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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Google's Android is eating Apple's lunch
Smartphones and tablets powered by Google's Android software are devouring the mobile gadget market, eating into Apple's turf by feeding appetites for innovation and low prices, analysts say. The Android operating system powered nearly three out of four smartphones shipped worldwide in the recently ended quarter as the mobile platform dominated the market, according to industry trackers at IDC. "Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launche
Nov. 18, 2012
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Mars radiation levels not lethal to humans
The Mars rover Curiosity found radiation levels on Mars are not lethal to humans, U.S. researchers say."Absolutely, astronauts can live in this environment," said Don Hassler, principal investigator for the rover's Radiation Assessment Detector, at a news conference Thursday.Hassler said characterizing the radiation on the surface of another planet has never been done before now, CNN reported.Researchers plan to collect radiation numbers over time to create a better assessment of exactly how muc
Nov. 18, 2012
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Toddler can’t stop laughing due to rare syndrome
A British boy has a bright smile on his face every day, but not by his will. The two-year-old Elliot Eland was born with Angelman’s syndrome -- a neuro-genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental disability -– that makes him laugh.“When we feel down, Elliot’s laughter keeps us all going; you just have to look at him and his happiness takes over,” Elliot’s mother Gale said in an interview with British media. “The only problem is if Elliot and his big brother, Alex, are playin
Nov. 16, 2012
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Astronomers see distant ‘born-again’ star
Astronomers say evidence of a dying sun-like star coming briefly back to life after throwing off its gassy shells shows the possible fate our own solar system.The “born-again” star, Abell 30, was captured in a composite of visible images from NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope and X-ray data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and NASA‘s Chandra space telescopes, a release from the Paris headquarters of the ESA said Thursday.Astronomers know stars like our sun swell into red giants toward the
Nov. 16, 2012
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Hypertension and winter
Blood pressure tends to drop during the summer and increase again in October when the weather gets colder. When the atmospheric temperature decreases, we produce less sweat and our peripheral vessels constrict, increasing the resistance to blood flow. During the winter, the systolic blood pressure increases by 7mmHg and the diastolic blood pressure increases by 3mmHg on average. This change in blood pressure with different atmospheric temperature is more significant in people with hypertension t
Nov. 15, 2012
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Health expert suggests ‘license to smoke’
Health officials all around the world have introduced a variety of policies to reduce smoking rates: warning labels and graphic, almost grotesque images on cigarette packs, campaigns, and many countries including South Korea have banned or are pushing to ban smoking in public places.One researcher from Australia, however, has gone so far as to say people should carry a license if they want to buy cigarettes.Simon Chapman, a professor of public health at the University of Sydney, said it is possi
Nov. 15, 2012
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Countries ranked for cigarette warnings
An international report released by the Canadian Cancer Society ranked Australia for best cigarette package health warnings, officials say.The report ranked 198 countries and jurisdictions on the size of their health warnings on cigarette packages. Australia led all the countries with more than 82 percent of their cigarette packages covered with health warnings, followed by: 80 percent in Uruguay, 80 percent in Sri Lanka, 75 percent in Canada and 75 percent in Brunei. The report was released at
Nov. 15, 2012
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New, stronger cyberthreats seen for 2013
Georgia Tech researchers, in a cyberthreat forecast for 2013, warn new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data will be seen.The report was released at the annual Georgia Tech Institute of Technology Cyber Security Summit, a gathering of industry and academic leaders in the field of cybersecurity.Specific threats predicted for the coming year include cloud-based botnets of virtual attack systems, manipulation of search-engine algorithms and other automated mechanisms
Nov. 15, 2012
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‘Homeless’ planet without a star found
MONTREAL (UPI) -- A “homeless” planet that is not orbiting a star and thus is free of any gravitation link has been discovered, Canadian and European astronomers are reporting.University of Montreal researchers and European colleagues said it is the first isolated planet of its kind ever to be observed.“Although theorists had established the existence of this type of very cold and young planet, one had never been observed until today,” astrophysicist Etienne Artigau said in a University of Montr
Nov. 15, 2012
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Korea eyes Mideast, E. Europe for hallyu sales
The Middle East and Eastern Europe are the next strategic long-term markets for Korean cultural content, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday. Through its sub-organization Korea Internet Security Agency, the KCC spends about 800 million won ($730,000) every year to showcase Korean TV content, which has been one most popular types of Korean cultural product overseas. Sponsored by the KCC, a group of KISA officials held four one-day showcases each in Turkey, Bulgaria and Jordan betwe
Nov. 14, 2012
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‘Starcraft II’ expansion ‘Heart of the Swarm,’ to be released next year
“Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm,” the first expansion pack of “Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty,” will be released in March next year, game developer and publisher Blizzard Entertainment said Tuesday. “Heart of the Swarm” features new units, including Terran Hellbats, Zerg Swarm Hosts and Protoss Tempests, along with new maps. The expansion set has about 20 campaign missions, and provides an enhanced battle net service, Blizzard said at a “Starcraft” community party held in Seoul.“With ‘Heart of
Nov. 14, 2012
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Google says more countries asking for Web content removal
Google Inc. said government requests to remove content from its search results and other services rose 71 percent in the first half of the year, according to a new report.The owner of the world’s largest search engine said there were 1,791 requests in the six months through June, up from 1,048 during the last six months of 2011, according to its Transparency Report. Turkey’s government made 501 requests to remove content, up from 45 in the previous period, while the U.S. followed with 273, up fr
Nov. 14, 2012
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New generation arrives for mobile messengers
The soaring popularity of mobile messengers is nothing new in Korea, but the competition is expected to get fiercer among the top industrial players like Kakao Talk and NHN’s Line. In total subscribers, NHN, operator of No. 1 online portal Naver, has secured about 74 million users as of Tuesday with its mobile messenger Line, closely followed by Kakao Talk which has a user base of 66 million as of early this month.Line, which opened service in June last year, is a mobile messenger that has gaine
Nov. 14, 2012
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Spanking linked to higher cancer risk
Children physically abused -- including spanking -- may be at greater risk of cancer, heart disease or asthma, British researchers suggest. Study leader Michael Hyland of Plymouth University‘s School of Psychology said stress caused by spanking or shouting at a child might lead to biological changes that predispose them to disease, The Daily Telegraph reported. The research team asked 250 healthy adults in Saudi Arabia about their childhood and compared the answers to their health as adults. The
Nov. 14, 2012
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Men and women select different ideal heights
The first research on men and women’s different natural selection was done in Sweden. Short women and men of average height are more successful at reproduction, according to the study.Gert Stulp, with colleagues from Groningen, Amsterdam and Cambridge University, studied the number of children born to brothers and sisters in a large-scale American database containing data on thousands of residents of Wisconsin born in 1937 or 1938. “It turned out that by taking the height of just one person, we
Nov. 14, 2012
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'Love hormone' keeps men in relationship away from other women: study
A new study suggests that men are prompted by a hormone which keeps them distant from other attractive women.Rene Hurlemann, a researcher at the University of Bonn in Germany, said in a statement that “oxytocin,” a hormone which is known to contribute to pair-bonding, encourages men to expand their personal emotional barrier when attractive women are around.Hurlemann added that the barrier is activated only when those men are in relationships. Single men do not show such response even when they
Nov. 14, 2012
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Artificial lens mimics the human eye
U.S. researchers say they've created an artificial lens that could lead to implantable lenses to replace damaged or diseased human eye lenses.Nearly identical to the natural lens of the human eye, the technology behind the artificial lens is called "GRIN" or gradient refractive index optics.The lens is made up of thousands of nanoscale polymer layers that bend, or refract, light by varying degrees as it passes through it."The human eye is a GRIN lens," Michael Ponting, a polymer scientist at Cas
Nov. 14, 2012
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Sky-gazers in awe of total eclipse
Sky-gazers in northern Australia donned protective glasses as the clouds parted Wednesday to allow them to witness one of nature‘s greatest phenomena -- a total eclipse of the sun.All eyes and cameras turned to the heavens over tropical north Queensland as the moon began moving between the Earth and the sun, like a small bite which gradually increases in size.Cloud cover threatened to spoil the party and huge cheers erupted when they parted to give tens of thousands of eclipse hunters a perfect
Nov. 14, 2012
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U.S. scientist claims humans’ intelligence declining
Human intelligence has been on the downtrend for thousands of years because of an accumulated genetic mutation harmful to “intelligence” genes, a U.S. geneticist has claimed.According to a study by Professor Gerald Crabtree, head of a genetics laboratory at Stanford University, intellectual powers of humankind peaked in times of hunter-gatherers, and started deteriorating since the introduction of agriculture.Crabtree argues that since the pressure of survival has lessened, natural selection on
Nov. 14, 2012
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Korea's launch of space rocket to be further delayed: officials
South Korea's planned launch of a space rocket will likely be further delayed, government officials said Wednesday, as the Russian replacement for a defective part in the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is not expected to arrive here until the end of the week.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and its Launch Preparation Committee earlier said the launch of the KSLV-1 would take place before Nov. 24.The replacement of the defective part, however, will likely arrive here on Sa
Nov. 14, 2012