The Korea Herald

Sumi Jo to visit Pyongyang in May

Oct 2, 2011

Coloratura soprano shares her belief in power of music to help those in need The concert schedule of Grammy-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo is extremely tight. Successfully finishing the “Hyundai Capital Invitational Sumi Jo Park Concert” at an outdoor stage in Olympic Park in Seoul last Saturday, she had to fly on Tuesday morning for another concert in Busan, and another in Daegu the next...
Work with Samsung ‘inspiring and challenging’

Oct 2, 2011

Former BMW designer Chris Bangle shares ideas and hopes on future design Chris Bangle, former chief of design at BMW, will make his second visit to Seoul early this month. Bangle, who resigned from the German carmaker in 2009, has recently become a design consultant for Samsung Electronics. With tangible results expected to come out during his visit this time, expectations are growing here abo...
California man found alive by his children after wreck

Oct 2, 2011

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — David Lavau's children drove slowly along the perilously curved mountain road, stopping to peer over the treacherous drop-offs and call out for their father, missing for six days. Then, finally, a faint cry: "Help, help." The voice from the wilderness not only let Lavau's children find him, it may have brought closure to another family and another missing persons cas...
North Korean dictator’s grandson blocks SNS access

Oct 2, 2011

Pictures depict a “democratic” lifestyle The teenager believed to be North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il’s grandson blocked public access to his social networking accounts over the weekend after being bombarded with South Korean media attention. Kim Han-sol, the 16-year-old currently enrolled at the United World College’s branch in Mostar, Bosnia, set his Facebook and Twitter accounts to block pu...
Kodak shares plunge as bankruptcy fears escalate

Oct 2, 2011

Investors dumped Eastman Kodak's stock Friday amid fears that the photography pioneer is headed toward bankruptcy. After its stock lost more than half its value in a volatile day of trading, Kodak tried to paint a rosier picture. "Kodak is committed to meeting all of its obligations and has no intention of filing for bankruptcy," the company said in a statement. The reassurance lifted Kodak shar...
Alibaba’s Ma ‘Very Interested’ in Buying Yahoo

Oct 2, 2011

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma said he’s “very interested” in buying Yahoo! Inc., the U.S. Web portal that ousted its chief executive officer last month amid stagnant growth and shrinking market share. Ma said he’s had discussions with Yahoo, as well as other potential buyers, without identifying them. The executive, whose company is 40 percent owned by Yahoo, spoke at an event at S...
Prisoner released after 25 years to live in New Port Richey

Oct 2, 2011

A Pennsylvania man who spent nearly 25 years in prison is being released to his daughter in New Port Richey while he awaits a new trial in a double murder case. David Munchinski was convicted in 1986 for the drug-related killings and sexual assaults of two men in Bears Rock, Fayette County, a rural community in southwest Pennsylvania full of expensive A-frame homes. But a federal judge last mont...
Nestle tempts dogs with high frequency TV ads

Oct 2, 2011

GENEVA, Sept 30, 2011 (AFP) - The world's biggest food company Nestle is seeking to conquer the dog food market with special advertising targeted at men's best friend. "Nestle Purina has created the first-ever television commercial especially for dogs," it said in a statement. "The TV commercial to be screened on Austrian television uses different sounds -- including a high frequency tone -- to...
Arrest warrant issued for U.S. soldier over alleged rape of Korean woman

Oct 2, 2011

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- A local South Korean court issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a U.S. soldier accused of raping a young Korean woman, officials said. The 21-year-old Army private, assigned to the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division in Dongducheon, was charged with raping an 18-year-old woman near his unit at around 4 a.m. on Sept. 24. The woman was watching television in her rented room in d...
Harvard's endowment grows by $4.4 billion to reach $32 billion

Sept 23, 2011

It marks the second year in a row of strong growth for an endowment that fell by $11 billion to $26 billion during the fiscal year that ended June 2009. The endowment grew to $27.6 billion in the 2010 fiscal year. Harvard Management Company President and CEO Jane Mendillo said active management of investments to meet the primary objectives of growth, liquidity and risk management secured growth ...
Islamic center near ground zero opens its doors

Sept 22, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — The developer of an Islamic cultural center near the site of the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center says the biggest error on the project was not involving the families of 9/11 victims from the start. "We made incredible mistakes," Sharif El-Gamal told The Associated Press in an interview in his Manhattan office. The Park51 Islamic community center — at 51 Par...
Gunmen dump 35 bodies on busy avenue in Mexico

Sept 21, 2011

MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Masked gunmen blocked traffic on a busy avenue in a Gulf of Mexico coastal city Tuesday and dumped the bodies of 35 slaying victims as horrified motorists watched, authorities said. Veracruz state Attorney General Reynaldo Escobar Perez said the bodies were left piled in two trucks and on the ground of an underpass near a shopping mall in the city of Boca del Rio. Police had ...
Catch me if you can: Fake pilot escapes NZ airport

Sept 19, 2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A man who disguised himself as an airline pilot tried to enter a restricted area of Auckland Airport and then escaped after he was challenged. New Zealand Police say they are looking for a man who on Saturday entered the airport dressed in a white shirt with epaulets on his shoulders and a dark cap with a silver winged badge. He was also carrying a large brief case...
Daughter suspected of killing divorced parents

Aug 24, 2011

Police are investigating the death of a divorced couple, saying the couple’s 32-year-old daughter is a suspect. According to Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul, the father, surnamed Chang, first fell from his daughter’s apartment in Goyang city of Gyeonggi Province on Feb 26. Seven months later, his wife, surnamed Park, died of smoke inhalation during a fire at her home in Seoul. The cause of the...
Why colleague with personality disorder may earn more: study

Aug 17, 2011

Colleagues with a temper may earn more than nice people, according to a new study. In a joint study by University of Notre Dame and University of Western Ontario, researchers found out that mean male workers earned 18 percent more on average than so-called “agreeable” people. Although the tendency was reduced in women, they still earned 5 percent more than agreeable counterparts, the Wall Stree...