Heartache over lost love is similar to the physical pain of spilling hot coffee on your lap, scientists studying brain scans say. The sting of seeing photos of an ex-lover stimulated the same parts of the brain as intense heat applied to the arms of 40 people in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research builds on a 2010 study published in the journal Ps

(The Herald Biz)Baseball, South Korea's most popular professional sport, will launch its 30th season this weekend, with all eight clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) in action across the nation.The 2011 KBO season starts Saturday with four games starting at 2 p.m. in four cities. The defending champion SK Wyverns will open at home against the Nexen Heroes in Incheon, west of Seoul. The

In a rare scene of cooperation, the two Koreas began a meeting of geology experts Tuesday to gauge the potential threat of a volcanic eruption at a mountain considered sacred by both sides.The meeting, which took place in this western South Korean border town of Munsan, came amid heightened concerns over natural disasters in the wake of a killer earthquake and ensuing tsunami that have driven neig

South Korea's Coast Guard said Thursday that nine North Koreans have arrived in South Korea after crossing the Yellow Sea aboard a boat from China in an apparent bid to seek asylum."The Coast Guard is investigating nine North Koreans who claimed to be refugees. They arrived late Thursday at the port of Gunsan after crossing the Yellow Sea (from China)," an official said. The port lies 274 kilomete

YANGON (AFP) - A strong earthquake struck Myanmar near the Thai border on Thursday, killing at least two people, including a child, officials from both countries said, with shaking felt across the region.Terrified residents fled their homes, tall buildings swayed and hospitals and schools were evacuated after tremors spread as far away as Bangkok, almost 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the epicent

CAIRO (AFP) - Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the "shocking" treatment of women protesters in Egypt after serious allegations that the army subjected them to torture and forced "virginity tests".The London-based rights group said that army officers violently cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focus of the uprising that forced Hosni Mubarak to resign last month, and held at least 18 wo

In an autobiography, the scandal-hit woman discloses her side of the story and mentions high-prifile figures involvedShin Jeong-ah speaks during a press conference on Tuesday. (Yonhap News)The woman at the center of one of South Korea’s biggest scandals returned with an autobiography that includes accounts of her meetings with former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan and former President Roh Moo-hyun.

BOSTON (AP) _ A Texas construction worker horribly disfigured in a power line accident has undergone the nation's first full face transplant in hopes of smiling again and feeling kisses from his 3-year-old daughter.Dallas Wiens, 25, received a new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves from an unidentified dead person in an operation paid for by the U.S. military, which wants to use what is learned t

Containment at 3 reactors intact - U.S. regulators say although reactors at units 1, 2 and 3 have seen damage to their cores, their containment structures are holding. Still, smoke rose from two of the units Monday, and emergency workers trying to cool the reactors and reconnect power lines were forced to pull out. Officials at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant have been battling to bring the reactors

Libyan rebel react on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya. The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last "a while," a top French official said Monday, echoing Moammar Gadhafi's warning of a long war ahead as rebels, energized by the strikes on their opponents, said they were fighting to reclaim a city under siege from the Li

Funny pictures: Animals behave like human beings 사람처럼 행동하는 동물들의 모습 (Photos by AP) 

Over 2,000 rally against nuclear plants in TaiwanTAIPEI (AFP) - Around 2,000 anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated in Taiwan on Sunday, demanding an immediate halt to the construction of an atomic power plant.The march comes amid a crisis in Japan after a huge quake on March 11 unleashed a tsunami which crippled an atomic plant 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo."In the face of Japan's n