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Second person dies of hantavirus after Yosemite visit

HealthAug 28, 2012

Yosemite National Park officials say a second person has died of a rare, rodent-borne disease after visiting the park earlier this summer.Spokesman Scott Gediman says health officials this weekend learned of a second death of a person who contracted hantavirus after visiting the park in June.There is one other confirmed case of the illness, and a fourth is being investigated.Park officials are war
Report: Japanese envoy's car flag removed

World NewsAug 28, 2012

A Beijing man ripped the flag off the car of the Japanese ambassador, the Japanese Embassy said in another sign of the worsening China-Japan island dispute.Kyodo News, quoting the embassy, reported the man attacked the official car of Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa Monday and tore off the flag on the vehicle, but Niwa, who was traveling to the Embassy, was not harmed.The embassy said at
Seoul shares open higher on Fed expectations

Aug 28, 2012

South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday, as investors await with hope for the U.S. Federal Reserve to bring about another solution for an economic boost, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 7.83 points, or 0.41 percent, to trade at 1,925.70 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Upward moves in telecom and financial shares drove the index, with top mobile ca
Korea expresses dismay at Japan's denial of wartime sex slavery

InternationalAug 28, 2012

The South Korean government on Monday criticized a high-profile Japanese official's denial of the country's forced wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, calling on Tokyo to take "sincere measures" for the victims.According to historians, up to 200,000 women, mostly Koreans, were coerced into sexual servitude at front-line Japanese military brothels during World War II as the Korean Peninsula
Manager of last-place baseball team fired

BaseballAug 28, 2012

The last-place Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) have fired their manager, Han Dae-hwa.The Eagles dismissed him late Monday night, the team officials said, with 28 games left this season. Han's three-year contract was set to expire at the end of this year.Mondays are off days for all eight teams in the KBO, the nation's top professional baseball league. Through last weekend's
Typhoon Bolaven slams nation, leaving 25 dead or missing

Social affairsAug 28, 2012

Typhoon Bolaven pounded the southern and western parts of the country Tuesday, leaving at least 25 dead or missing and causing massive blackouts. As of 6 p.m., four Chinese fishermen were found dead after two boats carrying 33 crew members capsized off the southern island of Jeju. Seventeen of them have been rescued, while 12 others were still missing, according to the Korean Coast Guard. A cargo
Four dead after typhoon strands Chinese fishing boats off S. Korea

Social affairsAug 28, 2012

A Chinese fishing boat that sank off South Korea`s southern island of Jeju on Tuesday. (Yonhap News)A raging typhoon grounded two Chinese fishing boats in waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju Tuesday, with four crew members confirmed dead and 12 still missing, South Korea's Coast Guard said.A total of 33 crew members were aboard the two vessels, 17 on one and 16 on the other, when they
Korean consumer sentiment hits 7-month low in Aug.

Aug 27, 2012

South Korean consumers' confidence dipped to a seven-month low in August as the protracted eurozone debt crisis and China's slowing economy heightened economic uncertainties, the central bank said Monday.The consumer sentiment index (CSI) -- a gauge of consumers'overall economic outlook, living conditions and future spending -- came in at 99 for August, down from 100 tallied in the previous month,
Ban expects talks with N. Korea's No. 2 leader in Iran

North KoreaAug 27, 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he will meet North Korea's number two leader Kim Yong-nam later this week in Iran, where a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit will take place."As there are many occasions for participating heads of state to get together, there will be a chance to meet Chairman Kim Yong-nam and talk about peace on the Korean Peninsula and South-North Korea exc
S. Korean-born teenager becomes youngest LPGA winner

GolfAug 27, 2012

Lydia Ko holds up the trophy after winning the LPGA Tour`s Canadian Women`s Open golf tournament, Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)South Korean-born teenager Lydia Ko became the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour Sunday in Canada.At the Vancouver Golf Club, Ko, who now resides in New Zealand, captured the CN Canadian Women's Open by three shots over South Korean Park In-bee.Ko, 15, shot a five-under 67 in th
Olympic footballer qualified for military exemption without medal: official

SoccerAug 24, 2012

South Korean soccer player Park Jong-woo carries a sign given by a fan that reads “Dokdo Is Our Territory,” after winning the bronze medal match against Japan at the 2012 London Olympics on Friday. ( Ahn Hoon/The Korea Herald)Footballer Park Jong-woo will still be eligible for military exemption despite not having collected his bronze medal from the London Olympics following his post-victory celeb
Mothers selective on children's caregiving

Social affairsAug 24, 2012

This photo is not directly related to the story. (123rf)Most mothers who rely on children for care have a preference for which child they turn to in a crisis, confide in or prefer as caregiver, U.S. researchers say.Research by Megan Gilligan, a Purdue University doctoral student, and Jill Suitor, a professor of sociology, found older mothers were more likely to be stressed when they received help
Ahn trying to make responsible decision over presidential bid: advisor

PoliticsAug 24, 2012

Ahn Cheol-sooSoftware entrepreneur-turned-professor Ahn Cheol-soo is trying hard to make a responsible decision over whether to run in December's presidential race, his legal advisor said Friday, as the public waits to see what stance he will take."Ahn is thinking hard with a sense of responsibility," Keum Tae-sup said in an interview with a local radio station. "Whatever decision he makes will no
6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak

HealthAug 24, 2012

This image is not directly related to the storyLegionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said. "We are very concerned by the current situation," Quebec public health chief Francois Desbiens said. "It's the largest legionellosis outbreak in Canada in recent years."Sixteen new cases were rep
Over 100 tanks seized from pro-Gadhafi militia: ministry

TechnologyAug 24, 2012

More than 100 tanks were seized from a militia loyal to Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi as authorities hunted the perpetrators of a double car bombing, the interior ministry said on Thursday.A ministry official said an investigation into the attacks on Sunday helped to detect the militia which posed as "revolutionaries" and was housed in barracks in Souk al-Ahad near Tarhuna, 60 kilometres (