The Korea Herald

안녕하세요 이윤주 기자입니다.

Articles by 이윤주

Weighing cancer risks, from phones to coffee

World NewsJun 20, 2011

You are sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk?It might be the sitting, especially if you do that a lot.Despite all the recent news about possible cancer risks from cellphones, coffee, styrene and formaldehyde in building materials, most of us probably face little if any danger from th
Professional mourners spice up Chinese funerals

World NewsJun 20, 2011

CHONGQING, China (AFP) ― Hu Xinglian kneels before the corpse of Liang Zhicai and, with one hand on his metal coffin, lets out a piercing wail. But Hu is not at all grief-stricken ― she is a professional mourner.In parts of China, where rural pre-burial rituals are still observed, mourners known as “kusangren” are hired to guarantee that a funeral is a spectacle in grief. And 53-year-old Hu is up
New legislation for dual citizenship signals a new era for Korean adoptees

World NewsJun 20, 2011

Kim Yoo-shin regained his Korean citizenship in April, 36 years after he was adopted by a family in the United States when he was one year old. He is one of the first adoptees to benefit from a new Korean law that allows dual nationality.In other words, Kim is a Korean-American ― and vice versa.“It means that the Korean government is trying to improve its relationship with overseas Korean adoptees
Businesses seen as target for easier phone hacking

World NewsJun 20, 2011
IMF says global recovery at risk

World BusinessJun 19, 2011

SAO PAULO (AFP) -- A fragile global economic recovery could falter unless Europe averts sovereign defaults, the United States gets its fiscal house in order and emerging economies prevent overheating, the IMF warned Friday.“There are very clear risks to the recovery,” the International Monetary Fund‘s research director, Olivier Blanchard, said in Sao Paulo as he presented the Fund’s latest update
Ford Asia chief says small cars on way to China, India

World BusinessJun 17, 2011
IMF to release Greek funds despite EU delay

World BusinessJun 17, 2011
McIlroy takes 3-shot lead at U.S. Open

GolfJun 17, 2011

BETHESDA, Maryland (AP) ― If he keeps playing like this, Rory McIlroy’s next chance to close out a major should come very soon.McIlroy, who blew a four-shot lead in the final round of the Masters, is on top at the U.S. Open, shooting a 6-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead over Yang Yong-eun and the man who wound up taking the green jacket, Charl Schwartzel.There’s still a lot of
National marathon coach probed for doping athletes

More sportsJun 17, 2011

CHUNCHEON (Yonhap News) ― The national marathon team head coach is being probed for allegedly doping his athletes, including an Asian Games gold medalist, local police said Friday.Jeong Man-hwa has allegedly made his marathoners inject themselves with illegal substances that increase red blood cells since April, said a spokesman for the police here, about 85 kilometers east of Seoul, adding these
Bernanke urges GOP to back higher debt limit

World BusinessJun 15, 2011

Fed chief says brinkmanship threatens to backfire and harm the economyWASHINGTON (AP) ― Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday urged Republicans to support raising the nation’s borrowing limit. He said threatening to block the increase to gain deeper federal spending cuts could backfire and worsen the economy.Even a short delay in making payments on the nation’s debt would cause severe d
Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora’s box?

World NewsJun 13, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye color and height. And the risk for developing depression or Alzheimer’s disease. And the chances of being gay.So far that’s still science fiction. But scientists have been taking some b
Blasts kill 34 in Pakistan, as CIA chief visits

World NewsJun 12, 2011

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ― Two explosions went off minutes apart in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar Sunday, killing 34 people and injuring nearly 100 in one of the deadliest attacks since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden last month, officials said.The blasts, one of which was caused by a suicide bomber, occurred just after midnight in an area of the city that is home to political
More ads hit online TV as Web audiences grow

World BusinessJun 9, 2011

Television networks gradually show more commercials online as viewer habits changeLOS ANGELES (AP) ― One of the rewards of watching TV online is not having to sit through as many commercials. Now the networks are chipping away at that little luxury.CBS shows twice as many ads per show on its website as it did last year. The CW network shows four times as many. Dozens of shows from major cable netw
Lagarde: Pleased with China talks

World BusinessJun 9, 2011

BEIJING (AP) ― French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Thursday she is “very positive” after talks with Chinese officials about her candidacy to head the International Monetary Fund and said Beijing’s stake in the body should increase.Lagarde is on a global tour to promote her candidacy to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who quit after he was charged with sexually assaulting a New York hote
Attack kills 120 Syrian forces; crackdown feared

World NewsJun 7, 2011

Activist casts doubt on account; official says authorities will respond firmly to attacksBEIRUT (AP) ― Armed men killed 120 Syrian security forces and torched government buildings Monday in a northern region where troops have unleashed deadly assaults on protesters for days, Syria said. The government vowed to respond “decisively,” hinting at an even more brutal crackdown by a regime known for rut