BRATISLAVA -- European Union leaders agreed at a post-Brexit summit Friday to forge a new "vision" within six months to restore faith and unity in the bloc as it plans a future without Britain.The 27 leaders meeting, without their British counterpart, in the Slovak capital Bratislava issued a roadmap to heal deep divisions and deal with the problems rocking the EU -- mass migration, security and a faltering economy.In a show of unity after the summit in the hilltop Bratislava Castle, German Chan

World News Sept. 17, 2016

Korean tax authorities have begun an intensive special tax investigation into two foreign tobacco manufacturers for evading taxes on cigarettes produced before last year‘s tax hike, but sold after the raise, industry watchers said.For the past few months, the National Tax Service has been looking into the excess profits that Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco gained by selling cigarettes produced before 2015 but sold after the government imposed an excise tax hike that rais

Industry Aug. 30, 2016

Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won was found dead in an apparent suicide Friday morning, just hours before he was scheduled to be questioned by prosecutors as part of the ongoing investigation into the retail giant.According to police, Lee‘s body was found on a walking trail in Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, at about 7 a.m. Police identified him by his business card and ID. Lee In-won (Yonhap)Police said that there was no indication that Lee‘s death could have been a homicide, adding that

Industry Aug. 26, 2016

Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won was found dead Friday morning in an apparent suicide ahead of his appearance in front of prosecutors for questioning regarding the ongoing investigation into Lotte Group, according to police.　He was found on a walking trail in Gyeonggi Province. A note was later found in his car. Details on the note have not yet been confirmed. Lotte Group chief Shin Dong-bin's number two man, Lee In-won, has been found dead in an apparent suicide.Lee was widely known as the

Industry Aug. 26, 2016

 RIO DE JANEIRO -- The South Korean women's badminton doubles team of Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan captured a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday.Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan celebrate after taking bronze in women's badminton doubles at the Rio Olympics. (Yonhap)   Jung and Shin defeated Tan Yuanting and Yu Yang beat 2-0 (21-8, 21-17). This was South Korea's first badminton medal in Rio and will also be the only one this Olympics.   Jung and Shin were the only tea

Olympic Games Aug. 18, 2016

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating airstrike in Aleppo.The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the war-ravaged northern city and is being widely shared on social media. 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits in an ambulance after being pulled out of a bu

World News Aug. 18, 2016

A special inspector looking into allegations of corruption involving a presidential aide submitted a petition with the state prosecutors' office Thursday seeking a formal investigation, legal sources said.Lee Seok-su, the inspector under the presidential office, filed the report against Woo Byung-woo with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on charges of embezzlement and abuse of authority. (Yonhap)Lee launched an investigation on the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs last month as a s

Politics Aug. 18, 2016

NEW YORK (AFP) - Donald Trump on Wednesday shook up his campaign team for a second time in just two months, fending off suggestions that his presidential run is in crisis as polls show Hillary Clinton cruising toward victory.The Republican White House nominee, who is tanking in swing states, hired a news executive from a virulently anti-Clinton website as his campaign chief executive and promoted a leading Republican strategist to campaign manager.Stephen Bannon is executive chairman of Breitbar

World News Aug. 18, 2016

ANKARA -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan battled to regain control over Turkey Saturday after a coup bid by discontented soldiers, as signs grew that the most serious challenge to his 13 years of dominant rule was faltering. Turkish police officer (R) embrace a man on a tank after the military position was taken over at the Anatolian side at Uskudar in Istanbul on Saturday.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turks to remain on the streets on July 16, 2016, as his forces regained control after a

World News July 16, 2016

Police said Saturday it has opened a full-fledged investigation into the confinement of the prime minister during his visit to the southern town of Seongju to persuade residents to accept the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system to the area.During his trip on Friday, angry residents protesting the government's decision to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) blocked Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn's car for hours and threw water bottles and eggs at him. Prime

Social Affairs July 16, 2016