(Yonhap)Credit card firms are set to resume operation later this week after three-month business suspensions for earlier massive data breaches, officials said Sunday, while their chiefs are expected to face heavy punishment soon.According to the officials, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will lift operation bans on KB Kookmin Card Co., Lotte Card Co. and NH Nonghyup Card Co. from May 17.The three companies were ordered to suspend their business for three months from February over the lea

Rep. Lee Wan-koo of the ruling Saenuri Party and Park Young-sun of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy shake hands during a meeting at the Assembly building in Seoul, Sunday. (Yonhap)Ruling and opposition parties agreed Sunday to convene an extraordinary parliamentary session this month to discuss the investigation of and follow-up measures to the deadly ferry sinking that left more than 300 people dead or missing.Rep. Lee Wan-koo of the ruling Saenuri Party and Park Young-su

Samsung Electronics Co. chairman Lee Kun-hee (Yonhap)Samsung Electronics Co. chairman Lee Kun-hee was admitted to a hospital due to a respiratory problem after receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), company officials said Sunday.Lee, 72, received CPR at a hospital near his home in central Seoul Saturday night and was moved to Samsung Medical Center, according to the officials."I can confirm that he is now at Samsung Medical Center," said an official. "He is in a very stable condition and

(Yonhap)The search for victims of last month's ferry sinking was still on hold Sunday morning due to unfavorable weather conditions, leaving 29 people unaccounted for, authorities said. A joint team of civilian, government and military rescuers said the search operation has been suspended since early Saturday, hampered by strong tidal currents and high waves.With weather alerts in place, some of the vessels taking part in the search operation and divers who had been on standby have taken shelter

[기사요약] 약 300여명의 나이지리아 여학생들이 무장단체에 의해 납치된 가운데 보코하람이라는 이슬람 과격 단체가 자신들의 소행이라고 밝히는 동영상이 공개됐다. 서구식 교육은 죄악이라고 주장한 이들은 아이들을 모두 노예로 팔겠다고 위협하고 나섰다. 정확한 납치 현황과 아이들의 생사 여부가 확인되지 않은 가운데 사건을 안일하게 대처하는 나이지리아 정부를 향한 국민 분노가 일고 있다. Nigerian group threatens to sell girls[1] Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader is threatening to sell the nearly 300 teenage school girls abducted from a school in the remote northeast three weeks ago, in a new videotape received Monday. *extremist: 극단주의자, 과격주의자 *abduct: 납치하다, 유괴하다  [2]

Thailand's prime minister was forced to resign Wednesday after the Constitutional Court found her guilty in an abuse of power case, pushing the country deeper into political turmoil.Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was charged with abusing her authority by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position. The court ruled that the transfer was carried out with a ``hidden agenda'' to benefit her politically powerful family and, therefore, violated the constitution, an accusation s

미국 영부인 미셸 오바마가 비만, 당뇨 퇴치 등의 목적으로 학교급식 개선을 주도한 이후 미국 각 학교들의 점심 식단에도 변화가 생겼다. 2012년 미 연방 정부는 학교 건강 식단 급식법을 제정해 고칼로리 메뉴를 없애고 채소, 과일, 통곡물 등을 사용하는 식단으로 바꿨다. 그 결과, 시애틀의 미러 레이크 초등학교(두번째 사진)는 흰빵이나 튀긴 음식 대신 통밀빵 위에 구운 치즈가 올려진 샌드위치와 콘샐러드와 꼬마 당근 한 봉지, 저지방 우유와 통조림 배 등을 학생들의 한끼 식사로 제공했다. 미국 통신사인 AP가 세계 각국의 학교 급식 실태를 파악한 결과 직장에서 일하는 어머니들이 많아 대부분 학교 급식에서 점심을 해결하는 미국과 달리 아직도 많은 나라의 학생들이 점심을 집에서 먹고 다시 학교로 돌아오거나, 도시락을 싸오는 경우가 많았다. 급식을 제공하는 학교 중 일부는 아직도 미국에서 나타난 문제점과 같이 학생들에게 건강하지 않은 음식을 판매하는 경우도 있었는데 말리와 파키스탄의 튀긴