The Korea Herald

Breaking the curse

Aug 31, 2011

After recent failures of stars, Kaniskina strides to 20km walk gold DAEGU ― Two-time defending world champion Olga Kaniskina of Russia walked across the finish line first in the 20-kilometer walk to add another gold at the 2011 World Championship in Daegu on Wednesday. In full sunshine and sweltering humidity, the 26-year-old Olympic gold medalist had led almost the whole race and really took o...
Senior prosecutor resigns over adultery

Social affairsAug 31, 2011

A senior prosecutor in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, offered to resign Wednesday after his affair with a housewife was revealed, the Yonhap news agency reported. The two were found together by the woman’s husband at a restaurant at 5 a.m. the previous day. The prosecutor reportedly wrote a paper to the husband admitting that they had had inappropriate encounters several times since May. ...
World Athletics Championships medals table (Wednesday)

Aug 31, 2011

World Athletics Championships medals table (Wednesday) Nation G S B Total United States 4 4 1 9 Russia 4 2 4 10 Kenya 3 2 3 8 Germany 1 2 1 4 China 1 2 0 3 Jamaica 1 1 0 2 Ethiopia 1 0 1 2 Botswana 1 0 0 1 Brazil 1 0 0 1 Grenada 1 0 0 1 Japan 1 0 0 1 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 Poland 1 0 0 1 Britain 0 2 1 3 Cuba 0 1 2 3 Belarus 0 1 0 1 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Hungary 0 1 0...
World Athletics Championships medalists (Wednesday)

Aug 31, 2011

The following are the medalists on Wednesday at the 13th World Championships in Athletics; Women‘s 20-kilometer race walk Gold: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 1:29:42 Silver: Liu Hong (CHN) 1:30:00 Bronze: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 1:30:13
Lawmaker accused of sexist remarks survives expulsion vote

PoliticsAug 31, 2011

A South Korean lawmaker accused of making sexist remarks retained his seat as a motion to oust him was voted down in the National Assembly on Wednesday, sparking criticism that legislators are too soft on wrongdoings committed by fellow lawmakers. Rep. Kang Yong-seok, 42, came under fire in July of last year after he made lewd remarks about TV anchorwomen and women's appearances in a meeting wit...
Automation in the air dulls pilot skill

IndustryAug 31, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Are airline pilots forgetting how to fly? As planes become ever more reliant on automation to navigate crowded skies, safety officials worry there will be more deadly accidents traced to pilots who have lost their hands-on instincts in the air. Hundreds of people have died over the past five years in “loss of control” accidents in which planes stalled during flight or got into ...
Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

TechnologyAug 31, 2011

TOKYO (AP) _ Sony is launching a head mounted display that provides a three dimensional theater of music videos, movies and games. Sony Corp. showed the 60,000 yen ($800) ``HMZ personal 3-D viewer‘’ Wednesday. The machine is set to go on sale Nov. 11 in Japan, and is planned for the U.S. and Europe, perhaps in time for Christmas, although dates have not yet been set. Resembling a futuristic vis...
Kaniskina wins 3rd straight 20K walk at worlds

Aug 31, 2011

DAEGU, South Korea (AP) -- With a brisk 20-kilometer walk through the morning sunshine, Olympic champion Olga Kaniskina won her third straight world title to push Russia to the top of the overall medals standings halfway through the championships. After the failures of champions like Usain Bolt and pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, Kaniskina went out strong and never faltered as she continued her ...
Ark. man in plane spots his home being burglarized

World NewsAug 31, 2011

BAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man who wanted to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead helped catch two men burglarizing it. Steven Lynn said he could see the two taking items from his house. "I looked down, and sure enough, there was a truck hooked onto a trailer, and guys were loading stuff up,” Lynn told The Jonesboro Sun. “It didn‘t seem to faze them that we we...
Woman arrested for pretending to be pregnant

Social affairsAug 31, 2011

A 30-year-old woman was booked without detention on Wednesday after she pretended to be pregnant to steal household goods, the police said. The woman surnamed Lee left a mall in Daegu without paying for 900,000 won ($880) worth of household items. When a security guard stopped her, Lee said that she had lost her receipts. She slipped out of the mall arguing that she was pregnant, saying: “Are y...
Mandarin Chinese most useful business language after English

Aug 31, 2011

Mandarin, China’s official tongue, is also the top language worldwide for business other than English, according to Bloomberg Rankings. Mandarin, spoken by 845 million people, scored highest in a ranking of languages, excluding English, based on business usefulness. The ranking scored languages according to the number of speakers, number of countries where the language is official, along with th...
Arsenal signs South Korea captain Park Chu-young

SoccerAug 31, 2011

LONDON (AP) _ Arsenal completed the signing of South Korea captain Park Chu-young from Monaco on Monday and Germany defender Per Mertesacker looked set to follow him as the club strengthens after a dismal start to the Premier League season. The 26-year-old striker is moving to London after three seasons in France where he scored 25 goals in 91 appearances. ``He will add true quality to our atta...
U.S. consumer confidence lowest in 2 years

World BusinessAug 31, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers' confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the U.S. economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008. At a time when Americans are growing increasing worried about a weak job market, higher costs for food and clothing and recent stock market turmoil, the falling confidence numb...
World Athletics Championships medals table (Tuesday)

Aug 30, 2011

Nation G S B Total U.S. 4 4 1 9 Kenya 3 2 3 8 Russia 3 2 3 8 Germany 1 2 1 4 China 1 1 0 2 Jamaica 1 1 0 2 Ethiopia 1 0 1 2 Botswana 1 0 0 1 Brazil 1 0 0 1 Grenada 1 0 0 1 Japan 1 0 0 1 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 Poland 1 0 0 1 Britain 0 2 1 3 Cuba 0 1 2 3 Belarus 0 1 0 1 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Hungary 0 1 0 1 Sudan 0 1 0 1 Tunisia 0 1 0 1 Belgium 0 0 1 1 Colombia 0 0 1 1 France 0 0 1 1 ...
S. Korea to call for boycott of tours to N. Korean mountain resort

North KoreaAug 30, 2011

South Korea will ask the United States, China and Japan to prevent their citizens from visiting a troubled mountain resort in North Korea, a Seoul official said Tuesday. The move comes as the isolated communist country is seeking to attract foreign tourists to Mount Kumgang as part of its attempts to revitalize the stalled resort. North Korea invited a group of foreign business executives and j...