NEW YORK ― Hillary Rodham Clinton formally kicked off her presidential campaign on Saturday with an enthusiastic embrace of her potential to become the first woman to win the White House, asking supporters gathered at her first major outdoor rally to join her in building an America “where we don’t leave anyone out, or anyone behind.”Hillary Rodham Clinton (Yonhap)With the downtown New York skyline and new World Trade Center over her shoulder, Clinton offered herself as a fierce advocate for thos

LAUSANNE ― FIFA has handed over computer data to Swiss police investigating the 2018 and 2022 World Cup votes and suspended bidding for the 2026 tournament as it remained at the center of a football corruption storm.(Yonhap)Brazilian legend Zico, meanwhile, became the first person to officially declare himself a candidate to take over football’s scandal-tainted world governing body from Sepp Blatter.FIFA said that computer data from its Zurich headquarters had been handed to Swiss prosecutors.Sw

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South Korean billionaire Chung Mong-joon’s possible bid to run for FIFA’s top job sparked speculation here Thursday that the world football body’s former vice president could use the high-profile contest to escape his political obscurity in Korea.Chung ― a seven-term lawmaker, FIFA vice president from 1994 to 2011 and former chairman of South Korea’s conservative party ― said Wednesday he was mulling plans to enter the race to succeed FIFA president Sepp Blatter sometime by next April.His bid co

A sense of crisis is escalating at Hyundai Motor as sales by the nation’s largest carmaker fell in its two biggest overseas markets ― China and the U.S. ― in May. Shares of Hyundai Motor plunged 10.36 percent to 138,500 won ($124.8) on Tuesday, affected by lackluster sales at home and abroad. The stock hit a four-year low. On Monday, Hyundai Motor said its domestic and overseas sales fell 8.2 percent and 6.1 percent last month, respectively, from the same period a year ago. The disappointing sal

Health and Welfare Minister Moon Hyung-pyo is on the hot seat after Middle East respiratory syndrome hit the country late last month, leaving two dead and hundreds under quarantine as of Tuesday.The disease’s steady spread sparked criticism that health officials were ill-prepared. The government’s decision to keep secret the list of hospitals holding MERS patients worsened public anger. The confirmation of two tertiary infections early Tuesday exacerbated the public’s fear.The ministry’s failure

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong on Monday attended the award ceremony for the Ho-Am Prize, Samsung Group’s most important annual award, on behalf of the owner family for the first time.Keen attention was paid to the Samsung heir’s appearance because representing the family at the event appeared to be one of the final steps to taking to the throne at South Korea’s largest conglomerate.Established by his father, chairman Lee Kun-hee in honor of late Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull i

ZURICH ― A new election triumph in the midst of a corruption scandal established FIFA president Sepp Blatter as the politician who can come through any storm.Unapologetically divisive, Blatter has had to deal with scandal virtually since his first day in office.And Blatter knows that he still has a long way to go to reach the aim he outlined Friday of getting FIFA in a safe port “where the boats will stop rocking.”“He sees it all like a marathon. And he is one of the most determined men you will

NEW YORK ― In accusing soccer federation leaders of tarnishing the sport by taking $150 million in bribes and payoffs, U.S. prosecutors laid out a sweeping corruption case that hinges on the testimony of insiders, including some who have agreed to cooperate in plea deals.Prosecutors announced the racketeering conspiracy and other charges Wednesday against 14 defendants ― nine current and former officials with global soccer governing body FIFA, four sports marketing executives and an accused inte

The new chairman of the main opposition party’s reform panel vowed on Wednesday to overhaul the beleaguered party, urging its members to abandon their factional interest and rebuild the party for the next general election.Kim Sang-kon, the former chief of Gyeonggi Provincial Education Office, pledged “zero-tolerance” against any attempts to build factions within the New Politics Alliance for Democracy. The party has been beset by factional feuds since its crushing defeats in the April by-electio

As Seoul on Monday confirmed its fourth MERS case ― the daughter of the third confirmed patient, who asked to be quarantined but was rejected by the authorities ― the Health Ministry is under fire for the poor handling of the potential patients.Fear of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Korea further spread on Tuesday as two medical staff members who had been in contact with the patients showed symptoms of fever. The two were transported to a hospital to test for infection, the Korea Center

WARSAW ― Andrzej Duda, the 43-year-old conservative MEP and lawyer who won Poland’s cliffhanger presidential election on Sunday, has strong ties to the powerful Kaczynski twins.The devout Catholic was close to the late president Lech Kaczynski, who died in a 2010 plane crash in Russia, and calls himself his “spiritual heir.”But Duda only became well-known after Lech’s controversial twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski ― a former prime minister and current leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) conservat

Hwang Kyo-ahn, the nominee for South Korea’s new prime minister, is expected to face a daunting task of proving his capability to serve as the nation’s No. 2 during his parliamentary confirmation hearing, with the opposition blocs already voicing concerns about what they alleged as his unbalanced political views.President Park Geun-hye designated current Justice Minister Hwang on Thursday to fill the prime minister’s post left vacant for nearly a month by ruling Saenuri Party’s Rep. Lee Wan-koo