A court ruled Friday that South Korea is not obligated to compensate its victims of the Hiroshima and Nakasaki atomic bombings who had been denied reparations from Japan.In the first move of its kind, nearly 80 victims brought a damages claim against the South Korean government in 2013. They represented more than 2,600 others and asked for compensation of 10 million won ($8,960) each.Their move followed a Constitutional Court ruling in 2011 that called South Korea's lack of diplomatic efforts to

A South Korean man, who had been treated at a Chinese hospital after being diagnosed with the MERS virus late last month, has recovered and been released from the hospital, an official at the South Korean Embassy here said Friday. Defying the advice of doctors to stay at home, the 44-year-old Korean man flew to Hong Kong on May 26, a day after his father was diagnosed with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus in South Korea and subsequently went to the southern Chinese province of Guangdon

U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. officially began sales of its first smartwatch in South Korea on Friday, heralding a fierce battle with Samsung Electronics Co. to gain the upper hand in the wearable market. Along with six other countries, the Apple Watch is now available at online and offline shops in South Korea, roughly two months after it went on sale in major markets including the United States and China.While the Apple Watch boasts similar key technologies as other wearables such as healthcare-r

South Korea imposed financial sanctions Friday on six Taiwanese individuals and entities for their alleged arms trade with North Korea.Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center was also put on the blacklist, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.The Taiwanese organizations are Global Interface Company Inc., Trans Merits Co. and Trans Multi Mechanics Co., it said. The blacklisted figures are Tsai Hsein Tai, Su Lu-Chi and Chang Wen-Fu.Currently, they all are not affected by the U.N. sancti

South Korea will lift its six-month ban on imports of poultry from the Netherlands as no additional outbreaks of avian influenza (AI) have occurred there since the measure was imposed late last year, the agriculture ministry said Friday.The imports are set to resume next month, as soon as it has been agreed that there are no contradicting opinions from related agencies or specialists that say otherwise, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.Seoul had discontinued impor

작년 조현아 전 대한항공 부사장이 기내 서비스를 문제 삼아 인천행 비행기 출발을 지연시킨 ‘땅콩 회항’ 사건을 압도하는 진짜 ‘땅콩 회항’이 화제다. 최근 로마에서 시카고로 향하던 유나이티드항공 비행기가 무려 50,000리터의 연료를 버리고 아일랜드 벨파스트에 비상착륙하는 사건이 발생했다. 사건은 제레마이아 마타이어스 티드라는 미국인 승객이 땅콩을 요구하면서 시작됐다고 한다. 외신에 따르면 티드는 이륙 후 15분쯤 안전벨트착용 표시등이 켜져 있는데도 불구하고 자리에서 일어나 땅콩과 과자를 줄 때까지는 자리로 돌아갈 수 없다고 난동을 피웠다고 한다. 땅콩과 과자를 받은 티드는 일단 진정하는 것처럼 보였으나 10분 후에 다시 자리를 떠 땅콩과 과자를 더 요구했다고 한다. 승무원이 이를 거절하자 티드는 승무원을 위협하고 통로를 막는 등 본격적으로 난동을 부렸고, 승객의 안전에 위협이 있다고 판단한 기장은 인근의 국제공항에 불시착했다고 한다. 티드는 재판에 넘겨졌는데 유나이티드항공은 35만