North Korea said Thursday it will continue to launch satellites into space despite South Korea's condemnation, which analysts said points toward Pyongyang testing a long-range rocket soon.North Korean satellites will continue going up even as South Korea condemns Pyongyang's move, an unidentified spokesman at North Korea's bureau on space development was quoted as saying by the country's media."We will march toward the goal of conquering space by firing off more satellites in accordance with our

"South Korean flag carriers will be required to have more aircraft on standby as a way of reducing their number of delayed flights, the government said Thursday.The requirement is part of government measures aimed at reducing delayed flight departures and arrivals, which, in the long run, will require construction or expansions of airports and their runways."The measures include an expansion of related infrastructure, such as airports and air routes, as part of mid- and long-term measures, as we

최근 미국에서 경찰에 의한 흑인 사살 사건이 연이어 일어나자 이에 저항하는 내용의 동영상 운동이 일어나고 있다. 　지난 9월 한 흑인 여성은 실오라기 한 올 걸치지 않은 채 온몸에 흰색 페인트를 칠하며 페이스북 생중계했다. 　그녀는 경찰 폭력을 막으려면 “백인이 되는 수밖에 없다”며 반어적 표현으로 “세상 모든 생명 중 가장 중요한 것은 백인의 생명이다”고 질타했다. 　온몸을 하얗게 칠한 그녀는, ‘”경찰이 만일 날 체포한다면 난 ‘항복했다, 쏘지말라’는 말을 하지 않아도 된다”며 “그들은 나를 가만히 둘 것이다. 왜냐? 나는 ‘백인’이기 때문이다”고 말했다.　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)　　　

A Seoul district court on Thursday ruled against a group of 1,890 consumers who have filed a class-action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor Co. over the alleged exaggeration of the gas mileage of an SUV made by the country's No. 1 automaker.The Seoul Central District Court said that as the result of the transport ministry's fuel efficiency test on the Santa Fe 2-liter diesel SUV has not been fully substantiated, the automaker cannot be seen as having violated the Automobile Management Act.Under the

The US Army said Wednesday it has started to rotationally deploy an armored combat brigade to South Korea as part of Washington's "extended deterrence" protection offered to its close ally against North Korean provocations."Extended deterrence" refers to the commitment to use nuclear weapons to deter attacks on allies. The US has provided extended deterrence to South Korea, after withdrawing nuclear warheads from the country in the early 1990s. The arrangement includes placing Seoul under Washin

North Korea launched what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile Thursday (Korean time), but the launch ended in failure, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said."According to a joint assessment by Seoul and Washington, North Korea launched a ballistic missile at 7 a.m. near an airfield in the northwestern city of Kusong. The missile is presumed to be a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile," the JCS said in a text message.Kusong is near the North's "Dongchang-ri" or "Sohae" mis