Wonil Kim displays old photos of his South Korean mother, Kim Soo-im, at his office in Riverside, Calif. SEOUL, South Korea — She was "The Korean Seductress Who Betrayed America," a Seoul socialite said to have charmed secret information out of one lover, an American colonel, and passed it to another, a top communist in North Korea. In late June 1950...
South to five years in prison for spying. South Korean military officers. needles, but did not carry out the plan. years in prison, said Judge Lim Min-sung, who serves as a court spokesman. to Lim. investigation, Lim said. activities as a spy. penalty as a maximum sentence. decade. North. the notorious dancer-turned-World War I spy. the case to sully Pyongyang's image. treaty...
North Koreas leader, Kim Jong-il, flanked by his confidants Kim Yong-nam, left, and Jo Myong-rok in a 2005 photo taken by a North Korean news agency. SEOUL, South Korea American and South Korean intelligence reports that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, suffered a stroke raise questions that the Norths neighbors have long feared asking. If Mr. Kim dies or is incapacitated...
SHANGHAI China said Monday that it had detained 22 people suspected of operating an underground network that intentionally adulterated milk with an industrial chemical, melamine. The contamination has led to the nations worst food safety crisis in decades. A 14-month-old boy was treated last week at a hospital in Chengdu, China, after drinking tainted milk formula. The announcement...
Going out? Over the years, Samuel L Jackson has seen off everything from gun-toting gangsters to snakes on a plane. But the action hero's latest film role is at the centre of a dispute that may herald an unwelcome case of lawsuits in the post. The comedy Soul Men, in which Jackson and the late Bernie Mac play estranged R&B artists who attempt a reunion in middle age...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska Nellie Miller, a North Pole woman known for decades as "Mrs. Santa Claus," has died. Miller died Sunday at a residential care home as a result of a stroke. She was 91. In 1952, Miller and her late husband, Con, founded the Santa Claus House, a Christmas theme store open year round in North Pole. The business has remained in the family.
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is probably in hospital but is unlikely to be completely unable to make decisions, Taro Aso, the Japanese Prime Minister, said yesterday, citing intelligence sources in various countries. United States and South Korean intelligence officials said last month that Mr Kim may have suffered a stroke in August...
There's something that bothers me about the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (aka DSK), the French head of the International Monetary Fund, who is being investigated over whether a romantic affair may have led to him abusing his power.
ABOARD THE SAMBONG COAST GUARD SHIP (Reuters) - On a South Korean coast guard patrol ship chugging towards desolate islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row with Japan, academics and officials vow to repel any Japanese claim to the lonely outcrops. Over the past few weeks, the South Korean president, politicians...
For 10 days, the North Korean propaganda loudspeakers filled the air with dirges and Soviet-style funeral marches, so heavy in mood that one resident said it felt like a dark cloud. Now reports are saying that Kim Il-sungs son, Kim Jong-il, the current leader, has had a stroke. Rumors about his condition run rampant. But North Korea, which may be the worlds most secretive nation...
The case of a missing four-year-old girl who police believe was murdered by her grandfather -- her mother's live-in lover -- captivated Israel on Wednesday. Paris-born Rose Pizem disappeared in May but news about the investigation and an unusual love triangle began to emerge only this week, when police issued a public appeal for information about her whereabouts.
BRAMPTON, Ontario A Toronto man was found guilty on Thursday of taking part in the activities of a terrorist group whose bold, if ill-formed, plans included the goal of decapitating Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The defendant was the first of 11 remaining suspects to be tried in the case. The man, who was the test case for Canadas first antiterrorism laws, introduced in 2001...
BUENOS AIRES The diplomatic tangle between Venezuela, Argentina and the United States reached a new pitch on Monday when a jury in Miami convicted a wealthy Venezuelan businessman of acting as an unregistered agent of Venezuela on American soil. Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson was caught taking cash into Argentina. He decided to work with the F.B.I. The case...
Russia's diplomatic war with Georgia was fought in the halls of the UN in Geneva yesterday, where the Russian delegation arrived late for long-scheduled talks on the future of Georgia's breakaway territories and was accused of storming out early. It was a shambolic start to internationally sponsored talks expected to last for months.
The Big Question : Has the divide between Britain's social classes really narrowed? White House Trivia: Would ya believe it? Mary Dejevsky: Will Europe get the America it wants? Hermione Eyre: From behind Obama, I could see a girl moved to tears... Many people will be holding their breath as tonight's election results come in but none more so than America's pollsters...
FIA president Max Mosley has filed a lawsuit against the publisher of Germany's largest newspaper that is similar to the case he won over an English tabloid this week, contending that his sex acts with several prostitutes did not have a Nazi theme. FIA president Max Mosley speaks to the media after winning his privacy case against the News of the World. According to the lawsuit...
