At the end of the six-day 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the roughly 2,200 delegates decided to add “Xi Jinping Thought” on the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics to the CPC’s constitution. With that, it became official: the era of Xi has begun.Only two previous Chinese leaders, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, have had their personally branded ideology enshrined in the CPC’s charter. Xi’s two predecessors, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, did not have their names

During the Korean Thanksgiving holidays early this month, the airport was flooded with people leaving the country in droves. So where were these people going? In fact, the No. 1 travel destination for the Korean people was once again in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. More than 600,000 people traveled to ASEAN during the holiday. To Korea, ASEAN is a very close partner and neighbor, and the two sides have close cooperation and exchange in a variety of areas.　 ASEAN and Korea became d

South Korea has logged a better-than-expected economic growth rate of 3.6 percent in the third quarter this year on-year, marking the highest index in three years and six months, according to Bank of Korea.Particularly in comparison with the growth rate of China, the gap between the two indices has become the smallest in 15 years, statistics gathered by Bloomberg showed, as China’s economy enters the “new normal” state, shifting from high-speed growth.Experts, however, noted th

A Vietnamese man who escaped from an immigration detention room at Gimhae Airport in Busan was caught by airport officials about six hours after he got away.Gimhae Airport officials said on Monday that the 32-year old Vietnamese man had escaped from detention room at the airport where he was kept for deportation. He flew into Korea on Sunday afternoon but got stopped by immigration officers. He said he was visiting Korea for business purposes but the immigration officers found the company that o

Hyundai Engineering and Construction will begin lot sales of its new premium Hillstate brand apartments in Singil-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, the company said Monday.Hillstate Classy Comfort is being built as part of an urban redevelopment project of Singil New Town’s ninth zone.An image of Hyundai E&C’s Hillstate Classy Comfort in Singil-dong, Seoul (Hyundai E&C)The complex will comprise 14 apartment buildings as high as 29 stories for a total of 1,476 households. Of them, 701 households at a

President Xi Jinping’s command at this month’s Communist Party gathering was so complete that President Trump likened him to a “king.” But some China analysts are wondering whether Xi has overreached.Xi dominated the stage, literally and figuratively, at the party’s 19th Congress, which ended this week in Beijing. His consolidation of power has nearly erased the collective leadership style of his recent predecessors and vaulted him into a Chinese pantheon occupied only by Mao Zedong and Deng Xia

Enough! That was Sen. Jeff Flake’s message when he launched a fierce attack this week on President Trump’s debasement of the presidency. He was trying to shake his Republican colleagues out of their “complicity” in Trump’s destructive behavior.Flake’s blast followed a series of astonishing critiques of Trumpism by the conservative trio of President George W. Bush, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Bob Corker. This GOP truth squad has warned that our democracy and future security are being endangered.“I

출처가 불분명한 영상이다. 　　북쪽 방언을 쓰는 소녀들이 운동장에서 싸움이 붙는다.　　말리는 친구들을 뿌리치고 한판 승부를 내기로 하는데, 팽팽한 긴장감 속에 이들이 정한 대결 종목은 바로 달리기다.　(사진=유튜브 영상)　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)　

집 한 채만큼 커다란 몸집의 돼지가 인가를 돌아다녀 화제를 모았다.　미국 ABC뉴스는 30일 공식 트위터 계정을 통해 돼지의 영상을 공개했다.(사진=트위터)　“앨라배마 주의 주민들은 이 돼지를 보고 경악했다”는 설명과 함께 게시된 영상에는 핑크색 분홍 돼지가 등장한다.　한 집 앞 잔디밭에 서 있는 돼지는 일반 돼지 몸집의 약 세 배 크기에 달한다.　영상을 본 누리꾼들은 놀라움을 감추지 못했다. 　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

사망을 선고받은 남자가 부검 도중 살아나는 일이 일어났다.　공포영화의 한 장면 같은 이 사건은 실제 베네수엘라에서 발생했다.　당시 33세이던 카를로스 카메호는 차량 사고 이후 의사로부터 사망 선고를 받았다. (사진=유튜부 캡쳐)　정확한 경위를 파악하고자 부검을 진행하던 도중, 카를로스는 갑자기 의식을 되찾았다.　시체의 변화를 감지한 부검의는 재빨리 절개 부위를 봉합하는 작업에 나섰다.　카를로스는 당시 경험을 회상하며 “참을 수 없는 고통이었다”고 고백했다. 　부검 결과를 들으려 바깥에서 기다리던 가족들은 카를로스의 생존 소식에 기쁨을 감추지 못했다. 　카를로스의 경우처럼, 사망 선고를 받고서 장례식장이나 관 속에서 다시 깨어난 사람들이 실제로 왕왕 있는 것으로 알려졌다. 　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)