Buses in Seoul were running smoothly Friday after unionized drivers struck a last-minute wage deal with management and scrapped plans to strike.(Yonhap News)The breakthrough agreement came after marathon talks between the union and management, who agreed to a 3.5 percent wage increase and a 40,000 won (US$34) increase in extra pay for accident-free driving, officials said.Plans to strike from 4 a.

A Wisconsin man said he will picket a restaurant every Sunday until its all-you-can-eat fish fry lives up to its name. (YouTube)Bill Wisth, who stands at 6-foot-6 and weighs 350 pounds, said he went to the all-you-can-eat fish fry Friday at Chuck's Place in Thiensville and was angered when the restaurant cut him off after he downed a dozen pieces of fish, WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, reported Tuesday."It's

A 46-year-old man was arrested after police said he stabbed another man in the chest at a New York City library because the man was watching porn on a computer. (MCT)Police sources said Ralph Neptune, who is homeless, was with his wife at the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library when he saw porn on the 52-year-old victim‘s screen about 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, the New York Daily News r

A NASA space telescope has completed the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids, the space agency said.(MCT)Observations from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have revealed new information about the total numbers, origins and the possible dangers the asteroids may pose, NASA reported Wednesday.Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs,

Both men and women see images of sexy women's bodies in advertisements as objects, but they see sexy-looking men as people, Belgian researchers found.(Yonhap News)"What's unclear is, we don't actually know whether people at a basic level recognize sexualized females or sexualized males as objects," Philippe Bernard of Universite libre de Bruxelles in Belgium said in a statement.Study co-authors Be

It’s hard take down someone who is undead, which is why “Korean Zombie” Jung Chan-sung was able to beat out Dustin Poirier on Wednesday, putting him within sight of the UFC featherweight title.At the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, Jung’s performance was no different from what we have seen in the past: The 25-year-old Korean fought like he had taken a beating his entire life. Jung, who many a

Diablo 3, the highly anticipated sequel to Blizzard Entertainment’s popular selling series, is drawing a massive response from South Korean gamers upon its release Tuesday.Immediately after its release at midnight, gamers sought to buy the coveted game en masse. The rapid increase in users caused several online shopping sites to shut down.“I’ve been clicking like mad since 8 a.m., using two comput

Lego officials in South Korea announced the crown prince of Denmark placed the final brick on the world's largest Lego tower, measuring 104 feet, 8 inches tall. (Lego Korea)Lego Korea said the tower, which was built in Seoul during the weekend by 4,000 young contest winners, was planned to mark the 80th anniversary of the Lego group.The final brick was placed Sunday to defeat the previous world re

The U.S. nighttime soap opera "Desperate Housewives" ended its eight-season run with a 2-hour season finale. A scene from the soap opera "Desperate Housewives"The Emmy Award-winning show, which ended Sunday night, was created by writer-producer Marc Cherry and boasted an ensemble cast led by Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria. Other stars who appeared on the series were