The U.S. Embassy will hold a talk about living in Korea at 3 p.m. on March 11. Participants will get the chance to find out how to deal with culture shock and daily life in Korea. They also can ask about job opportunities and legal help. Those who want to ask questions in advance can email to Seoul_ACS@state.gov. The talk will be at Vatos Urban Tacos in Itaewon-dong and participants can enjoy ...

DUBAI (AP) ― Top-ranked Novak Djokovic played his first match since winning the Australian Open, shaking off the rust to beat Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Marko Djokovic ― ranked 868 spots below his brother ― had a less successful day. The younger Djokovic, a wild-card entry into the tournament, was bounced in the opening round with a ...

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Kevin Durant says it’s too early to think about a potential Heat-Thunder NBA finals. It seems hard to ignore at the season’s midpoint. The teams share the league’s best record and both rolled into the All-Star break. With Durant and Russell Westbrook on one side and LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh looking to avenge their finals disappointment, the series could b...

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- The upcoming iPad 3 -- expected to be announced in a little more than a week-- could carry a $70-$80 price hike over its iPad 2 predecessor, analysts say. The MacRumors Web site posted an image Monday of a purported pricing sheet found on the popular Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo showing a list price for the iPad 3 of $579 for the 16 gigabyte WiFi only model, an in...

The process of building a naval base on Jeju Island ran into yet more opposition on Monday with the island’s government disputing the results of a Ministry of National Defense-sponsored simulation. On Monday, the Jeju government submitted a remonstrance to the Prime Minister’s Office saying that the Defense Ministry’s simulations did not reflect the recommendations outlined in the technical veri...

A couple has been booked without detention by police here for stealing trade secrets from a Korean company and gaining advantages in contract bids with the United Nations, officials said Tuesday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, a Chinese woman and her Korean husband had spent the last four years stealing industrial and trade secrets from a tent manufacturing company here. The...

SANAA (AP) ― Aides to Ali Abdullah Saleh said Monday that the ousted Yemeni president plans to go into exile in Ethiopia, as pressures mounted on him to depart the country for fear of sparking new cycles of violence. The news that the longtime Yemeni leader might leave to Ethiopia marks the latest twist in the meandering story of Saleh’s fall from grace. As rumors have circulated of Saleh seeki...

By Lee Wung Seoul Metropolitan Government said they will donate half of the entry fees of last year’s running event “We Run Seoul 10K,” co-organized by the sports brand Nike and the city government. “We are donating 23 million won ($204,000), half of the total entry fees collected from the 30,000 participants in the distance running event last October, to three charity organizations ― Seoul Wel...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Meryl Streep famously called him “God.” And Harvey Weinstein certainly looked omnipotent at the Oscars Sunday, showing again his peerless skills at campaigning for the coveted golden statuettes. For the second year running the founder of The Weinstein Company steered one of its films to Academy Awards glory, this year with silent movie “The Artist,” after last year’s victory...