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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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KT executive becomes first Asian GSMA strategy chief
KT said Thursday that the firm’s executive Yang Hyun-mi became the first Asian seated as chief strategy officer for the Global System for Mobile Communications Association.The nomination indicates that Yang, executive vice president of the customer strategy business unit at KT, will be leaving KT to serve in the GSMA position in London beginning June 15.Yang, 49, will focus on cooperating with operator members of GSMA to identify opportunities which will upgrade the mobile communications industr
IndustryMay 31, 2012
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320,000 Koreans have sleep disorders
About 320,000 people have been treated for sleeping disorders last year, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment said Monday. The figure is a 73 percent jump from 180,000 in 2007, the state insurance-auditory body said. About one-third of the patients were in their 40s and 50s. According to HIRA, the factor behind the spiraling cases of sleep disorders is extreme stress from work. The fact that they suffer from obesity, hypertension and other illnesses stemming from an unbalanced diet and lac
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Raw milk, and raw emotion, go to court
MINNEAPOLIS ― Melinda Olson has given her 12-year-old son raw milk for years. When he walked away virtually unscathed from a serious bike accident last year, she credited his healthy diet of raw milk dairy products.Matthew Caldwell fed his 2-year-old son, Owen, raw milk in the spring of 2010. The boy was hospitalized for 13 days, victim of an E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak traced to raw milk producer Mike Hartmann.The two parents’ stories are bookends to a debate that is on high boil in Minnesota. One
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Nasal obstruction
The nose has an important cosmetic function and also serves an even more important physiological role especially in respiration. Any problems with the respiratory function of the nose will lead to symptoms of nasal obstruction. People with normal respiratory function are not conscious of their breathing but patients with nasal obstruction as well as those around them experience stuffiness as a result.There are several conditions which cause nasal obstruction, the most common of which is rhinitis
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Mom and baby yoga not a stretch, participants say
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. ― Babies can be good yoga partners. Just ask the folks at Pacific Cultural Center’s Ashtanga Yoga Institute.Babies live in the present moment, are flexible and like to stretch. But the Mama & Baby Yoga classes are really for the moms.One or two volunteers attend, holding and distracting the little ones who have had their fill of a quiet yoga practice, allowing their moms to continue with the asanas, or poses.A mother of two, instructor Treea Clements said she started teaching
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Research links coffee to lower death rates
LOS ANGELES ― Researchers have some reassuring news for the legions of coffee drinkers who can’t get through the day without a latte, cappuccino, iced mocha, double-shot of espresso or a plain old cuppa joe: That coffee habit may help you live longer.A new study that tracked the health and coffee consumption of more than 400,000 older adults for nearly 14 years found that java drinkers were less likely to die during the study than their counterparts who eschewed the brew. In fact, men and women
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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How to stay away from cigarettes
The health hazards of smoking are well known: Cigarettes are known to contribute to the prevalence of cancers of the mouth, head, lung, breast, bladder, stomach and other parts of the body. It is also linked to coronary heart disease and many other fatal disorders. It is suspected of causing infertility in women and raises the risk of fetal deformity during pregnancy. The World Health Organization said it kills 5 million people worldwide a year, which is equivalent to one person dying every six
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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'Bloodletting' may be beneficial
Bloodletting as a medical treatment was abandoned in the 19th century, but German researchers said blood donation is beneficial to the donor.Professor Andreas Michalsen of the Charite-University Medical Centre in Berlin and colleagues at the University Duisburg-Essen said donating blood can provide medical benefits for obese people with metabolic syndrome -- which includes insulin resistance, glu
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Scientists decode tomato genome
Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the tomato in an international project that promises enhanced versions of the fruit.The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, has been conducted since 2004 by more than 300 scientists from 14 countries including a Korean team that mapped out one of the 12 chromosomes.“We have identified 35,000 genes in the tomato genome. This will be of
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Americans' skulls getting bigger over time
American heads are getting larger although it's unclear why that is happening, forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said.Examining 1,500 skulls dating back to the mid-1800s through the mid-1980s, the researchers found U.S. skulls have become larger, taller and narrower as seen from the front and faces have become significantly narrower and higher, a UT release report
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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New theory addresses frozen Earth paradox
A U.S. scientist says he has a theory why a much fainter sun 2 billion years ago didn't leave a frozen Earth unfit to develop the kind of life we see today.Why the Earth avoided the deep freeze in what has been dubbed the Faint Young Sun Paradox is a much-debated question among scientists, but Purdue University's David Minton says he believes he might have an answer."If you go back in time to abou
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Israelis develop 'cannabis without the high'
Israeli scientists have cultivated a cannabis plant that doesn't get people stoned in a development that may help those smoking marijuana for medical purposes, a newspaper said on Wednesday.According to the Maariv daily, the new cannabis looks, smells and even tastes the same, but does not induce any of the feelings normally associated with smoking marijuana that are brought on by the substance TH
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Genes make difference if quitting smoking
Genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and whether a person is likely to respond to drugs for nicotine addiction, U.S. researchers say.“We found that the effects of smoking cessation medications depend on a person’s genes,” first author Dr. Li-Shiun Chen of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said in a statement.The research focused on specific variations in a clu
TechnologyMay 31, 2012
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Korea's global competitiveness ranking holds steady for 2012: report
South Korea's global competitiveness ranking remains unchanged in 2012 from a year earlier despite persistent economic uncertainties, an international institute said Thursday.According to the 2012 World Competitiveness Yearbook unveiled by the International Management Development Institute (IMD), South Korea ranked 22nd in competitiveness among the 59 countries surveyed.IMD is a Switzerland-based
May 31, 2012
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Presidential citation for S-Oil chief
S-Oil will be awarded a presidential citation in recognition of its preventive operations against oil tanker accidents and environmental damage, the company said on Wednesday. The award ceremony will be held at the 17th World Ocean Day festival to be held at the Yeosu Expo 2012 on Thursday, company officials said. The company will be the first refinery firm to be given a presidential citation. S-Oil said that it has abided by the agreement presented by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritim
IndustryMay 30, 2012
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Businesses pledge to save electricity
The business sector said Wednesday that it would carry out a full-fledged to save electricity to support the government’s recent policy toward energy conservation.About 140,000 member firms of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry will participate in the electricity-saving campaign, KCCI vice chairman Lee Dong-keun said at a news briefing.“Our members save large amounts of electricity, benchmarking the case of Japan,” he said.To prevent power shortages during the summer, the government rece
IndustryMay 30, 2012
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EU investment in Korea surges 60.5 percent after FTA: report
Inbound investments from the European Union to South Korea surged 60.5 percent after the free trade pact went into effect last year, a government report showed Wednesday.The finance ministry report tallied for the last three quarters showed foreign direct investment from Europe reaching $3.56 billion from July of last year through the end of March. In the same period, overall FDI that arrived in the country contracted 0.8 percent on-year to $10.65 billion.The free trade agreement between South K
May 30, 2012
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Major business lobbies call on Assembly to vitalize economy
The nation’s five major business lobbies urged lawmakers for the 19th National Assembly, which was inaugurated Wednesday, make efforts to boost the economy.Chiefs of the five organizations in the business sector held a congratulatory reception for both ruling and opposition lawmakers, whose terms run through May 2016, in Yeouido, Seoul. “We hope that the 19th National Assembly will lead the integration and development of society,” said Huh Chang-soo, chairman of the Federation of Korean Industri
IndustryMay 30, 2012
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Amore Pacific aims to join global top 7 by 2020
New facility in Osan will be jumpoff for transformation into global cosmetics company, says CEO OSAN, Gyeonggi Province ― Amore Pacific, Korea’s largest cosmetics maker, said Wednesday it plans to nearly triple its annual sales to 11 trillion won ($9.35 billion), including 5 trillion won from overseas, by 2020 through aggressive global expansion and improved supply chain management. “We aim to grow into one of the world’s top seven cosmetic companies by 2020,” Amore Pacific’s chief executive Suh
IndustryMay 30, 2012
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Court battle begins over Lee’s Samsung inheritance
The inheritance fight between Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee and his siblings officially began on Wednesday with their lawyers attending a court session on the day.The legal teams of both sides were set to meet for a hearing with a judge present at the Seoul Central District Court.“I had many worries ahead of the trial as the issue was getting bigger,” said Judge Seo Chang-won. “We will
IndustryMay 30, 2012