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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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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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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Fed: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
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T&I develops pillow for treatment
For those having trouble sleeping at night, a local pillow manufacturer has applied acupressure methods to its new product. T&I said it combined the therapeutic effects of the memory foam pillow and a still point inducer to support one’s cervical spine and improve circulation of cerebrospinal fluid at the same time. While the head is resting on the pillow, raised bumps apply gentle pressure to the atlanto-occipital joint to enhance the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. A substance in cerebrospinal fl
July 25, 2013
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Ewha Medical Center appoints new director
Ewha Womans University Medical Center, one of the major general hospitals in Seoul, appointed renowned hemato-oncologist Lee Soon-nam as its new director on Wednesday, officials said. Lee replaces Suh Hyun-suk, who served as the center’s director for the last six years. Lee, a medical expert on lung cancer, melanoma and hospice care, has served as chairwoman of the Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care and the Korean Association of Clinical Oncology, and served as the executive board di
July 25, 2013
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Diabetic kidney disease
With an aging society and increase in obesity, the number of diabetes patients is increasing each year. This is associated with an increase in chronic complications of diabetes. Diabetic kidney disease is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease, and is the most serious complication of diabetic patients. Therefore, the presence of diabetic kidney disease is an important prognostic factor for diabetic patients. Here, I will discuss the risks, prevention and management of diabetic kidney d
July 25, 2013
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LG to launch G2 in NYC
LG Electronics will be holding a global launching ceremony for its G2 smartphones in New York City.LG’s latest brainchild will be on display on Aug. 7 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City near Central Park, the company said, with invites sent out to more than 500 media outlets. “We decided the importance of the North American market and the strength of the American carriers were good enough reasons for us to decide on New York,” said Ken Hong, a spokesperson for LG Electronics.LG reportedl
July 24, 2013
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LGE registers stellar performance in Q2
LG Electronics seemed to be headed toward a solid recovery, with second quarter sales brightening significantly on the back of strong performances in air conditioners and mobile handsets.Sales for the company based on consolidated statements rose 10 percent from last year and 8 percent from the previous quarter, while operating profit surged 37 percent compared to the first quarter, the electronics heavyweight said in a regulatory filing. “It was a difficult year, with the business environment f
July 24, 2013
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Adopting a smarter commerce strategy
Smarter commerce recognizes that the sale is just one aspect of the experience. As with traditional commerce, the customer is at the center of all operations. The term “chief executive customer” comes to mind. More and more customers are using social networks, mobile devices, websites and influencers to make their buying decisions. There’s a digital explosion out there, and there’s no turning back. This is a $130 billion-plus market opportunity.Marketers today continue to be confronted by a dail
July 24, 2013
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Huge dinosaur tail discovered
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) ― A team of archaeologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country’s National Institute for Anthropology and History said.Apart from being unusually well preserved, the 5-meter tail was the first ever found in Mexico, said Francisco Aguilar, INAH’s director in the border state of Coahuila.The team, made up of archaeologists and students from INAH and the National Autonomous University of Mexic
July 24, 2013
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Scientists make microchips that can mimic the brain
Researchers in Switzerland say they have made microchips that imitate the way our brains process information, unlocking some of the mystery around how the world’s most efficient computer functions.Scientists at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, together with colleagues in Germany and the United States, created electronic systems comparable to a human brain both in size, speed and energy consumption, the university said in a statement.Just like the brain, their so-called neuromorphic chips
July 24, 2013
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Gold rush-era discards could fuel phones, TVs
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) ― Across the West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something else very valuable would be buried in the piles of dirt and rocks they tossed aside.There’s a rush in the U.S. to find key components of cellphones, televisions, weapons systems, wind turbines, MRI machines and the regenerative brakes in hybrid cars, and old mine tailings piles just might be the answer. They may contain a group of versatile minerals the periodic tabl
July 24, 2013
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LG pledges to bolster OLED business
LG Display, the world’s top liquid crystal display maker, said that it would invest more in installing production lines for organic light-emitting diode panels. At a meeting with reporters on Monday at the firm’s industrial complex in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, LG Display CEO Han Sang-beom said the firm would reinforce its OLED business by completing OLED production lines in the complex by late next year. “In the long run, LG Display will put more priority on the OLED business than the LCD busines
July 23, 2013
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Samsung to host developer event to showcase apps for phones, TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. will host its first global developers’ conference later this year, showcasing its hardware and software in products including mobile phones and Web-connected televisions.The three-day event will take place in San Francisco starting Oct. 27, according to a teaser posted on a Samsung Web page. The site invites developers to “create what’s next” by signing up.The event is intended to further distinguish Samsung from Apple Inc., its biggest competitor in the market for smartp
July 23, 2013
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Smart robot makers look overseas
Faced with a lack of demand for educational robots on the domestic front, two Korean mobile carriers and major players of the smart robot market are turning their eyes toward overseas markets. Releasing its first and second smart robots named Kibot 1 and 2 in Korea two years ago, KT, the second largest mobile service provider, tried to capitalize on the new market. The telecom firm, however, has suffered from slow sales and stock is piling up. Almost 20,000 units are in stock and not being sold,
July 22, 2013
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Climate change to wipe out rarest cat
Within 50 years, climate change will probably wipe out the world’s most endangered feline, the Iberian lynx, even if the world meets its target for curbing carbon emissions, biologists said on Sunday.The gloomy forecast, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, says that without a dramatic shift in conservative strategy, the charismatic little wildcat seems doomed.The lynx ― Latin name “Lynx pardinus” ― grows to about a meter in length, weighs up to 15 kilos, and is characterized by its s
July 22, 2013
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New study ignites debate over Indonesia mud volcano
PARIS (AFP) ― Scientists on Sunday sparked a fresh debate over what triggered Indonesia’s Lusi mud volcano, still spewing truckloads of slime more than seven years after it leaped catastrophically into life.Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study strengthens the argument by gas company PT Lapindo Brantas that the disaster was caused by a distant earthquake, not by its drilling crew as some experts contend.Lusi, located in the Sidoarjo district of the island of Java, erupted on May
July 22, 2013
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Program lets scouts turn each other into ‘zombies’
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) ― Pssssst. Hey, Scout. Tag! You’re a zombie!Participants at the Boy Scouts of America’s National Jamboree are turning each other into virtual creepy crawlies by the thousands this week.It’s part of an educational game Virginia Tech researchers designed to show how disease spreads.The Virus Tracker combines technology with the age-old game of tag. At the 10-day Jamboree, scouts can earn points by “infecting” other players through a “virus” on bar-coded labels that a
July 21, 2013
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Physicists unveil results that may explain universe
GENEVA (AP) ― After a quarter-century of searching, scientists have nailed down how one particularly rare subatomic particle decays into something else ― a discovery that adds certainty to our thinking about how the universe began and keeps running.The world’s top particle physics lab said it had measured the decay time of a particle known as a Bs meson into two other fundamental particles called muons, which are much heavier than but similar to electrons. It was observed as part of the reams of
July 21, 2013
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South Korea confronts uphill battle against hackers
How long does it take for hackers to break into the secure network of a commercial bank in South Korea? A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, under an agreement with the bank, managed to unlock its security protection in just a couple of weeks. The simulated cyber attack, led by Lim Chae-ho, professor of information security at KAIST, worked as follows: When an official of the bank opened an email sent by the hackers, malware hidden in the email quickly infiltrated
July 19, 2013
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Korea sets out to train more cyber experts, hackers
South Korea is taking belated-yet-necessary-steps to train more cyber security experts following a series of disruptive hacking attacks that paralyzed broadcasters, banks and government agencies. Ominously, many of the attacks reportedly originate in North Korea, which is technically still at war with the South. “Generally, the defense military force needs to be about three or four times bigger than the attacking army. North Korea produces about 300 cyber attackers annually, but we are only at t
July 19, 2013
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Korea grapples with massive personal data theft, regulatory mess
A string of cyber attacks have bombarded South Korea in recent years, leading to massive leaks of personal information stored in banks, government agencies and corporations. In January 2008, hackers stole the personal data of some 18.6 million users of online shopping mall Auction. Three years later, SK Communications, which runs the online search engine Nate.com and social network service Cyworld, fell victim to data theft of its combined 35 million users ― roughly 70 percent of South Korea’s t
July 19, 2013
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KT to help develop smart district in Lyon
KT Corp., struggling to regain momentum amid a rapidly saturating mobile market, on Friday signed up with Lyon to export its smart technology to the French city."It is a great opportunity for us to reinforce our European presence by starting collaboration with metropolises. The deal with Lyon is a starting point for our smart city strategy," said Bahk Jun-sick who leads KT Global Business Unit.Earlier, KT held a meeting with the Lyon mayor Gerard Collomb at its Gwanghwamun headquarters to sign a
July 19, 2013