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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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All hospitals to display patents’ rights on site
From August all medical institutions should post patients’ rights and responsibilities on a wall or on LED panels inside their main building, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. According to a relevant law revision that will come to effect from Aug. 2, rights and responsibilities should be exhibited on the walls of reception sections, emergency rooms and websites. The patients have the right to be treated, notified and decide their own treatments; to have their personal information
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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Mechanism of delirium identified
A group of medical doctors here said they have identified the mechanism causing delirium, or sudden severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function that occur in physical or mental illness, a first internationally.According to professor Kim Jae-jin and his team at Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of the main mechanisms causing the mental disease is the incongruity of the basal ganglion of the cerebrum and the midbrain. Lack of congruity allows only one of them to operate actively to cause th
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
ATLANTA (AP) ― Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.She has a rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, in which marauding bacteria run rampant through tissue. Affected areas sometimes have to be surgically removed to save the patient’s life.● How oft
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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Watch out for preeclampsia during pregnancy
In the year of the black dragon many people are planning to have babies with “good fortune.”However, pregnancy takes caution as well as enthusiasm. One thing expectant mothers should bear in mind ― especially those older than 35 ― is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is when a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure and protein in the urine after the 20th week, which is in the middle of the second trimester of pregnancy.The U.S. National Institute of Health says the main symptoms of preeclampsia ar
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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LG Display receives recognition for W-OLED technology
Executive of OLED Development Group gets bronze medal for technologyLG Display’s technology for making large organic light-emitting diode displays has been recognized ahead of Invention Day with one of its executives scheduled to win the bronze medal on Friday.The Korea Invention Promotion Association will give the industrial bronze medal to LG Display’s senior vice president Ahn Byung-chul of the OLED Development Group for coming up with the firm’s proprietary White-OLED technology for 55-inch
IndustryMay 17, 2012
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Business calls for stricter regulation of troubled savings banks: survey
Most businessmen and economic experts demand that regulations on insolvent savings banks’ restructuring be made stricter, according to a survey released by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday.In the poll of about 150 businessmen and analysts, 47.1 percent of the respondents said that previous regulations failed to prevent the savings banks’ risky management. About 34 percent demanded more measures to aid victims. Such sentiments come after Solomon, Mirae II, Hanju and Korea sa
May 17, 2012
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Shares gain on technical rebound
South Korean stocks gained 0.26 percent Thursday on a modest technical rebound from the previous session’s tumble triggered by mounting Greek and eurozone woes, analysts said. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index picked up 4.71 points to 1,845.24, after falling for six straight sessions. Trading volume was light at 434 million shares worth 5.58 trillion won ($4.78 billion), with gainers outpacing losers 449 to 382.“The bourse recovered b
May 17, 2012
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Korea unveils new high-speed train
Traveling time from Seoul to Busan to be cut to one-and-a-half hours by 2015CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province ― Korea’s new high-speed train HEMU-430X showed its long, navy nose to the public for the first time in this southeastern city of Changwon on Wednesday. The faster and bigger successor to the KTX-Sancheon is the nation’s second bullet train developed with local technologies and its production has been carried out in the city by Hyundai Rotem, the train maker. The HEMU, short for High-s
IndustryMay 17, 2012
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Facebook contributes to rise of ‘dumb’ crimes
Recent Facebook-related crimes are exposing a number of less-than-intelligent criminals who use the social networking service.Such was the case of two men in Colombia who recently robbed an Internet cafe. They waited until the time was ripe, held the owner at gunpoint, took the cash and made a clean getaway on a motorcycle.They did everything right except for one thing; forgetting to log out of a Facebook account that had detailed information about one of the culprits, allowing police to simply
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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Video shows massive cat enjoying good vacuum
An online video clip on Thursday showed a massive cat letting his owner give him a vacuuming.Normally, cats hate the loud sound of a vacuum cleaner and hide under the couch once the vacuum starts up.However, the YouTube video showed that the cat lying on the floor even rolls over onto his back to let the owner give him a thorough vacuuming. One comment said the cat would have run away if it had no
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter.The study of 400,000 people is the largest ever done on the issue, and the results should reassure an
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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S. Korea's fundamentals remain strong despite Greek shock: official
South Korea's economic fundamentals remain strong despite global financial market uncertainty triggered by worries Greece will exit the eurozone, a government policymaker said Thursday. Vice Finance Minister Shin Je-yoon said in an economic review meeting that political turmoil in Greece following anti-austerity election results have fueled overall market woes and affected global stock markets
May 17, 2012
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Survey counts Earth-threatening asteroids
A NASA space telescope has completed the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids, the space agency said.(MCT)Observations from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have revealed new information about the total numbers, origins and the possible dangers the asteroids may pose, NASA reported Wednesday.Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs,
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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Patient moves robotic arm by thoughts
Robot arms used for surgery at the UM Hospital in Miami. Robot development is on the rise. (MCT)Two U.S. patients paralyzed by stroke learned to make reach-and-grasp movements with a robotic arm, guided by their thoughts, researchers say.The trial’s lead investigator, Dr. Leigh Hochberg -- an associate professor of engineering at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and a critical care neurologi
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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iPhone with larger screen said imminent
Apple Inc. is getting ready to launch an iPhone with a larger screen than its previous models, The Wall Street Journal reported.The company has ordered screens measuring at least 4 inches diagonally from its Asian suppliers, the Journal reported Wednesday, calling its sources “people familiar with the situation.”The sixth-generation iPhone would be the first in Apple‘s phone line to have a screen
TechnologyMay 17, 2012
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KOGAS finds fourth deposit in Mozambique
The Korea Gas Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has detected a new deposit of natural gas off the coast in Mozambique for the fourth time. The gas company had previously discovered deposits of natural gas three times in Mozambique, in October 2011, February 2012 and March 2012. Now it has made its fourth discovery in the 12,956 square-kilometer basin area in Rovuna, northern Mozambique, the company said.Eni S.p.A. of Italy holds a 70 percent stake in the project. KOGAS, Portugal’s Galp Energi
May 16, 2012
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Hyundai Rotem signs $100m Ukraine train maintenance deal
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean rolling stock manufacturer, said Wednesday it has reached a $100 million train maintenance service contract with Ukraine’s public railroad company.The deal with Ukraine Railway Speed Company, the operator of state-run Ukrainian Railways, calls for maintenance and repair work to be conducted on the 90 high speed inter-city trains built by Rotem for the country under an agreement sealed in late 2010. The electric-powered trains have a top speed of about 160 kilome
IndustryMay 16, 2012
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Warm weather lifts camping gear sales
Local retailers are seeing a sharp rise in sales of camping gear such as tents, outdoor table sets and cookware thanks to the five-day school weeks and the early arrival of summer.All primary and secondary schools across the nation adopted the five-day school week starting in March, allowing a greater number of families to go on weekend camping trips.With the temperatures hitting near 30 degrees Celsius, major retailers have already begun special sales promotions for camping equipment, which the
IndustryMay 16, 2012
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Hyosung chief calls for Korea-Japan FTA
Hyosung Group chairman Cho Suck-rai stressed that Korea and Japan should seek a comprehensive and high-level of bilateral trade liberalization.His remarks came during his keynote speech as the chief of the Korean delegation during the 44th annual gathering of Korea-Japan business leaders in Osaka, which kicked off Wednesday.“Like the members of the European Union, it would be better for us ― Asian countries ― to push for market integration,” Cho told participants. “For the success of the Asian m
IndustryMay 16, 2012
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GS chief eyes innovation as growth engine
GS Group chairman Huh Chang-soo stressed the importance of workplace innovation at a group forum Wednesday, describing it as the conglomerate’s future growth engine.Huh said innovative efforts outside the office would be the key to the group’s development in the future. The GS Value Creation Forum was organized by the group to share the success stories of innovation among workers and executives at its affiliates.Huh also stressed the importance of the group’s human resources, saying they were se
IndustryMay 16, 2012