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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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“GenieTalk” tops app chart to mixed reviews
As the automatic translation application “GenieTalk” has taken the No. 1 spot on AppStore’s free popular app chart just one day after launching, early adopters across the nation and overseas are busy posting reviews on social network services -- on both the good and the bad.“GenieTalk,” a free Korean-English translation app developed by the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institution w
Oct. 18, 2012
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Planet found at sun's closest neighbor
(ESO-UPI)European astronomers say they've discovered a planet about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system, the nearest star system to Earth.Alpha Centauri, only 4.3 light-years away, is actually a triple star -- a system consisting of two stars similar to the Sun orbiting close to each other, designated Alpha Centauri A and B, and a more distant and faint red component
Oct. 18, 2012
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‘Housework’ makes female dragons die young
(UPI)Female Komodo dragons live just half as long as males on average and it's all down to physically demanding "housework," Australian researchers say.Females tied to tasks of building huge nests and guarding eggs for up to six months live for around 32 years, as compared to 60 years as an average lifespan for a male dragon, they said.A research team that included scientists from the University o
Oct. 18, 2012
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Giant smashup created the Moon, say scientists
(NASA-UPI)A chemical quirk found in lunar soil backs a 37-year-old theory that the Moon was born from an apocalyptic collision between Earth and a huge space rock, scientists said on Wednesday.Way back in 1975, astronomers proposed at a conference that billions of years ago, our satellite was created through a smashup between the infant Earth and a Mars-sized body they named Theia, in Greek mythol
Oct. 18, 2012
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Tablet owners reading more publications
Nearly 2 in 5 U.S. tablet owners read newspapers and/or magazines on their device, with 1 in 10 reading publications almost daily, a survey found.The poll by comScore for the three-month period ending August 2012 found 37.1 percent of tablet owners read a newspaper on their device at least once during the month, with 11.5 percent of tablet owners reading newspapers almost every day.Kindle Fire users displayed the strongest activity in reading newspapers and magazines on their device, a comScore
Oct. 18, 2012
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Free Korean-English translation app introduced
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy unveiled Wednesday a smartphone application that automatically translates Korean and English to help ease the language barrier. “GenieTalk” offers translation services through both speech recognition and text. The application is designed to help out those who face difficulties communicating when visiting Korea and Koreans who travel abroad. The app contains 270,000 Korean and 65,000 English words.“GenieTalk senses Korean better and shows higher translation accur
Oct. 17, 2012
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Web portals roll out new services for election
Online portals and media are gearing up for the presidential election on Dec. 19.Firms such as SK Communications and Daum recently introduced their respective websites presenting news on the presidential candidates.The National Election Commission also approved the use of the Internet and social networking services for the candidates’ election campaigns. SK Communications, which runs the online portal Nate, said Tuesday that it launched a special webpage for the 18th presidential election focusi
Oct. 17, 2012
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Doosan Heavy bags deal to build wind farm
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., South Korea’s leading power equipment maker, said Wednesday it has clinched a deal to build a wind farm on an island off the west coast of the country.Under the deal with the Korea South-East Power Co., a unit of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp., Doosan Heavy will build the wind farm in a thermal power plant complex on Yeongheung Island. The wind farm, which will be able to generate up to 24 megawatts of electricity, will start commercial opera
Oct. 17, 2012
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Google rebuked by EU privacy watchdogs on data protection policy
Google Inc. was told by European Union regulators to bolster its privacy policy in a warning that may trigger a new round of clashes with data-protection watchdogs across the bloc. The company “empowers itself to collect vast amounts of personal data about Internet users” without demonstrating that this “collection was proportionate,” the privacy regulators said in a letter Monday to Chief Executive Officer Larry Page, obtained by Bloomberg News. “Google should modify its practices when combinin
Oct. 17, 2012
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LG Display rolls out new 84-inch displays for electronic boards
LG Display announced the launch of an 84-inch ultra definition liquid-crystal display panel to be used for next-generation electronic bulletin boards on Wednesday.Claiming to be the world’s first to introduce such displays, the new 8 million pixel LCD panel is 3.5 times brighter and 8 times more vivid than existing electronic boards that use projectors, its officials said.This indicates that electronic bulletin boards will be similar to a television, enabling users to even view 3-D videos. Peopl
Oct. 17, 2012
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Electronics firms go ‘mini’
Critics raise concerns over strategy of making devices in several sizesWith the rising trend of bigger is better, are wireless gadgets getting too big for the global consumer market?That is the question that comes to mind as major electronics makers push mini versions of their already-released wireless gadgets.Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy S3 mini at an event in Germany last week.The 4-inch Galaxy S3 mini is 0.8 of an inch smaller than the firm’s flagship smartphone Galaxy S3 but has t
Oct. 17, 2012
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Secrets of mysterious asteroids plumbed
(NASA)U.S. scientists say they have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans -- asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path as Jupiter.The asteroids are unusual in that they travel in packs, with one group leading the way along the orbit in front of the gas giant planet, with a second group trailing behind.Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has revealed
Oct. 17, 2012
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Health authorities confirm first West Nile virus infection
South Korean health authorities confirmed Wednesday the country's first West Nile virus case involving a patient who contracted the disease while traveling in Africa.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the patient, whose identity was withheld for privacy reasons, traveled to Guinea from January to June and returned to the country after developing symptoms of W
Oct. 17, 2012
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‘Predator X’ not as fearsome as thought
A monstrous prehistoric marine reptile that had been hailed as one of the biggest and most fearsome creatures ever is smaller than expected, Norwegian scientists said.Paleontologists Espen Knutsen, Patrick Druckenmiller and Jørn Hurum from the University of Olso discovered the remains of two big pliosaurs -- marine reptiles from the Jurassic and Cretaceous period with short-necks and large jaws -- between 2004 and 2012 on the Arctic island of Svalbard.The specimen, dubbed “Predator X” and “The M
Oct. 17, 2012
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Korean cigarettes said to contain addictive substances
Cigarettes produced by South Korean manufacturers may contain substances that make people become addicted to them more and faster, a report showed Wednesday, suggesting a possible change of tactics in future damage suits against tobacco companies.So far there have been three damage suits filed against South Korea’s tobacco manufacturers, but none were ruled in favor of the customers or plaintiffs.
Oct. 17, 2012
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Flip-flop of Earth‘s magnetic field probed
Some 41,000 years ago a complete reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field occurred and compass needles would have pointed south not north, German scientists say.Researchers at the Helmholtz Center Potsdam -- GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences report the most remarkable feature of the phenomenon was the speed of the reversal.“The field geometry of reversed polarity, with field lines pointing into the opposite direction when compared to today‘s configuration, lasted for only about 440 years
Oct. 17, 2012
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Scientists develop new stem cell tech
Korean scientists reported a breakthrough technology that can more efficiently and safely reprogram adult cells to an embryo-like state, where they can grow into organs. The two research teams led by professor Park Se-pill at Jeju National University Stem Cell Research Center and Mirae Biotech succeeded in generating induced pluripotent stem cells using non-viral vectors of nanoparticles and liposomal magnetofection. Non-viral vectors usually consist of DNA that can be delivered to a target cell
Oct. 16, 2012
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Mystery of giant eyeball solved
(UPI)A mystery giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach last week most likely came from a large swordfish, scientists say.Cut marks on the eyeball suggest it was cut out of the fish's head at sea by a fisherman who then tossed it overboard, NBC News reported Monday.There had been speculation the eye might have come from a giant squid or even a whale, but officials at the Florida Fish and Wi
Oct. 16, 2012
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LG Uplus, Google team up for new TV service
South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and U.S. tech giant Google Inc. said Tuesday they plan to launch a new program incorporating the two companies‘ television services.The program, called “u+tv G,” will combine the No. 3 mobile carrier’s existing Internet Protocol (IPTV) service with the Android giant‘s “Google TV” service, the two companies said.By setting up a u+tv G set-top box, users who subscribe to the monthly service will get access to 119 channels as well as Google’s signature fea
Oct. 16, 2012
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Distant planet found circling with 4 stars
(Haven Giguere/Yale University-UPI)Two U.S. citizen scientists have discovered a planet in a system with four different suns, the first known of its type, U.S. and British astronomers say.The distant planet orbits one pair of stars while a second pair of stars orbits around it, they said.The planet was discovered by two U.S. volunteers using the Planethunters.org website who spotted faint dips in
Oct. 16, 2012