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Tupac’s godmother on FBI’s most wanted list

(FBI) Joanne Deborah Chesimard, a murder convict who is also godmother and step-aunt of rapper Tupac Shakur, has been put on the most wanted list of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the fir...

Updated : 2013.05.03 15:07

Former lawmaker Hyun named nominal head of unification panel

President Park Geun-hye named former five-term lawmaker Hyun Kyung-dae as executive vice chairperson of the National Unification Advisory Council on Thursday. “Kim Hyun-uk, current executive vice c...

Updated : 2013.05.02 19:40

Park, N.K.’s Kim among ‘500 most powerful’: magazine

Park Geun-hye (Yonhap News) South Korean President Park Geun-hye and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un were named among the top 500 most powerful individuals in the world by Foreign Policy, a U.S.-bas...

Updated : 2013.04.30 19:53

Ex-Assembly vice speaker dead at 81

Kim Young-bae Former National Assembly vice speaker Kim Young-bae, who was elected six times as a lawmaker, died of a chronic illness on Saturday. He was 81. He is known to have suffered from chola...

Updated : 2013.04.28 20:16

Psy invited to Park Ji-sung’s game

South Korean rapper Psy is considering attending a charity football match to be hosted by Queens Park Rangers midfielder Park Ji-sung, the musician’s agency said Friday. YG Entertainment said the ra...

Updated : 2013.04.28 20:15

S. Africa’s Tutu in hospital for ‘persistent infection’

CAPE TOWN (AFP) ― Peace icon Desmond Tutu checked into a South African hospital on Wednesday for tests related to an ongoing infection, his foundation said. “Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has c...

Updated : 2013.04.25 20:13

Allied bands to serenade Seoul

South Korean and U.S. naval bands will stage joint concerts in Seoul and Busan on Friday and Sunday, respectively, to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement and their alliance. U.S. se...

Updated : 2013.04.25 20:13

Two charged over intimate Kate sunbathing shots

The head of an Italian publishing group and a French photographer were charged this month over the publication of intimate photos of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless in France that ...

Updated : 2013.04.25 10:39

Fiji envoy accused in Pekingese caper

Fijian Ambassador to Korea Filimone Kau and his wife were accused by Yongsan District police of making off with a pair of toy dogs earlier this month. The owner of a local Itaewon watering hole iden...

Updated : 2013.04.24 19:46

[Photo News] Herald webtoon contest winners

Seung Jeong-yeon (fifth from left), the top prize winner of the Herald Webtoon Contest, poses for a photo with famed cartoonist and chief judge Lee Doo-ho (fourth from left); Lee Young-man (fifth fro...

Updated : 2013.04.24 19:45

Actors Zo and Kim confirm relationship

Zo In-sung Kim Min-hee Top stars Zo In-sung and Kim Min-hee made public their relationship Wednesday. The couple released statements through their respective agencies after a paparazzo released ph...

Updated : 2013.04.24 19:44

Booyoung Group promotes Korean ondol to U.S.

Booyoung Group chairman Lee Joong-keun (left), Seoul National University president Oh Yeon-cheon (right) and George Washington University president Steven Knap pose after attending a donation ceremon...

Updated : 2013.04.24 19:43

Bush Library’s key exhibits: 9/11, war, Katrina, recount

DALLAS (AP) ― A tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, visitors find themselves in a darkened ro...

Updated : 2013.04.23 19:43

Arirang TV attracts global faces

If you want to be global, you have to have global faces, according to Andrew Salmon, a longtime Seoul correspondent and freelance reporter and now one of two non-Korean hosts on Arirang TV ― Korea’...

Updated : 2013.04.23 19:43

Korean War veterans visit S. Korea for 60th anniversary of armistice

Hundreds of Korean War veterans and bereaved families of fallen soldiers arrived in South Korea on Monday to attend commemorative events marking the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the t...

Updated : 2013.04.22 19:37