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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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[KH Explains] Hyundai's full hybrid edge to pay off amid slow transition to pure EVs
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NASA rover doesn’t detect methane on Mars
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Scientists say initial sampling of Mars‘ atmosphere by the NASA rover Curiosity did not definitively detect methane, a gas that can be a clue to determining if the red planet ever was hospitable to microbial life.Test results released Friday in a teleconference from Jet Propulsion Laboratory are not conclusive but are in line with past studies that found no regular methane on Mars.The results do stand in contrast to other research such as observations by Earth-based telescope
Nov. 4, 2012
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Android flaw can permit text phishing
Researchers at North Carolina State University say a vulnerability discovered in Android could lead to text message phishing for personal information.The vulnerability affects devices running Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean versions of the Android operating system, Slash Gear reported.The vulnerability would allow a downloaded app infected with malware to make it appear the phone receive texts messages from someone on the phone user's contact list.Such fake messages can be used t
Nov. 3, 2012
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Samsung may delay completion of chip-making factory
Samsung Electronics Co. said it is considering delaying the completion of a factory to produce system semiconductors due to macroeconomic headwinds.Samsung Electronics said that it is considering pushing back the completion of a 2.25 trillion won (US$2.06 billion) factory due to the global economic slowdown and market conditions. The factory, located in Hwaseong, 60 kilometers south of Seoul, is under construction.The world's top maker of computer memory chips originally planned to finish the co
Nov. 3, 2012
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LG Innotek, Osram settle patent lawsuit
LG Innotek said Friday that it has reached an agreement with LG Group and Osram, a light-manufacturing unit of Siemens AG, over a patent dispute. The three have been engaged in a legal fight. Osram accused LG and Samsung of infringing on patent rights for LED technology in June last year. LG Innotek said the company and Osram have dropped patent lawsuits in five countries including Korea, U.S., Germany, Japan and China. LG Innotek added that LG Group, LG Innotek and Osram signed a cross-license
Nov. 2, 2012
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British judges order Apple to rewrite Samsung statement
LONDON (AFP) ― U.S. tech giant Apple has until Saturday to re-write an “inaccurate” statement relating to its patent dispute with South Korean rival Samsung, British judges have ruled.A British court forced Apple on Oct. 18 to post a message on the company’s website stating that Samsung’s Galaxy tablet computers had not infringed the design of Apple’s iPad.But Samsung complained that the message did not comply with the court order because it included comments on other rulings in Germany and the
Nov. 2, 2012
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Korean phones, cars thrive in U.S.
Korea’s handset and car makers are standing out in the U.S. market, as they posted an impressive increase in sales in the third quarter despite global economic slowdown. Korean handset makers took over the majority of the U.S. market share in long term evolution smartphone sales, Strategy Analytics said Friday.Korean smartphone manufacturers ― Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Pantech ― altogether sold about 5.7 million units out of 10.6 million LTE smartphones sold in U.S. in the third qu
Nov. 2, 2012
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Scientists claim people’s bodies can ‘predict’ future events
People’s bodies are able to subconsciously anticipate important events before it actually occurs, American neuroscientists claimed.So-called presentiment -- when people are able to sense things before they happen without any clues -- actually exist, according to a study led by Northwestern University neuroscientist Julia Mossbridge. It remains unclear however, just how such anticipatory activity occurs, she added.Mossbridge’s study was based on hypothesis that physical responses changed seconds
Nov. 2, 2012
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Math anxiety hits brain like physical pain
Anxiety about mathematics can create a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain, researchers at the University of Chicago say.Brain scans showed brain areas active when highly math-anxious people prepare to do math overlap with the same areas that register the threat of bodily harm or, in some cases, physical pain, they said.“For someone who has math anxiety, the anticipation of doing math prompts a similar brain reaction as when they experience pain -- say, burni
Nov. 2, 2012
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Yongin zoo elephant mimics Korean: study
Children talk to animals at the zoo all the time, but one gregarious Asian elephant talks back.Koshik, a 22-year-old male elephant, can imitate at least five Korean words and does so in a very creative way: by sticking his trunk inside his mouth. “Koshik is capable of matching both pitch and timbre patterns (in human speech),” said Angela Stoeger of Austria’s University of Vienna, who led the study on the “talking elephant.” The study was published Friday in the online edition of science journal
Nov. 2, 2012
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Stalled nuclear reactor receives green light to resume operation
A nuclear reactor, which came to a halt due to a malfunction in its turbine control system earlier this week, will resume its operation, officials said Thursday.The Reactor-2 at Uljin Nuclear Power Plant in the southeastern region of the country automatically shut down on Sunday after a problem was detected in a system designed to supply steam into turbines. No radioactive leak was reported.The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), the operator of the nuclear power plant, said that it receiv
Nov. 2, 2012
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Foreign-invested carmakers struggle in Korean market
Sandwiched between market leader Hyundai-Kia and fast-rising major import brands, the nation’s three foreign-invested carmakers ― Ssangyong, GM Korea and Renault Samsung ― are suffering a continued slump in sales.As uncertainties grow over the fate of the three local carmakers, they seem to be mapping out contingency plans such as downsizing their Korean business.The trio lags far behind Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors in terms of domestic market share. Currently, Hyundai-Kia maintains nearly 81 pe
Nov. 1, 2012
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Scientists look at climate change, superstorm
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York.Just eight months earlier, the Princeton University professor reported that what used to be once-in-a-century devastating floods in New York City would soon happen every three to 20 years. He blamed global warming for pushing up sea levels and changing hurricane patterns.New York “is now highly vulnerable to extreme hurricane-surge fl
Nov. 1, 2012
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When Hakomi meets oriental medicine
Korean oriental medicine doctors are embracing “Hakomi,” a body-centered, somatic psychotherapy developed in the United States, to treat mental illnesses.Professor Kang Hyung-won of Wonkang University Oriental Medical Center has been leading a group of doctors to develop Hakomi-based programs to treat mental and emotional disorders from depression to “hwabyeong,” a repressed anger syndrome.The word originates from the Hopi Indian language, meaning “How do you stand in relation to these many real
Nov. 1, 2012
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Jeju health care town takes shape with Greenland
SEOGWIPO, Jeju ― An hour’s drive south from the island’s main airport, there is an expanse of flat land with nothing but pebbles and sand.To its north stands Hallasan, Korea’s tallest mountain, while the ocean can be seen just a few feet to the south.The site seems perfect to build a town for tourists seeking medical treatment while on holiday, especially after one has seen the area’s sunsets.This is where Jeju Free International City Development Center, or JDC, plans to develop a 1.5 square-kil
Nov. 1, 2012
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Hypertension and kidney disease
Several organs in our body affect the blood pressure. Among these organs, the kidneys are said to be the most important in blood pressure. People with poor kidney function can have hypertension, and conversely, untreated chronic hypertension can lead to poor kidney function. Therefore, the kidneys and blood pressure are like a needle and a thread. Those with poor kidney function must regulate their blood pressure carefully. This is because hypertension can lead to further decline in kidney funct
Nov. 1, 2012
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New tree-dwelling tarantulas described
Nine new species of tree-dwelling tarantulas have been identified in central and eastern Brazil, researchers say, bringing the total in the area to 16 species.Arboreal tarantulas -- known from a few tropical places in Asia, Africa, South and Central America, and the Caribbean -- generally have a lighter build, thinner bodies and longer legs than their ground-living cousins, which better suits them for their forest tree habitats, they said.The new species have been reported in the journal Zookeys
Nov. 1, 2012
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Parental stress linked to child obesity
Stressed-out parents are more likely to have obese children, U.S. researchers suggest. "Stress in parents may be an important risk factor for child obesity and related behaviors," Dr. Elizabeth Prout-Parks, a nutrition specialist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who was the study leader, said in a statement. "The severity and number of stressors are important."Among the parental stressors associated with childhood obesity were poor physical and mental health, financial strain and leadi
Nov. 1, 2012
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Microsoft unveils Windows 8, PC makers roll out smart PCs
As Microsoft globally launched its latest Windows 8 operating system in New York last Friday, a number of computer makers rushed to ride the wave of its publicity.Windows 8 was available nationwide on Oct. 26, the same day of its global premiere, and about 70 new PCs running on the new OS were displayed at over 3,000 online and offline stores, according to Microsoft officials. PC makers like Samsung Electronics, Lenovo, Sony and Toshiba took turns in unveiling new portable PCs featuring converti
Oct. 31, 2012
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‘Time to seed’ for service robot boom
Considering the rapid shift in trends in information technology businesses, the demand for service robots will start to boom in 2020, according to a French service robotics industry expert.Bruno Bonnell, chairman of Europe’s largest service robotics company Robopolis, said the industrial trend changes every 10 years. We’re now living in the time of smartphones ― but that will change by 2020.“In 1981, computers were fun but they were machines for geeks. People said the devices were not so excitin
Oct. 31, 2012
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Peers are influential online as in person
Peers are influential when it comes to alcohol and drug use, and they are just as influential online as they are in person, U.S. researchers suggest. Sarah Stoddard and colleagues at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor conducted an online survey of 3,447 of U.S. adults ages 18-24. The survey found those who thought their parents and peers would be upset if they viewed images of their drinking and drug use online were less likely to drink. In addition, young adults who
Oct. 31, 2012