Angel-in-us sells the most caffeinated bottled coffee at convenience stores, while Starbucks coffee has the most caffeine among takeaway drinks, Korea Consumer Agency said Friday. A bottled latte from the Lotte Group owned Angel-in-us contained 63 milligrams of caffeine per 100 milliliters, the highest among 20 bottled and canned coffees sold at convenience stores. A bottled mocha from Angel-in-us contained 62 milligrams of caffeine and its caramel macchiato had 46 milligrams of caffeine per 100

Sung Kim, Washington’s newly appointed ambassador to Seoul, said the U.S. will maintain a strong deterrence against Pyongyang, regardless of predictions that North Korea might ratchet up military provocations next year.His comments came as North Korea plans to declare 2012 as the year of becoming a “power state,” fanning concerns that it might attempt additional provocations while major regional powers have leadership elections.“It’s very difficult to predict. What we should be doing, regardless

The left-wing’s inter-party merger committee substantially completed the preparatory steps to kick off a united liberal party, ahead of the general and presidential elections slated for next year.The joint committee held its second and last official meeting Thursday to confirm the name, constitution and leader selection rules of the new party, which is to combine the main opposition Democratic Party, the Citizen Integration Party and the Korean Federation of Trade Unions.The two parties agreed i

Eight out of 10 South Koreans whose families were divided by the 1950-53 Korean War are over 70, indicating that time is fast running out for them to meet their families in the North, a government report showed Thursday.According to the Unification Ministry’s first-ever report on separated families, the government confirmed 66,611 survivors out of the 81,800 separated families registered with the ministry since 1999 through visits to their houses, phone calls and visits to their workplaces.Out o

A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced the adoptive mother of an infant to seven years in prison for frequently beating the baby girl, causing brain death.The 28-year-old mother, identified only by her surname Lee, was indicted in September on charges of habitually beating her three-month-old daughter after illegally adopting her. The girl is now brain dead.Lee, who had worked for a nursery school, decided to adopt the baby in August upon an impulsive desire to raise a daughter as she had two biolo

The recently deceased founder and honorary chairman of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO will be buried in the national cemetery in Seoul, a commission in charge of the funeral said Thursday.The remains of Park Tae-joon will be laid to rest at Seoul National Cemetery in the southern part of the South Korean capital in recognition of his contribution to the country and the society, according to the commission.Park Tae-joon died Tuesday of lung disease at the age of 84.Park was regarded as the go

A group of Korean plastic surgeons will restore the face of a 19-year-old Malaysian woman who was severely scarred in an acid attack. The surgery will be part of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Medical Korea project that provides pro bono surgery to foreign patients in need of state-of-the-art procedures. The patient, Tan Hui Linn, arrived at Seoul on Wednesday evening and had a medical consultation with JK Plastic Surgery Center in southern Seoul the next day. Based on examination results,

Prosecutors raid GNP lawmaker’s office as speaker’s aide emerges as suspectThe prosecution on Thursday raided the office of ruling Grand National Party lawmaker Choi Gu-sik to investigate whether he had been involved in the National Election Commission website hacking on Oct. 26 when by-elections for Seoul mayor and other offices took place. The raid came a day after the prosecutors said they found evidence suggesting a former aide to National Assembly Speaker Park Hee-tae may have been involved

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of flat-screen TVs, said Thursday that it has agreed to collaborate with Intel Corp. to use the U.S. chipmaker’s wireless display technology in smart TVs. The result of their partnership will be introduced in the market during the first quarter of next year, LG Electronics said, in a form of Web-connected TVs that can play content from laptop computers and mobile devices. Intel is seeking to expand the number of hardware partners to adopt its