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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Galaxy Note 2 faces off with iPhone 5 in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Supply issues could hinder Apple Inc. in its latest smartphone showdown with Samsung Electronics Co. as the two tech behemoths face off in Hong Kong following the release of their new mobile gadgets here last month. Samsung Electronics started selling the Galaxy Note 2 in Hong Kong last Thursday, six days after Apple’s iPhone 5 hit the Chinese territory.So far, Hong Kong and Britain are the only places in the world where the latest products from the two top smartphone m
Oct. 3, 2012
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Space station to move to avoid debris
The Russian space program's Mission Control Center says it will move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris. Mission Control Center spokeswoman Nadyezhda Zavyalova said the Russian Zvevda module will fire booster rockets to carry out the operation Thursday at 07:22 a.m. Moscow time (0322 GMT). The space station performs eva
Oct. 3, 2012
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Modern day alchemists use bacteria to produce gold
U.S. scholars said that by using a metal-tolerant bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans, it is possible to turn the toxic chemical gold chloride into pure gold.According to researchers at Michigan State University, the metal-tolerant bacteria is able to withstand a concentrated dosage of gold chloride, a gold and chlorine compound found in nature, and produce gold.“Microbial alchemy is what we’re doing -- transforming gold from something that has no value into a solid, precious metal that’s valuabl
Oct. 3, 2012
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Samsung adds iPhone 5 to patent row
Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has officially added Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 to the ongoing patent war between the two smartphone titans, a move that could affect sales of the latest iPhone.In a statement, Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, said it has filed a motion to add Apple’s latest gadget to the U.S. patent row on charges of infringing its patents.“Apple continues to take aggressive legal measures that will limit market competition. Under these circumstances, we have lit
Oct. 2, 2012
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Samsung motions to add iPhone 5 to patent case
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. says it has filed a motion with a U.S. court to add Apple's iPhone 5 to their ongoing patent battle.Samsung says it filed the motion Monday with the California court, alleging that Apple's new phone infringes on eight of its patents.The two companies are locked in a struggle for supremacy in the global smartphone market, leading to legal cases in courts across
Oct. 2, 2012
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New Zealand produces allergy-free milk
Researchers in New Zealand say they have genetically engineered a cow to produce milk free of a protein that causes allergies in children.The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used a technique known as RNA interference to block the production of the protein beta-lactoglobulin, which is produced in cows but not found in human milk.Study co-author Dr. Stefan Wagner
Oct. 2, 2012
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Plant scientists create ‘see-through’ soil
Researchers in Scotland say they have developed a see-through soil that will enable scientists to study roots in detail for the first time.The underground world of plant roots is called the rhizosphere and scientists at the University of Abertay Dundee and the James Hutton institute, writing in the journal PLos ONE, say creation of the new transparent soil marks a research milestone that will hav
Oct. 2, 2012
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Korean scientists identify a source of neural disorders
A group of South Korean scientists have discovered what could be a significant source of neurological disorders, such as depression, and may lead to the development of better treatment for such illnesses, the science ministry said Saturday.The team led by Lee Chang-joon, a researcher from the Korea Institute of Science & Technology, confirmed for the first time in the world that non-neuronal cell
Sept. 29, 2012
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Instagram overtakes Twitter among mobile users
Photo sharing app Instagram has overtaken Twitter for the first time among U.S. smartphone users, according to data from comScore.In August, Instagram received an average of 7.3 million daily visitors, while Twitter attracted 6.9 million users, the website said.ComScore’s data reflects usage among U.S. smartphone owners aged 18 and older accessing the service on a device running iOS, Android, or RIM operating systems via a mobile web browser or app.The data also showed that Instagram visitors sp
Sept. 28, 2012
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Korea’s industrial output remains sluggish in August
South Korea’s industrial output inched up in August from a year earlier, but its growth pace remained subdued apparently affected by sluggish demand amid concerns over the eurozone debt crisis and global slowdowns, a government report showed Friday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries grew 0.3 percent last month from a year earlier. It gained a revised 0.2 percent on-year in July. The output, however, shrank 0.7 perc
Sept. 28, 2012
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Samsung joins hands with Swiss chip firm
World’s largest memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that it has forged a business tie-up with a Swiss semiconductor solution firm in promoting their foundry business.Samsung said that it has cooperated with STMicroelectronics N.V. in developing the 32 and 28-nano chip technology, and will continue the bilateral cooperation.Geneva-based STMicroelectronics is the seventh-largest chipmaker that designs, develops and manufactures semiconductor products used in various electronic dev
Sept. 28, 2012
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Popular mobile game developer prepares a special event
Mobile puzzle game “Anipang” is winning tremendous popularity from Korean smartphone users based on the 60 million subscribers through instant messenger Kakao Talk.Anipang, which can be played via Kakao Talk’s mobile gaming platform “Kakao Game Center,” recorded 15 million downloads and 8 million daily users in 2 months since its release.The puzzle game features a system in which users have to align three or more animal figures such as rabbits and cats within 60 seconds. In the game, the users a
Sept. 28, 2012
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Volcano in N. Korea showing signs of activity
A volcano on the border of China and North Korea is showing signs of increasing activity and could erupt in the next few decades, Chinese researchers say.A massive eruption of Baekdusan around 1,100 years ago spread ash and volcanic gases for 30 miles and left a 3-mile-wide crater atop the volcano, scientists said.Three smaller eruptions have occurred since then, the most recent in 1903, they said.Seismic activity, ground deformation and gas emissions recorded in a period of heightened activity
Sept. 28, 2012
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Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream
This image provided by NASA shows shows a Martian rock outcrop near the landing site of the rover Curiosity thought to be the site of an ancient streambed, next to similar rocks shown on earth. (AP-Yonhap News)The NASA rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars _ a find that the mission's chief scientist called ex
Sept. 28, 2012
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Tips for safe, injury-free hiking
Autumn is a perfect season for hiking and mountain climbing, with crisp and cool weather and colorful foliage. Yet, it is also peak time for hiking-related injuries, which can be life-threatening. According to the National Emergency Management Agency, of the 7,826 mountain accidents reported last year, more than a quarter were concentrated in two autumn months ― September and October. Although not as serious as to require a mountain rescue team, some hikers experience considerable pain and soren
Sept. 27, 2012
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Growing pain
1. What is growing pain?Growing pain refers to the intermittent and uncomfortable pain in the muscles of the lower limbs in children. It usually affects both legs and causes the greatest pain in the front of the thighs, calves, the back of the knees and sometimes the buttocks. The pain is usually localized to a deep part of the limb and does not affect the whole limb. In older children who can describe the pain in more detail, it is said to feel like spasms of the legs, or a tingling feeling. Ty
Sept. 27, 2012
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WHO: Watch closely for new virus related to SARS
LONDON (AP) -- Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for new cases of a virus related to SARS but said there was no sign the disease was behaving like the killer respiratory syndrome that killed hundreds in 2003.Earlier this week, the World Health Organization announced the new coronavirus had been found in a critically ill Qatari man being treated in London as well as
Sept. 27, 2012
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Ancient statue said made from meteorite
(UPI)German scientists analyzing an ancient Buddhist statue discovered by a Nazi expedition to Tibet in 1938 say it was carved from a rare form of meteorite.The 22-pound statue, known as the Iron Man, was discovered by an expedition of German scientists led by renowned zoologist Ernst Schafer and supported by the Nazi party.Historians believe that support may have been based on a belief the origin
Sept. 27, 2012
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Deepest-ever view of universe in new image
MUNICH, Germany (UPI) -- Ten years of images from the Hubble space telescope have been combined for the best, deepest-ever view of the universe, U.S. and European astronomers say.The photo, assembled by combining a decade of NASA/European Space Agency Hubble observations of a patch of sky within the original Hubble Ultra Deep Field, has been dubbed eXtreme Deep Field or XDF, the Hubble European Sp
Sept. 27, 2012
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Protection of 'digital afterlives' needed?
Federal laws are needed to regulate social networking sites to give users the right to determine what happens to their "digital afterlives," a U.S. expert says.Jason Mazzone, a University of Illinois expert in intellectual property law, says allowing social networking sites to set policy regarding the content of accounts of deceased users does not adequately protect individual and collective inter
Sept. 27, 2012