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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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IT exports jump 11.4% in Aug.
South Korea’s exports of information technology products rose from a year earlier in August, continuing their on-year growth for the 12th consecutive month, the government said Monday.Outbound shipments of IT products reached $14.5 billion last month, up 11.4 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.The country‘s trade surplus in the IT sector widened to $8.13 billion, the second highest in the country’s history, as its imports only ga
Sept. 11, 2013
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LG CNS boosts ICT-enabled energy efficiency
LG CNS, an information technology service provider, is pushing to expand the use of smart energy management systems in line with growing interest in power saving and renewable energy around the world. Last month, LG CNS launched its energy management system for small and medium-sized shops, which is designed to reduce energy consumption and simplify energy management. The system automatically cuts off standby power ― power consumed by electronics while they are switched off or in standby mode ―
Sept. 11, 2013
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Logging threatens Monarch butterflies
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― A new study of the Monarch butterflies’ winter nesting grounds in central Mexico says small-scale logging is worse than previously thought and may be contributing to threats facing the Monarch’s singular migration pattern.The reserve’s 13,550-hectare core zone lost 16.6 hectares of pine and fir trees so far in 2013, about half of that because of illegal logging, said the study by Omar Vidal, head of Mexico’s chapter of the World Wildlife Fund, the WWF, and other authors. The r
Sept. 11, 2013
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Astronauts back from space station
MOSCOW (AFP) ― Three astronauts returned to Earth Wednesday on board a Russian Soyuz capsule after a half-year mission on the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan, mission control in Moscow announced.Russians Pavel Vinogradov and Alexander Misurkin landed on schedule at 8:58 a.m. Kazakh time (0258 GMT) in the Kazakh steppe, along with American Chris Cassidy.A live feed on Russian mission control’s website showed rescuers extracting the three astronauts who were helped into chairs i
Sept. 11, 2013
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Solar boat reaches Paris after crossing Atlantic
PARIS (AP) ― The world’s largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.The 31-meter-long Turanor PlanetSolar catamaran looks like one of Darth Vader’s TIE Fighters turned on its side.Starting from Miami in June, University of Geneva scientists sailed up the eastern seaboard of the United States, then across the Atlantic, t
Sept. 11, 2013
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Fireball lights up sky over southern states
ATLANTA (AP) ― NASA officials say brilliant lights seen at an outdoor rock concert in Alabama and by eyewitnesses as far away as Georgia and Tennessee came from a meteor that streaked across the night sky.Officials at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville said a baseball-size fragment of a comet entered Earth’s atmosphere above Alabama at 8:18 p.m. Central Time on Monday.NASA officials say the meteor traveled at a speed of 122,310 kph. They say that just three seconds after hitting the
Sept. 11, 2013
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Mobile operators to accept preorders for Galaxy Note 3
South Korea's three mobile carriers -- SK Telecom Co., KT Corp., and LG Uplus Corp. -- said Tuesday they will begin taking preorders this week for Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest Galaxy Note 3, which is expected to hit the local market later this month.South Korean customers can preorder the smartphone on the operators' websites starting Wednesday. Preorders for the newest Galaxy line-up can also be made at the mobile carriers' local retail stores, they said.Samsung, the world's largest smartph
Sept. 10, 2013
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Financial firms ramp up measures against cyber fraud
Financial companies in South Korea will step up their identification process for online users in a broad move to prevent cyber fraud, which is becoming a rampant problem here, the financial regulator said Monday. All financial companies, including banks, insurers, brokerage firms and savings banks, must have their online users identify themselves through either a text message or an automated response system, starting from Sept. 26, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). An online
Sept. 9, 2013
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LG to release latest tablet G Pad in 30 countries
LG Electronics Inc., the world's No.3 smartphone maker, said Monday that it plans to roll out the LG G Pad 8.3 tablet, the latest addition to its G Series lineup of premium mobile devices, in some 30 countries by the end of the year.LG Electronics last week unveiled the G Pad 8.3, which has the Full HD display. The tablet runs on Snapdragon 600 Processor with 1.7GHz Quad-Core CPU, which helps enhance the viewing experience with powerful performance, the company said in its release.One of its key
Sept. 9, 2013
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SK Hynix resumes partial operations at China plant
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, on Sunday said it had resumed partial operations at its Wuxi plant in China that was hit by a fire last week. The blaze caused the chipmaker to suspend its operations at the plant. No casualties were reported but the company said it was investigating the exact cause. One of the production lines that had been left untouched by the fire began operations as of Saturday after completing safety inspections, SK Hynix said.The company added it was
Sept. 8, 2013
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Out of oil comes ‘Jurassic Park’
Under the rich Venezuelan soil, paleontologists have found treasures rivaling the bountiful oil: a giant armadillo the size of a Volkswagen, a crocodile bigger than a bus and a saber-toothed tiger.Oil companies’ surveys of the soil have uncovered a trove of fossils dating from 14,000 to 370 million years ago.Many of the 12,000 recorded specimens from different eras are now kept in a tiny office of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research.A strong smell of oil fills the room as Ascania Ri
Sept. 8, 2013
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Half of wild weather linked to global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A study of a dozen of last year’s wildest weather events finds that in about half the cases, man-made global warming increased the likelihood of their occurrence.Researchers with the United States and British governments concluded that the other cases reflected the random freakiness of weather.They said climate change had made these events more likely: U.S. heat waves, Superstorm Sandy flooding, shrinking Arctic sea ice, drought in Europe’s Iberian peninsula, and extreme rainfa
Sept. 8, 2013
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Video games boost mental abilities in senior citizens
NEW YORK (AP) ― It probably won’t become as popular as “Grand Theft Auto,” but a specialized video game may help older people boost mental skills like handling multiple tasks at once.In a preliminary study, healthy volunteers ages 60 to 85 showed gains in their ability to multitask, to stay focused on a boring activity and to keep information in mind ― the kind of memory you use to remember a phone number long enough to write it down.All those powers normally decline with age, Dr. Adam Gazzaley
Sept. 8, 2013
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Samsung eyes top spot in consumer electronics market
BERLIN ― A top executive at Samsung Electronics said Thursday that the electronics giant would lead the consumer electronics market through its premium strategy and widen the gap with rivals.“Samsung will make relentless efforts in incorporating philosophies and values in products and share them with consumers,” said Yoon Boo-keun, president of consumer electronics at Samsung Electronics, at a press conference held ahead of the opening of IFA 2013 in Berlin on Friday. “Samsung will make products
Sept. 6, 2013
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Concerns grow over jaw surgery
Concerns are growing over the “double-jaw surgery” mostly performed for aesthetic purposes here, with an increasing number of people reporting serious post-op side effects. A 27-year-old man attempted suicide by jumping into the Hangang River near Mapo-gu, northern Seoul, last month, after suffering from constant and serious jaw pain that started after going through the surgery several months ago. He was saved by a rescue team, but is reportedly still in a coma.In a separate case, a 30-something
Sept. 5, 2013
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Children’s health in changing seasons
In the fall, the increased wind and changes in temperature lead to an unstable circadian rhythm and reduce the body’s immunity. In addition, children go back to child care and school, which leads to increased exposure to respiratory infections due to increased contact with others. Allergies and rhinitis are also common during this season. Children have a weaker ability to control their homeostasis, so they find it more difficult to adjust to rapid changes in the weather. Therefore, it is importa
Sept. 5, 2013
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More than 7,780 Koreans living with HIV
More than 7,780 South Koreans have been infected with HIV, health authorities said Wednesday.The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention said 9,410 South Korean were diagnosed with HIV between 1985 and 2012. Among them, 1,622 people died.Last year, 808 South Korean men and 60 South Korean women were newly infected with HIV. The KCDC said 541 out of 868 HIV carriers became infected through sexual contact.The virus, which is also spread through transfusion of contaminated blood, infects ce
Sept. 5, 2013
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Traditional medicine fair to heal minds, bodies of urbanites
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province (Yonhap News) ― The chairman of the executive committee of a traditional medicine fair opening this week said Thursday that the event will strive to cure the minds and bodies of urbanites who require rest from the high-stress modern society.The World Traditional Medicine Fair & Festival will be held in Sancheong County in South Gyeongsang Province, from Friday to Oct. 20, according to the organizers.Choi Gu-sik said he had a special nickname for the event, giv
Sept. 5, 2013
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SK Hynix monitoring fire damage in China
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory-chipmaker, on Thursday said it expects little to no disruption to its chip supply after a fire that occurred in its Wuxi plant in China, as the equipment was not damaged. “There is no material damage to the (semiconductor) fabrication equipment in the clean room, which is why we expect to resume operations in the near future so that production and supply volume will not be affected,” SK Hynix said in a statement. The company was still investigating the
Sept. 5, 2013
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SK Telecom to provide LTE service with wider bandwidth
Mobile carrier SK Telecom announced Thursday its plan to provide faster LTE services with wider bandwidth and LTE-Advanced services with increased coverage.“We are now able to provide LTE services with wider bandwidth after securing a 35 MHz bandwidth in the 1.8 GHz band in the state-led frequency auction. LTE subscribers will be able to transfer data with speeds of up to 150 Mbps without having to pay any extra fees,” said Park In-sik, SK Telecom’s president of network business operations, duri
Sept. 5, 2013