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디카프리오, '타이타닉 출연은 "복권당첨" 같아'

PodcastMar 8, 2013

“고통은 한 순간이지만 영화는 영원히 남습니다. 내가 가진 모든 것을 쏟아 부으면 언젠가 걸작을 만들 수도 있을 것이라고 생각하며 일해왔습니다.” 할리우드 배우 레오나르도 디카프리오 (38)가 자신만의 영화 철학을 밝혔다. 헐리우드 배우 레이나르도 디카프리오가 7일, 서울에서 열린 기자회견에서 포즈를 취하고 있다. (코리아헤럴드 김명섭 사진기자) 7일 서울의 한 호텔에서 쿠엔틴 타란티노의 서부극 “장고:분노의 추적자” 홍보차 첫 내한한 디카프리오의 기자회견이 열렸다. 90년대 말 제임스 카메론의 “타이타닉”으로 일약 스타덤에 오른 후 약 20년간 배우생활을 해온 그의 신념을 들을 수 있는 행사였다. 그는 “신인시절 처음으로 잡게 된 기회는 로버트 드 니로와 출연한 ‘디스 보이즈 라이프’ (1991)...
S. Korea to hold senior security officials' meeting amid

PoliticsMar 8, 2013

South Korea will hold a meeting of senior security officials Friday to discuss rising tensions with North Korea amid war threats from the communist nation, a presidential official said. Senior presidential security secretary Ju Chul-ki will preside over the meeting that is also expected to draw deputy chiefs of the defense ministry, the foreign ministry, the unification ministry and the National...
BOK to boost market monitoring over U.N. resolution

North KoreaMar 8, 2013

South Korea's central bank said Friday that it plans to beef up its monitoring of the financial markets as the U.N. Security Council's adoption of new sanctions on the North for its nuke test may raise geopolitical risks. The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its nuclear test last month. The resolution calls ...
N. Korea says will sever hot-line with Seoul, nullify non-aggression pacts

North KoreaMar 8, 2013

North Korean citizens hold a rally in support of their military leadership. (Yonhap News) North Korea will sever its hot-line with Seoul and nullify non-aggression agreements between the countries, the state-run news agency said Friday amid escalating tensions over the North's nuclear test last month. "The DPRK abrogates all agreements on nonaggressions reached between the North and the South,"...
Price hike likely to accelerate drop in smoking rate

Mar 8, 2013

South Korea's smoking rate has steadily declined over the years, indicating that a large price increase currently sought by the government may help significantly cut the rate, government and market sources said Friday. According to the health ministry and the statistics service, the amount of money spent on tobacco by each household of more than two persons came to an average of 18,351 won (US$1...
SimCity rebuilt for modern life

TechnologyMar 5, 2013

(SimCity official website) A 10-year wait ends Tuesday with the arrival of 'SimCity,' a computer game that challenges players to build thriving cities in the face of conditions such as limited funds and climate change. The sequel to the city-building computer game that factors in real-world consequences of energy choices, urban plans, and policy decisions debuts in the US for $60 a copy. 'SimC...
Alienated teenager kills uncle, injures seven other relatives

Social affairsMar 3, 2013

A jobless teenager went on a knife rampage at his grandfather's house in Gwangju on Sunday, killing his uncle and injuring seven others, including his grandparents, police said. The 19-year-old man, identified only by his surname Kim, surrendered to police after the spree and told investigators that he stabbed his relatives shortly after midnight Saturday for having ignored and insulted his "poo...
NY Times to rebrand Herald Tribune in its own image

World BusinessFeb 26, 2013

New York Times and International Herald Tribune. (Yonhap News) For a decade the International Herald Tribune has been the global edition of the New York Times in all but name. On Monday, the parent company made it official. In a statement, the New York Times Company said the 125-year-old offshoot of the defunct New York Herald Tribune will be rechristened sometime this fall as the International...
First female S. Korean president faces N. Korea crisis

PoliticsFeb 25, 2013

Park Geun-hye became South Korea’s first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father. Park’s last stint in the Blue House was bookended by tragedy: At 22, she cut short her studies in Paris to return to Seoul and act as President Park Chung-hee’s first lady after an assassin targeting her father instead killed her mother; she left fiv...
In video message, Malala says she’s ‘getting better’

World NewsFeb 5, 2013

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, said she was “getting better day by day” in her first public statement released Monday. The 15-year-old said she had been given a “second life” to campaign for girls to have the right to go to school, in a video statement recorded before she underwent surgery to repair her skull at a ...
Kim Jong-un makes 'important' decision on protecting sovereignty: report

North KoreaFeb 3, 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made an "important" decision regarding the communist state's security and sovereignty at a military meeting, a news report said Sunday. The report of the military meeting comes on the heels of speculation that North Korea is poised to conduct its third nuclear test. The North has threatened to detonate a nuclear device in retaliation for the U.N. Security Council'...
Top NCO retires

BusinessJan 31, 2013

U.S. 2nd Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. Edward Cardon (left) confers an appreciation plaque to retiring Command Sgt. Maj. Michael P. Eyer during a change-of-responsibility ceremony at Camp Casey in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday. (Yonhap News)
S. Korea's space rocket lifts off from Naro Space Center

ScienceJan 30, 2013

Naro space rocket blasts off on Wednesday. (Yonhap News) South Korea's space rocket blasted off Wednesday from the Naro Space Center on the country's southern coast. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro, lifted off at 4 p.m. No apparent problems have been observed since its takeoff from the launch site, located 480 kilometers south of Seoul. The 170-ton thrust space ro...
Seoul shares down 1.26 pct in late-morning trade

Jan 25, 2013

South Korean stocks traded 1.26 percent lower late Friday morning due to losses in large-cap exporters, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 24.77 points to 1,939.71 as of 11:20 a.m. Big-cap tech names led the decline, with market bellwether Samsung Electronics plunging 1.86 percent and its smaller rival LG Electronic moving down 1.63 percent. Flat panel g...
Seoul shares open lower on exporters' losses

Jan 25, 2013

South Korean stocks started lower Friday due to exporters' losses caused by the Japanese yen's sharp drop against the U.S. dollar, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 4.56 points, or 0.23 percent, to 1,959.92 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Hyundai Motor tumbled 3.61 percent after its announcement of last year's stellar performances on Thursday. Samsu...