If you have decided to quit smoking and are searching for the best way to reach your goal, you might want to add acupuncture to your list. From electronic cigarettes and patches providing an extremely small amount of nicotine to the body to varenicline-based nicotine addiction buster Champix, many smokers must have tried several things to quit the habit. Acupuncture is arguably the latest and al...

It's a North Korean version of Christmas, with Kim Jong Il playing Santa Claus. In past years, the authoritarian leader has celebrated his birthday by handing out gifts ranging from rice to Rolexes, an annual attempt to buy loyalty and stability. As Kim celebrates his 69th birthday Wednesday, however, the gift baskets may be lighter and knockoff Gucci could replace the real thing. People are ce...

The government is reportedly looking over a draft of a U.N. report stating that freedom of expression in South Korea has been restricted and that the government should make efforts to guarantee it once again. The administration, unlike in previous moves, is expected to make no official response in the near future. United Nations headquarters(AP/Frank Franklin II) According to the Yonhap news a...

Lady Gaga arrives for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 13, 2011.(MCT) Lady Gaga said she spent three days inside the egg at the Jay Leno's show. (MCT) Lady Gaga performs at the 2011 Grammy Awards show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on February 13, 2011. (MCT) Lady Gaga said Willow Smith inspired her hair whip perf...

South Korea's financial regulator on Thursday suspended operations of the country's biggest savings bank and one of its affiliates due to capital shortages triggered by mounting insolvent construction project financing (PF) loans. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said it suspended Busan Savings Bank, the top savings bank by assets based in the port city of Busan, and its affiliate Daejeon...

WASHINGTON -- North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles pose a serious threat to the United States, the chief U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son Jong-un attend a ceremony marking the 65th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang on Oct. 10. (Yonhap News) "North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs also pose a ...

HTC Corp. may introduce larger tablet computers than the 7-inch screen “Flyer” device that the Taiwanese company unveiled Tuesday to challenge the dominance of Apple Inc.’s iPad. “We’re working on several form factors,” HTC Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou said on the sidelines at an industry conference in Barcelona Tuesday when asked whether the company may offer bigger tablets. Sales from ta...

NEW YORK, (AFP) - A teenaged Somali pirate captured in a dramatic high seas operation was sentenced by a US court Wednesday to nearly 34 years in prison, despite defense pleas for leniency due to his young age. Federal Judge Loretta Preska in New York said the sentence of 33 years, nine months for Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse would serve as "general deterrence in this kind of crime." Muse was captu...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan and South Korea's foreign ministers said Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council should take up the issue of North Korea's uranium enrichment programme with a view to possible punishment. Seiji Maehara of Japan and Kim Sung-hwan of South Korea told a news conference that the North must take concrete steps to give up its nuclear programmes as it had previously agreed. "W...

Worried housewife Han cannot stop frowning these days when she thinks of her twins, who are to enter universities in March. “Enrollment fees cost a fortune. Paying more than 10 million won ($8,900) a year for each child is out of my range,” the 47-year-old said. She could break open savings and other financial investments she had made for the couple’s retirement, but that would still not be eno...