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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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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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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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Good looking birds raise healthy babies
New research has found that the appearance of a female great tit (Parus major) affects the health conditions of its offspring.According to the study done by researchers at Palacky University in the Czech Republic, the bird’s representative features -- a black stripe across the breast and white patches on the cheeks -- correlate to a chick’s weight and immune strength at two weeks.In order to compare the weight and immune system of baby birds from mothers of different ornamentation, the research
March 26, 2013
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Scientists describe two-headed shark
U.S. scientists have announced the first-ever discovery of a two-headed bull shark, confirming it was a single shark with two heads, not conjoined twins.Michigan State University researchers studying the specimen found in the uterus of an adult bull shark taken in the Gulf of Mexico April 7, 2011, said it was the first record of the phenomenon known as dicephalia ever seen in bull sharks although it has been seen before in other species of shark.“This is certainly one of those interesting and ra
March 26, 2013
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Do cold sores lead to mental disorder?
Do cold sores lead to mental disorders?Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center claimed that the virus that causes cold sores might be associated with memory loss and mental diseases.In the study, performed in collaboration with the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, the researchers tested the mental function of 1,625 participants with aged 69 on average and living in New York.Participants who had high levels of infections such as herpes simplex virus in the blood were
March 26, 2013
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Expert says boredom can aid imagination for children
Boredom can aid child’s imagination, says expertParents often expect their children to be constantly occupied and believe activities will spur their imagination. However, an expert says parents should “allow them to get bored” to let them develop creativity and innate ability. Dr. Teresa Belton, a senior researcher at the University of East Anglia’s School of Education and Lifelong Learning, interviewed figures in the creative industry including science and art to analyze the effect of their chi
March 25, 2013
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Vial containing rare virus goes missing
A vial containing a rare Venezuelan virus has gone missing from a Texas biotech laboratory, the laboratory's president said.The vial was noted missing during a routine inventory, Dr. David L. Callender, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, said. The virus, guanarito, is only found naturally in a small section of Venezuela and because it is not known to transmit between humans it poses "no appreciable public health risk," Callender said.It's believed the vial was mistakenly destroyed
March 25, 2013
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‘Spiked dinosaurs copulated in unusual ways’
Dinosaurs with spikes may have copulated in unorthodox positions to avoid injuries, researchers suggested.Heinrich Mallison at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin used computer models of kentrosaurus to figure out how the spiked dinosaur would have mated, according to a report on Livescience.com.The model suggested that a male dinosaur would have risked serious injury to its reproductive organs if they tried to mount a female from behind, which is prevalent among most animals. Mallison sugge
March 25, 2013
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World‘s lightest material created
Chinese scientists say they have developed the world‘s lightest material, lighter than air, which could play an important role in tackling pollution.The material -- dubbed graphene aerogel or carbon aerogel, and developed at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou -- weighs 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter, a sixth the weight of air, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.The material, derived from a gel with the liquid component replaced by a gas, is easy to manufacture and has strong
March 24, 2013
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Apple aims for simpler look to iOS 7
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Software and hardware units at U.S. technology company Apple are now working more closely together, sources told The Wall Street Journal. In the past, Jonathan Ive, the executive behind the sleek look of Apple‘s hardware, has had his own software development team create proxy operating systems that are used in the design phase of a new product. The team developing the software that will end up in the product in stores, however, has been working on software without even k
March 24, 2013
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Researchers looking to create human heart
Medical researchers in Spain say they are close to being able to grow human hearts for transplants outside the body.Doctors have already grown and transplanted a number of human organs, including windpipes, ears, tear ducts and an artery, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.Now, they want to recreate a heart. Researchers in Spain say although the country has the highest number of organ donors in the world, only about 10 percent of patients in need of a new heart get one.Dr. Francisco Fernand
March 24, 2013
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Hospital to display 'mystery skeleton'
A skeleton stored away for decades in a closet at an Iowa hospital set to be demolished will be sent to the University of Iowa Medical Museum, officials said.Suzie Wood, executive director of development at Ottumwa (Iowa) Regional Health Center, said crews discovered the skeleton in a basement closet while cleaning out the 88-year-old facility last year in preparation for its upcoming demolition. The skeleton -- dubbed "Mr. Bones" -- is believed to have been stored there for 70 to 80 years, the
March 22, 2013
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Lightest material on Earth created: scientists
Scientists at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, claimed they have developed the lightest solid material on Earth that can balance on top of a flower. The material, called "graphene aerogel," is a combination of freeze-dried carbon and graphene oxide, weighing only 0.16 mg per 1 cubic centimeter. The graphene, hailed as a "wonder material," was first developed by Russian-born physicists working at the University of Manchester, who managed a 1-atom-thick graphene flake by continuously peelin
March 22, 2013
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Hackers used diverse methods
The latest nationwide hacking attack on Korea appears to have conspired via a wide assortment of methods, including the distribution of malicious spamware and seizing data servers. Network software at some of the hacking targets also was damaged after the culprits targeted the more vulnerable aspects of the software. The broadcasters, for instance, suffered damages to the boot sector of their operating systems, while the databases at banks such as Shinhan and Nonghyup malfunctioned because of at
March 21, 2013
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Pediatric strabismus
Strabismus refers to the condition where, when a person is looking at an object, one eye looks directly at the object while the other eye is looking elsewhere. Pediatric strabismus is a common condition seen in approximately 2 percent of children. This can be a cosmetic problem, and may cause a developmental delay in normal visual function, and poor vision. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment is important. Strabismus is divided into various forms depending on the expression type. Intermitte
March 21, 2013
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Treating ADHD without drugs
From horseback riding to physical exercise, new therapies designed to balance the brain and better emotional conditions are raising hopes to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder without drugs. Chung Yoo-sook, a doctor at the department of neuropsychiatrics at Samsung Medical Center, plans to run a three-month clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a horseback riding program in treating ADHD children. Typical treatment methods for ADHD patients are mostly drug-based, using attentio
March 21, 2013
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KEPCO-led consortium bags $2.3b Vietnam power deal
An international consortium led by state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. clinched a $2.3 billion deal to build a thermal power plant in Vietnam, KEPCO said Thursday.Under a build, operation and transfer deal, the consortium will build the coal power plant with a generation capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts by 2018 and operate the plant for the next 25 years before it is transferred to Vietnamese government.KEPCO and Japan’s Murabeni Corp. will have a 50 percent stake each in the power plant.The d
March 21, 2013
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Meritz Fire to raise W55.5b through rights offering
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co., a South Korean nonlife insurer, said Thursday it plans to raise 55.5 billion won ($49.6 million) via a rights offering in a bid to improve its financial soundness. A total of 4.63 million new shares will be issued at 11,990 won each, of which 4.57 percent will be allotted to the Government of Singapore Investment Corp., a Singapore sovereign wealth fund, the company said in a regulatory filing. Meritz Fire had been pushing for issuing new shares in a bid to im
March 21, 2013
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LGE asks Samsung to pay for patents
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday accused Samsung Display Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. of illegally using its technology and demanded the two companies pay for the patents, the latest development in the Samsung-LG display feud.Samsung Display and LG Display Co., the world’s two biggest display makers, have been embroiled in a patent tussle over organic light-emitting diode and liquid crystal display technologies that later expanded to their TV-making affiliates Samsung Electronics and LG Electr
March 21, 2013
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Samsung preparing wristwatch as it races Apple for sales
Samsung Electronics is developing a wristwatch as Asia’s biggest technology company races against Apple Inc. to create a new industry of wearable devices that perform similar tasks as smartphones. “We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee Young-hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, said during an interview in Seoul. “We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.” Lee had no co
March 21, 2013
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Hands-free toothbrush developed
Two Canadians have developed a new type of toothbrush that works by the movement of the tongue.The gadget, named “T2T” (meaning “tongue to teeth”), was created by boilermaker Adel Elseri and his friend, Said Fayad, both aged 26.They claimed that users can brush their teeth with the gizmo mounted to their tongue and coated with toothpaste.The newly developed tool is more hygienic than existing toothbrushes, Elseri and Fayad claimed.A Facebook page and Twitter account have been made to promote the
March 21, 2013
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Children who drink skim milk fatter
U.S. children ages 2-4 who drank skim milk or 1 percent milk had higher body mass index than those drinking whole milk, researchers say. Rebecca Scharf and Mark DeBoer, both of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and Ryan Demmer of Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University said the study involved 10,700 pre-school children. At age 2 the children body mass index was calculated and parents were asked what type of milk they gave their children. The children, a representative
March 21, 2013