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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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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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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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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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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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SK Telecom net doubles in Q4
SK Telecom Co., the country’s top mobile operator, on Tuesday reported a two-fold growth in its fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier due to a decrease in marketing costs.Net profit came to 519.1 billion won ($477.5 million) in the October-December period, compared with a profit of 195.5 billion won a year earlier, SK Telecom said in a regulatory filing.Revenue rose 6 percent on-year to 4.2 trillion won, and operating profit jumped 37.6 percent to 544.6 billion won. The stronger bottom line
Feb. 5, 2013
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Korea No. 2 in global innovation index
South Korea ranked the second-most innovative country in the world, moving up one notch from last year’s ranking, data showed on Tuesday. According to data complied by financial news and data provider Bloomberg, Korea ranked No. 2 behind the United States, which topped the list by climbing six notches from last year. The research indicated progress in Korea’s innovation-related sector as it rose one slot in rankings from last year’s No. 3 spot.Bloomberg gathered data from 200 countries and grade
Feb. 5, 2013
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German company unveils error detection pen
A German company has introduced a pen that instantly detects errors in spelling and grammar. The pen senses and vibrates when the user makes mistakes, with a choice of two modes -- calligraphy and orthography. The calligraphy mode checks problems with legibility while the latter function focuses on finding incorrect grammar. The company Lernstift used a built-in sensor that buzzes when it detects words written erroneously.The inventors of the high-tech pen, married couple Falk and Mandy Wolsky,
Feb. 5, 2013
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School shooter behaviors identified
A U.S. advocate for safe and secure schools says there is no foolproof system for identifying potentially dangerous students, but there can be warning signs. Ronald D. Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, said the center tracked U.S. school-associated violent deaths from 1992 to the present and identified common behaviors that could indicate a youth's potential for harming him/herself or others. Characteristics identified by the National School Safety Center includ
Feb. 5, 2013
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Course on alien life lures earth people
A Scottish university has discovered a remote-learning course on alien life is popular, attracting thousands of terrestrials from as far away as China.Charles Cockell, who teaches "astrobiology and the search for extra-terrestrial life" at Edinburgh University, told The Scotsman he was astonished by the geographical diversity of students attracted to the course.Those eager to learn about life on other planets -- from the comfort of their earthly homes -- include high school students, retirees in
Feb. 5, 2013
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Study: Baby boomers not in health reality
Unless baby boomers take immediate action they may spend their last years in sickness, disability and immobility, Canadian researchers warned.A Heart and Stroke Foundation survey found almost 80 percent of Canadian boomers said they think their doctors would rate them as healthy, but their self-reported lifestyle choices show otherwise.Eighty-five percent of Canadian boomers said they did not eat enough vegetables and fruit, more than 40 percent said they didn‘t get enough physical activity each
Feb. 5, 2013
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Martian rover drills first rock
NASA says its Mars rover Curiosity has used its drill for the first time to hammer briefly into a rock targeted on the floor of its Gale Crater landing site.“Before and after” images beamed to Earth showed the results as an indentation on the surface of the rock.The drill instrument is capable of both hammering and rotating actions, and if the rock is determined to be a good candidate for the rover‘s scientific work, a number of test holes will be drilled, NASA said, to create samples for delive
Feb. 5, 2013
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Asteroid to make close fly-by of Earth
A small asteroid approaching Earth will pass by so near it will come closer than the orbits of many weather and communications satellites, NASA says.Although the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth Feb. 15, observations obtained of its path show there is no chance it might be on a collision course, NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., reported.The asteroid’s closest approach will put it 17,200 miles above the Earth‘s surface, closer than some distant geos
Feb. 5, 2013
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Scientists grow lens cells in Petri dish
Stem cell researchers from Australia have managed to successfully culture lens cells in a Petri dish, marking a big step toward curing congenital sight impairment.Associate professor Tiziano Barberi and Doctor Isabella Mengarelli from the Monash University have successfully extracted and purified lens epithelium for the first time, and incited the cells to develop into lens cells, according to a report by the university. Lens epithelium refers to the tissue that serves as the progenitors for new
Feb. 5, 2013
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Experts find remains of England's King Richard III
He was king of England, but for centuries he lay without shroud or coffin in an unknown grave, and his name became a byword for villainy.On Monday, scientists announced they had rescued the remains of Richard III from anonymity _ and the monarch's fans hope a revival of his reputation will soon follow.In a dramatically orchestrated news conference, a team of archaeologists, geneticists, genealogists and other scientists from the University of Leicester announced that tests had proven what they s
Feb. 5, 2013
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S. Korea's tax agency probes top Internet portal operator NHN Corp.
South Korea's tax agency has launched an investigation into the nation's top Internet portal operator NHN Corp for the first time since 2007, a company official said Monday.The official said the probe is a regular tax investigation that occurs every four or five years but NHN's first tax probe in 2007 forced the company to pay 1.48 billion won (US$1.3 million) in additional taxes.The 2007 tax probe was the first on NHN since it was founded in 1999.Naver is NHN's flagship Web portal that features
Feb. 4, 2013
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Preschool obesity, food insecurity link
U.S. children whose early years were spent in food insecurity and who have obese mothers are more likely to be obese in preschool, researchers say. Study leader Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras of the Department of Nutrition at the Simmons College School of Nursing and Health Sciences in Boston said the research is based on analysis of more than 28,300 low-income children participating in a publicly funded health and nutrition program in Massachusetts, from 2001 to 2006. Household food insecurity w
Feb. 4, 2013
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Midwifes linked to fewer C-sections
Women who give birth at midwife-led birthing centers are less likely to have Caesarean births compared with women in hospitals, U.S. researchers say.The National Birth Center Study II said the rate of Caesarean sections for expecting U.S. mothers escalated over the past two decades."Birth centers are homelike facilities existing within the healthcare system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy and birth," Lesley Rathbun, president-elect of the American Association o
Feb. 4, 2013
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Mobile games to be excluded from shutdown system
The Korean government on Monday decided not to extend what is called “the game shutdown system” to mobile games, which run on smartphones and tablet computers.The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that mobile games will be excluded from the mandatory game shutdown system, which prohibits gamers aged 16 or under from connecting to online games between midnight and 6 a.m., a controversial policy aimed at protecting younger people from
Feb. 4, 2013
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Apple overtakes Samsung in U.S. mobile phone market
Apple Inc. passed Samsung Electronics Co. to become the top mobile phone maker in the U.S. for the first time, scoring a victory in the companies’ battle for global dominance of the mobile-device market.Apple sold 17.7 million mobile phones in the U.S. during the fourth quarter, a 38 percent jump from a year earlier, research firm Strategy Analytics said Friday in a statement. That gave it 34 percent of the market, topping Samsung, which sold 16.8 million handsets for a 32 percent market share.
Feb. 3, 2013
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Facility investment forecast to shrink 1.4%
Facility investment by businesses in South Korea will likely contract for three consecutive years from 2013 as companies remain reluctant to spend in the face of toughened and cloudy market conditions, a survey showed Sunday.Corporate investment in facilities is expected to decline 1.4 percent on-year to a combined 127.9 trillion won ($116.5 billion) this year, according to the survey by the Korea Finance Corp. The survey was conducted on 3,251 businesses across the country.Last year, companies
Feb. 3, 2013
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Wage, income account shortfalls hit record high
South Korea’s wage and income account deficit hit a record high in 2012 as local companies paid more for foreign workers here than income brought in by Korean laborers working overseas, data showed Sunday.According to the data by the Bank of Korea, income earned by foreign workers in Korea came to about $1.15 billion last year, down 2.8 percent from a year earlier. Income earned by Korean workers abroad shrank 13.8 percent on-year to $647.1 million.As a result, the country’s wage and income acco
Feb. 3, 2013
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Internet wonders which monkey Iran sent into space
Iran's announcement that it had successfully sent a monkey into space stirred questions on the Internet on Saturday, with people pointing to differences between official images of the primate before takeoff and after landing.On January 28, official Iranian media published pictures of a monkey named Pishgam (Pioneer) prior to the launch. The animal had light grey fur and a red mole above its right eye. But later, the ISNA news agency released photos taken during presenting the monkey to the press
Feb. 3, 2013
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Controversial video game ‘GTA V’ to be released on Sept. 17
New follow-up of action video game series “Grand Theft Auto,” which has provoked controversies over its violent and suggestive descriptions, will be globally released in September. U.S.-based game developer Rockstar Games announced in an official statement on Friday that the release date of “GTA V” has been fixed to Sept. 17. The title was previously scheduled to be launched early this year, but the developer later said that the game needs more time to complete. “The company apologi
Feb. 1, 2013
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LG rolls out new high-quality package earphone
LG Electronics released new high-performance earphones dubbed “Quad Beat 2” which is expected to be included in the company’s next flagship smartphone “Optimus G Pro” package.“Quad Beat 2” is a follow-up model to “Quad Beat,” which has enjoyed popularity with Korean smartphone users as its performance surpassed expectations for standard headphones provided as a part of cellphone package.The mobile phone manufacturer announced through its official blog on Friday that it successfully developed “Qu
Feb. 1, 2013