The Korea Herald

WORLD

LATEST NEWS

'Suicidal' airport worker steals, crashes empty plane from Seattle airport

SEATAC, Washington (AFP) -- A 29-year-old "suicidal" airport worker who commandeered an empty plane from Seattle's main airport and took it on an hour-long flight chased by F-15 fighter jets before c...

Aug 12, 2018
World News
Nationwide probe after Tokyo med school excludes women

TOKYO - Japan Friday launched an unprecedented probe into gender discrimination at all the nation's medical universities after a Tokyo medical school admitted altering the entrance test results of fe...

Aug 10, 2018
World News
Four killed in shooting in Canadian town: police

MONTREAL - Four people were killed on Friday in a shooting in the eastern Canadian town of Fredericton, police said. Police urged people in the area of the shooting to remain in their homes, describ...

Aug 10, 2018
World News
Yemen in shock after Saudi-led strike on bus kills 29 children

DAHYAN, Yemen - The remains of victims and children's clothing were strewn across a market in northern Yemen on Friday, as the US and UN called for an investigation into an air strike the previous da...

Aug 10, 2018
World News
Officials: Taliban try to take Afghan city, kill at least 14

KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban fighters tried to overrun a provincial capital in Afghanistan early on Friday, hiding inside homes before slipping into city streets in the night to attack security force...

Aug 10, 2018
World News
Drive to curb salt intake should focus on China: study

Salt consumption exceeds national and World Health Organization guidelines in most countries, but only the highest-sodium diets, such as in China, are linked to clear health risks, researchers said F...

Aug 10, 2018
World News
[Newsmaker] New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags

New Zealand became the latest country Friday to outlaw single-use plastic shopping bags, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying they will be phased out over the next year as a "meaningful step" to...

Aug 10, 2018
World News
IOC disappointed UN won't grant North Korea sports exemption

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- IOC President Thomas Bach says he is disappointed the United Nations will not allow sports equipment to be sent to North Korea. The International Olympic Committee's request...

Aug 9, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] S. Korea 7th-largest consumer of energy in 2017

South Korea's energy consumption last year ranked seventh in the world, and showed one of the fastest paces of increase, data from a foreign consulting firm showed. South Korea consumed 534 terawa...

Aug 9, 2018
World News
Firefighters make progress in California but weather not promising

Thousands of firefighters, backed by US troops and crews from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, were on Wednesday making progress battling the biggest wildfire on record in California -- but ...

Aug 9, 2018
World News
Chile’s Michelle Bachelet to be new UN human rights chief

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres selected Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday to be the next UN human rights chief, a high profile and often controversial...

Aug 9, 2018
World News
‘Superman’ actress Margot Kidder’s death ruled a suicide

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- “Superman” actress Margot Kidder’s death has been ruled a suicide, and her daughter said Wednesday it’s a relief to finally have the truth out. Kidder, who played Lois Lane opp...

Aug 9, 2018
World News
Brad Pitt says he has given Jolie Pitt millions since split

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Brad Pitt said in court documents Wednesday that he has given estranged wife Angelina Jolie Pitt more than $1 million and lent her another $8 million since their separation two ye...

Aug 9, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Germany is top beer producer in EU

Last year, 41 billion liters of beer containing alcohol were produced in the European Union. Two-thirds of the beer containing alcohol produced in the EU came from six member states. With produc...

Aug 8, 2018
World News
Hiroshima marks 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing in WWII

TOKYO -- Hiroshima has marked the 73rd anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing with a somber ceremony to remember the people killed and injured and a call to eliminate nuclear weapons amid ho...

Aug 6, 2018
World News

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Shin Chang Hoon
Tel : 02.727.0114