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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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KT vows advanced mobile era in Africa
KT Corp. is out to provide more network and ICT support to help usher in an era of mobile advancement in Africa. This week, the nation’s leading network carrier is jointly hosting the Transform Africa Summit 2013 with the government of Rwanda in the capital of Kigali. Under the theme of “The Future Delivered. Today,” the summit brings together 12 African nations including Kenya and Uganda, along with representatives of the International Telecommunication Union, World Bank and other international
Oct. 30, 2013
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Crops of high-tech farmers sow results with apps
WESTFORD, Vermont (AP) ― A new cyber tool that helps map crops and monitor irrigation systems came to life after a University of Vermont researcher realized farmers just weren’t very good at keeping records.“They would guess a lot,” said Heather Darby, an agronomist from the University of Vermont Extension. “Or they’d write it down on little scrap pieces of paper or cigarette packs, like anything they had laying around they’d write it on, and then they’d show up for class, and we’d try to deciph
Oct. 29, 2013
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Brain has radar for snakes
Ever wonder why snakes inspire such fear? A new study on monkeys out Monday says the brain has specific cells that fire off rapid warnings when confronted with slithery danger.Certain neurons respond “selectively” to images of snakes, and they outpace comparable neurons that react to visuals of faces, hands or geometric shapes, the researchers said.The report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers new evidence to support the notion that primates evolved keen vision skills
Oct. 29, 2013
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Heat waves could be predicted weeks ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Meteorologists may have found a way to predict some killer heat waves up to three weeks in advance. Now, the best they can do is about 10 days.An earlier warning would help cities prepare for the heat wave, arrange to open up cooling centers and check on the elderly, said Gerald Meehl, co-author of a study that describes the forecasting clue.“It gives you a little bit of a heads up of what’s coming,” he said.The key may be a certain pattern of high and low pressure spots across
Oct. 29, 2013
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Samsung, LG lead global mobile market
The world’s mobile market in the July to September period was led by two Korean electronics firms ― Samsung and LG ― according to a report. Samsung shipped 120 million units, the largest number of mobile phones in the third quarter, which accounts for 28.7 percent of the entire market, according to a report released by leading market research institute Strategy Analytics.The sales figure is twice that of mobile firm Nokia, which sold 65 million units, and four times larger than that of Californi
Oct. 29, 2013
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Google chief to discuss software with Samsung
Google chairman Eric Schmidt will be visiting Samsung on Wednesday to meet with top executives that may include Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong, sources told The Korea Herald.The focus seems to be not on hardware, but how to more efficiently run them on better software. The talks, the first this year but second following a meeting in 2012, are likely to address how Samsung can further develop applications for Google’s Android smartphones, which was central in the first global deve
Oct. 29, 2013
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Samsung holds dinner to celebrate 1993 initiative
Samsung Group celebrated the 20th anniversary of the company‘s “New Management Initiative” with a dinner at Shilla Hotel on Monday.In 1993, Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee proclaimed the initiative during a tour to European cities including Frankfurt in Germany, calling for the complete reform of Samsung and its employees to become a truly global brand. Around 350 executives of Samsung’s subsidiaries and partners participated in Monday’s event, where Lee discussed the future direction o
Oct. 28, 2013
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LG unveils details of curved G Flex
LG Electronics announced Monday the specifications for its curved G Flex smartphone armed with the latest technology. Boasting a curved, 6-inch, 1280x720-pixel plastic organic light-emitting display screen, as well as a curved 3,500 mAh battery, the G Flex sports a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone inherited the rear volume and power buttons from the preceding G2 model. LG promised
Oct. 28, 2013
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[Graphic News] Korea ranks 2nd in R&D spending to GDP
Korea ranked second among OECD member countries in terms of R&D spending to GDP with 4.03 percent, according to the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2013 released last week. The nation also gained a high mark in IT infrastructure, coming second in Internet connection speed and download speed, and fourth in wireless broadband penetration.
Oct. 27, 2013
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Samsung patents smart glasses
Samsung has registered a patent for smart glasses, the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service said on Friday. The company awarded a design patent for the wearable device, which is categorized as a type of “sports glasses,” in March and the registration was completed in October, according to the KIPRIS.The move follows its launch of the smart watch Galaxy Gear in September, and reflects Samsung’s efforts to strengthen its wearable technology.The glasses will likely connect to Sams
Oct. 25, 2013
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S. Korean websites hit by DDos attack: AhnLab
South Korea's largest anti-virus software firm AhnLab Inc. said Friday it detected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on local companies, sounding alarm bells for their cyber security.Sixteen websites operated by 13 South Korean firms, including No. 2 portal operator Daum Communications Corp. and game developer Nexon Korea Corp., experienced cyber attacks Thursday, AhnLab said.According to the anti-virus firm, the attack was detected around 4:00 p.m., infecting around 10,000 computers
Oct. 25, 2013
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Dry eyes
When there are insufficient tears to moisten the eyes for comfort, symptoms such as stinging pain, foreign body sensation, burning and production of mucus can occur. Some patients say that they feel as though they do not have enough tears. The discomfort can vary from person to person. Such discomfort worsens with prolonged reading or exposure to wind or cigarette smoke. These symptoms associated with tears, namely with the insufficiency of tears or its components, signify a condition called sch
Oct. 24, 2013
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‘Mastectomy unnecessary to reduce breast cancer risk’
Angelina Jolie’s choice to undergo a double mastectomy has sparked a rise in women wanting to have the same surgical procedure, believing that it can reduce the risk of breast cancer. The breast removal surgery, however, is not a key solution to prevent the disease even for those who carry the same genes as the Hollywood star, a doctor here said.Moon Byeong-in, head of the Cancer Center for Women at Ewha Womans University Medical Center, said the chances of getting breast cancer for women who ar
Oct. 24, 2013
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Stem cell-seeded windpipe patient healthy: report
A woman who received a donor windpipe seeded with her own stem cells in groundbreaking surgery five years ago is healthy, said a report Wednesday, hailing progress in tissue engineering.Donor windpipes are often rejected by the recipient’s immune system, while patients also suffer the uncontrolled die-off of cells, called necrosis, and bleeding.But having the stem cells come from the patient reduces the risk of attack by the immune system.The procedure performed on Claudia Castillo involved remo
Oct. 24, 2013
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Study: Strokes affecting more younger people
LONDON (AP) ― Strokes are increasingly hitting younger people and the incidence of the crippling condition worldwide could double by 2030, warns the first global analysis of the problem.Though the chances of a stroke jump dramatically with age, the growing number of younger people with worrying risk factors such as bulging waistlines, diabetes and high blood pressure means they are becoming increasingly susceptible.Worldwide, stroke is the second-leading cause of death after heart disease and is
Oct. 24, 2013
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Tests suggest baby born with HIV may be cured
Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus ― a medical first that is prompting a new look at how hard and fast such cases should be treated.The case was reported earlier this year but some doctors were skeptical that the baby was really infected rather than testing positive because of exposure to virus in the mom’s blood.The new report, published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine,
Oct. 24, 2013
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LG CNS in feud with MS over software license fee
LG CNS, an affiliate of LG Group, has become mired in a licensing dispute with Microsoft. The conflict between the two sides began when Microsoft took issue with its operating system Windows being used on a subway train information system developed by the Korean firm. The Korean ICT firm, which developed an integrated computer system with several subsystems, supplied the end product using Windows to its business partner EPP, an advertisement company, in 2007. The ad firm installed the system at
Oct. 23, 2013
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Korea needs to brace for cyber attacks
Korea should be ready for cyber attacks and their repercussions, a top global security company’s executive said. “Attackers in cyber space are getting more sophisticated,” California-based Symantec’s vice president Cheri McGuire told The Korea Herald during a conference on cyber security in Seoul last week.“They now take aim at specific organizations rather than luring victims by sending random emails like in the past.”She said the frequency of watering hole attacks, which target a particular gr
Oct. 23, 2013
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Semiconductor firm hopes for chip renaissance
Kim Sang-yeol, head of Singapore-based Serial Microelectronics’ Korean corporation, has put in long years in the semiconductor distribution business. He has seen the rise and fall of the sector over more than three decades, and his one wish now is to see another heyday so that more revenue can be created for all parties involved ― including, of course, Serial and its partners. This may sound odd, since smart devices are still much in vogue, but Kim hails from an era where the semiconductor and r
Oct. 23, 2013
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LGE developing Chrome OS devices
LG Electronics is developing digital devices running Google’s Chrome operating system in a move to reinforce its cooperative relations with the world’s largest Internet giant. The Korean company applied on Oct. 4 for patent registration for three Chrome-based devices ― Chromedesk, Chromeone and Chromestation ― according to the Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information Service on Wednesday. The electronics giant firm also applied for the trademarks under the same names in several other coun
Oct. 23, 2013