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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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US 'incredibly concerned' about suspected NK-Iran military ties
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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[Kim Seong-kon] Democracy and the future of South Korea
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Seoul says Fu Bao loan 'not going to happen'
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Global carmakers flock to CES 2013
It’s that time of the year when the world’s top television and home appliance makers come together in Las Vegas to show off their new lineups at the Consumer Electronics Show.However, what is different for 2013 is that the carmakers are betting big on the show, much bigger than the previous shows, with a record number of seven of the top 10 carmakers choosing to showcase their latest technologies at the international annual consumer electronics’ trade show.Global big names in the auto industry s
Jan. 2, 2013
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How to escape from the grip of an approaching attacker
1. A bulky adult is approaching with arms wide open to grab a child in picture 1. We already know that children are inferior to full grown adults in terms of strength, height, weight and more. Therefore, there is no good way when it comes to a child confronting an adult. When an opponent is approaching with arms wide open in an attempt to grab you, you should crouch as low as possible to make it difficult for the adult to grab you. This is to turn the opponent’s advantage in height to your advan
Jan. 2, 2013
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Nam takes helm of KT Capital
Nam Byung-ho, former general director of KT’s synergy development unit, took office as the head of KT Capital Co. on Wednesday.An affiliate capital firm of KT Group, KT Capital said that Nam was selected in recognition of his rich experience as a finance specialist. A Seoul National University graduate, Nam has served in the public sector since 1994, and built his career in major finance-related government agencies, including the Fair Trade Commission, the Financial Supervisory Service and the F
Jan. 2, 2013
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Antidepressants don't raise pregnancy risks: study
The use of antidepressants during pregnancy is not linked to a higher overall risk of stillbirth and death in newborns, a study said Tuesday, confounding a long-held opposing view of such drugs.The Swedish study of more than 1.6 million births in five Nordic countries included nearly 30,000 women who had filled in a prescription for an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) during pregnancy.The researchers found that the 1.79 percent of mothers exposed to an SSRI had higher rates of still
Jan. 2, 2013
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Apple Japan exec to lead Apple Korea: source
Apple’s California headquarters is unlikely to pick a new general manager for Apple Korea for the time being amid reports that Apple Japan’s operating executive will be leading Korean operations.Industry sources said that Colin Greene, senior director of operations of Apple Japan, will be overseeing Apple Korea, and that this proxy system may continue indefinitely. Greene reports to the Cupertino headquarters of Apple, as is the case for most operation executives at regional offices. Apple Korea
Jan. 2, 2013
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LG rolls out 55-inch OLED TV on home turf
South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has started receiving orders for its 55-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs in South Korea.Consumers can apply for pre-orders of the 11 million won ($10,319) TV at 1,400 retail outlets across the country, with delivery set to start in early February, the company said in a press release.LG plans to expand sales to major markets in Asia, Europe and the U.S. in the first quarter, an LG spokesman said, without further e
Jan. 2, 2013
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Tech firms battle for OS supremacy
Global tech titans are expected to stage a fierce competition for the dominant operating system for smart devices this year, as Samsung and Microsoft seek to reenter the market with “Tizen” and “Windows 8,” respectively, and Apple and Google are expected to bring forward the launch dates for new products. The world’s bestselling smartphone maker Samsung will launch smartphones with the new operating system “Tizen” in January in Japan, a local report said, citing Samsung officials. OS giant Intel
Jan. 1, 2013
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Most sleep on their sides, forget dreams
Most U.S. adults sleep on their sides, forget their dreams in the morning and often sleep with someone who snores, a survey of 3,700 indicates. A survey for home furnishings retailer Anna's Linens to coincide with National Sleep Foundation found 74 percent of U.S. adults said they wear pajamas to bed, 8 percent said they slept naked, 74 percent said they failed to recall their dreams in the morning, 74 said they sleep on their sides and 47 percent said they shared a bed with someone who snored.
Jan. 1, 2013
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Comet heads our way for celestial show
A newly discovered comet could be the celestial spectacle of a century and light up the skies as bright as a full moon in 2013, its Russian discoverers say.Amateur Russian skywatchers Artyom Novichonok and Vitali Nevski observed the object dubbed Comet ISON in September, Discovery.com reported."The object was slow and had a unique movement," Novichonok wrote on a comet-hunting blog."But we could not be certain that it was a comet, because the scale of our images are quite small and the object wa
Jan. 1, 2013
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Yahoo exits S. Korea, halts service
U.S. Internet company Yahoo Inc. on Monday halted its South Korean service, pulling out of one of the world's most wired countries after 15 years.Yahoo will halt all products, services and content of Yahoo Korea starting Dec. 31 in addition to ending customer support in Korea on the same day, the company wrote on its Korean Web site.In October, Yahoo announced a plan to pull out of South Korea as chief executive officer Marissa Mayer focuses more on stronger markets."The decision is part of Yaho
Dec. 31, 2012
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Apple will drop Galaxy S3 mini from Samsung patent suit
Apple Inc. agreed to drop Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S III mini from a patent-infringement lawsuit against the South Korea-based company, according to court records.Apple said it agreed to withdraw the smartphone from its case because Samsung assured the court the phone won’t be sold in the U.S., according to a filing Friday in federal court in San Jose, California. The filing, which follows an August verdict in the same court in Apple’s favor on other infringement claims, comes in a secon
Dec. 30, 2012
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ArcheAge aims at a successful kickoff on Jan. 2
A new massively multiplayer online role-playing game “ArcheAge” is drawing attention from Korean gamers, with its debut slated for Wednesday. XLGames, the game’s developer, has provided an advance registration service on Dec. 19 in which gamers can create in-game characters before the official release. As of Friday, more than 200,000 users already have registered on the 15 separate game servers, proving Korean gamers’ enthusiasm for the title. XLGames CEO Song Jae-kyung, who previously achiev
Dec. 30, 2012
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Cough syrup deaths in Pakistan rise to 36
A batch of toxic cough syrup has killed as many as 36 people in Pakistan, officials said.The deaths have come over the past four days, mostly in Gujranwala where 25 people who used the cough syrup have died, News Pakistan reported Saturday.Among those who died was Chaudhry Irfan, a former councilor for Nadi Pur Town.About a dozen medical stores have been shut down by authorities and 8,000 bottles of tainted cough syrup have been seized, said health adviser Khwaja Suleman Rafiq, who visited Gujra
Dec. 30, 2012
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Winter spa: Restore mind and body for the New Year
Everyone wants to face the New Year fresh of mind and body, but all the shopping and partying around Christmas and the year’s end may have you feeling fatigued. For these tired souls, spa treatments offer a quick, easy solution. Indeed, there are body and facial treatments for virtually all types of conditions ― or complaints. Spa facilities in Seoul provide various programs to help one regain the daily rhythm or relieve muscles stiff from hunching in the cold. A spa treatment also can simply be
Dec. 28, 2012
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Asparagus may help with a hangover
U.S. food experts remind New Year‘s revelers that researchers found eating asparagus may help guard against a hangover. The Institute of Food Technologists said it published a study in 2009 by researchers at the Institute of Medical Science and Jeju National University in South Korea found the amino acids and minerals found in asparagus extract may alleviate alcohol hangover and protect liver cells against toxins.Lead researcher B.Y. Kim said chronic alcohol use caused oxidative stress on the li
Dec. 28, 2012
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Ancient 'Megapiranha' had strongest bite
An ancient "Megapiranha" weighing around 20 pounds delivered a bite with a force more fierce than even the toothy Tyrannosaurus rex, a U.S. researcher says.Based on bite strength versus body size as found in modern piranhas, the Megapiranha of 10 million years ago could have had a bite force from 280 to 1,070 pounds -- 30 times its body weight -- and possibly more, University of Washington biology doctoral student Stephanie Crofts said."If our calculations are correct, Megapiranha was probably a
Dec. 28, 2012
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Holding back emotions may reduce lifespan
German researchers say exercising self-restraint and holding back negative emotions -- what Britons call keeping a "stiff upper lip" -- may reduce lifespan.Researchers Marcus Mund and Kristin Mitte at the University of Jena in Germany said the findings might explain why the generally more emotional Italians and Spanish live almost two years longer than the cool English who "keep calm and carry on," MedicalDaily.com reported.After analyzing more than 6,000 patients, Mund and Mitte found people wh
Dec. 28, 2012
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Better language skills may reduce anger
Toddlers who have developed language skills are better able to manage frustration and less likely to express anger as they get older, U.S. researchers say.Principal investigator Pamela M. Cole of Pennsylvania State University and colleagues tracked 120 predominantly white children from families above poverty but below middle income from the time they were 18 months to 48 months.Through home and laboratory visits, they measured children‘s language and ability to cope with tasks that might elicit
Dec. 28, 2012
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African-designed smartphone, tablet seen
An entrepreneur in the Republic of the Congo is launching what he says is the first African-designed smartphone and tablet.Verone Mankou said his company‘s VMK devices will run the Android operating system and will cost $170 for the smartphone and $300 for the tablet computer, the BBC reported Thursday.“Only Africans can know what Africa needs,” Mankou said at a technical conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.“Apple is huge in the United States, Samsung is huge in Asia and we want VMK to be
Dec. 28, 2012
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Cancer patients reach 1 million, survival rate improves
The number of cancer patients in Korea reached 1 million last year while their survival rates rose from a decade ago, a report showed on Thursday.According to a joint survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Cancer Center, Korea had a total of 960,654 patients and survivors ― diagnosed with cancer between 1999 and 2010 ― last year.About 200,000 new cancer cases were found in 2010 alone, up 4 percent from a year earlier, the report add.The statistics showed that both five-yea
Dec. 27, 2012