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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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School shooter behaviors identified
A U.S. advocate for safe and secure schools says there is no foolproof system for identifying potentially dangerous students, but there can be warning signs. Ronald D. Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, said the center tracked U.S. school-associated violent deaths from 1992 to the present and identified common behaviors that could indicate a youth's potential for harming him/herself or others. Characteristics identified by the National School Safety Center includ
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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Course on alien life lures earth people
A Scottish university has discovered a remote-learning course on alien life is popular, attracting thousands of terrestrials from as far away as China.Charles Cockell, who teaches "astrobiology and the search for extra-terrestrial life" at Edinburgh University, told The Scotsman he was astonished by the geographical diversity of students attracted to the course.Those eager to learn about life on other planets -- from the comfort of their earthly homes -- include high school students, retirees in
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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Seoul shares fall 0.77 pct on nuke test woes
South Korean stocks ended 0.77 percent lower on Tuesday as investor sentiment was dented by rising concern over North Korea's nuclear test, analysts said Tuesday. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 15.03 points to 1,938.18. Trading volume was moderate at 361.3 million shares worth 3.7 trillion won (US$3.4 billion), with decliners far outpacing gainers 602 to 215."Rising geopolitical risks stemming from North Korea's pledge
Feb. 5, 2013
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Study: Baby boomers not in health reality
Unless baby boomers take immediate action they may spend their last years in sickness, disability and immobility, Canadian researchers warned.A Heart and Stroke Foundation survey found almost 80 percent of Canadian boomers said they think their doctors would rate them as healthy, but their self-reported lifestyle choices show otherwise.Eighty-five percent of Canadian boomers said they did not eat enough vegetables and fruit, more than 40 percent said they didn‘t get enough physical activity each
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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Martian rover drills first rock
NASA says its Mars rover Curiosity has used its drill for the first time to hammer briefly into a rock targeted on the floor of its Gale Crater landing site.“Before and after” images beamed to Earth showed the results as an indentation on the surface of the rock.The drill instrument is capable of both hammering and rotating actions, and if the rock is determined to be a good candidate for the rover‘s scientific work, a number of test holes will be drilled, NASA said, to create samples for delive
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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Big firms kept from opening bakeries
Companies over a certain size will be restricted from opening new bakeries or restaurants as part of government efforts to protect small- and medium-sized firms in those trades.A state-funded panel on Tuesday added 14 service trades including confectioneries and diners as well as manufacturing of plastic bags and buckwheat flour to the list of business categories suitable for only SMEs. “The regulations will apply to large confectioneries, or those with annual sales of over 20 billion won and mo
IndustryFeb. 5, 2013
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Asteroid to make close fly-by of Earth
A small asteroid approaching Earth will pass by so near it will come closer than the orbits of many weather and communications satellites, NASA says.Although the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth Feb. 15, observations obtained of its path show there is no chance it might be on a collision course, NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., reported.The asteroid’s closest approach will put it 17,200 miles above the Earth‘s surface, closer than some distant geos
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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SK Telecom net doubles in Q4
SK Telecom Co., the country's top mobile operator, on Tuesday reported a two-fold growth in its fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier due to a decrease in marketing costs.Net profit came to 519.1 billion won (US$477.5 million) in the October-December period, compared with a profit of 195.5 billion won a year earlier, SK Telecom said in a regulatory filing.Revenue rose 6 percent on-year to 4.2 trillion won, and operating profit jumped 37.6 percent to 544.6 billion won.The stronger bottom line
IndustryFeb. 5, 2013
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Scientists grow lens cells in Petri dish
Stem cell researchers from Australia have managed to successfully culture lens cells in a Petri dish, marking a big step toward curing congenital sight impairment.Associate professor Tiziano Barberi and Doctor Isabella Mengarelli from the Monash University have successfully extracted and purified lens epithelium for the first time, and incited the cells to develop into lens cells, according to a report by the university. Lens epithelium refers to the tissue that serves as the progenitors for new
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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Seoul shares down 0.81 pct in late-morning trade
South Korean stocks traded 0.81 percent lower late Tuesday morning amid heightened political tension with North Korea, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 15.73 points to 1,937.48 as of 11:20 a.m.Tech blue chips led the decline, with market behemoth Samsung Electronics falling 0.63 percent, and top chipmaker SK hynix losing 2.67 percent.Brokerage houses were also trading in negative territory, with Samsung Securities decreasing 2.66 percent and KDB Daewoo S
Feb. 5, 2013
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Experts find remains of England's King Richard III
He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy.On Monday, scientists announced they had rescued the remains of Richard III from anonymity _ and the monarch's fans hope a revival of his reputation will soon follow.In a dramatically orchestrated news conference, a team of archaeologists, geneticists, genealogists and other scientists from the University of Leicester announced that tests had proven what they s
TechnologyFeb. 5, 2013
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NCsoft posts record earnings from flagship games
South Korean game giant NCsoft Corp. said Tuesday it posted a record quarterly profit in the fourth quarter of last year on the back of its flagship game Lineage and the successful launch of new games.Consolidated net profit reached 101.9 billion won ($93.7 million) in the October-December period, growing nearly six-fold from 17.1 billion won the previous year, NCsoft said in a regulatory filing.Revenue more than doubled to a record 283.4 billion won in the cited period, while operating profit s
IndustryFeb. 5, 2013
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Seoul shares open lower on eurozone woes
South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Tuesday as political uncertainties over the eurozone dented investor sentiment here, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 15.57 points, or 0.8 percent, to trade at 1937.64 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Shares lost ground across the board, with market bellwether Samsung Electronics falling 1.18 percent and chipmaker SK hynix losing 1.23 percent. Flat panel giant LG Display shed 1.6 percent.Shipbuilders also tra
Feb. 5, 2013
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Samsung plans $1.1b Silicon Valley push
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced in the U.S. plans to pour some $1.1 billion into buttressing its business platform in Silicon Valley, still considered the heart of global IT industries.The Samsung Ventures America Fund ― originally formed to facilitate Samsung’s global investment into venture companies ― will be providing $1 billion, while another $100 million will come from the Samsung Catalyst Fund. “We see tremendous opportunities and transformations over the next five years driven b
IndustryFeb. 5, 2013
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S. Korea's manufacturing sector growth falters last year
South Korea's manufacturing sector growth lagged behind that of the service sector for the first time in three years in 2012 as exports were hurt by the global economic downturn, data showed Tuesday.The country's manufacturing sector grew 2.2 percent on-year in 2012, compared with a 2.4 percent on-year gain logged by the service industry, according to data by the central bank.The 2012 data marked the first time since 2009 that the growth of the service sector outpaced that of the manufacturing i
Feb. 5, 2013
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S. Korean Cabinet to approve free trade deal with Colombia
The South Korean Cabinet plans to approve a free trade deal with Colombia on Tuesday as part of efforts to boost bilateral trade and pave the way to tap deeper into the South American market, officials said.After rounds of talks since late 2009, Seoul and Bogota concluded the deal in June last year, and initialed the pact two months later."Upon the Cabinet approval, the two countries are expected to formally sign the deal within this month, and to seek a legislative approval from each parliament
Feb. 5, 2013
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S. Korea's tax agency probes top Internet portal operator NHN Corp.
South Korea's tax agency has launched an investigation into the nation's top Internet portal operator NHN Corp for the first time since 2007, a company official said Monday.The official said the probe is a regular tax investigation that occurs every four or five years but NHN's first tax probe in 2007 forced the company to pay 1.48 billion won (US$1.3 million) in additional taxes.The 2007 tax probe was the first on NHN since it was founded in 1999.Naver is NHN's flagship Web portal that features
TechnologyFeb. 4, 2013
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Samsung, LG agree to settle patent row through dialogue
The heads of the world's biggest display makers, Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co., agreed Monday to resolve their patent dispute through dialogue in an effort to stem the legal tussle from escalating.The two companies, affiliates of the country's biggest electronics firms Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., have been embroiled in a patent suit over display technology as they race to bolster market leadership.Samsung Display and LG Display are currently involved in four litigat
IndustryFeb. 4, 2013
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Restructuring sweeps securities industry
Downsizing is sweeping the securities industry with firms tightening management and costs amid the slowdown in the manufacturing sector, the Korea Financial Investment Association and analysts said.Some 60 brokerage houses have reduced the number of their retail branches by almost 100 nationwide to 1,681 over the last year, with some 720 executives being let go. Mirae Asset Securities closed down the most retail branches at 39, followed by Tongyang Securities shutting down 20 of its offices. Han
Feb. 4, 2013
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Newlyweds reluctant to have babies
More and more Koreans are getting married, but they still seem reluctant to have children due to rising living costs and education expenses.Korea ranks third with a marriage rate of 7.13 per 1,000 people among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development members in 2009, according to its data.Korea follows Turkey, which has a marriage rate of 9.04, and the U.S., which has a rate of 7.31.Meanwhile, Korea continues to rank the lowest in fertility rate at 1.23 per woman in 2010, follow
Feb. 4, 2013