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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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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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[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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North Korea removes streetlights along cross-border roads with South
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Russia's denial of entry of S. Korean national unrelated to bilateral ties: Seoul official
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Farming households dip below 1m for first time in 2023
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Samsung launches Galaxy Note 2 in S. Korea
Samsung Electronics Co., the world‘s top smartphone maker, on Wednesday started selling the Galaxy Note 2 on its home turf, the latest version of its Galaxy Note lineup, whose sales topped 10 million units worldwide.Samsung debuted the Galaxy Note 2 at a trade show in Berlin last month. The phablet, a cross between a smartphone and a tablet computer, features larger displays than smartphones but are more portable than tablets.The 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2, an upgraded version of the 5.3-inch Galax
Sept. 26, 2012
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Study: Contraception an economic issue
Most U.S. women say they use contraceptives because they could not afford to take care of a baby at that time, researchers say.Jennifer Frost and Laura Lindberg of the Guttmacher Institute in New York said few U.S. studies ask women why they use contraception and what benefits they expect or have achieved from its use.Frost and Lindberg surveyed 2,094 U.S. women receiving services at 22 family pla
Sept. 26, 2012
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Parents have big impact in reducing weight
SAN DIEGO (UPI) -- Parents can make a big difference by helping to instill healthy behaviors in their children, a U.S. health and wellness company says. Dr. Mary Jane Osmick, vice president and medical director of health services for American Specialty Health -- which provides fitness and exercise programs for health plans, insurance carriers and employer groups -- said obesity now affects 17 perc
Sept. 26, 2012
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Did rock-swapping bring life to Earth?
(123rf)Microorganisms embedded in fragments of distant planets that crashed to Earth might have been seeds of life on our planet, U.S. and European researchers say.Scientists from Princeton University, the University of Arizona and the Centro de Astrobiologia in Spain, writing in the journal Astrobiology, said there is a possibility that life came to Earth -- or spread from Earth to other planets
Sept. 25, 2012
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History of Earth‘s oxygen studied
SEATTLE (UPI) -- Microbial life may have migrated from Earth’s oceans to land by 2.75 billion years ago, producing oxygen earlier than previously thought, U.S. scientists say.Research reported from the University of Washington suggests the land-based microbes were producing oxygen well in advance of what geologists refer to as the “Great Oxidation Event” about 2.4 billion years ago that initiated
Sept. 25, 2012
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NASA sees ‘gateway’ for space missions
NASA has proposed a candidate for its next major mission, a “gateway” spacecraft on the far side of the moon as a staging base for moon and Mars missions.The spacecraft would hover in orbit on the far side of the moon, support a small permanent crew and function as “stepping stone” for missions to the lunar surface and possible flights to Mars.NASA Administrator Charles Bolden briefed the White House earlier this month on details of the proposed “gateway,” but it was unclear if any administratio
Sept. 25, 2012
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On Apple Maps, all roads lead to Google
CUPERTINO (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Apple’s foray into mobile maps with its iPhone 5 had to do with advertising and a growing rivalry with Google, industry observers said.Apple’s iPhone 5, which went on sale Friday included a new online maps service that was “littered with flaws, some laughable,” The New York Times reported Monday.But behind the effort to compete with Google is the lucrative
Sept. 25, 2012
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Testosterone may hold key to male lifespan: local study
Testosterone may hold the key to the disparity in men and women’s life spans, research on Korean eunuchs suggested Monday. On average, females of mammalian species including humans have 10 percent longer life spans. Professor Min Kyung-jin of Inha University and professor Lee Cheol-koo of Korea University analyzed the family records of 81 Joseon Dynasty eunuchs who lived between 1556 and 1919. The records showed that the eunuchs lived on average 14 years longer than the ruling-class males of tha
Sept. 25, 2012
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Self-study 'fake' Japan doc examined 2,300
Japanese police on Monday arrested a man who posed as a doctor to earn cash, examining 2,300 people with little more than a few hours of self-study to back it up, police and media said.Miyabi Kuroki, 43, had no experience of medical school and passed himself off as a qualified doctor after finding the identity of a legitimate physician on the Internet, Jiji Press reported.He was dispatched by an e
Sept. 24, 2012
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New stem-cell treatment saves many lives
Petcharat Pokrang says it is a miracle that her 7-year-old son Palwawat, or “Ton Kla,” survived after being diagnosed with severe aplastic anaemia ― a condition in which bone marrow fails to produce sufficient new blood cells ― in April last year. Doctors in Saraburi told her the boy would not survive without a bone-marrow transplant, which costs up to 1 million baht ($32,400). Petcharat could not afford it. But as the boy’s condition worsened ― the whites of his eyes turned red and he experienc
Sept. 24, 2012
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Cell scientist pushes to clone extinct mammoth
A South Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts to make progress in cloning an extinct woolly mammoth.To that end, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation signed an agreement Sunday with Russia’s North-Eastern Federal University that gives the foundation the exclusive right to study the mammoth remains found in northwestern Siberia, according to lab officials. The agreement came six months after both parties
Sept. 24, 2012
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SK Communications begins merger talks with Kakao Talk
SK Communications Co., South Korea‘s third-largest Internet portal service provider, is in an early stage of merger talks with the developer of South Korea’s most prominent social network service, sources said Monday.SK Communications, which operates Cyworld, once South Korea‘s most prominent social networking service, is seeking to merge with Kakao Corp. that operates a namesake mobile messenger service, several financial sources in Hong Kong confirmed.The move could possibly lead to the format
Sept. 24, 2012
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Korean researcher pushes to clone extinct mammoth
(123rf)A Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts to make progress in cloning an extinct woolly mammoth.To that end, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation signed an agreement Sunday with Russia's North-Eastern Federal University that gives the foundation the exclusive right to study the mammoth remains found i
Sept. 24, 2012
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Pacifiers may stunt boys emotionally
U.S. researchers for the first time have linked heavy pacifier use among baby boys to poorer emotional maturity through to adulthood.Lead author Paula Niedenthal, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said a baby with a pacifier in its mouth is less able to mirror expressions -- a child‘s first communication.The researchers found 6- and 7-year-old boys who had spent more time with pacifiers in their mouths when younger were less likely to mimic the emotional expressions
Sept. 24, 2012
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New NASA photo satellite joins mission
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AP) ― A fleet of picture-snapping NASA satellites that for 40 years has documented forest fires, tsunamis and everyday changes in the Earth’s geography will soon get a new member.With Landsat 8 set for a February launch, nearly 140 scientists and engineers from more than 25 countries are scheduled to gather in South Dakota next week to discuss how to best download, process and distribute the millions of data-rich images used in agriculture, education, business and gove
Sept. 23, 2012
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Foundation to lead nanotech commercialization
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy launched the Nano-convergence Foundation on Tuesday.The foundation, led by former chief of Korea Institute of Science and Technology’s Institute for Multidisciplinary Convergence of Materials Park Jong-ku, will oversee the nano-convergence 2020 program.The foundation’s responsibilities will include planning, assessing and managing the 2020 program, carrying out studies on the demand and outlook for related te
Sept. 23, 2012
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Healing from within
Local research team overcomes limitations in cancer immunotherapyA local research team has succeeded in developing a new method for treating cancer using materials found naturally in the human body.Advances in the medical sciences over the years have given rise to radiotherapy and to numerous different chemicals for treating cancer.While such methods have dramatically increased the chance of survival for cancer patients, medical professionals have been searching for alternatives due to the sever
Sept. 23, 2012
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Sense of smell, psychopathic traits linked
People with psychopathic tendencies -- callousness, manipulation and anti-social behaviors -- have an impaired sense of smell, Australian researchers say. Mehmet Mahmut and Richard Stevenson of Macquarie University in Australia said studies showed people with psychopathic traits have impaired functioning in the front part of the brain -- the area largely responsible for functions such as planning,
Sept. 23, 2012
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Samsung to release Galaxy Note 2 on Sept. 26
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, said Friday that it will release its brand new Galaxy Note 2 phablet in Seoul next week.The official launch is earlier than the October date given by Shin Jong-kyun, head of Samsung's IT and mobile unit, at the IFA 2012 trade fair in Berlin last month when the phablet was first unveiled.The company said the start of sales
Sept. 22, 2012
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Samsung didn’t violate Apple patent: German court
A German court on Friday found Apple Inc.’s patent infringement claim on Samsung Electronics Co. invalid, giving an upper hand to the South Korean company that suffered a crushing defeat in an earlier U.S. jury verdict.The district court in Mannheim ruled Samsung didn’t infringe the iPhone maker’s patent on multi-touch flags. The patent is one of the six intellectual properties Apple addressed in its June 2011 claim against the South Korean tech titan.Samsung welcomed the German court ruling, pl
Sept. 21, 2012