The Korea Herald

S. Korean tourist killed in boat crash in Philippines

A South Korean tourist was killed this week in a boat crash off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Cebu, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.A banana boat carrying three South Korean tourists, including a 50-year-old woman identified only by her surname Ji, collided with an outrigger can

Nov. 14, 2011

Galaxy S2 picked as top smartphone by Consumer Reports

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S2 smartphone was named as the best smartphone by a well-known U.S. magazine in its latest handset survey, industry sources said Monday.Consumer Reports recommended the Galaxy sequel as the best smartphone pick for subscribers of three major mobile carriers in the Un

Nov. 14, 2011

S. Korea's adult obesity rate stands at 30.8 percent

South Korea's adult obesity rate stood at 30.8 percent of all people over 19 in 2010 as people consumed more food and exercised less, a government report showed Monday.The report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare said 36.3 percent of all men were overweight last year, compared to 24.8 percent of

Nov. 14, 2011

S. Korea's adult obesity rate stands at 30.8 percent

Civil suit filed over jailed IN swim coach

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The family of an Indiana teenager filed a civil lawsuit against USA Swimming and others Thursday, saying officials didn’t do enough to protect the girl from the sexual assaults by her coach.The suit, filed in Marion County Superior Court, levels accusations against the umbrel

Nov. 11, 2011

Civil suit filed over jailed IN swim coach

Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild

GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Weste

Nov. 11, 2011

Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild

Chinese swarm to marry on lucky 11/11/11

Chinese couples flocked to registry offices to marry on Friday in the belief that the "11/11/11" date is the most auspicious in a century.November 11 has been celebrated as an unofficial "singles' day" in China since the 1990s -- as the date is composed of the number one -- and it is seen as a good

Nov. 11, 2011

Chinese swarm to marry on lucky 11/11/11

EEG scan helped contact patients in vegetative state

Electro-encephalography (EEG) helped doctors realize that several patients diagnosed as being in a permanently vegetative state were in fact aware, according to a study published on Thursday in The Lancet.The technique could be developed as a portable, cheaper way of helping doctors make more accura

Nov. 11, 2011

NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars

The US space agency is getting ready to launch later this month the biggest, most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to explore Mars for signs of previous life there, NASA said Thursday.The Curiosity rover, known formally as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is a $2.5 billion state-of-the-a

Nov. 11, 2011

NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars

Scientists identify new cell to lower risk of hardening of arteries

A group of scientists, including one of the two recipients of this year's Nobel prize in medicine, the late Ralph M. Steinman, has identified a new cell that helps reduce risks of the hardening of the arteries, South Korea's science ministry said Friday.The research, published Thursday (U.S. time) o

Nov. 11, 2011

Depression may be linked to dementia later

U.S. researchers say a chemical marker that binds to plaque and tangle deposits indicates dementia may be linked to major depressive disorder in older people."This is the first study using [the marker] FDDNP to assess the abnormal protein levels in brains of older adults with severe depression," Dr.

Nov. 10, 2011

New drug zaps fat cells in monkeys

WASHINGTON (AFP) - An experimental drug helped obese monkeys lose 11 percent of their extra weight in a month, a promising sign in the hunt for obesity drugs that could apply to humans, US researchers said Wednesday.The drug, known as Adipotide, works by attacking the blood supply of a certain kind

Nov. 10, 2011

World's smallest four-wheel-drive is a billionth of a meter

PARIS, Nov 9, 2011 (AFP) - Scientists in the Netherlands said on Wednesday they had made a four-wheeled molecule that measures just a billionth of a meter-- 60,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair -- and moves in response to a burst of electrons.(Ben Feringa/University of Groningen)T

Nov. 10, 2011

World's smallest four-wheel-drive is a billionth of a meter

Australian cat walks the 3,000 km home

Sydney (dpa) - A homesick cat walked 3,000 kilometers from far northern Australia to the other end of the continent to be re-united with her sibling, according to news report Tuesday.That is the barely credible story from Sheree Gale, the owner of transcontinental tabby Jessie, who took 15 months to

Nov. 9, 2011

US mom pregnant with 20th child

Michelle Duggar (left) is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob (second from left) after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. (AP)Arkansas mom Michelle Duggar proudly announced to the world Tuesday she's expecting -- but her 19 other children got to hear the news first.Duggar, 45, an

Nov. 9, 2011

Defiant Berlusconi taken down by markets

ROME (AP) _ Silvio Berlusconi survived sex scandals and corruption trials. Tawdry accounts of sexy ``bunga bunga'' parties turned him into an international laughing stock. Prosecutors pursued him over a mind-boggling array of suspected improprieties.Every time he seemed finished, the perma-tan

Nov. 9, 2011

Defiant Berlusconi taken down by markets

Barnes & Noble takes on Amazon, Apple with tablet

US bookseller Barnes & Noble unveiled a tablet computer on Monday in a bid to take on Apple's iPad and an upcoming device from digital book-selling rival Amazon.The Nook Tablet will cost $249 -- $50 more than than the Kindle Fire from Amazon which goes on sale on November 15 but $250 less than the c

Nov. 8, 2011

Barnes & Noble takes on Amazon, Apple with tablet

Cave painters were realists, DNA study finds

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Cave painters during the Ice Age were more like da Vinci than Dali, sketching realistic depictions of horses they saw rather than dreaming them up, a study of ancient DNA finds.This undated photo provided by the Pech Merle Prehistory Center shows a cave painting of pair of spotted

Nov. 8, 2011

Cave painters were realists, DNA study finds

White House says no evidence of extraterrestrials

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, E.T. lovers — the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist.The White House made the unusual declaration in response to a feature on its website that allows people to submit petitions that administration officials must respond to if enough

Nov. 8, 2011

White House says no evidence of extraterrestrials

Saddam cell now unlit, dusty and missing a commode

The small cell concealed in a bombed-out villa is dusty now, has no electricity, and its door and toilet are gone, bound for a US museum. But it once held Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.There is no graffiti on the cell's white walls, no remnants of the once-feared dictator's presence.The narrow conc

Nov. 8, 2011

Chilean miner Pena drops out of NYC Marathon

NEW YORK (AP) _ Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena dropped out of Sunday's New York City Marathon at the 11-mile mark.Pena entered Sunday's 26.2-mile event again following a difficult year that included a hospitalization in Santiago for psychological problems and reported drug and alcohol issues.He f

Nov. 7, 2011