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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Big bags pose health threat
Most people do not realize it, but carrying a heavy bag may cause various health concerns. Wandering around the streets full of youth, many trendy men and women carrying stylish tote bags or backpacks in vogue can be seen . Most youngsters nowadays prefer big-sized bags as they have ample space to put things in and are fashionable at the same time. However, recklessly stuffing too many items into a bag and carrying it around for a long time can induce serious muscle pain and straight neck syndr
April 5, 2013
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Scientists race to gauge risk of new bird flu pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) ― Genetic sequence data on a deadly strain of bird flu previously unknown in people show the virus has already acquired some mutations that might make it more likely to cause a human pandemic, scientists say.But there is no evidence so far that the H7N9 flu ― now known to have infected nine people in China, killing three ― is spreading from person to person, and there is still a chance it might peter out and never fully mutate into a human form of flu.Just days after authorities
April 4, 2013
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Scientists find antibody road map to AIDS vaccine
PARIS (AFP) ― Scientists on a quest for an antibody-based AIDS vaccine said Wednesday they found promising clues in the uncommonly “robust” natural immune response of a patient in Africa. Studying blood samples over a three-year period after the person was infected, researchers were witness to a microscopic battle between the virus and antibodies ― both evolving as they sought to gain the upper hand.For the first time, scientists were able to follow the full chain of events leading to the patien
April 4, 2013
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Block UV rays to slow skin aging
With the increased interest in our looks, many people are focusing on preventing skin aging. Skin aging can be caused by external factors due to the environment, and internal ones due to the decline in our body function with age. The most important external factor is ultraviolet light. Many people even without specialized medical knowledge know that ultraviolet light can cause pigmentation of the skin, but more importantly, ultraviolet light also produces skin wrinkles as well as skin cancer.Sun
April 4, 2013
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Samsung launches cancer center
Samsung Medical Center, one of the top hospitals in Korea, has expanded its cancer center to offer customized services to patients with world-class medical techniques and equipment. The newly launched Comprehensive Cancer Center aims to offer surgeries to patients diagnosed with cancers within a week of diagnosis through an integrated service system. “We will promote Samsung Comprehensive Cancer Center as one of the world’s top five hospitals for cancer care and research,” said SMC head Song Jae
April 4, 2013
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Scientists find possible hint of dark matter
It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but scientists are pretty sure it's out there.Led by a dogged, Nobel Prize-winning gumshoe who has spent 18 years on the case, scientists put a $2 billion detector aboard the International Space Station to try to track down the stuff. And after two years, the first evidence came in Wednesday: tantalizing cosmic footprints that seem to have been left by dark ma
April 4, 2013
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‘Last cyber attack bigger threat than thought’
Advanced persistent threat, or APT, may sound unfamiliar to many people. The term is used to describe the cyber attacks that were recently conducted on major broadcast stations and financial institutions including KBS and NongHyup.What many of us don’t know is that this cyber threat, which could occur in many different forms including sending document files with malicious codes attached, can target any one of us.“The APT cyber attack is one that can turn the targeted person’s personal computer i
April 3, 2013
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Is your information secure?
With a large part of the global population using the Internet for vital aspects of their lives, cyber security has become just as important as physical security.Online bank accounts’ authentication codes stored on a laptop or desktop computer are the norm, and it’s common for Internet users to hold multiple email accounts. Websites offer increasingly more information and services, lending to a need for more passwords and IDs. All of it leads up to an obvious need to protect private or significan
April 3, 2013
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‘Next two iPhones designed by Steve Jobs’
The next two generations of iPhone may have been already designed by the late Steve Jobs, U.S. media reported. The rumor surfaced from a conversation on the safeguarding mechanism for mobile handsets between Apple’s government liaison Michael Foulkes and San Francisco district attorney George Gascon. Foulkes reportedly said the tech giant has a few options for the next two generations of iPhone because they had been already planned under Jobs, according to Fox News.The talk came as Gascon was co
April 3, 2013
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Electronic health records not up to task
Doctors are changing paper records to electronic health records, but data systems are not sophisticated enough for new types of data, U.S. researchers say.The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said as data becomes cheaper and more available to healthcare providers the ability to store large-scale raw data -- “big data” -- for future reference with patients is critical, and current EHRs are not up to the task.For example, genome sequencing -- the complete DNA se
April 3, 2013
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ICT Ministry opens first global forum
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Tuesday that it held its first international meeting in preparation for the plenipotentiary conference of the International Telecommunication Union in Busan in 2014.The meeting, attended by 100 representatives from 38 member countries in the Asia-Pacific region, was the initial step to gain global ICT leadership, according to ministry officials. It was also recorded to be the first global gathering organized since the launching of the new min
April 2, 2013
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Climate change increases ice around Antarctica: study
The melting of ice sheets caused by climate change may be the cause of Antarctic ice expansion, Dutch scientists claimed in a recent study.Climate scientists at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, led by Rechard Bintanja, conducted a study to figure out why ice sheets are expanding in the South Pole while the North Pole has seen its sea ice shrinking over the last three decades.Scientists had been aware of the fact that melted ice forms a cold, fresh layer that protects sea ice from
April 2, 2013
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Female students just as capable in math: study
Contrary to popular belief that men outperform women in math and science, a new study claims that both genders tend to show similar achievement, while Asian-Americans are the highest achievers among ethnic groups in the U.S.The study, to be released in the Psychology of Women Quarterly, was conducted on 367 male and female 10th graders, consisting of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans. The results revealed that male and female students showed similar performances in math a
April 1, 2013
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Morning smokers have higher cancer risk
The sooner a smoker lights up upon waking in the morning, the more likely he or she is to acquire lung or oral cancer, U.S. researchers say.Steven Branstetter, assistant professor of biobehavioral health at Pennsylvania State University, said NNK (4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-[3-pyridyl]-1-butanone) induces lung tumors in several rodent species. Levels of NNAL (4-(methylnitrosamnino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol) in the blood can therefore predict lung cancer risk in rodents as well as in humans."We found
April 1, 2013
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Arctic ‘greening’ seen through global warming
Land within the Arctic circle is likely to experience explosive "greening" in the next few decades as grass, shrubs and trees thrive in soil stripped of ice and permafrost by global warming, a study said on Sunday.Wooded areas in the Arctic could increase by as much as 52 percent by the 2050s as the so-called tree line -- the maximum latitude at which trees can grow -- shifts hundreds of kilometers north, according to computer simulations published in the journal Nature Climate Change."Such wide
April 1, 2013
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Local market for smartphones faces stagnation: report
The growth of the South Korean market for smartphones will begin slowing down this year and possibly post a negative growth in 2016 due to market saturation, a U.S. market research group said in a report released Sunday.According to the report from Strategy Analytics, the local market for smartphones is expected to grow 8 percent from a year earlier to around 33.1 million units this year.The growth rate will mark a significant slowdown from an explosive 717 percent on-year surge in 2010, as well
March 31, 2013
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US Patent Office denies ‘iPad Mini’ trademark
The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Apple's application for a trademark to safeguard its widely popular iPad mini tablet, saying the case to own the phrase was too weak.Apple, however, has until July 24 to better explain how the iPad mini is different and unique from the larger-sized iPad to counter the rejection seen as largely a formality.The iPad mini mark "merely describes a feature or characteristic of applicant's good," said the rejection letter dated January 24 but that has only
March 31, 2013
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Samsung's Galaxy keeps No.1 spot as most valuable brand
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone brand "Galaxy" was again rated as South Korea's most valuable brand in the first quarter of the year, a survey said Sunday.Samsung's Galaxy earned 938 points in the survey by local research firm, Brandstock, retaining the top spot for the second consecutive year. Discount store chain Emart followed with 924 points, according to the survey, which didn't provide other details, including how much those brands were worth. Last year, Samsung sold more
March 31, 2013
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’UFO memo’ is most viewed FBI record
A 1950s memo about UFOs is the most viewed public record in the history of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to the agency’s website.The FBI on Monday uploaded a post about the so-called Hottel memo, a single-page report documented on March 22, 1950, by Guy Hottel, then head of FBI’s field office in Washington. It has been viewed nearly 1 million times since April 2011, when the bureau uploaded its public records.The Hottel memo relayed a story told to FBI agents about “flying
March 29, 2013
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‘UFOs’ in Texas identified as paper lanterns
UFO sighting reports in the Texas ended in an anticlimactic way after the objects turned to be paper lanterns, U.S. media reported MondayAccording to the local sheriff’s office, the “fireballs in the sky” which incited UFO stir were actually Chinese paper lanterns from a nearby wedding.The “fireballs” were first reported to police around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. About a dozen locals and police officers responding to the report witnessed several orange lights moving slowly in the sky.Police contacted
March 29, 2013