VATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees who are ``fleeing death'' from war or hunger, Pope Francis announced Sunday as he called on Catholic parishes, convents and monasteries across Europe to do the same.Francis cited Mother Teresa, the European-born nun who cared for the poorest in India, in making his appeal in remarks to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square. ``Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeting death by war and by hun

The leaders of South Korea and Jordan will meet this week to discuss ways to expand bilateral economic ties and other issues facing the global community, the presidential office said Sunday.Cheong Wa Dae said President Park Geun-hye will meet King Abdullah II of Jordan on Friday in Seoul, with the two leaders to touch on trade, investment, and the construction and energy sectors as well as expanding economic cooperation.The Middle East monarch will be in the country on Thursday and Friday. Since

Hyundai Motor Group on Thursday announced that it will hire about 36,000 young people over the next three years and support an additional 12,000 people’s start-ups. The plans come after the company proclaimed a three-year 81 trillion won ($68.9 billion) investment plan early this year along with the adoption of the wage peak system early this month to make way for youth employment. According to the plan announced Thursday, 41 companies under the group will hire a total of 35,700 people by 2018,

More and more business groups are adopting the wage peak system in South Korea, as sought by the government in a bid to create new jobs by slicing existing payrolls. Doosan Group, the country’s 13th-largest business conglomerate, Thursday announced that all its 22 units will implement the new wage peak system next year. It has become the first conglomerate to introduce the program in all affiliates under the agreement between management and unions. The wage peak system refers to the gradual redu