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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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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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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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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Telepresence robots allow employees to ‘beam’ into work
PALO ALTO, California (AP) ― Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley.But Goecker isn’t in California. He’s more than 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) away, working at home in Seymour, Indiana.It’s all made possible by the Beam ― a mobile video-conferencing machine that he can drive around his company’s offices and workshops in Palo Alto. The five-foot (1.5-meter)-tall device, topped wit
Dec. 26, 2012
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Suspension and fines blow to telecoms
It was no surprise that the state telecom watchdog on Monday handed business suspension penalties to the country’s three mobile carriers following their release of massive subsidies for smartphone purchases.The move had been widely expected as the subsidy war escalated in the latter half of this year, which left many early LTE handset buyers, who paid full price, complaining about the price fluctuations.The shipping prices of many LTE smartphones, which run on the fourth-generation communication
Dec. 26, 2012
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Apps that help you stick to new year’s resolutions
A wide range of smartphone applications can help make new year’s resolutions last longer, especially for popular health-related goals.For those who have decided to exercise more or lose weight in 2013, there are applications such as “RunKeeper” or “DietBet.” “RunKeeper” measures the running distance through GPS. It tracks not only the distance but also the speed and calculates the calories burned. “DietBet” offers a motivational tool with a four-week course designed to help users lose 4 percen
Dec. 26, 2012
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Too much eating like jet lag to body clock
Excessive eating and drinking disrupts the body‘s clock similar to jet lag, U.S. researchers say.Dr. Louis Ptacek of the University of California, San Francisco, who is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, said the protein PKC is critical in resetting the food clock if eating habits change.The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed normal laboratory mice given food only during their regular sleeping hours would adjust their food clock o
Dec. 26, 2012
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Rumors tip lighter, thinner Apple iPad
Apple is developing a thinner, lighter fifth-generation iPad sharing some design points with the recently released iPad Mini, a Japanese tech blog is reporting.The Macotakara site also said Apple‘s next iPad Mini would feature the high-resolution Retina display many had expected on the first version, CNET reported Monday.The rumored next full-size iPad is another case of the accelerated product life cycle Apple seems to be favoring; the fourth-generation model was released last month, just eight
Dec. 25, 2012
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Study: Hawaiian island slowly dissolving
The mountains on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands are dissolving from within under the slow but inexorable onslaught of groundwater, researchers say.Sometime in the distant future the mountainous tropical island will be reduced to a flat, low-lying island similar to Midway, scientists at Brigham Young University reported Friday.While external erosion is the primary force that wears down mountains, that's not the case on Oahu, they said."We tried to figure out how fast the island is going away and wh
Dec. 24, 2012
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Chinese manufacturers sell Apple knockoff cables at bargain price
Chinese companies are competitively releasing cheap replicas of the Lightning Cable, which is exclusively designed for Apple’s new devices including the iPhone 5 and iPad mini.The Korea Herald confirmed on Monday that multiple Chinese online shopping malls are offering duplicated 8-pin Lightning Cables for about only $2 each, compared to Apple’s original Lightning Cables at $19 per unit.The discount is steeper if the cables are bought by wholesale outlets. Through Alibaba, one of the biggest onl
Dec. 24, 2012
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Expanding waistlines may be due to alcohol
Those who can‘t lose weight despite exercising and cutting back on high-calorie food may be drinking too many calories from beverages, a U.S. dietitian says.Kari Kooi, a registered dietitian at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, said the empty calories from alcohol can add up fast, and alcohol lowers inhibitions, meaning resistance to high-calorie foods becomes futile.“Reduce or cut out alcohol consumption,” Kooi said in a statement. “Increased alcohol consumption will lead to unwanted pounds an
Dec. 24, 2012
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Revealed: The mystery of Rudolph‘s nose
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer‘s snout has been immortalised in movies, books and song. But until now, no-one has offered a scientific explanation for the glow that allows the world’s most famous antlered herbivore to guide Santa‘s sleigh through the night before Christmas.In a study released Monday, researchers in the Netherlands and Norway used a hand-held microscope to examine the nasal lining of five healthy humans, two reindeer and a sixth person with a non-cancerous nasal growth.Reindeer n
Dec. 24, 2012
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Kakao Talk use triples in 5 months
Kakao, the developer of mobile messenger app “Kakao Talk,” said Sunday that its now 70 million users spend almost triple the time using the app on average as they did five months ago. The average weekly use of Kakao Talk reached 302 minutes, nearly triple the 107 minutes of the first week of July. In other words, Kakao Talk users run the app for about 43 minutes every day on average. The phenomenon indicates that existing Kakao Talk users rely heavily on the app to send mobile messages, Kakao sa
Dec. 23, 2012
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Ecuador volcano blasts more hot rock from crater
The Tungurahua volcano in central Ecuador keeps spewing gas, ash and red-hot rock, forcing hundreds to evacuate from their homes.The country’s Geophysical Institute says incandescent rock shot from the crater of the 5,023-meter high mountain fell about half (a kilometer) down its flanks. Explosions early Wednesday rattled windows 14 kilometers away, while rain-borne ash has been falling to the southwest of the crater.Regional emergency director Lourdes Mayorga says that about 100 families are st
Dec. 23, 2012
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Scientists draw diabetes-depression link
Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes often gradually show symptoms of depression as their illness progresses.The link between diabetes and depression had long been suggested, but not proven, by scientists as far back as the 1680s when renowned English doctor Thomas Willis first stated the hypothesis.A team of Korean and American scientists, led by Dr. Lyoo In-kyoon of Ewha Brain Institute and Division of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ewha Womans University, corroborated this thr
Dec. 23, 2012
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Global sales of LTE smartphones expected to triple next year: report
Global sales of long-term evolution (LTE) smartphones will likely triple next year, driven by South Korea‘s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. and its U.S. rival Apple Inc., a report showed Sunday.The report by research firm Strategy Analytics (SA) predicted that about 275 million units of LTE smartphones will be sold worldwide next year, which will be three times larger than this year’s annual sales estimate of 90.9 million units.The report expected that the U.S., Britain, Japan, China and Sout
Dec. 23, 2012
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EU: Samsung may have violated antitrust rules
The European Union’s executive arm, the Commission, has informed Samsung of its preliminary view that the company’s seeking of injunctions against Apple for allegedly infringing “standard-essential” patents in the EU amounts to an abuse of a dominant position.According to industry agreements, companies owning the rights to essential phone technology must usually license it to competitors on what are called fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms.Joaquin Almunia, the EU’s competition commiss
Dec. 22, 2012
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Apple ‘pinch-to-zoom’ patent deemed invalid
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― A filing Wednesday in a high-stakes legal battle between Samsung and Apple revealed that a “pinch-to-zoom” patent central to the case has been deemed invalid.The patent was a centerpiece of a trial that ended in August with a jury ordering Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for illegally copying iPhone and iPad features for its flagship Galaxy S smartphones.Samsung provided U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh a copy of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office preliminary dete
Dec. 20, 2012
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Don’t smoke if you’re on oral contraceptives
Oral contraceptives have proven to be among the most effective ways to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Yet, they must be taken accurately and safely to prevent any unwanted side-effects, doctors advise. “Birth control pills come in many different brands, which have different side effects. It is important that one chooses the right one that fits their physical traits,” says the Korea Food & Drug Administration.Basically, oral contraceptive pills can be divided into two different types ― birth control
Dec. 20, 2012
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Diarrhea in children
Children have diarrhea in order to protect the body and this is a natural systemic reaction. It is the reaction of the intestine to rid itself of the substances or microorganisms that enter and infect it. However, when diarrhea is severe, electrolytes and water, which are the main composites of the body, can escape as well and cause dehydration. Therefore, it is important to ensure that children are not dehydrated when they have diarrhea. Infants need to continue having breast milk even if they
Dec. 20, 2012
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KT, NISA to aid building data center in Brunei
Mobile carrier KT said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with the National Information Society Agency to join a development consulting project to build a state-run National Data Center in Brunei.Through the project, Brunei will be able to establish an information center to hold and process industrial data. The total consulting expenses for building the NDC in the Southeast Asian state amount to about 2.8 billion won ($2.6 million), the mobile carrier said. KT added that the consulting pro
Dec. 20, 2012
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Neighbor star found to have five planets
Five planets are orbiting a sun-like star not far the Earth, one in the so-called "habitable zone" where liquid water can exist, British astronomers say.An analysis of existing planet-hunting data by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire with international colleagues uncovered the quintet of planets circling the star Tau Ceti, the BBC reported.The star is the second nearby one known to host planets, joining Alpha Centauri, our sun's closest neighbor.The five planets include worlds with
Dec. 20, 2012
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Volkswagen Korea aims to sell over 20,000 cars next year
Volkswagen Korea, the local importer of Germany’s Volkswagen Group, said Tuesday that it will seek to sell more than 20,000 vehicles in the South Korean market next year by strengthening its best-selling car lineup.“We set our 2013 sales target at 23,000 units with 35 percent growth from this year. Next year will be our second take-off for joining the 20,000 vehicle club,” said Volkswagen Korea in a statement.Volkswagen Korea sold 16,613 units through November this year, up nearly 42 percent on-
Dec. 19, 2012