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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Second person dies of hantavirus after Yosemite visit
Yosemite National Park officials say a second person has died of a rare, rodent-borne disease after visiting the park earlier this summer.Spokesman Scott Gediman says health officials this weekend learned of a second death of a person who contracted hantavirus after visiting the park in June.There is one other confirmed case of the illness, and a fourth is being investigated.Park officials are war
Aug. 28, 2012
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Breast cancer recurrence upped by obesity
Obese women diagnosed with breast cancer and treated with standard chemohormonal therapy had worse outcomes than non-obese counterparts, U.S. researchers say.Lead investigator Dr. Joseph Sparano of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York and therapeutics co-chair of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network Breast Committee and colleagues analyzed data from 6,885 women with stage 1 to stage 3 breast cancer.Th
Aug. 28, 2012
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Apple seeks sales ban on Samsung's eight products
Emboldened by a triumph in the first round of a U.S. patent suit against Samsung, Apple made a formal request Monday to a U.S. federal judge to ban the sales of eight products of the South Korean firm.Those are Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail, according to a list submitted to the Northern District Cou
Aug. 28, 2012
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Samsung-Apple patent case leads to motion filing
Questions arise over fairness of verdict in less than three daysThe latest verdict in favor of Apple by a nine-member jury at a U.S. federal court in San Jose, California, will lead Samsung Electronics to file a motion that it hopes will alter the course of the ongoing dispute between the two tech giants.The Korean company will take the next step of motion filing to re-address its arguments and ask the court to reconsider its points, which it believes have not been fully reflected in this trial,
Aug. 27, 2012
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Pedophiles increasingly using social media to target girls
Pedophiles are increasingly targeting victims through social networking sites, according to news sources. The U.K.’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center said it has been receiving an increasing number of reports of older men trying to groom and convince younger girls to perform sexual acts on webcams.According to CEOP, the number of reports of inappropriate online behavior has increased from 400 a month to 1,000 in just a few years. The older predators create accounts on networking s
Aug. 27, 2012
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Psychological interventions help skin
Psychological interventions can provide benefits to patients with skin conditions such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, researchers in Britain said. Researchers at the University of Sheffield, England, conducted a meta-analysis of 22 studies involving more than 900 participants. The meta-analysis, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, found psychological interventions had a medium-sized effect on skin conditions but that a number of different factors influenced the effectiveness of
Aug. 27, 2012
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Apple to unveil mini iPad in October: report
Apple will unveil a new, smaller version of its wildly popular iPad in October after the release of the latest version of its iPhone next month, the All Things Digital website reported Sunday.“First comes the latest iteration of the tech giant’s hugely popular smartphone, which will be unveiled at an as yet unannounced event on September 12,” the website said.“Only after the next-generation iPhone is out the door and on sale will Apple announce the smaller iPad it’s been working on,” it said.“T
Aug. 27, 2012
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Apple-Samsung patent war set to continue
U.S. tech giant to file injunction, Samsung says U.S. verdict is ‘not the final word’Apple is setting the next stage of its patent battle against Samsung Electronics by filing sales injunctions against the Korean tech giant’s flagship Galaxy smartphones in the U.S., following a court ruling in favor of the U.S. tech giant.A federal court in San Jose, California near Apple’s headquarters ruled that Samsung infringed on patents for several technology features and designs of Apple’s iPhone and iPad
Aug. 26, 2012
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‘Turkey the birthplace of Hindi, English’
CHICAGO (AFP) ― Could the word for mother prove that Turkey was the birthplace of hundreds of languages as diverse as Hindi, Russian, Dutch, Albanian, Italian and English?Researchers using a complex computer model originally designed to map epidemics have traced the evolution of the Indo-European language family to find an answer in a study published Tuesday in the journal Science.Similarities between hundreds of languages spoken from Iceland to India have led to hot debates over where they orig
Aug. 26, 2012
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Local team develops cancer specific, trackable drug delivery system
A local team of scientists has developed a method of delivering drugs specifically to cancer cells, and to monitor the delivery and absorption of the drugs, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Thursday.In the team led by professors Kim Jong-seung of Korea University and Kang Chul-hoon of Kyung Hee University, the scientists linked the anti-cancer compound camptothecin to a compoung called RGD. The team also attached a fluorescent marker to the compound, enabling tracking of th
Aug. 26, 2012
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Jellyfish robot ready for action next April
As large numbers of poisonous jellyfish plague the country’s coasts, dealing damage to fishermen and holidaymakers, a team of researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has come up with a robot for the efficient destruction of the creatures. On Aug. 20, a KAIST team led by professor Myeong Hyun announced that it has developed the robot JEROS for catching and destroying jellyfish.The robot is equipped with cameras and global positioning system or GPS equipment that allows i
Aug. 26, 2012
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Scientists seek beneficial uses for jellyfish
As jellyfish are appearing in Korea’s coastal waters in increasing numbers each year, the damage caused by the creatures is also on the rise.With some species found in the coastal waters weighing as much as 200 kilograms, jellyfish can not only reduce fishermen’s catch but also tear fishing nets. In addition, jellyfish have blocked water intake pipes at power stations.Damages sustained by the fisheries, power and other industries are estimated at over 300 billion won ($264 million) each year. Fo
Aug. 26, 2012
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Samsung to contest U.S. verdict in favor of Apple
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Saturday it will contest a U.S. court ruling that it must pay rival technology giant Apple damages of more than $1 billion for patent violations."We will move immediately to file post-verdict motions to overturn this decision in this court and if we are not successful, we will appeal this decision to the Court of Appeals," Samsung said.The statement came just
Aug. 25, 2012
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Apple-Samsung jury may have leaned on engineer, patent holder
Jurors who zipped through more than 600 questions in three days to arrive at their verdict in the intellectual-property battle between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. had as their leader an engineer with a patent to his name.Velvin Hogan, foreman of the nine-member panel, told the court during jury selection last month that he spent seven years working with lawyers to obtain his own patent,
Aug. 25, 2012
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Android in jeopardy after Samsung's loss to Apple in suit
Samsung's loss Friday in a U.S. lawsuit brought by Apple Inc. has set an amber light before the future of the Google-backed Android operating system.More than a year of courtroom fights between Samsung and Apple mean more than just patent disputes between the arch-rivals in the world's smartphone and tablet computer markets.Also at issue is Apple's claim that the Android operating system, which ru
Aug. 25, 2012
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Semen prompts ovulation in females
(123rf)A protein in semen acts on the female brain to prompt ovulation and the same molecule regulates growth and nerve cell survival, Canadian researchers say.Gregg Adams of the University of Saskatchewan said male mammals have accessory sex glands that contribute seminal fluid to semen, but the role of this fluid and the glands that produce has not been well understood."From the results of our r
Aug. 25, 2012
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Samsung loses U.S. patent case to Apple
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg)After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad.The jury
Aug. 25, 2012
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'Samsung did not copy Apple’s designs’
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg) Seoul court says Apple infringed two Samsung patents, Samsung violated one of Apple’s A Seoul court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics against Apple Inc., ordering a s
Aug. 24, 2012
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Computer maker sees ‘dual-device’ world
A U.S. computer company officer says predictions of the demise of the old-style home PC due to rapid development of smartphones and tablets are overblown.David Schmoock, who heads North American operations for Chinese PC maker Lenovo, says he‘s seen little evidence tablet adoption is undercutting laptop sales.“The tablet world is almost completely complementary to the PC world,” Schmoock told Network World. “It really is a dual-device world.”He acknowledges some major readjustments in the home P
Aug. 24, 2012
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6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak
This image is not directly related to the storyLegionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said. "We are very concerned by the current situation," Quebec public health chief Francois Desbiens said. "It's the largest legionellosis outbreak in Canada in recent years."Sixteen new cases were rep
Aug. 24, 2012