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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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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
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You can die of broken heart for real
The death of a spouse is one of the most tragic events in a person’s life, often causing an enormous amount of stress andaffecting even the health of the surviving partner. Other extremely traumatic events, new research finds out, can literally break the heart of an individual. The research, done at the University Clinic of Rostock in Germany, studied how heart-breaking experiences affect the heart conditions of subjects. Distressed patients’ hearts force the body to pour out adrenaline and othe
Oct. 16, 2012
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Video shows how to check skin for cancer
The American Academy of Dermatology says its new video demonstrates how a U.S. adult can check his or her own skin for skin cancer. Dr. Thomas E. Rohrer, a board-certified dermatologist in Chestnut Hill, Mass., said current estimates show 20 percent of U.S. adults will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime, so it‘s important to be familiar with your skin, especially moles.“Checking your skin for skin cancer only requires your eyes and a mirror,” Rohrer said in a statement. “Examining y
Oct. 16, 2012
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Avoiding sugary drinks helps with weight
BOSTON (UPI) -- Overweight and obese U.S. teens gain less weight when they consume fewer sugary drinks, researchers say.Cara Ebbeling and Dr. David Ludwig of Boston Children‘s Hospital and colleagues said their study involved 224 overweight or obese ninth- and 10th-graders who regularly drank 1.7 sugary beverages a day.The year-long study intervention was designed to reduce consumption of these be
Oct. 16, 2012
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New Apple Mac Mini may be imminent
Apple may announce a new Mac Mini when it unveils the iPad Mini, and a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro may also join them, websites are reporting.The new Mac Mini will come in three models, with two differentiated by processor and storage capacity and the third running as an OS X server, 9to5Mac reported.With the Mac Mini not having an upgrade since 2010, it‘s likely the new models with feature the latest-generation Intel Core processors, larger hard drives and faster graphics, Slash Gear said.The Ma
Oct. 16, 2012
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Korean researchers find gene linked to Alzheimer’s
Korea researchers said they have identified a gene that produces neurotoxic components in Alzheimer’s disease, in a step forward to finding a cure for the degenerative brain disease. The state-run Korea National Institute of Health said on Monday that a team led by Dr. Koh Young-ho at its biomedical science division found small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) 1 protein.The team found in lab testing with mice that SUMO1 integrates with BACE1, a key enzyme which accelerates the production and de
Oct. 15, 2012
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KT looks to ‘design’ to give products identity
KT, the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier, said Monday that it would design its products with a signature style to maximize its brand power. The move comes after KT’s outer packaging for home mobile devices won the prestigious Red Dot Design Best of the Best Award 2012 in the productivity sector.The mobile carrier used the word “product identity” to explain how a product becomes a unique entity under the brand name KT. Citing Apple and different generations of iPod, KT chairman Lee Suk-chae
Oct. 15, 2012
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Gov’t building arson highlights dispute on ’evolution in textbooks’
An arsonist who torched a government office room and fell off a building to his death on Sunday had criticized the government in the past for “trying to remove the theory of evolution from textbooks,” highlighting a year-long feud between evolutionists and creationists in South Korea.The 61-year-old man, identified only by his surname Kim, claimed in his personal blog that the Education Ministry “had taken sides” with the Society for Textbook Revise, a group of mostly Christians which seeks to d
Oct. 15, 2012
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Scientists: Moon not bone dry
(123rf)The moon is covered with soil containing a water substructure created by the constant stream of charged particles coming from the sun, U.S. researchers say.The substructure, known as a hydroxyl, consists of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen, or OH, rather than two of hydrogen and one of oxygen, or H2O, the researchers from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, University of Michiga
Oct. 15, 2012
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Apple to pay Swiss for copying clock
Apple's iOS 6 app on the left, the Swiss Federal Railways SBB clock on the right. (UPI)Apple, which has spent a fair amount of time in courts over copyright issues, says it will pay up rather than contest a claim it copied an iconic Swiss clock.Swiss railway operator SBB took the California company to task last month for allegedly copying its famously accurate rail station clocks for the design of
Oct. 15, 2012
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Moms-to-be stress linked to depression
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -- Chronic stress during pregnancy prevents brain benefits of motherhood in rats, a finding that suggests a link to postpartum depression, U.S. researchers say.Lead author Benedetta Leuner of Ohio State University in Columbus said the study showed an increase of dendritic spines in new mothers‘ brains was associated with improved cognitive function on a task that requires behavio
Oct. 15, 2012
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Study: Brain reacts to unpleasant sounds
Increased activity between two separate parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard is so unpleasant, British researchers say.Newcastle University scientists said the interaction between the region of the brain that processes sound, the auditory cortex, and the amygdala, which is active in the processing of negative emotions, is heightened when people hear unpleasant sounds.The amygdala modulates the response of the auditory cortex and the amplified activity provokes our n
Oct. 15, 2012
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Local team identifies new step in RNA synthesis
A team of Seoul National University scientists discovered a previously unknown step in the process of producing a type of RNA molecule.The team, led by professor Kim V-narry of Seoul National University who is a well-known name in biochemical circles, discovered a new step in the process of producing a specific type of microRNA known as let-7. The findings were published in the online edition of the biological journal The Cell. In 2008 she was awarded the L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Award, a
Oct. 14, 2012
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SKT launches IT platform to enter ‘big data’ market
SK Telecom, one of the nation’s top three mobile communications operators, aims at penetrating the “big data market,” or numerous online responses on market products, with a new analytic platform.“Smart Insight 2.0,” the new analytic IT platform, analyzes online reviews and SNS postings such as tweets, blog postings and online news reviews, which are then processed into management information, SK Telecom said Sunday. “Online ‘big data’ gives helpful implications in numbers that are incomparable
Oct. 14, 2012
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Scientists see volcanic eruption 'trigger'
(AP)British scientists say they have identified a repeating underground trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth.Researchers from the University of Southampton have been studying the Las Canadas volcanic caldera on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which has generated at least eight major eruptions during the last 700,000 years.These catastrophic events have created eruption col
Oct. 14, 2012
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Vitamin C may prevent bone loss
NEW YORK -- Vitamin C may protect against osteoporosis -- a disease in which the bones of the elderly become brittle and can fracture, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Mone Zaidi, director of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Bone Program, and colleagues removed the ovaries of mice, a procedure -- ovariectomies -- known to reduce bone density, and compared them with control mice that had “sham” operati
Oct. 14, 2012