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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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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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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Airborne bacteria may impact climate
U.S. scientists say bacteria and fungi found floating a surprising 30,000 feet above the Earth‘s surface have the potential to affect the globe’s weather.Scientists have long studied airborne bacteria, but they typically do so from the ground, so not much has been known about the number and diversity of floating microbes, researcher Athanasios Nenes, an atmospheric scientist at Georgia Tech, said.To find out more, Nenes and his colleagues hitched rides on a NASA research aircraft doing atmospher
Jan. 30, 2013
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Beer hops could be new drug resource
U.S. researchers say hops, which help preserve beer and give it its distinctive flavor, may yield new drugs to treat diabetes, some cancers and other maladies.University of Washington researchers used a process called X-ray crystallography to analyze the precise configuration of humulones, substances derived from hops that give beer its flavor.Previous research has suggested beer and its bittering acids, in moderation, can have beneficial effects on diabetes, some forms of cancer, inflammation a
Jan. 30, 2013
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S. Korea's space rocket lifts off from Naro Space Center
South Korea's space rocket blasted off Wednesday from the Naro Space Center on the country's southern coast.The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), also known as Naro, lifted off at 4 p.m. No apparent problems have been observed since its takeoff from the launch site, located 480 kilometers south of Seoul.The 170-ton thrust space rocket is designed to reach its target orbit in 9 minutes following its takeoff. Whether the launch was successful will initially be determined approximately 140 min
Jan. 30, 2013
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Yuhan launches genetic analysis service
Yuhan Corporation, a Seoul-based pharmaceutical company, said Tuesday that it had launched a genetic information analysis service that tracks down personal genetic risks for certain diseases and disorders.In a joint venture with Theragen Etex, a local biotech firm specializing in genetic code analysis, Yuhan introduced “Hello Gene” that tests personal genetic information with just a few drops of blood, the company said. The service interprets one’s genetic information within a week or two and pr
Jan. 29, 2013
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Adults spend 5 years worrying: study
People spend several years of their life worrying about all sorts of things, which could lead to harmful health effects, a British health group said. According to a survey conducted by Benenden Health, a British health organization, adults spend five years of their life on average worrying about day-to-day issues. Adults’ concerns usually involve weight problems, finances and job security. Being overweight, getting old, having a lack of savings and staying fit were the top four worries on the li
Jan. 29, 2013
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Vine video porn posts exposed
Twitter's iPhone video-snippet sharing service Vine had concerns about porn exposed on Monday after adult content was bared briefly in an "Editor's Picks" section.Twitter apologized for the mistake, blaming "human error" but providing little detail, and quickly removed the video.The globally popular one-to-many message sharing service last week launched Vine, a service that lets people share video snippets from iPhones or iPod touch devices.Perpetually looping video clips up to six seconds each
Jan. 29, 2013
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Smoking addiction linked to brain’s self-control
Smokers’ craving for cigarettes is directly linked to brain’s self-control circuitry, a study showed Monday.A research team studied the relationship between the changes in brain activities and the level of craving for a cigarette after participants watched a neutral video and a video of people smoking. Before the experiment, some respondents were told that smoking would be allowed after watching the video, while others were told to wait 4 hours to smoke after the experiment was over. Scanning th
Jan. 29, 2013
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Parents paying tuition linked to lower GPA
U.S. college students who get their education paid for by parents may not study as hard, but they have better odds of graduating, a researcher says.Laura T. Hamilton, a sociology professor at the University of California, Merced, found students‘ GPAs decreased with increased financial support from their parents.However, the study also found students with financial aid from their parents were more likely to complete college and earn a degree.“Students with parental support are best described as s
Jan. 29, 2013
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Text app said violating privacy laws
WhatsApp, which allows text messaging over the Internet without incurring SMS messaging charges, violates Canadian and Dutch privacy laws, officials say.Canada’s privacy watchdog, in a joint investigation with Dutch authorities, determined the popular mobile messaging app breaches Canadian and Dutch privacy laws by forcing many of its users to grant access to their entire address book to use it, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News reported Monday.“The address book contains phone numbers of both [Wh
Jan. 29, 2013
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Final preparations under way for launch of Naro space rocket
The Korea Space Launch Vehicle, the Korean-made space rocket also called Naro-1, began final preparations on Monday for its Wednesday launch. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Monday that Naro-1 had been moved to the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province.The Naro-1 is scheduled to blast off from the Naro Space Center on Wednesday at around 4 p.m. A final rehearsal for the launch will take place Tuesday, and the preparation committee will
Jan. 28, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Apple relinquishes its crown
For any reigning monarch, stumbling off the throne is painful. It’s expected to be the same for Apple Inc., the king of electronics and smartphones, which recently forfeited the crown as the world’s most valuable company. ExxonMobil has now taken over that spot as Apple has lost some $247 billion in shareholder wealth compared to its high, which pundits note exceeds the value of IBM, worth $232 billion. Last week, following its earnings announcement -- which disappointed investors despite being
Jan. 28, 2013
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More U.K. women injecting fat to change look
An increasing number of women in Britain are injecting fat into their bodies to change how they look, a British cosmetic surgeon group said.According to data published by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, the number of women who had undergone fat transfer procedures in the U.K. came to 2,641 in 2012, marking a 13 percent increase from the year before.BAAPS president Rajiv Grover said that people wanting to receive procedures have risen by double digits, despite the country’s
Jan. 28, 2013
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Cellphones teeming with germs
Cellphones are full of germs but users can damage phones‘ finishes with some commonly used cleaning products, U.S. researchers say.“Cellphones are 10 times as dirty as a toilet seat,” Chuck Gerba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, told ABC News.Cellphone users often carry their phones or smartphones all day -- from cars, public transit, offices, restaurants, stores, gyms, public bathrooms, home and often their beds.Most mobile phone manufacturers do not recommend using an
Jan. 28, 2013
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People worldwide living longer, but sicker
The majority of the people in the world live longer, but spend more years in poor health compared to 20 years ago, U.S. researchers say.Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, and colleagues found life expectancy increased in 19 of 21 regions around the world but people are spending their later years living in relatively poor health. Comparing healthy life expectancy for 187 countries in 1990 and 2010, the researchers were
Jan. 28, 2013
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Pantech unveils 5.9-inch full HD smartphone
South Korean handset maker Pantech Corp. on Monday unveiled its 5.9-inch full HD display “Vega No. 6” in a move to jump-start demand for smartphones with bigger and more vivid screens.The Vega No. 6 runs on the latest Android Jelly Bean platform and features a natural IPS Pro Full HD liquid-crystal display, which is the biggest full HD display packed on locally-released smartphones, according to Pantech.The company said the display enables a screen quality that is 2.3 times sharper than existing
Jan. 28, 2013
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People who never married may die earlier
Not having a permanent partner or spouse during midlife is linked to a higher risk of premature death during that part of one‘s life, U.S. researchers say.Dr. Ilene Siegler and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center analyzed data for 4,802 people who took part in the University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study -- an ongoing study of individuals born in the 1940s.The study authors were particularly interested in stability and change in patterns of marital and non-marital status during m
Jan. 28, 2013
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Seoul begins preparations for launch of Naro space rocket
South Korea began preparations Monday for what will be the third launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) by moving the space rocket to its launch pad.The KSLV-1, also known as Naro, is set to blast off Wednesday from the country's Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, located 480 kilometers south of Seoul.The transfer of the space rocket from its storage facility to the launch pad began earlier in the day, and Naro is expected to be in place around 5 p.m., according to
Jan. 28, 2013
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Samsung becomes top global mobile phone seller in 2012
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. sold more than 400 million mobile phones last year, outstripping Nokia Corp. as the world's leading handset vendor, an industry report showed Sunday. According to the latest report by International Data Corp., Samsung's shipments of smartphones and other handsets jumped 22.7 percent on-year to 407 million in 2012, taking up 23.7 percent of the global cellphone market. In comparison, last year's top global vendor Nokia saw its sales tumble 19.5
Jan. 27, 2013
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Study: Good grammar makes bad passwords
Good grammar may be important, but when used to concoct a long computer password, grammar -- good or bad -- undercuts its security, U.S. researchers say.Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University said a password-cracking algorithm they developed that took into account grammar was tested against 1,434 passwords containing 16 or more characters.The grammar-aware cracker surpassed other state-of-the-art password crackers when passwords had grammatical structures, a university release reporte
Jan. 25, 2013
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S. Korea's fertility rate edges up in 2012
South Korea's fertility rate is expected to have risen slightly last year but is still far from a safe level, a government commission said Friday.According to the presidential commission on birth rate and aging society, the country's fertility rate is believed to have risen to 1.3 children per woman in 2012.The fertility rate is the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime. The rate needs to be at over 2.01 for the population to grow, but South Korea's fertility rate has re
Jan. 25, 2013