The Seoul government is anxious that the escalating scandal involving Korean diplomats and a Chinese woman in Shanghai might damage diplomatic relations with Beijing. 외교부는 ‘외도부’?…몽골에서도.. 한국 외교가를 뒤흔들고 있는 ‘상하이 스캔들’ 외에 몽골에서도 비슷한 사건이 있었던 것으로 뒤늦게 알려졌다. 9일 정부 소식통에 따르면 지난 2009년 몽골 울란바토르 주재 한국 대사관에서 근무한 고위 외교관 P모씨는 현지 여성과 부적절한 관계를 맺은 것으로 알려졌다. 문제는 이 외교관이 현지 근무를 끝내고 귀국하게 되면서 불거졌다. P씨의 내연녀는 임신을 했다며 거액을...

A South Korean diplomatic mission chief in Japan has resigned over allegations that he misappropriated government money, an official said Friday, adding to concern about decaying discipline of diplomats amid a sex scandal rocking the mission in Shanghai. The chief of South Korea's consulate general in Niigata, identified only by his surname initial Y, quit last month after an investigation into ...

Megan Fox’s trainer denies the public’s assumption that the star is suffering from anorexia. Worries were raised about the “Transformers” star after new advertisements for Armani featured Fox with a skeletal appearance. Yet, her personal trainer, Harley Pasternak announced that Fox is “far from that.” “Believe it or not she has this really fast metabolism,” Pasternak told Hollywood Life. Concer...

A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain. Because strokes occur rapidly and require immediate treatment, a stroke is also called a brain attack. Most strokes are caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain (ischemic stroke). Other strokes are caused by bleeding into the brain tissue when a blood vessel bursts (hemorrhagic stroke). When the symptoms of ...

Central bank governor sees high inflationary pressure Korea’s central bank raised its key interest rate for the second time in three months Thursday as it steps up efforts to control inflation. The Bank of Korea lifted its benchmark base rate to 3 percent from 2.75 percent at a monthly meeting. The rate influences a variety of borrowing costs, including those on overnight loans between financia...

Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., on Thursday lashed out at a recent proposal by former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan for large businesses to share their excessive profits with smaller companies. The rare attack from usually reticent Lee, 69, came as he was on his way to a monthly meeting of the executive board of the Federation of Korean Industries, the largest business lobby in ...

LG calls Samsung’s bluff, proposing public demonstrations LG on Thursday touched off a second round in the ongoing 3-D TV war by challenging Samsung to a public demonstration as tension grew between the two rivals who have been engaged in serious bashing over 3-D technology. “It is our wish to see (our) competition come out for a demonstration," said LG Display’s chief executive Kwon Young-soo ...

Co-production looks at the lives of Koreans living in Japan in the 1960s The play “Yakiniku Dragon” is what you could call a masterpiece. Watching it is like reading a really good book in one sitting. Not only is the story itself genuine and well-organized but every detail of the play, including the witty lines and props, is very delicately knitted together so that the audience’s attention neve...

Korea’s first accredited vegetable sommelier pushes the profession to the fore When Ludwig Andereas Feuerbach proclaimed “man is what he eats” in his 1863 essay on spiritualism and materialism, he did not mean it to be taken literally. He meant that the food one eats has a bearing on one’s state of mind and health. Kim Eun-kyung, Korea’s first accredited vegetable sommelier, takes it literally...

Cadillac Championship to be only 10th competitive round of year DORAL, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods is hitting some of his best shots when no one is watching. That’s typically the case when Woods tries to build a new golf swing, and his third major swing change is no exception. Put him on the practice range at home in Isleworth and he says he goes through long stretches of hitting the ball how he...

Kang Man-soo, senior presidential economic adviser and former finance minister, was recommended Thursday as the next chairman of state-run KDB Financial Group Inc. The Financial Services Commission requested President Lee Myung-bak appoint Kang to lead the group, which controls Korea Development Bank. He would double as chief of the lender. Kang, 66, will replace Min Euoo-sung, who led the stat...

The head of LG Display Co., the world’s No. 2 maker of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, said Thursday electronics giant Sony Corp. is mulling using its proprietary 3-D panels for the Japanese company’s 3-D TVs. Kwon Young-soo made the remark amid its on-going battle with Samsung Electronics Co. to win the 3-D TV industry standard. LG Display developed the proprietary film patterned retarder ...