Incheon International Airport Corp. said Sunday it is aiming to win new terminal and airport projects in global markets in diversified efforts to boost profits. Incheon Airport is looking to the upcoming terminal and airport projects in the Middle East and emerging markets, such as Istanbul, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the country's biggest airport operator said in a statement...

South Korean table tennis player Jang Woo-jin had himself quite a weekend, grabbing three gold medals at an international tournament that wrapped up on home soil on Sunday. Jang defeated Liang Jingkun of China 4-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3) in the men's singles final for his third gold medal at the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Platinum Korea Open in Daejeon, 160 kilometers sout...

A South Korean men's doubles ping pong team captured a gold medal at an international tournament on home soil on Sunday. The duo of Jang Woo-jin and Lim Jong-hoon beat Ho Kwan Kit and Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong 3-1 (11-8, 19-17, 9-11, 11-9) at the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Platinum Korea Open in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap) This was Jang's second gol...

서울 도심 한 호텔에서 열린 '치킨 자격증 시험' 이벤트 행사장에 동물 복지 운동가들이 난입해 '닭을 먹지 말라'고 시위를 펼치는 해프닝이 일어났다. 22일 배달의 민족에 따르면 이날 오후 2시 10분께 서울 송파구 잠실 롯데호텔 3층 크리스탈볼룸에서 '배민 치믈리에 자격시험'이 시작한 지 얼마 되지 않아 7∼8명가량이 무대로 들이닥쳤다. 이들은 무대 위에서 "치킨을 먹어서는 안 된다"거나 "닭은 먹는 것이 아니다"라는 등의 구호를 외치다 호텔 측에 의해 제지됐다. 이들은 비슷한 취지의 메시지가 적힌 A4 용지도 펼친 것으로 전해졌다. 22일 오후 서울 송파구 잠실 롯데호텔에서 배달의민족 주최로 열린 제2회 배민 치믈리에 자격시험 오프닝 행사에 동물보호 활동가들이 손팻말을 들고 기습시위를 하고 있다....

'지구의 허파'로 불리는 남미 아마존 열대우림에서 홀로 고립생활을 하는 원주민의 사진이 공개됐다. 21일(현지시간) 국영 뉴스통신 아젠시아 브라질에 따르면 브라질 국립원주민재단(Funai)은 20여 년간의 추적 끝에 아마존 열대우림에서 홀로 살아가는 원주민을 발견해 사진에 담는 데 성공했다. 브라질 국립원주민재단이 아마존 열대우림에서 홀로 고립생활을 하는 원주민 사진을 공개했다. [국영 뉴스통신 아젠시아 브라질 - 연합뉴스] 재단에 따르면 이 원주민은 지난 1995년 말 불법 벌목업자들의 공격에 저항하던 소수 부족민이었으며, 당시 6명으로 추정된 부족민 가운데 혼자 살아남았다. 재단은 1996년께 이 원주민의 생존 사실을 확인했으나 접촉에 실패했으며 2005년에 마지막으로 목격되고 나서 원주민은 자...

침몰한 러시아 군함 돈스코이호로 추정되는 선체를 2003년 처음으로 발견했던 잠수 기술자가 '보물선 소문'에 대해 첫 발견 당시엔 없었던 얘기라며 회의적 의견을 내놨다. 러시아 발틱함대 소속의 1급 철갑순양함 드미트리 돈스코이(Dmitri Donskoii)호는 1905년 러일전쟁 당시 울릉도 인근에서 침몰했으며, 2003년 5월 이 배로 추정되는 선체가 해저에서 처음 발견됐다. 동아건설 김시웅 사장(가운데)과 변상경 한국해양연구원장 등이 서울 프라자호텔에서 돈스코이호로 추정되는 침몰선체 탐사 과정과 결과 등을 공개하고 있다. 2003.6.3 [연합뉴스 자료사진] 해저탐사 전문업체 S사 이모 대표는 22일 연합뉴스와의 통화에서 "(2003년 탐사로 선체를 발견할 당시) 금화나 금괴 얘기는 못 듣고 '배...

Civic groups from South and North Korea have formed a committee to bring home the remains of Koreans forced into hard labor in Japan during the 1910-45 colonial era, a leading organizer of the project here said Sunday. Kim Hong-gul, head of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC), told reporters that he and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Yong-dae, a vice president of the ...

North Korea's recent series of tirades against South Korea appear to indicate its discomfort over Seoul's adherence to the international sanctions regime and a lack of progress in cross-border exchanges, analysts in Seoul said Sunday. From discounting South Korean President Moon Jae-in's recent remarks on peace efforts as "useless instructions" to slamming his economic policy, the Rodong Sinmun,...

Choo Shin-soo's on-base streak for the Texas Rangers has come to an end at 52 games. The South Korean designated hitter went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts against the Cleveland Indians at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday (local time), as the longest on-base run by an active major leaguer ended. The Rangers were routed 16-3. Choo began his streak on May 13 against the Houston Astro...

Foreigners visiting South Korea to give lectures or provide consulting services will be able to enter the country without a short-term employment visa starting next month, the government said Sunday. Currently, a C-4 visa is required for foreign scholars invited for the short period of time to give lectures, leading some renowned scholars to decline invitations from local research institutes. (...

The average hourly payment for South Korea's listed firms was more than three times higher than the country's minimum level, market data showed Sunday. A total of 1,932 firms listed on the main KOSPI and tech-laden KOSDAQ markets were presumed to have paid an average of 22,472 won ($19.79) per hour last year to their 1.56 million employees, according to the data from Chaebol.com, a research firm...

The number of travelers using the new passenger terminal of Incheon International Airport has surpassed 9 million since its opening six months ago, airport officials said Sunday. As of last Wednesday, more than 9.08 million people used the second terminal, which started operations on Jan. 18, the airport's tally showed. During the six-month period, the number of the airport users also rose to m...

South Korea's finance minister has called on his US counterpart to have the Asian country exempt from America's planned auto tariffs, the Seoul government said Sunday. Kim Dong-yeon made the request during his meeting with US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin in Buenos Aires on Saturday (local time) on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting. South Korea`s finance minister Kim Dong-yeon...

South Korean delegates will head to Thailand to participate in the latest round of talks for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a proposed mega trade deal involving Asian nations, Seoul's trade ministry said Sunday. The RCEP is in essence a massive regional trade deal between 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the six countries with which ASEAN has existin...

Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's presidential security adviser, is set to arrive in Seoul on Sunday after his two-day visit to the United States apparently aimed at facilitating denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang. After arriving in Washington on Friday, Chung held talks with his counterpart John Bolton possibly over a range of issues such as how to maintain the current momentum...