Jan. 13. (AFP-Yonhap News)TOULOUSE, France (AFP) - The widow of a Frenchman who died on the Costa Concordia luxury liner gave a chilling account Monday of h
Perry: Marines in video are 'kids,' not criminals

PodcastJan 16, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.Perry's comments put him at o
Russian spacecraft turned space junk to crash soon

PodcastJan 13, 2012

MOSCOW (AP) _ A Russian spacecraft designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever.It will come crashing down to Earth in just a few days.The Russian space agency Roscosmos' latest forecas
Report: Bomb kills official at Iran nuke facility

PodcastJan 11, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs on Wednesday to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and wounding two others, a semiofficial news agency reported.The attack in Tehran strongly resembles earlier killings o
Study: Parasitic fly could explain bee die-off

PodcastJan 5, 2012

FRESNO, California (AP) _ Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for the honey bee die-off: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon hives.The symptoms mirror colony collapse disorder, in which all the adult honey bees in a colony su
Belgian man alleges abuse by nuns at foster home

PodcastJan 1, 2012
The world’s most beloved drink’s recipe revealed

PodcastJan 1, 2012
Most expensive handbag on display in Qatar

Jan 1, 2012
A battery powered Rolls Royce 102ex experimental car

Jan 1, 2012
BMW's new Vision Connected Drive concept car

Jan 1, 2012
Harassment claim letter against ex-HP CEO released

PodcastJan 1, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Hewlett-Packard contract employee fended off advances from chief executive Mark Hurd for two years before accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a letter that prompted his resignation as head of the world's largest computer company.Hurd, who is now president of HP