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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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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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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer accounts for 4.2 percent of all cancers in women and has the highest incidence rate among all genitourinary cancers in women following cervical cancer in Korea. There is growing concern about ovarian cancer as its incidence rate is on the rise every year with approximately 1,400 newly-diagnosed patients annually, whereas the incidence rate of cervical cancer is gradually decreasing.The ovaries are small organs located in the female pelvis which are found in pairs on either side of
Aug. 16, 2012
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Malaria haunts border areas
Soured inter-Korean ties stymie efforts to control mosquitoesFears of malaria haunt South Koreans living near the border with North Korea, as soured inter-Korean ties take their toll on efforts to control the disease-carrying mosquitoes that fly freely across the heavily-fortified De-Militarized Zone. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a malaria warning for parts of Incheon, Gangwon Province and some northern areas of Gyeonggi Province, all near the northern bord
Aug. 16, 2012
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Smoking ups ALS risk, alcohol lowers it
The risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was lower among alcohol drinkers than among abstainers, and higher in smokers, U.S. and European researchers say.Andrew Waterhouse of the University of California, Davis, and other members of the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the paper and said the study, which it called well-done, involved almost 500 cases of ALS, or Lou Gehrig‘s disease.The reviewers said they were especially struck by the magnitude of the difference in ri
Aug. 16, 2012
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Samsung rolls out Galaxy Note 10.1 in Korea
Samsung Electronics Co., the world‘s top smartphone maker, said Thursday it has started selling the Galaxy Note 10.1 on its home turf, the latest version of its Galaxy Note lineup, whose sales topped 10 million units worldwide.The Galaxy Note 10.1, which was first showcased at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, is an enlarged version of the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note, a hybrid of a smartphone and a tablet PC.Both models feature the S Pen, a stylus that enables users to doodle and write on th
Aug. 16, 2012
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Why incompetent people are often promoted
(123rf)The lure of social status promotes overconfidence and helps explain why there is such an abundance of delusional confidence, U.S. and Spanish researchers say.The study, scheduled to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, sheds light on why incompetent people are so often promoted over their more competent peers.Study co-authors Cameron Anderson, Don Moore and Jess
Aug. 16, 2012
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West Nile virus kills 17 in Texas, sickens hundreds
(123rf)The southwestern US state of Texas is battling an outbreak of the West Nile virus, with 17 deaths blamed on the mosquito-borne disease, authorities said Wednesday.Throughout the state 465 people have been sickened since the start of the year, putting it on track to have the most cases since the disease first emerged a decade ago, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.The county
Aug. 16, 2012
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Samsung witness says Apple saw his ‘tablet’ long before iPad
Apple Inc. saw a prototype for a tablet computer more than a decade before the iPad was released in 2010, according to a news technology developer called as a trial witness by Samsung Electronics Co. Videotaped testimony by Roger Fidler, who heads the digital publishing program at the University of Missouri, was shown Wednesday to the jury in Samsung’s multibillion-dollar intellectual property dispute with Apple over smartphones and tablets. Fidler said in a written declaration he started workin
Aug. 15, 2012
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LG’s LTE handset sales top 5 million globally
LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday shipments of smartphones that run on the long-term evolution network have surpassed the 5 million mark, as it seeks to return its struggling mobile business to the black.Global sales of LTE smartphones topped the 5 million mark, one month after surpassing the 4 million mark in mid-July, the company said in a statement.The milestone comes 15 months after LG released its first LTE smartphone overseas via Verizon Wireless in the United States.Since May 2011, the c
Aug. 15, 2012
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Global mobile phone market shrinks in Q2
Global sales of mobile phones declined in the second-quarter from a year ago, but Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. continued its strong growth to maintain the top spot, a market researcher said Wednesday.According to technology research firm Gartner Inc., a total of 419 million handset units were sold in the April-June period, down 2.3 percent from a year earlier.Consumers sat on the sidelines to postpone new purchases ahead of the launch of Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5, which is expected to roll out ar
Aug. 15, 2012
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Samsung sweeps EISA awards
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest tech company, has won four tech awards from the European Imaging and Sound Association.EISA, an association of some 50 magazines from 19 European countries, hands out awards for technology, design and innovation to companies worldwide.Samsung’s Smart TV ES8000 Series, HT-E6750W surround sound system for Blu-rays, Galaxy S3 smartphone and NX20 digital camera were recognized for their technological achievements by EISA this year.Notably, Galaxy S3, which wa
Aug. 15, 2012
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Characters ensure technology’s success
Olto seeks to promote characters through platforms including KakaoSome characters quickly fade away after short stints, while others outlive generations. Characters that live through the ages such as Batman and Mickey Mouse become immortalized as they are constantly recreated and renewed over the years.The process of character development and reinvention is all part of innovation that helps make a lasting impression among consumers, said Shim Seung-pil, CEO of Olto, a Korean content technology f
Aug. 15, 2012
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Samsung starts making its case at patent trial after Apple rests
Samsung Electronics called its first witnesses, two computer scientists, to attack Apple Inc.’s claimed originality of its software patents at issue in a multibillion-dollar trial in California. The witnesses in federal court in San Jose on Monday demonstrated technologies resembling and predating Apple’s “rubberbanding” ― the way an iPad or iPhone screen seems to bounce when a user scrolls to the end of a file ― years before the 2007 release of the iPhone.Benjamin Bederson, a University of Mary
Aug. 14, 2012
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Giant pregnant Burmese python caught in Florida
The largest Burmese python ever found in Florida has been caught in the Everglades, scientists said Tuesday, and it contained 87 eggs -- also thought to be a record.“This thing is monstrous, it‘s about a foot wide,” Kenneth Krysko, the herpetology collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, said of the 17-foot-7-inch (5.35-meter) creature.Scientists at the University of Florida-based museum examined the 164.5-pound (74.5-kilogram) snake on Friday as part of a government research
Aug. 14, 2012
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Depression shrinks brain: scientists
U.S. researchers have discovered that depression shrinks the brain by stopping nerve connections from forming, thus causing memory and concentration problems.Researchers analyzed brain tissue of patients who died after having memory and concentration disorders, and found inactivity in their synapses. Synapses are genes that are necessary for the function and structure of brain nerve connections.The loss of brain connections happened due to a particular protein called GATA1, which acts like a “sw
Aug. 14, 2012
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Mutations found in Fukushima butterflies
Radioactive materials released into the environment by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have caused mutations in butterflies, a study indicates.Scientists say they've detected an increase in mutations in leg, antennae and wing shape among butterflies collected following the 2011 Fukushima accident, and that laboratory experiments have confirmed the link with the radioactive release.Two mon
Aug. 14, 2012
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The Korea Herald adopts ‘Digital First’ strategy
In the digital media era, newspaper companies around the world have adopted new approaches and tools to deliver their stories.With the Internet’s ever more important place in everyday life, a newspaper group’s power can be judged not only by its print circulation, but also by the number of people who read and comment on its articles online.To find its footing at this crucial time, The Korea Herald has tracked mobile-oriented trends and made innovations to stay ahead in the race.Under a “digital
Aug. 13, 2012
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Scientists develop fast recharging material for lithium-ion batteries
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new material for a secondary or rechargeable battery that can be fully recharged in just a matter of minutes, the science ministry said Monday.The development of such a battery could significantly raise the popularity of electric vehicles whose lithium-ion batteries currently take hours to recharge, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.Conventional batteries use only powdered nanoparticle materials to form a dense, mult
Aug. 13, 2012
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Samsung, Osram settle global LED patent fight
Samsung Electronics Co. and Siemens AG’s Osram unit have reached a global settlement of their patent fights over light-emitting diode technology, according to a filing with a U.S. trade agency. Financial details weren’t made public in the filing dated yesterday with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. The settlement ends a case that Samsung filed against Osram and that was scheduled for trial at the agency on Aug. 13. Osram’s case against Samsung went to trial last month, and
Aug. 12, 2012
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LG Uplus to launch food waste management service
LG Uplus has formed an alliance with local small and medium-size partners, including Bumin W&P, to launch a radio frequency identification (RFID)-based food waste management service, the company announced Sunday.The new “Smart Clean” service is in line with the government’s environmental policy to reduce food waste, which emits greenhouse gases, the local telecom said. The system will allow more efficient ways of managing garbage disposal by having trash bins at apartment or residential areas ch
Aug. 12, 2012
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Study: Men equally affectionate as wives
A study by the University of Texas found husbands and wives are equally romantic, but they express their feelings in different ways.Researchers at the university interviewed 168 couples at four points in their marriage, Britain‘s The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.Husbands and wives were questioned separately about how close and attached they felt to their partners, as well as a number of questions about each other’s behavior over the past 24 hours.Researchers found wives “seem to show love b
Aug. 12, 2012