할리우드 배우 틸다 스윈튼(55)과 제이크 질렌할(36)이 봉준호 감독 영화 “옥자” 촬영을 위해 뉴욕에 모인 사진이 주목 받고 있다. 　　이 두 배우는 지난 16일 뉴욕 촬영장에 함께 했다. 현장 사진은 사회공유망서비스(SNS)를 타고 일파만파 퍼지며 영화에 대한 관객들의 기대를 한껏 키웠다.　 (Just Jared 페이스북) (Just Jared 페이스북)(Just Jared 페이스북) (Just Jared 페이스북) (Just Jared 페이스북) (Just Jared 페이스북) (Just Jared 페이스북)　봉준호 감독은 할리우드 배우 대거 기용 영화 “설국열차”를 2013년 발표하며 해외 인지도를 얻었다. 　오스카 상 수상자 스윈튼은 “설국열차” 출연 후 “옥자”로 봉 감독과 두 번째로 함께 일한다. 　　　봉 감독은 올해 하반기 개봉을 예상하는 “옥자”를 통해 “인간과 동물 사이의 교감(아름다움)과 공포(호러)를 보여주고 싶다”고 외신과의 인터뷰에서 말한 바 있다.　　(k

지난 14일 밤(현지시각) 프랑스 니스에서 발생한 차량 테러 사건 이후 가족을 잃은 채 병원에서 홀로 사투를 벌이는 아이들이 있어 안타까운을 자아내고 있다. 　　매 해 프랑스인들이 축제로 삼는 프랑스 대혁명 기념일 7월 14일 밤, 튀니지 계열의 프랑스 국적자 모하메드 라후에유 부렐은 니스의 행사장을 트럭으로 질주하는 테러를 저질러 최소 84명의 목숨을 앗아갔다. 　　이 중 최소 10명은 어린 아이였던 것으로 확인되었다. 트위터를 통해 확산된 실종아동 사진 (트위터)　　이후 16일 영국매체 메트로 (Metro)는 참사 후 행방불명이 된 아이들의 소식을 전했다. 　　이 매체는 참사 당시 심한 부상을 입었던 한 아이가 며칠째 병원에 홀로 앉아 찾아오지 않는 가족을 기다리고 있다고 했다. 　실종아동 (트위터)　아이의 신원은 확인되지 않고 있다. 　　참사에 가족이 모두 절명한 것이 아닌가 하는 추측이 우려를 키우고 있다. 　좌측의 소년은 현재 행방불명 상태다. (트위터)　이 외에도 수많은

Some 110 South Korean nationals safely returned home Sunday morning after being held up for around 10 hours at Turkey’s Ataturk Airport due to flight delays caused by the attempted military coup. (Yonhap)The coup by soldiers seeking to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke out late Friday, resulting in around 250 casualties. 　The coup was suppressed Saturday, with President Erdogan returning to the capital to contain the situation and Turkish citizens taking to the streets in an

President Park Geun-hye's autobiography has hit book stands in Mongolia again with renewed public interest, local media reported over the weekend, as she began her first official visit to Ulaanbaatar on Sunday.The Mongolian version of her autobiography, titled "Steeled by Despair, Motivated by Hope," was republished by the Mongolian Association of Graduates in Korea, a group of Mongolians who once studied in South Korea, on Tuesday last week. Her autobiography is now on display in major book sto

The volatility in the won-dollar exchange rate continued to remain high in the second quarter, but the average gap between daily highs and lows narrowed from three months earlier, central bank data showed Sunday.The average gap between the daily high and low of the won-dollar exchange rate came to 7.7 won in the three months ending June 30, compared with the average 8.2 won in the previous quarter, according to the data from the Bank of Korea.The intra-day gap narrowed to an average 6 won in May

North Korean media praised the country's leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday as they marked the fourth anniversary of his appointment as marshal.On July 17, 2012, Kim, who was then in his late 20s, was awarded the rank of marshal of the DPRK, in a move seen as consolidating his grip on power.The DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the communist country's official name. In North Korea, marshal is the second-highest position in the military after grand marshal, a title shared by it

The United States will reveal its advanced anti-ballistic missile battery in Guam to South Korean media as part of an effort to alleviate fears about the health risks associated with the system's powerful X-band radar, the military said Sunday.The tour by reporters planned for Monday comes after Seoul and Washington, following months of deliberation, agreed to station the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea on July 8 and picked Seongju as the location for the weapons system

The International Criminal Court is launching a new #JusticeMatters social media campaign from 1 to 17 July, the Day of International Criminal Justice, including a Facebook photo contest. Participants are invited to submit photos, to ask their networks to like and share them, and to challenge their friends to add a little justice to their world view. (ICC)Photos of the scales of justice will be submitted on the ICC 17 July Facebook page transforming a monument, city skyline or a natural landscap

(123rf)South Koreans' direct trading of foreign stocks fell considerably in the first half of the year due to a sharp drop in investment in the Chinese market, data showed Sunday.The total transaction volume of foreign shares by South Koreans came to $6.23 billion, or around 7 trillion won, during the January-June period.  It marks a 15.96 percent decline from $7.41 billion recorded a year earlier and 7.74 percent decrease from $6.75 billion in the latter half of 2015.In particular, the trade vo

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a financially troubled South Korean shipyard, has virtually secured a $2.5 billion deal to build a floating liquefied natural gas facility abroad, industry sources said Sunday.The shipbuilder, a unit of Samsung Group, is leading a consortium made up of French multinational Technip and Japan's JGC in the project, valued at a total of $5.4 billion. The order has been placed by the Italian hydrocarbon company ENI."It's safe to say that Samsung Heavy has virtually won t

A senior prosecutor was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of taking bribes from the country's leading online game maker and using them for stock investments.Jin Kyung-joon, 49, is accused of amassing massive amounts of wealth through shady stock transactions involving Nexon Co. The game maker allegedly gave some 400 million won ($348,000) to Jin in 2005, helping him make some 12 billion won in profits through stock transactions by 2015.The Seoul Central District Court issued the arrest warrant,

South Korea and the United States will go all out to verify that the powerful radar used in the advanced anti-ballistic missile shield poses no health risks, the military said Sunday.Last week the allies picked Seongju county in North Gyeongsang Province, as the location for the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.Seoul and Washington said the location, 296 kilometers southeast of Seoul, is an ideal spot to guard key South Korean and U.S. military installations from evolving North Ko