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Gov’t to toughen punishment for sexual crimes on disabled

PodcastOct 7, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Teachers and aspiring teachers will be permanently barred from working at schools, if they have a record of being convicted or fined for sex crimes, the government said Friday, announcing a set of new measures to crack down on sexual abuse of young students, especially disabled tee
Jobs authorized biography so his kids can know him

PodcastOct 7, 2011
La Nina gets reborn, will strengthen during winter: CPC

PodcastOct 7, 2011
S. Koreans start using cellphones at age 10.4: poll

PodcastOct 7, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans begin to use mobile phones at the age of 10.4, with nine out of 10 elementary and secondary students in the nation possessing one, a recent survey showed Friday.According to the survey conducted by Dankook University's medical school between Aug. 22-26, 91 per
Apple fans reach for Jobs‘ devices to mourn him

PodcastOct 7, 2011

He was a conjurer, a modern magician who reached into tomorrow and came up with things that changed millions of lives. And as people gathered at Apple Stores from Sydney to San Francisco to mourn Steve Jobs, the feeling was more than grief for an executive or even an inventor. It was something close
Wayne Rooney's father arrested in betting probe

PodcastOct 7, 2011

LONDON (AP) -- The father and uncle of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney were arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into betting irregularities at a Scottish Premier League football match. Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, right, celebrates after scoring a goal against Chelsea during th
Swedish poet Transtroemer wins Nobel literature prize

PodcastOct 6, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Scandinavia’s best-known living poet, Tomas Transtroemer, who on Thursday won the Nobel Prize for Literature at age 80, explores the relationship between our intimate inner selves and the world around us.Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer (AP-Yonhap News)A trained psychologist, Transtr
Ex-GNP leader vows to help Na in mayoral race

PodcastOct 6, 2011

Rep. Park Geun-hye, former chairwoman of the ruling Grand National Party, at last declared that she will back the party’s campaign for the upcoming Oct. 26 by-elections.In doing so, she added momentum to Na Kyung-won, who registered herself as Seoul mayoral candidate on Thursday.“I shall discuss the
Lone Star found guilty of stock manipulation

PodcastOct 6, 2011

Ex-Korean chief of U.S. buyout fund sentenced to 3 years in jail A Seoul court on Thursday found Lone Star Funds and its former chief of Korean unit guilty of stock-price manipulation, overturning an acquittal in 2008.Paul Yoo (Yonhap News)The Seoul High Court ruled that the Texas-based private equi
Spokesman: Putin's dive treasure find was staged

PodcastOct 6, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) _ The widely publicized incident in which Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pulled up ancient Greek jug fragments from the seabed on a diving expedition was staged, his chief spokesman said.The August dive in the Kerch Strait that connects the Black and Azov seas was reported extensi
Researchers create ‘invisible cloak’

PodcastOct 6, 2011

U.S. researchers have created a cloaking device that takes advantage of the effect of mirages to make objects invisible. (Bloomberg)This technology from the University of Dallas uses of sheets of carbon nanotubes. When the nanotubes are electrically stimulated, the resulting temperature gradie
Steve Jobs, from dropout to Apple visionary

PodcastOct 6, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at age 56, left an indelible mark on the world with his uncanny ability to marry hard-core technology with an understanding of human nature.In a rare personal moment at one of his last press events, he displayed a huge picture of
Late top N. Korean defector sought to form N.K. interim gov't: daughter

PodcastOct 6, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Jang-yop, the highest-ranking North Korean defector, had sought to create North Korea's interim government before he died last year, his adopted daughter said Thursday.Hwang, a former secretary of the North's ruling Workers' Party, drafted a plan on how to set up the
Cloning method may help make personal stem cells

PodcastOct 6, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. scientists used a cloning technique to create the type of customized stem cells that show promise for treating disease. But the first-of-its-kind result comes with a big hitch.The newly created stem cells have too much genetic material to function properly. They include
Yahoo shares soar on new Microsoft takeover hopes

PodcastOct 6, 2011