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Lamborghini unveils priceless Egoista concept car

Lamborghini has unveiled its Egoista concept car as part of its 50th birthday celebrations. The design of the Egoista, which means “selfish” in Italian, was inspired by an Apache helicopter and has carbon fiber and aluminum frame, traditionally used in lightweight F1 cars. And just like F1 cars, the Egoista has been made for one person only, and to get out of the car, drivers must remove the steering wheel, lift up the top and climb over the bodywork. The car was unveiled by Lamborghini's President and CEO Stephen Winkelmann at an event in Italy. It was designed by Walter De Silva, head of design for Volkswagen Group.De Silva said, “This is a car made for one person only, to allow him or her to have fun and express his or her personality to the maximum.”“It is designed purely for hyper-sophisticated people who want only the most extreme and special things in the world. It represents hedonism taken to the extreme; it is a car without compromises.”The Egoista has a 5.2-liter V10 engine with a 592 brake horse power. The exterior is designed to lo

May 14, 2013
Lamborghini unveils priceless Egoista concept car

Gov't eyes more manpower to better supervise sex offenders

The government plans to newly hire more than 100 personnel to supervise sex offenders and other violent criminals as part of efforts to eradicate such violent crimes, officials said Tuesday.According to the plan endorsed by the Cabinet, the Ministry of Justice will expand its structure to hire 125 more employees, including probation officers and researchers, who will oversee the criminals.There have been consistent calls for beefing up manpower in the wake of a series of repeated crimes by serious offenders and cases where criminals ran away after breaking their electronic monitoring anklets.President Park Geun-hye has vowed to protect citizens from the so-called major four ills _ sexual violence, school violence, domestic crimes and substandard food. As the latest measure, the government revised a law to disclose the home addresses of convicted sex offenders and make them available via mobile handsets.Meanwhile, the Cabinet also approved a proposal to open a new branch of the national immigration office in southern Seoul to promote convenience of foreigners residing in the capital c

May 14, 2013

US gov't seeking distance from S. Korea's sex scandal

The U.S. government drew a clear line Monday between a sex scandal roiling South Korea and Seoul-Washington relations.Police in Washington, D.C., apparently at the instruction of federal prosecutors, are looking into allegations that then-presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung sexually abused a Korean-American woman during his stay here last week as part of the entourage accompanying President Park Geun-hye. The scandal has already dealt a heavy blow to the image of the Park administration, although Yoon publicly denied the allegations that he "grabbed the buttocks" of an intern in her early 20s dealing with duties related with Park's visit.Yoon immediately sneaked out of the U.S. and returned to Seoul. Park's office, Cheong Wa Dae, dismissed him from his post while she was on a trip to the U.S., mainly for summit talks with President Barack Obama.The Park-Obama summit last Tuesday was widely said as a huge success but it was overshadowed by the sex scandal, which led to a formal apology by the South Korean president.Many Koreans are worried that it may have a further impact on South

May 14, 2013

US nuclear envoy

Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, arrives at Incheon International Airport to discuss ways to deal with North Korea following last week’s summit between Seoul and Washington, Monday. Davies will have talks with his South Korean counterpart Lim Sung-nam today./ Yonhap

May 13, 2013

Constitutional revision

Ruling Saenuri Party spokeswoman Shin Yee-jin, left, and Lee Un-ju, spokeswoman of the main opposition Democratic Party, announce a joint agreement on revising the constitution at the National Assembly in Seoul, Monday. The two parties agreed to set up a research group affiliated to the Assembly speaker to focus amending the Constitution to meet the people’s needs. / Yonhap

May 13, 2013
Constitutional revision

Summertime

A man dives into the Shin Stream in Daegu where temperatures rose ashigh as 33 degrees Celsius on Monday. / Yonhap

May 13, 2013

Blood ties stressed by parents

By Lee Kyung-minBlood ties trumps the yearning to be parents, a study showed Monday. Couples that have difficulty conceiving stay so rather than opt for adoption, according to a study by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. When asked whether they would love and raise an adopted child as their biological one, out of 8,236 women aged between 15 to 64, more than half, 57.9 percent said no. The rate rose by 12 percentage point from 45 percent last year. To the same question, men’s response wasn’t much different. Out of 1,811 men, 56.7 percent said no. Some 12 percent women aged between 20 and 44, said they have considered adoption, but few actually acted on it _ only 0.6 percent of them actually adopted a child _ the study showed. When it comes to women who suffer from infertility, the rate went up to 29.7 percent. But the cases with those women were not so different. Only 0.8 percent of them adopted. The culture that emphasizes blood ties leads to many parents to shun adoption, one expert said. “Adoption, domestic or international, is very unusual choice for Korea

May 13, 2013By Lee Kyung-min
Blood ties stressed by parents

Park apologizes over alleged sexual misconduct by ex-spokesman

President Park Geun-hye apologized Monday over allegations of sexual misconduct by her now-fired spokesman, as she struggled to bring growing public outrage over the unprecedented, embarrassing incident under control.It was the first time Park has spoken about the case that has been rocking South Korea since revelations Friday that former spokesman Yoon Chang-jung allegedly made unwanted sexual advances toward his temporarily hired secretary while accompanying Park on her first trip to Washington."I am apologetic that an unsavory incident, which a public servant should never be involved in, occurred near the end of my visit to the U.S. and greatly disappointed the people," Park said during a weekly meeting with senior secretaries. "I sincerely apologize about the shock the female student and her parents must have received and the scars left on the hearts of compatriots" in the U.S. by the case, she said.Park promised to make every truth revealed "without a single speck of suspicion.""We will take whatever measures are necessary and will cooperate actively in the U.S. investigation,"

May 13, 2013
Park apologizes over alleged sexual misconduct by ex-spokesman
  • Park's chief of staff apologizes
  • Yoon's sex scandal turns into truth game
  • Dismissed presidential spokesman admits to groping woman during Cheong Wa Dae investigation

Microchip that will save your memory

A group of U.S. researchers believe that a microchip that will help create memories in damaged brains could be implanted into human volunteers in the next two years.The scientists from the University of Southern California, Wake Forest University, and others, have been looking into the hippocampus _ the part of the brain that is vital in forming long-term memories _ for around a decade.They believe that they have worked out how memories are made, enabling the production of an implant that could aid people with localized brain injuries, stroke victims and, ultimately, Alzheimer's. As reported by CNN, the researchers have already experimented on rat and monkey brains, proving that brain messages can be replicated by electrical signals from a silicon chip.The group thinks that a memory device that could reproduce memory processes will be available to patients in five to ten years.Ted Berger, a neuroscientist and biomedical engineer at the University of Southern California, told MIT Technology Review, “We're not putting individual memories back into the brain. We're putting in the

May 13, 2013
Microchip that will save your memory

Woman who filed sexual abuse complaint against presidential spokesman resigns

A woman who reported a sexual abuse complaint against South Korean presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung in Washington, D.C. has resigned from her job at the Korean Cultural Center.The center said the resignation is actually a coincidence since it had been known that she was going to quit after the presidential visit to the United States by Park Geun-hye.The woman shared a hotel room with an intern who has allegedly been sexually abused by presidential spokesman Yoon and heard the “incident” after which she decided to report it to the police.According to informed sources, the woman saw the intern crying at the press center at the Fairfax Hotel and said she will report the incident to the police.

May 13, 2013
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