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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Mystery of missing Mars signals solved
A spacecraft sending data from Mars to Earth had its signal repeatedly interrupted in 2005 and scientists say they‘ve learned the culprit -- the Sun.In August of that year, the Mars Express spacecraft was dutifully sending back data on the stratigraphy, or layering, of the upper regions of the Martian crust, when its signals were knocked off the air.Researchers in the Boston University Astronomy Department say solar flares, and the high-energy particles they emit, can strongly interfere with r
July 26, 2012
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New WoW expansion pack to be released on September amid uncertainty over its publisher
A new expansion pack of the online role-playing game World of Warcraft will be released on Sept. 25, according to the Blizzard Entertainment website. Blizzard is both the developer and publisher of World of Warcraft and its expansion packs.World of Warcraft is one of the most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing games in the world, and the new expansion pack, titled “Mists of Pandaria,” will be the fourth extension to the game, following its predecessors: "The Bur
July 26, 2012
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French archaeologists unearth pharaoh boat
French archaeologists have discovered a roughly 5,000-year-old pharaonic solar boat in an expedition in Abu Rawash, west of the Egyptian capital, the antiquities ministry said on Wednesday.The antiquities minister, Mohammed Ibrahim, said the boat was up to 5,000 years old. “It goes back to the era of Pharaoh Den, one of the First Dynasty kings,” he said in a statement.The six-metre (19.6 feet) long and 1.5-metre wide boat “is in good condition,” he added. Its planks are now undergoing renovation
July 26, 2012
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KT, Yonsei tie up on smart health care
KT, Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, and Yonsei University Health System have launched a joint venture in healthcare IT business named H∞H Healthcare.H∞H, or “Hooh,” refers to the infinite value of human and health, KT said.The two sides invested 1 billion won ($869,000) in the joint venture with a 49 percent stake owned by KT, while Yonsei holds a majority 51 percent in the new entity.The board members will consist of two executives from KT and three from Yonsei University Health System.T
July 25, 2012
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Samsung to provide ‘smart hotel’ service via Galaxy S3 for Olympics
Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday that vacationers will be able to use the company’s Galaxy S3 mobile phone to access “smart hotel” services during the 2012 London Olympics. The company said that it has teamed up with multinational hotel chain Holiday Inn to provide services for vacationers at the chain’s London-Stratford location. Those with a Galaxy S3 will be able to use the device to access the hotel’s services, such as operating the TV, lighting and air-conditioning units in their
July 25, 2012
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Samsung to sell smartphone for direct consumer purchase
Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it plans to introduce the country’s first smartphone model that consumers can directly buy, opening the way for getting mobile devices outside of wireless operators.The Galaxy M Style model, which runs on the third-generation network, will hit local shelves on Thursday, according to the world’s largest smartphone maker.Consumers can directly purchase the smartphone and open accounts with two of the country’s three mobile carriers, SK Telecom Co. and KT Corp
July 25, 2012
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‘Mobile ads are the future’
Semantic Rep’s CEO says firm in talks with U.S. company for M&A, allianceFrom newspapers, television to the Internet, the birth of new media has introduced novel ways for advertisers to market brands and products over the years.The Internet, for instance, has offered new ad solutions such as Web banners and search advertising.The emergence of smart devices and Long Term Evolution is about to launch a new era of mobile video advertising that will offer a lot more interactivity with consumers than
July 25, 2012
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Apple‘s ‘Mountain Lion’ has been released
Apple's new mac OS X 'Mountain Lion' has been released on Wednesday.When Apple releases its quarterly earnings report at the end of the business day Tuesday, Mac users can also anticipate the official release of the upgraded operating system, dubbed Mountain Lion.“We’re thrilled with record sales of 17 million iPads in the June quarter,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “We’ve also just updated the entire MacBook line, will release Mountain Lion on Wednesday and will be launching iOS 6 this Fall. We are
July 25, 2012
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How not sleeping affects your body
Even men in excellent health have their attention and working memory decreased along with an increase in stress hormones when not sleeping for a day, according to Samsung Medical Center’s psychiatry professor Hong Seung-bong’s team.Professor Hong’s team held a study on how sleep deprivation affects a person’s attention and working memory. The team forbade five healthy men to sleep for 24 hours, who had an average age of 25.3 with normal sleeping patterns. This experiment was put on the Journa
July 25, 2012
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High-salt diet depletes body of calcium
Canadian researchers say people who eat high-salt diets tend to develop kidney stones and osteoporosis because when sodium leaves the body, so does calcium.Principal investigator Todd Alexander and his team at the University of Alberta discovered an important link between sodium and calcium -- they both appear to be regulated by the same molecule in the body.When sodium intake becomes too high, th
July 25, 2012
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Galaxy Tab ranked No. 2 tablet PC in China
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab claimed the No. 2 position among tablet PCs in China but trailed far behind its archrival Apple Inc.’s iPad, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the poll by market researcher Searchina Shanghai Co., the Galaxy Tab gained 16.6 points in terms of consumer preference, ranking second among 10 tablet PCs manufactured by multinational and local Chinese firms.The iPad was a distinct leader, garnering 53.6 points. Sony’s Tablet ranked third
July 24, 2012
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‘Pooq still needs more work’
Network, copyright differences remain for online content platformPooq, a media platform formed by Contents Alliance Platform, was officially launched on Monday in Korea, with over 5,000 users already subscribing to its inexpensive service.But company officials said that more work needs to be done before it can become a global platform where overseas users can access and watch a variety of TV content provided by Korea’s four terrestrial broadcasters ― KBS, MBC, SBS and EBS.Contents Alliance Platf
July 24, 2012
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Best-ever images of solar corona captured
U.S. astronomers have released what they say are the highest-resolution images ever captured of the Sun’s corona, its million-degree outer atmosphere.NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, on July 11 launched a sounding rocket and captured the 16-megapixel images in an extreme-ultraviolet wavelength of light.“Even though this mission was only a few minutes long, it marks a big breakthrough in coronal studies,” Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said.The new i
July 24, 2012
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Galaxy Note II to have bigger screen
The Galaxy Note II, a follow-up to the Galaxy Note of Samsung Electronics Co., will feature a 5.5-inch display, according to a report. Boy Genius Report, a U.S. weblog specializing in technology, said on Monday that Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Note II at its press conference slated for Aug. 15. BGR said that Samsung will replace the original Galaxy Note’s 5.3 inch display with a larger Super A
July 24, 2012
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Parents key to teen's alcohol, drug use
Some parents assume whatever they say about drugs and alcohol may be drowned out by peer pressure, but U.S. researchers say parents are key.Michael Cleveland of the Prevention Research Center at Pennsylvania State University said influences on what teens do often come from their friends, but parents have big roles.Cleveland and colleagues interviewed high school freshmen and sophomores, asking the
July 24, 2012
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Scientists 'engineer' a jellyfish
The artificial jellyfish. (Image credit: Harvard/Caltech)(UPI)U.S. researchers say they've used inanimate silicone and living cardiac muscle cells to reverse engineer a freely swimming artificial "jellyfish."Researchers at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology say the successful effort was a proof of concept for reverse engineering a variety of muscular organs and simple li
July 24, 2012
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KT starts test service for world’s first VoLTE
KT, Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, said Monday that it has launched a pilot service of Voice over Long Term Evolution for the first time in the world.Some 300 workers and college students will be given the chance to test KT’s high-definition VoLTE in Korea.The concept of HD VoLTE is similar to Voice over Internet Protocol telephone service, which uses Internet broadband lines to transmit voice data, whereas VoLTE transmit data via LTE networks, an industry source said.Also, VoLTE allows
July 23, 2012
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Female flirtation is a plus in negotiation
Using flirtation during a negotiation appears to create better economic outcomes for female negotiators, a U.S. researcher found.However, study leader Laura Kray of the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Management, said female negotiators only had an advantage if the flirtatiousness was perceived as above and beyond friendliness.The researchers examined “feminine charm” in negotia
July 23, 2012
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Kissenger: virtual lips for long-distance lovers
Finding it hard to keep up the passion in a long-distance relationship? Help might be on the way. A robotics professor in Singapore has invented a gadget equipped with motion-sensitive electronic "lips" that allow amorous but absent couples toexchange long-distance smooches via the Internet.Shaped like a small head with oversize silicone lips, the "Kissenger" -- short for Kiss Messenger -- was unv
July 23, 2012
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Japan launches rocket to ISS
A handout photograph shows a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. H-2A rocket which carries Arirang-3 taking off from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan on Friday, May 18, 2012. (Bloomberg photos and graphics)An unmanned rocket carrying more than 4 tons of supplies to the International Space Station was successfully launched
July 23, 2012