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Rock singer Yim Jae-beom holds solo concert in L.A.

Oct 9, 2011

Rock singer and MBC music show “Nagasu” (I Am a Singer) star Yim Jae-beom charmed some 7,000 audience members in L.A., receiving a standing ovation during his solo concert at the NOKIA theater on Friday.Wearing a hanbok, Yim started off the concert by singing his famous “Nagasu”-hit “Bin Jan” (An Em
Samsung and LG family names illegally used in overseas fraud

Oct 9, 2011

Small, independent firm LKH Investment Group was discovered using the names of business tycoons Lee Kun-hee and Koo Ja-hak without permission in an apparent financial scam. Lee is chairman of Samsung Electronics, international tech giant, and Koo is the third son of the LG Group founder and ma
Korean smartphone users likely to top 20 mln in Nov.

Oct 9, 2011

The number of smartphone users in South Korea is set to surpass the 20 million mark in November as local handset makers roll out new smartphone models, data showed Sunday.As of the end of September, the total number of smartphone users in South Korea reached 18.8 million, according to data compiled
Knox alleges sexual harassment while in Italian jail

Oct 9, 2011

(AP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Amanda Knox claims she was sexually harassed by a prison official in Italy during her four years behind bars, according to a TV program to be aired this weekend. Knox, who has returned home to Seattle after being acquitted of murder and sexual assault, alleges the
Prosecutor probes leak of Nobel winner's name

Oct 9, 2011

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A Swedish prosecutor said Saturday he would investigate rumours that the name of poet Tomas Transtroemer was leaked before he was awarded the Nobel Literature Prize.Chief anti-corruption prosecutor Alf Johansson said he would be looking at why betting odds on Transtromer winning th
Prosecutors question former vice culture minister over alleged corruption

Oct 9, 2011

Former Vice Culture Minister Shin Jae-min on Sunday faced questioning by state prosecutors after a businessman claimed to have given him nearly 1 billion won ($847,000) over the space of a decade. The interrogation is expected to widen investigations into the scandal including President Lee My
Na’s spokesman quits after appearing on TV drunk

Oct 9, 2011

A spokesman for the ruling Grand National Party’s Seoul mayoral candidate Na Kyung-won resigned over the weekend after being accused of appearing on a live TV debate show while drunk. “I offered to resign because I didn’t want to be a burden to Na,” Shin Ji-ho, a GNP lawmaker and chief press of
Johnson Sirleaf, Gbowee, Karman win Nobel Peace

Oct 7, 2011

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights.The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the three women “for their non-violent struggle for
Samsung, Apple relations to enter new chapter

Oct 7, 2011

(Yonhap News)Market watchers say Samsung has chance to come out top The tumultuous relationship between Samsung and Apple may be headed for a new chapter following the recent death of co-founder Steve Jobs, who had waged a fierce patent war with the South Korean electronics bellwether. While Samsung
Apple looks to overseas growth to stay on top without Jobs: Tech

Oct 7, 2011

Steve Jobs built Apple Inc. into the world’s most valuable technology company with easy-to-use products that transformed the computing, wireless and music industries. The company will look for overseas growth to extend that legacy and remain an investor favorite. Apple, which said its visionary foun
Monkey see, monkey feel helps research for paralysed

Oct 7, 2011

Monkeys implanted with brain electrodes were able to see and move a virtual object and sense the texture of what they saw, a step forward in the quest to help the severely paralysed touch the outside world once more. MCT"Someday in the near future, quadriplegic patients will take advantage of this t
N. Koreans with over $100,000 in cash number 500,000: expert

Oct 7, 2011

SEOUL (Yonhap) -- An estimated 500,000 North Koreans have cash assets worth more than US$100,000, a researcher at the South Korean state-run institute said Friday, indicating a stark gap between rich and poor in the impoverished communist state.In a forum held at the National Assembly, Lee In-ho, se
Gov’t to toughen punishment for sexual crimes on disabled

Oct 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

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

Oct 7, 2011