The Korea Herald

Jan 9, 2011

MANILA (AFP) - Philippine authorities may ban sex on the world-famous beaches of Boracay island after a television crew filmed two naked couples making out in public on New Year's Day, the local mayor said Thursday. The clip showed one pair apparently having sex on the beach and the other locked in a passionate kiss in the water, with the woman's bare breasts clearly shown above the waterline. ...
Man carries out self-castration to become woman

Jan 9, 2011

A 22-year-old British man has chopped off his own testicles, apparently seeking to become a woman. According to the British tabloid the Sun , the 22-year-old man last Friday cut off his private parts and threw them into Queens Park, Chesterfield. The man, believed to have waited nearly 24 hours before going to the hospital, told the staff he experienced “a lot less” pain than he had anticipate...
Arizona congresswoman shot, at least 5 killed

Jan 9, 2011

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at least five people and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation. Giffords was among at least 10 people wounded, and the hospital said her outlook was ``optimistic'' and that she was respond...
Suicide attack kills 17 at Afghan public bath: police

Jan 7, 2011

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed 17 people and wounded another 21 in assassinating a police commander at a public bath in a southern Afghan town on the border with Pakistan, the local government said. A nine-year Taliban insurgency is concentrated in southern Afghanistan, but suicide attacks targeting civilians in public places are relatively rare. "A suicide bomber blew up...
Chemical signal in women's tears a turnoff for men

Jan 7, 2011

WASHINGTON — If a crying woman's red nose isn't a big enough turnoff to a man, a surprising experiment found another reason: Tears of sadness may temporarily lower his testosterone level. Those tears send a chemical signal as the man gets close enough to sniff them — even though there's no discernible odor, say researchers from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. It's the first such signal ...
TV host Menounos suffers bikini wardrobe malfunction

Jan 5, 2011

U.S. TV host and actress Maria Menounos sparked a buzz online on Wednesday because of her bikini malfunction in Miami Beach. CBS reported that the "Access Hollywood" correspondent suffered a wardrobe malfunction while vacationing over the weekend. "The 32-year-old was playing beach football in the surf when her black bikini bottom budged to the right, partially exposing her private parts," it r...
Study reveals single women find married men more attractive

Jan 5, 2011

Why are some single, young and attractive females drawn to married men? A study reveals that single women are attracted to men who are already taken more than the ones who are not, reported the Daily Mail on Monday. Psychologist Anthony Little said female birds and fish find a male more attractive if they have already seen him in the company of another female. This phenomenon is known as “mate...
Kim Kardashian poses for Glamour

Jan 4, 2011

“I don’t find myself as sexy as everyone thinks,” Kim Kardashian said in Glamour magazine’s February issue. “I am a lot more insecure than people would assume, but with little stupid things. When I get dressed, I’m always so indecisive.” She said her father comforted her by saying she would be okay before he died despite her not finishing college due to her marriage at 19 to Damon Thomas. She ...
Popping eyeballs out of sockets

Jan 4, 2011

Brazilean Claudio Paulo Pinto pops his eyeballs out of their sockets, in Belo Horizonte, 340 kilometers (210 miles) north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pinto can pop his eyeballs at least 7 millimeters (0.3 inches) out of their sockets, a national record for eye-popping according to RankBrasil, an organization modelled after the Guinness Book of World Records that lists Brazilian records. Pinto say...
Navy to investigate lewd videos shown on carrier

Jan 3, 2011

NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together. The star of the videos, made in 2006 and 2007, is a former Top Gun pilot who now commands the same ship, the ...
[Major Events] What’s planned in Korea and overseas

Jan 2, 2011

Major Events in 2011 January 1: Brazil’s new president Dilma Rousseff takes office 1: Estonia joins euro club 1: France takes over the presidency of Group of Eight 6-9: Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas 14: U.S. Defense Minister Robert Gates to visit Korea 19: Barack Obama-Hu Jintao summit in Washington 26-30: World Economic Forum in Davos
Suicide bomber kills 21 at Egypt church

Jan 2, 2011

Christians clash with police; interior minister blames 'foreign elements' ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AFP) ― Egypt said a suicide bomber killed 21 people and wounded 79 outside a Coptic church on Saturday, in an attack President Hosni Mubarak said was the work of “foreign hands.” There was no immediate claim but al-Qaida has called for punishment of Egypt’s Copts over claims that two priests’ wives they...
India-China border tensions belie leaders’ warm words

Dec 26, 2010

NEW DELHI (AFP) ― The theme of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India was “friends not rivals,” but a border dispute remains a source of tension and, analysts warn, potential conflict between the Asian giants. The joint communiqu that concluded Wen’s recent visit barely mentioned the long-standing border issue, as both sides sought to highlight areas of agreement with an ambitious plan to d...
WikiLeaks founder to meet U.K. police

Dec 7, 2010

LONDON (AFP) ― WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Monday arranging to meet with British police, his lawyer said, as the net tightened around the man behind the release of a hoard of secret U.S. diplomatic cables. Swedish authorities want to quiz the elusive 39-year-old Australian ― whose website is in the process of releasing tens of thousands of U.S. cables ― on suspicion of crimes including ...
Families pay last respects to stampede victims

Nov 24, 2010

PHNOM PENH (AFP) ― Grieving families in Cambodia were due to pay their last respects Wednesday to relatives among the nearly 380 victims killed in a massive stampede at a water festival in the capital. The annual three-day celebration ended in tragedy Monday, with survivors recalling scenes of fear and panic as crowds surged on an overcrowded bridge, crushing and trampling people underfoot. Rel...