SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- One of the nation's top TV show hosts on Monday apologized through his agency for failing to declare his income properly. The apology came after a local newspaper reported, quoting officials at the National Tax Service, that Kang Ho-dong, 41, was audited and ordered to pay hundreds of millions of won in additional taxes after failing to declare all of his taxable incom...

The education ministry selected 43 private universities Monday that will have their state subsidies partly cut or denied next year as part of a government drive to weed out poorly managed schools to address the problem of rising tuitions. The ministry said it has chosen the universities in consultation with advisory bodies based on the results of a university evaluation that used criteria, such ...

Small car sales rise to year high on economic worries Small automobile sales rose to a year high in August boosted by rising fuel prices and concerns for a new worldwide economic downturn. According to industry data, 38,698 small vehicles were sold on the local market in August, accounting for 53.5 percent of passenger car sales. Small automobiles are defined as those whose engines are less ...

Rumor has it that Apple’s iPhone 5 will be wider, longer, and thinner than its predecessor. Italian blog MacityNet recently posted set of new photos of iPhone cases and claimed that these cases will fit the next generation of Apple’s smartphones. Case manufacturers become frequent sources for Apple rumors because they make prototypes of their best guesses for potential Apple products. The desi...

A new strain of swine flu has shown up in two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana who had direct or indirect contact with pigs. The virus includes a gene from the 2009 pandemic strain that might let it spread more easily than pig viruses normally do. So far, there's no sign that the virus has spread beyond the two children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. “We wa...

South Korea's suicide rate was the highest among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2009 with an average of over 42 people here taking their own lives daily, a government report said Monday. The number of people who committed suicide reached 15,413 in 2009, becoming the number one cause of death for people aged between 10 and 40 years old here...

DAEGU -- Only one world record was set at the 2011 World Championship -- set by sprinting powerhouse Jamaica in the last 4x100m race on Sunday -- but the nine-day event saw a number other records established, including countries’ first medals. Kirani James brought home the first medal Grenada has ever won in either the Olympics or Athletics World Championships by taking gold in the men’s 400 met...

By Kim So-hyun The rise of venture entrepreneur-turned-professor Ahn Cheol-soo as a prospective independent candidate in the Seoul mayoral election has added to the disquiet in political parties struggling to keep support ratings from falling further. Ahn, who has long been wooed by both sides, said Friday that unlike legislators, a mayor can “change many things,” hinting that he would run for ...