PyeongChang, the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been under pressure since Tuesday, as reports suggest that there is an error in its game plan.PyeongChang Bid Committee promised in Durban last year that it would connect the country’s major airport in Incheon to the city with a 68 minute-minute travel time during the 2018 Games, but the real travel time could take more than 93 minutes, according to local reports. The claim came after a report revealed that the government had decided not to

Sunderland takes care of Wigan 4-1LONDON (AP) ― Sergio Aguero scored on an early blunder by goalkeeper Pepe Reina, Yaya Toure and James Milner added goals, and Manchester City defeated Liverpool 3-0 Tuesday night to open a three-point lead in the English Premier League.On a night of heavy rain, Aguero put City ahead in the 10th minute with a shot that took a slight deflection and bounced past Reina, who dived but missed the ball entirely. Toure doubled the lead in the 33rd with a header and Miln

BERKELEY – In 1950, finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8 percent of GDP, according to U.S. Department of Commerce estimates. By 1960, that share had grown to 3.8 percent of GDP, and reached 6 percent of GDP in 1990. Today, it is 8.4 percent of GDP, and it is not shrinking. The Wall Street Journal’s Justin Lahart reports that the 2010 share was higher than the previous peak share in 2006.Lahart goes on to say that growth in the finance-and-insurance share of the economy ha

PyeongChang, the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics, has been under pressure since Tuesday, as reports suggest that there is an error in its game plan.PyeongChang Bid Committee promised in Durban last year that it would connect the country’s major airport in Incheon to the city with a 68 minute-minute travel time during the 2018 Games, but the real travel time could take more than 93 minutes, according to local reports.  The claim came after a report revealed that the government had decided not to

Japanese art management house Office Tomoe will release a DVD album in March, containing collaboration projects of South Korean and Japanese artists. The main presentation of the DVD is a poetic music video titled “Landscape on the Way to Sleep,” which features vast landscapes and two people who are described as sages. Tomoe Shizune, the sole Japanese composer and artist who is carrying on the mainstream Butoh, a neo-expressionist contemporary Japanese dance form, took care of the music and chor

‘Green Zone’ by Park Kyung-ni explores ‘Korean Beat Generation’ in the ’60sLate prominent writer Park Kyung-ni is largely remembered for her famous historical sagas, including her 16-volume novel “Toji (The Land)” and “The Daughters of Pharmacist Kim.” She created her masterpieces mostly by exploring the turbulent history of Korea during the 20th century, from the Japanese colonial period to the Korean War.Yet readers will discover the late author’s relatively unknown flair for contemporary fict