South Korean stocks got off to a weak start on Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street sparked by worse-than-expected Chinese growth data, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) moved down 9.95 points, or 0.52 percent, to 1,910.50 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Shares lost ground across the board, with market behemoth Samsung Electronics falling 0.26 percent and top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis losing 0.37 percent. Leading steelmaker POSCO also move

A South Korean man was shot dead and another Korean was seriously injured in a shooting attack in Angeles City of the Philippines, a Seoul official said Tuesday. Unknown gunmen shot the two Korean nationals inside their car shortly after dining out in Angeles City on Monday, the foreign ministry official said. There was a third Korean national inside the car, but the third person only sustained a light injury, the official said. The motive for the attack was not yet known, and South Korea called

Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombs as part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday, killing at least 55 on the deadliest day in nearly a month.The assault bore the hallmarks of a resurgent al-Qaida in Iraq and appeared aimed at sowing fear days before the first elections since U.S. troops withdrew. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but coordinated attacks are a favorite tactic of al-Qaida's Iraq branch.Iraqi officials believe

박근혜 대통령과 버락 오바마 미국 대통령이 다음달 7일(이하 현지시간) 백악관에서 첫번째 정상회담을 연다고 백악관이 15일 발표했다.제이 카니 백악관 대변인은 이날 성명에서 "오바마 대통령이 5월 7일 백악관에서 박 대통령을 맞을 것"이라면서 "올해 한•미 동맹 60주년을 맞아 이뤄지는 박 대통령의 이번 방미는 양국 동맹의 성장과 폭, 깊이, 강도를 부각시킬 것"이라고 의미를 부여 했다.또 "양국 간 글로벌 협력 강화와 깊은 경제 유대관계, 양국 국민의 강력한 우정을 강조하게 될 것"이라고 밝혔다.<관련 영문 기사>Obama set for May 7 summit with S. Korean leaderThe White House announced Monday that South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit the United States in early May for talks with President Barack Obama."Presi

Redoine Faid's escape from a French prison landed him on Interpol's most wanted list Monday, two days after he took four guards hostage and used explosives hidden inside tissue packets to blast his way out of a prison in Lille. Faid freed his hostages along his getaway route. It wasn't the first time that Faid, an armed robber being held in the death of a police officer, had gone on the lam. He was arrested in 1998 after three years on the run in Switzerland and Israel, according to the French m

The White House announced Monday that South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit the United States in early May for talks with President Barack Obama."President Obama will welcome President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea to the White House on May 7," it said in a press release, using the official name of the Northeast Asian nation.It would be their first face-to-face talks since Park took office in February. Their meeting is widely expected to focus on discussing ways to deal with N

A Korean tourist who went missing while visiting Guam was attacked by a shark before he drowned, according to findings from an autopsy.Authorities identified the man as Nae Dok Kim, 40, Pacific Daily News reported Monday (http://bit.ly/XNkpKy ).He was last seen on the beach Saturday. Employees of Pacific Islands Club Guam had helped in the search, and lifeguards were asked to look out for any sight of him.Two fishermen found his remains floating the next day about 20 feet offshore in Tumon Bay.

Police in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, London and other cities around the world stepped up security Monday following deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon.In Los Angeles, the Sheriff's Department activated its emergency operations center and increased patrols at transit hubs, schools and county buildings, while in New York, critical response teams were deployed citywide and officials stepped up security at hotels and other prominent locations.California emergency management officia

The digital clock over the finish line read 4:09:44 when two explosions in the historic heart of Boston turned the 117th running of the city's iconic marathon into a horrific scene of carnage.Still images and video footage posted on the Internet by journalists and onlookers depicted in vivid detail how the blasts killed at least two people, injured dozens more and sowed terror on a sunny spring afternoon.The first blast -- on Patriots' Day, a state holiday in Massachusetts -- occurred two hours

The head of an extremist Jordanian Muslim Salafi group said early Tuesday that he was “happy to see the horror in America” after the explosions in Boston.“American blood isn't more precious than Muslim blood,” said Mohammad al-Chalabi, who was convicted in an al-Qaida-linked plot to attack U.S. and other Western diplomatic missions in Jordan in 2003. “Let the Americans feel the pain we endured by their armies occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and killing our people there,” he said early Tuesday. Al

President Barack Obama urged a nervous nation to avoid jumping to conclusions about Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon, while acknowledging that officials “still do not know who did this or why.” A White House official later said the incident was being treated as terrorism.Speaking from the White House just three hours after the explosions, Obama was cautious in his remarks, stopping short of calling the incident an act of terror.Obama said the explosions were the act of an individual or

정치권이 재벌총수의 배임ㆍ횡령 등 경제인 범죄와 관련해 더욱 강력한 처벌을 강구하고, 범죄수익이 300억원을 넘을 경우 최소 15년 이상 징역형을 명문화할 것으로 알려져 재계에서의 반발이 예상되고 있다.15일부터 여야 양당 대표로 구성된 6인협의체 활동이 본격화하는 가운데 이날 국회에서는 경제민주화 관련 법안이 우선 논의대상에 올랐다.이에 관련해 새누리당과 민주당 측 모두 대기업 관련 범죄에 관해 더 강한 처벌을 할 수 있는 법안을 제안하고 있는 것으로 알려졌다. 원혜영 민주통합당 의원과 민현주 새누리당 의원이 각각 대표발의한 ‘특정경제범죄 가중처벌 등에 관한 법률(특경가법)’ 개정안의 경우 재산이득액 가액범위 ‘300억원 이상’ 구간을 신설해 횡령ㆍ배임액이 이를 넘어설 경우 무기 또는 최소 10년~15년 이상 징역에 처하도록 했다. 기존 특경가법상 최고가액 구간이던 ‘50억원 이상’ 경제사범에 대한 형량도 ‘무기 또는 5년 이상 징역형’에서 형량 하한선이 기본 ‘7년 이상 유기징역

한화그룹 김승연 (61) 회장에 대한 징역형이 결국 감형되었다.서울고법 형사7부(윤성원 부장판사)는 15일 업무상 횡령•배임 등 혐의로 기소된 김 회장에게 선고공판에서 징역 4년에 벌금 51억원을 선고한 원심을 깨고 징역 3년에 벌금 50억원을 선고했다.재판부는 "피고인은 한화그룹의 실질적인 경영자로서 책임에 상응하는 실형 선고가 불가피하다"며 "다만 계열사 부당지원 피해액 3분의 1에 해당하는 1천186억원을 공탁한 점을 참작했다"고 말했다.  김 회장은 2004~2006년 위장계열사의 빚을 갚아주려고 3천200여억원대의 회사 자산을 부당지출하고 계열사 주식을 가족에게 헐값에 팔아 1천41억여원의 손실을 회사에 떠넘긴 혐의 등으로 2011년 1월 불구속 기소됐다.검찰은 지난 1일 열린 항소심 결심공판에서 김 회장에게 징역 9년과 벌금 1천500억원을 구형했다. <관련 영문 기사>Court lowers jail term for Hanwha Group chairmanBy Kim You