The government is under growing pressure from politicians to respond more sternly to allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency allegedly bugged 35 world leaders, including South Korean presidents.South Korea has called on Washington to clarify the allegations through diplomatic channels. In an initial response, the U.S. said it understands Seoul’s concerns, officials said Tuesday. “The government inquired with the U.S. government about whether South Korean presidents were subject to eav

U.S. espionage chiefs turned the tables on European allies in the transatlantic spat over intercepted phone records, saying in many cases it was European agencies -- not the NSA -- that gathered and shared them with America.They dismissed as “completely false” allegations that American spy agencies had swept up data on millions of phone calls, and said European newspapers that had made those claims did not understand the data they were using to make the allegations.The assertion came as a senior

If consumer electronics companies are to be believed, someone on your holiday shopping list is just dying for a wristwatch that displays message alerts and weather updates.Samsung and Sony have devices out for the holidays. Qualcomm has one coming. Apple is believed to be making one, and a new report says Google is developing one, too.Why the big push for computerized watches? It‘s not coming from consumers, says Jonathan Gaw, a research manager at IDC. Rather, it’s a product in search of a mark

손바닥, 쇄골과 가슴 사이, 손목 등은 성(性)과 관련된 특정 신체부위로 보기 어렵다는 법원 판단이 나왔다.대전고법 제1형사부(이원범 부장판사)는 여제자를 추행한 죄(아동•청소년의 성 보호에 관한 법률 위반)로 1심에서 벌금형을 선고받았던 교사 A(49)씨에 대한 항소심에서 원심을 깨고 무죄를 선고했다고 29일 밝혔다.A씨는 교실 책상에 엎드려 자고 있던 여제자 B(16)양을 깨운다며 손바닥에 간지럼을 태우거나 옷차림을 지적하면서 쇄골 아래 부분에 손가락을 대는 한편 성적을 올릴 것을 얘기하면서 손목을 잡은 채 손을 쓰다듬는 등 추행한 혐의로 기소돼 1심에서 벌금 1천만원을 선고받았다.당시 재판부는 "큰 부담을 느낄 정도로 친근감을 표시하면서 신체를 접촉하는 것은 객관적으로 일반인에게 성적 수치심이나 혐오감을 불러일으키므로 추행에 해당한다"고 판시했다.그러나 항소심 재판부는 "공개된 장소에서 이뤄진 A씨의 행동이 객관적으로 볼 때 B양과 같은 처지에 있는 일반적인 사람으로 하여금 성

세계 스마트폰 시장과 전체 휴대전화 시장에서 삼성전자가 판매량 부문에서 독주하는 가운데 성장률 부문에서는 LG전자 가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.두 국내 휴대전화 제조사가 세계 시장을 사실상 선도하는 셈이다.미국의 시장조사업체 스트래티지애널리틱스(SA)는 삼성전자가 지난 3분기 휴대전화를 1억2천10만대 판매해 전체 휴대전화 시장의 28.7%를 점유했다고 29일(현지시간) 발표했다.삼성전자의 휴대전화 판매량은 노키아의 6천460만대와 견줘 약 2배, 애플의 3천 380만대와 비교해서는 4배에 육박하는 것이다. 또 노키아와 애플, LG전자의 휴대전화 판매량을 합한 수치인 1억1천670만대보다 많다.삼성전자는 스마트폰 판매량에서도 3분기 사상 최대인 8천840만대를 판매해 점유율 35.2%로 1위를 차지했다.삼성전자가 판매량 분야에서 세계 1위라면 LG전자는 성장률 부문에서 세계 1위를 기록했다.LG전자는 3분기 스마트폰 1천200만대를 판매했는데 이는 지난해 같은 기간의 700만대에서

미국 국가안보국(NSA)가 적어도 3개의 프로그램을 조합해 거의 전 세계의 전화·인터넷 통신 정보를 수집한 것으로 파악됐다고 아사히(朝日)신문이 28일 보도했다.이 신문은 NSA에서 통신 정보 수집 업무에 관여한 미국인 6명을 인터뷰한 결과 이런 사실이 확인됐다고 전했다.신문에 따르면 NSA는 '업스트림'이라는 프로그램을 이용해 미국 샌프란시스코와 뉴욕 인근에서 주로 해저 광섬유 케이블의 정보를 직접 수집했다.북미 지역에 기간 케이블이 집중돼 있기 때문에 세계 각지로 이동하는 정보의 약 80％가 이 지역을 지나는 점을 활용해 정보를 복제한 것이다.통신사업자의 협력을 얻어 데이터베이스에서 정보를 취득하는 감시 프로그램 '프리즘'과 업스트림을 결합해 통신 시간이나 상대방이 누군지 등에 관한 정보인 '메타 데이터'를 수집했다고 아사히는 설명했다.여기에 '엑스키스코어'(XKS, XKeyscore)라는 프로그램을 동원하면 메일 내용이나 사이트 열람 이력까지 수집할 수 있다.NSA에서 2001

Korea’s foreign exchange market opened Monday with the local currency slightly weakening against the U.S. dollar as forex officials continued to caution traders as a means to prevent the won from excessive gains.The won-dollar exchange, however, closed down 0.7 won to 1,061.10 won on Monday despite the government’s reaffirmed stance against a stronger won.Foreign capital inflow into Korea’s stock market kept the U.S. dollar weak against the won, while boosting the benchmark KOSPI by 0.68 percent

Two Western diplomats say U.S. officials have briefed them on documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that might expose the intelligence operations of their respective countries and their level of cooperation with the U.S.Word of the briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence comes amid questions swirling around overseas surveillance by the National Security Agency, which has angered allies on two continents and caused concern domesti

Shohei Hasegawa of Japan and Lee Chang-woo of South Korea battled strong wind and cool temperatures to share the lead going into the final two rounds of the Asia-Pacific Amateur.At stake is a spot in the Masters for the winner, along with an exemption into a final qualifying event for the British Open.Hasegawa, a 21-year-old student at Osaka Gakuin University, had three birdies for a 1-under 70. Lee was even more impressive by running off 15 consecutive pars and then a birdie on the 16th hole at

Nearly 700 refugees including dozens of Eritreans have been rescued off Sicily in five operations, as leaders grapple with the issue of illegal immigration at a European Union summit.Italian coastguard and navy vessels and a Maltese cargo ship have saved asylum-seekers from five boats in the past 24 hours, including at least two that were adrift, officials said on Friday."It was a night of rescues in the Strait of Sicily" -- the stretch of water between Sicily and Tunisia, the coastguard said in

Orlando Bloom's publicist confirmed the British actor and his wife, Australian model Miranda Kerr, have separated after three years of marriage."Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced that they have been amicably separated for the past few months," the representative said in a statement to E! News."After six years together, they have recently decided to formalize their separation," the statement said. "Despite this being the end of their marriage, they love, support and respect each other

India will showcase its domestically developed guided missiles at a defense exhibition in South Korea next week in an effort to reach out to the global arms market, its state defense institute said Friday.A delegation from India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) visited South Korea ahead of the Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) set to kick off Tuesday for a six-day run at the Korea International Exhibition Center (Kintex) in Ilsan, just north of Seoul.The Indian weapon