몇 차례 만남 주선에도 성사 안되자 불만 품은 듯…피해자 수술 중한 60대 남성이 이성과 만남을 제대로 주선해주지 않는다며 서울 강남 한복판에서 결혼정보업체 대표에게 흉기를 휘두른 사건이 벌어졌다.서울 강남경찰서는 살인미수 혐의로 김모(63)씨를 붙잡아 조사 중이라고 26일 밝혔다. 김씨는 이날 오전 11시 40분께 서울 강남구 지하철 2호선 역삼역 5번 출구 인근 인도에서 결혼정보업체 대표 A(57·여)씨를 흉기로 수차례 찌른 혐의를 받는다.당시 주변에 있던 남성 2명이 김씨에게 달려들어 팔을 붙잡고 흉기를 떨어뜨려 더 큰 피해를 막을 수 있었다. 이들은 112로 전화를 걸어 "흉기로 사람을 찌른 남성을 잡고 있다"고 신고했다.특별한 직업이 없는 김씨는 5년 전 A씨가 운영하는 업체에 회원으로 가입해 그간 몇 차례 이성과의 만남을 주선받았지만 제대로 성사된 적이 없자 불만을 품은 것으로 조사됐다.김씨는 경찰에서 "최근 들어 업체에서 만남을 주선하는 기회도 줄고, 전화를 해도 연락이

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said Friday its semiconductor arm's move to join the acquisition of Toshiba Corp.'s chip business is "not finished," hinting there are still challenges moving forward.The remark came as a global consortium including South Korea's SK hyinx Inc. was tapped as the preferred bidder for the sale of the memory arm of Japanese tech giant Toshiba earlier this week.The consortium included Japanese players and US Bain Capital.Taking anti-monopoly regulations into account, SK

The US Forces Korea said Friday it has an "original" agreement with South Korea to deploy the THAAD missile defense system here as soon as possible.It was in response to President Moon Jae-in's view that the deployment process has been "accelerated for some reason" that he does not know.He has apparently questioned the transparency of the related procedures, especially at home."Originally, the alliance decided to deploy THAAD as soon as able in order to substantially improve our layered missile

Nearly three in 10 South Korean office workers feel alienated at the workplace due to their academic background, a poll said Friday.Top online job search portal JobKorea said its recent survey of 352 office employees showed that 33.8 percent of the respondents have felt a sense of alienation during their career because of their academic background.Yet JobKorea said the percentage is down 23.9 percentage points from five years earlier.The portion was the highest for those with high school diploma

Representatives from host South Korea will seek redemption when the biennial world championships in their traditional martial art will get underway this weekend.The 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Federation World Taekwondo Championships kicks off at Taekwondowon here in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, on Saturday. The competition will run through next Friday.This will be the seventh WTF worlds held in South Korea, the birthplace of taekwondo, and the first since the 2011 edition i

Korea Line Corp., South Korea's No.2 bulk carrier, said Friday that it has clinched a 1.27 trillion-won ($1.15 billion) deal to transport liquefied natural gas.Under the deal with Korea Gas Corp., Korea Line will transport LNG through May 30, 2037, the company said in a regulatory filing.Other details of the contract were not revealed.In 2013, Korea Line was taken over by SM Group, a midsized shipping group. Korea Line currently operates some 30 vessels, hauling goods, such as iron, ore, crude o

Stocks of South Korean airlines, led by Korean Air Lines Co., are set to further rise down the road following their recent surge on the back of falling oil prices, solid demand and a strong won, analysts said Friday.Korean Air Lines, which has gained some 50 percent so far this year, traded at 38,950 won (US$34) on the Seoul bourse as of 10:20 a.m., extending its gain to a third day. No. 2 flag carrier Asiana Airlines, which saw its stock price almost double this year, hit a yearly high of 6,330