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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Famed Galapagos tortoise dies
The giant tortoise Lonesome George, whose failed efforts to produce offspring made him a symbol of disappearing species, was found dead on Sunday, officials at the Galapagos National Park announced.Lonesome George was believed to be the last living member of the Pinta island subspecies and had become an ambassador of sorts for the islands off Ecuador's coast whose unique flora and fauna helped ins
June 25, 2012
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‘Brain-hacking’ technology sought
Stanford University researchers say they are working on a device that would allow them to “pretty much hack” into the brain of British genius Stephen Hawking.Professor Philip Low and his colleagues at Stanford in California have been working with the disabled British theoretical physicist to develop technology that would enable them to communicate with Hawking through brain waves, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday.“We‘d like to find a way to bypass his body, pretty much hack his brain,” said L
June 25, 2012
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Sperm of smoking dads can hurt child DNA
Men who smoke before conception can damage the DNA of their offspring in the womb that may give him or her a higher risk of disease, British researchers say.Diana Anderson of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford in England, and colleagues found evidence showing why men should be urged to stop smoking before trying to conceive in the same way women have been urged to quit tobacco. A fertile sperm cell takes about three months to fully develop; therefore men would ultimately n
June 25, 2012
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Zoo apes get stimulation from iPad apps
Officials at the Houston Zoo said the "Apps for Apes" program, which provides apes with iPad apps designed for children, helps mentally stimulate the primates.Zookeepers said the facility is the first in Texas to participate in the "Apps for Apes" program, which was developed by New York primate advocacy group Orangutan Outreach and pioneered at zoos in Wisconsin and Toronto. The program helps to
June 22, 2012
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Scientists say Mars’ interior may hold huge water supply
Recent study suggested that Mars’ mantle -- the layer beneath the crust -- may hold an amount of water similar to that of the Earth, Science Daily reported Thursday.The data not only explains why there is evidence of water on the surface of the "Red Planet," but also raises the possibility that it could sustain life, according to Francis McCubbin from the University of New Mexico who led the research.The researchers examined the shergottite meteorites that were created by partial melting of the
June 22, 2012
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Exercise will change your life, and here’s why
SEATTLE ― One afternoon not long ago, a friend and I were talking at her dining-room table, and I’ll admit it, we were feeling a bit self-righteous.We’d gone bowling with her parents, and we both noticed her mom could barely roll the lightest ball down the alley. She struggled with a lot of other tasks, too. We didn’t think of her as an elderly person. But there she was, looking feeble.“Well,” my friend said, shaking her head, “she doesn’t really exercise.” I nodded knowingly.The way my friend a
June 21, 2012
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Shrinking stomach may boost booze abuse risk
CHICAGO (AP) ― The most common type of obesity surgery may increase patients’ chances for alcohol abuse, according to the largest study to demonstrate a potential link.Patients who had gastric bypass surgery faced double the risk for excessive drinking, compared with those who had a less drastic weight-loss operation.Gastric bypass surgery shrinks the stomach’s size and attaches it to a lower portion of the intestine. That limits food intake and the body’s ability to absorb calories. Researchers
June 21, 2012
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Facial palsy
Many people worry they have had a stroke when they suddenly experience facial palsy. Unlike a stroke, which is caused by blocked or ruptured blood vessels in the brain, facial palsy (also known as Bell’s palsy) occurs when the nerves of the face muscles become paralyzed. Most cases have benign progress and resolve spontaneously without any treatment.Facial palsy usually takes approximately three to four days to develop and can take up to several weeks or months to recover, but most people recove
June 21, 2012
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U.S. health official warns diesel fumes cause cancer
The health hazard of diesel engines has long been speculated, but has not yet been an official agenda on scientists’ tables. However, a recent World Health Organization’s decision to name diesel fume a grade-1 cancer-causing substance has shed light on the fuel. According to the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, diesel fumes could potentially be as big a public health threat as secondhand smoke, increasing the chances of lung cancer and bladder cancer. “We have studied bus and tax
June 21, 2012
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Tea drinking linked to prostate cancer
Men who drink several cups of tea a day for decades have a higher risk of prostate cancer, researchers in Scotland say. Dr. Kashif Shafique of the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow and colleagues found those who drank more than seven cups of tea per day for years had a 50 percent higher risk of developing prostate cancer compared with non-tea drinkers or those drinking less than four cups per day.“Most previous research has shown either no relationship with prostate ca
June 21, 2012
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Korean researchers develop multi-chamber nano particles
Scientists succeeded in producing molecular-scale materials capable of carrying two or more substances that could function as carriers of biological species and diagnostic agents. A team led by professor Lee Eun-seong of the Catholic University of Korea produced particles comprised of two or more micelles by forming them on a silicate surface. A micelle is an aggregate of molecules whose poles have opposing affinity to water. The team then removed the micelles from the surface and succeeded in c
June 20, 2012
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Google exec: Technology wave leaving many behind
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday warned that vast numbers of the world’s population are missing out on the advantages brought by the Internet.Schmidt said that about 2 billion people, less than a third of the world’s population, have Internet access, and 1 billion have smartphones. “The World Wide Web has yet to live up to its name,’’ he said. “Technology does not produce miracles, but connectivity, even in modest amounts, changes lives.’’ Schmidt served as Go
June 20, 2012
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NCsoft releases new blockbuster ‘Blade & Soul’
New multiplayer online game to go head-to-head with ‘Diablo 3’NCsoft will launch its long-awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game “Blade and Soul” in Korea on Thursday, setting up a showdown with the most popular “Diablo 3” to dominate the local online game market.The online game developer said Wednesday that the new online game will be launched at 4 p.m. during a free open beta test. It is planned to be commercialized here within two weeks.So far, 210,000 people have signed up fo
June 20, 2012
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SK Telecom to make second LTE leap as it marks one year
By Park Hyong-kiSK Telecom, Korea’s biggest mobile carrier, is gearing up to make another leap in long term evolution and open the era of “LTE 2.0” in the country.Celebrating the first anniversary since the company launched its LTE service in July last year, SK Telecom’s LTE 2.0 refers to offering multicarrier and LTE Advanced (LTE-A) services, with faster speed and accessibility, the company told reporters on Wednesday.It will launch the multicarrier service next month and aims to make LTE Adva
June 20, 2012
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Scientists find turtles fossilized while mating
German scientists have uncovered copulating turtle fossils, according to news reports.The turtle couples, which belonged to an extinct species known as Allaeochelys crassesculpta, are believed to have died from poisonous volcanic gas.Walter Joyce of the University of Tuebingen, who made the shocking discovery, said it was the first time that fossils of copulating vertebrates were found. The fossil
June 20, 2012
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LG Electronics forms smart TV consortium
LG Electronics has formed a business alliance with foreign television makers in an effort to promote smart TVs worldwide.Korea’s second biggest consumer electronics company has forged partnerships with TP Vision, the Netherlands/Taiwanese TV maker, and Japan-based Sharp.The consortium, named the “Smart TV Alliance,” to be headed by LG Electronics executive Kwon Bong-suk, is the first of its kind in the global TV industry.“We expect this partnership to further boost the smart TV ecosystem, while
June 19, 2012
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Undersea object probably not a UFO
A mysterious object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea isn't a UFO, Swedish researches say, but they add they don't have a sure idea of what it is, either.The object, located on the sea floor between Sweden and Finland, is some sort of "natural, geological formation," Peter Lindberg, the leader of the Ocean Explorer team, told FoxNews.com.Lindberg and other scientists and divers spent 12 day explorin
June 19, 2012
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Indian women claim 'Right to Pee'
Women in India, assailing the lack of public toilets available to them, have begun a Right to Pee Campaign, a report said Thursday.The humorous slogan, coined by the Mumbai, India, media, masks the dependence of the population on public restrooms, and the imbalance of men's rooms to those available to women, The New York Times said Thursday.A government study indicated the public sanitation system
June 19, 2012
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Microsoft unveils 'Surface' tablet in iPad challenge
Microsoft on Monday unveiled a Surface tablet computer as the technology titan steps in with its own hardware to take on Apple's market-ruling iPads.Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer described the iPad challenger as a tablet that "works and plays" when he showed it off at a press event in Los Angeles.Surface is also the name of table and poster-sized touch screen computers that Microsoft ha
June 19, 2012
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Ancient warming turned Antarctica green
Ancient global warming allowed the greening of Antarctica and substantial vegetation sprouted on the frozen continent 15 million years ago, researchers say.Ancient Antarctica was warmer and wetter than previously suspected -- enough to support vegetation, including stunted trees, along its edges -- researchers from the University of Southern California, Louisiana State University and NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported Sunday.Summer temperatures along the Antarctic coast 15 million to 20 m
June 19, 2012