The Korean Olympic Committee want the International Olympic Committee to investigate what led fencer Shin A Lam to spend more than an hour — much of it in tears — waiting to be told her dream of games gold was over on Monday.

South Korean fencer Shin A Lam left the ExCeL arena without a medal last night, but with the sympathies of everyone in the crowd after one of the biggest controversies fencing has ever seen.

Samsung Electronics, the world’s top mobile phone maker, said today that it expects global sales of the latest Galaxy smartphone to pass 10 million in July even as it struggles to keep up with demand because of component shortages.

Michelle Wie secured her second career LPGA title as she held her nerve to shoot a two-under-par 70 and win the CN Canadian Women's Open by three shots.

Rory McIlroy eat your heart out. Taiwan’s Yani Tseng is also only 21 and she already has three major titles to her name in the women’s game.

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra was today convicted of abusing his powers to make a personal fortune and almost a billion dollars of his assets seized.

Declan Kidney has included Marcus Horan and Rory Best in the Ireland A squad that will take on England Saxons in Bath this weekend.

South Korea's domination of the Samsung World Championship continued after the third round at Torrey Pines - but it was Na Yeon Choi who raced past her compatriot Jiyai Shin.

South Korean rookie Jiyai Shin continued her outstanding form to hold the outright lead after two rounds of the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines.

Ji-Yai Shin finished off a successful season today by winning the ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Troubled pop princess Britney Spears has spent $2,000 having a Hebrew healing tattoo laser-removed from the nape of her neck.

Lisa Hall’s numbers came up again as she fired a six-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke victory at the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia today.

Rumours of lay-offs at Amgen’s headquarters in California could have knock-on affects close to home, writes Niamh Hennessy.

SOUTH Korean scientists who created the world’s first cloned dog said yesterday they have cloned two females of an endangered species of wolf.

Stocks advanced on Wall Street today as investors welcomed an employment report that painted the US job market as robust heading into the holiday season, easing concerns that the economy is losing steam too quickly.

North Korea today abruptly cancelled groundbreaking test runs of trains across its highly-guarded border with South Korea, citing an atmosphere of confrontation and war.

Kyrgyzstan’s parliament today set June 26 as the date for elections to replace President Askar Akayev, who was ousted two days ago when demonstrators stormed government headquarters, the legislature’s press service said.

AN IRAQI militant group has beheaded a South Korean man it was holding hostage, the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera reported last night.

An Iraqi militant group believed linked to al-Qaida beheaded a South Korean hostage after the Seoul government refused to bow to the terrorists’ demands to cancel plans to send its troops to Iraq.

An al-Qaida linked Iraqi militant group beheaded its South Korean hostage today and his body was found on a road between Baghdad and Fallujah.

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-il loves movies so much so he arranged the kidnapping of a film director and his wife and held them for eight years.

A former South Korean deputy justice minister has been arrested on bribery charges.