미국 내 ‘로봇 성매매 업소’의 등장이 전격 취소됐다. 캐나다 로봇 성매매 업체 ‘킨키스 돌스(KinkySDollS)’가 텍사스 휴스턴에서 개업하려 했으나 시의 저지로 계획이 무산된 것이다.  (사진=로이터통신사)지난 4일 지역일간지 ‘휴스턴크로니클’의 보도에 따르면, 캐나다 토론토에서 ‘섹스로봇 대여점’ 1호점을 운영 중인 킨키스 돌스는 휴스턴에 2호점을 열어 미국 진출을 꾀했다. 매장을 찾는 고객이 섹스 로봇을 빌려 원하는 경우 방을 대여해 로봇을 이용하는 방식이다. 그러나 업소는 계획을 발표한 직후 주민들의 거센 반대에 부딪혔다. 주민들은 킨키스 돌스의 영업이 휴스턴 시 내 성매매를 더욱 부추길 것이라고 우려했으며, 업소에 반대하는 인터넷 청원에 1만 2천 명 이상이 서명했다. 결국 휴스턴 시는 사업의 부적절성을 이유로 개업을 불허 했으며, 실베스터 터너 휴스턴 시장은 현재 시의회에서 관련 법령을 재검토하여 섹스 로봇 매장에서 로봇을 사용하는 것을 금지하는 내용의 개정안을 준비

A man in his 50s received a suspended jail term for selling 8.5 billion won ($7.5 million) worth of counterfeit clothes bearing the name of the luxury outwear brand Moncler. The Incheon District Court said Wednesday that it had sentenced a man, 52, to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment suspended for three years. The man also received 120 hours of community service and a 900 million won fine.  (Yonhap)The man was charged with selling more than 16,000 items of clothing with fake Moncler labels, amounting

빅토리아시크릿 패션쇼가 11월중 뉴욕에서 열릴 것이라 예측되는 가운데, 올해 무대에 설 18인의 모델에 관심이 집중되고 있다.브라질 출신 모델 아드리아나 리마 (35)는 빅토리아 시크릿에서 가장 몸값이 높은 모델로 알려져 있다. 리마는 1999년부터 빅토리아 시크릿에서 모델활동을 했고, 현재 연봉 8백만 파운드, 한화로 약 110억원의 소득을 자랑한다.상단 왼쪽부터 시계방향으로 아드리아나 리마, 칼리 클로스, 리우웬, 캔디스 스와네포엘 (사진출처=인스타그램)리마 다음으로 연봉이 가장 높은 빅토리아 시크릿 모델은 칼리 클로스다. 클로스는 지난해 100억원의 모델료를 벌어들였다. 패션잡지 보그의 표지에 36회 등장한 이 모델은, 런웨이 밖에선 컴퓨터 프로그래머이자 CEO로 코딩 학교를 운영하고 있다. 중국계 모델인 리우웬은 80억원, 남아프리카공화국 출신 캔디스 스와네포엘 79억원 소득을 기록했다.이들이 출연하는 빅토리아 시크릿 패션쇼 티켓은 경매로 팔리고 있는데, 현재 티켓당 가치가

English pop star Sam Smith wowed audiences here as he staged his first concert in Korea on Tuesday.  Sam Smith performs at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)Held in Seoul, Smith performed for an audience of around 20,000, according to Hyundai Card, the company that organized the concert.Smith told the audience it was his first visit to Korea, and added he would come back for another show. (Yonhap)The concert was part of his world tour that began in March in England and is set to fini

The Sorae Wetland Ecological Park, a group of former salt ponds in Incheon, is expanding its provision of wetland areas to support biodiversity. This project will cost around 3 billion won ($2.6 million), received from the Ministry of Environment, to expand its swamp and surrounding areas to 50,000 square meters to provide more support for wildlife and provide recreational areas for visitors by 2020, the city government said Wednesday. (Yonhap)The city is planning to restore mud flat and salt pl

(Hite Jinro)South Korean liquor maker Hite Jinro’s low-alcohol fruit-flavored soju Jinro Plum is being advertised during a Korean Parade held at an annual K-town Festival in Manhattan, New York, Saturday. By using its bottle-shaped characters and bus advertisements, the company will promote the brand targeting both locals and Koreans in the US until Nov. 2. The promotional bus will also run in other cities like Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas and San Francisco. According to the company, Jinro America

US President Donald Trump grabs the most headlines, but the cult of the strongman leader is most developed in Asia. The continent abounds with rulers -- including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and, strongest of them all, Chinese President Xi Jinping -- who make a virtue of centralizing power.Obviously, leadership styles vary. But all of Asia’s strongmen share a key characteristic: They secure public support by pr

With President Duterte in power, the Marcos family is ascendant in Philippine national politics again. The remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos have been buried at the national heroes’ cemetery; his only son and namesake has a live election protest against the incumbent vice president; his eldest daughter Imee, the governor of his home province of Ilocos Norte, is polling well among likely candidates for the Senate; and his wife Imelda, at 89, is on her third term as representative of

Germany is a country with advanced forest management skills, which also led to the notion of adopting sustainable social administration. The country already shaped its sustainable management system of its forestry in the 18th century and has ever since continued to maintain the ecological base and productivity of forests.As it takes more than 100 years for a tree to become valuable as a product, every forest must have an even distribution of young and old trees so that they can be produced, used