WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A NASA scientist's claim that he found tiny fossils of alien life in the remnants of a meteorite has stirred both excitement and skepticism, and is being closely reviewed by 100 experts. Richard Hoover's paper, along with pictures of the microscopic earthworm-like creatures, were published late Friday in the peer-reviewed Journal of Cosmology, which is available free online. ...

The police said Monday they will determine whether to reopen the investigation into the case of a rookie actress who committed suicide after confirming the authenticity of her posthumous letters disclosed by broadcaster SBS on Sunday. According to the more than 50 diary-like letters allegedly written by Jang Ja-yeon, she had been forced to attend drinking parties and offer sexual favors to 31 in...

SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean company that penalised tubby workers for failing to lose weight was guilty of employment discrimination, the country's human rights watchdog said Monday. Hyun Byung-chul, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, speaks at a meeting of the panel executives in Seoul on Monday. (Yonhap News) The National Human Rights Commission accepted an appeal by a 31-year-...

Sixty-two hard disc drive destructions were reported as of Sunday among an estimated 34,000 zombie computers mobilized to carry out massive cyber attacks on the web sites of South Korea's key government agencies and financial institutions on Friday and Saturday, government officials said. The web sites of about 30 government agencies and financial institutions came under a so-called "distributed...

Survey shows youths here have higher sense of gender equality than in China, Japan (The Korea Herald) Korean students were less happy than their peers in China and Japan, while they had the highest sense of gender equality, a three-nation survey found Sunday. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the survey ― the third of its kind ― questioned on Oct. 4, 597 middle and high ...

For many expatriates from Arab countries residing in Korea, “excited” and “happy” are the words they use to describe their feelings about the recent regime changes in Egypt and Tunisia. “In the beginning, I was very worried about the prospect of this revolution,” said Tawaded, who did not give her last name, a student from Tunisia, who is studying at Dongkuk University in Seoul. “But finally I ...