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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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‘UFO’ near Sun? NASA image sparks debate
A YouTube video purporting to show a UFO near the Sun has re-ignited the decades-old debate over alien existence.The video, posted by user “rob19791” on May 5, shows what the user claims to be a triangular object hovering just above the Sun’s surface. The image featured in the video was provided by NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.The object seems to be over 100,000 kilometers in length -- as big as the planet Saturn-- with long mechanical arms.A day after the video was uploaded on YouT
May 14, 2012
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Fanatic Diablo 3 fans flock for rare edition
Avid fans of the wildly popular online role-playing game ‘Diablo’ series have gathered in masses to buy the limited edition of the game on Monday.By early Sunday, approximately 1,300 gamers were lined up outside a store near Wangsimni station in Seoul to purchase the game, a day before it was even released.Desperate fans have even packed sleeping bags and tents to spend the night anticipating the moment when their 12-year wait finally pays off.First released in 1996, the “Diablo” franchise has e
May 14, 2012
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Smartphones drive robust demand for AMOLED: report
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Global demand for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode displays is expected to remain robust thanks to their increased use in smartphones, a report said Friday. “Our channel checks indicate that Samsung is likely to expand its AMOLED capacity from July 2012 to meet robust demand for AMOLED-based smartphones. We expect AMOLED equipment vendors to benefit from this development,” said Shin So-yun, an analyst at Macquarie Securities, in the report. AMOLED displays are
May 13, 2012
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Koh Young eyes 3-D inspection in non-memory chips
Global top inspection player seeking share buybacks, M&As, CEO saysChips connected with tiny electronic components and circuits are made through long manufacturing lines. They must be assembled and produced with maximum precision and perfection. Otherwise consumers are left with malfunctioning mobile devices and computers.In between those lines, there is inspection equipment such as solder paste and automatic optical inspection that makes sure such electronic components are put together and made
May 13, 2012
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Jogging mother called ‘selfish cow’ during pregnancy
British woman Jenny Wright said in a news report that she was called “selfish cow” by internet users because she kept on jogging during her pregnancy. According to the report, she was six months pregnant in January when she ran almost every day. She had posted her jogging experience on a website, with the encouragement of her doctor. There were hundreds of emails and comments by readers. Critics said that she could have caused brain damage in the unborn child; that her exercising was for feminis
May 13, 2012
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Man installs iPod holder… in his body
Dave Hurban just loves his iPod so much that he would do anything nearly anything for it; even go through painful operation.The tattoo artist has surgically implanted four magnets in his wrist in order to hold his iPod Nano in a ‘cool way’, without bothering with wristbands.In a video produced by Kaledioscope Kreative, Hurban barely winces as he performs the surgery himself.He says the implants are in fact, not that unique as one might think.“Those magnets are actually called micro-dermal anchor
May 13, 2012
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Class action suit against Apple over iPod
Millions of iPod owners may be surprised to learn they're suing Apple, industry analysts said.A lawsuit against Apple by RealNetworks, which developed the Real Player app and the Harmony music service, has been given class-action status U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Mashable reported Thursday.Consumers who purchased iPod devices between Sept. 12, 2006, and March 31,
May 11, 2012
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Samsung buys U.S. cloud service provider mSpot
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest mobile phone and memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday that it has acquired a U.S. cloud service provider to strengthen its mobile entertainment business.Samsung said it has taken over California-based mSpot Inc. that provides music, movies and radio content to mobile users. The U.S. company located in Palo Alto also has ties with many major telecommunication service providers in the United States that could benefit Samsung.Samsung said that it has
May 10, 2012
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Willstech offers energy management solutions
Willstech, a privately held Korean tech firm, will provide enterprise energy management software in Korea.The company said in a press release that it has secured a contract with Joulex to launch the private U.S. firm’s energy management system services for Korean businesses.Joulex’s software allows companies to save and efficiently manage energy from the use of various network-connected IT devices, Willstech said.It added that Joulex’s smart energy manager systems can help save up to 40 to 60 pe
May 10, 2012
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11 habits that send diet plans awry
With unusually hot weather signaling an early end to spring, many women are taking up weight loss regimes, getting ready to show off slender figures in summer.According to business group CJ, the women’s weight-loss market is worth around 200 billion won ($175 million) a year. However, many fail in their attempts to shed a few kilograms. Here are 11 reasons suggested by Fox News and other news outlets as to why people stumble on their way to a slimmer figure. 1. You eat the wrong food: Many peop
May 10, 2012
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Boys make up majority of ADHD patients
About 80 percent of those under-18s diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder are boys, requiring more than six months of treatment, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment said Wednesday. According to analysis, the number of young people diagnosed with ADHD amounted to 57,000 in 2011, up from 48,000 in 2007. About 80 percent were boys and 68.2 percent were between the ages of 7 and 13. ADHD symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling
May 10, 2012
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Children should not wear makeup: officials
The Korea Food and Drug Administration asks that children refrain from wearing makeup because some substances can trigger skin troubles at a very early age. “Children tend to have more vulnerable skin than grownups. Their skin also absorbs makeup materials more than that of grownups. Therefore, itchiness, rash and some other dermatological troubles may occur,” said Kim Young-ok, a KFDA official. The agency also said children should refrain from having manicures. Instead, they should wear sunscre
May 10, 2012
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Breast cancer is rare in men, but they fare worse
CHICAGO (AP) ― Men rarely get breast cancer, but those who do often don’t survive as long as women, largely because they don’t even realize they can get it and are slow to recognize the warning signs, researchers say.On average, women with breast cancer lived two years longer than men in the biggest study yet of the disease in males.The study found that men’s breast tumors were larger at diagnosis, more advanced and more likely to have spread to other parts of the body. Men were also diagnosed l
May 10, 2012
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70-year-old puts her best foot forward, 10 km a day
KANSAS CITY, Missouri ― Margie Warden is walking.It’s 4:45 a.m., and even some of the birds aren’t up yet, but she’s walking. She’s 70 years old and sweating through a gray shirt as she trudges up a long hill in the dark. She’ll walk 10 kilometers on the grounds of Kansas City Kansas Community College before the sun comes up. Ten years from now ― God willing, she says ― she’ll still be walking 10 kilometers every day. She’ll walk in the heat, in the cold, in the rain and the snow, because that’s
May 10, 2012
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Anemia
Anemia is a condition in which the blood has a below-normal level of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or hematocrit. In general, the patient is diagnosed as anemic if their hemoglobin content is lower than 13 grams per 100 ml in men, or 12g per 100 ml in women.Not every case of dizziness is diagnosed as anemia.Though many people think they are same, dizziness and vertigo are often not caused by anemia. Anemia could be one reason behind dizziness, but there are many other possible reasons including d
May 10, 2012
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Viagra helps children with heart defects
Viagra, or sildenafil may give a boost to underdeveloped hearts in children and young adults with congenital heart defects, U.S. researchers say.Study leader Dr. David J. Goldberg, a pediatric cardiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues randomly assigned 27 children and young adults to receive either sildenafil or a placebo for six weeks. After a six-week break in treat
May 10, 2012
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World’s priciest bike? Or world’s slowest sports car
Fahrradi Farfall FFX speeds … at 16 km per hourFrom outside, it is a dream car; aerodynamic smooth design, fiery red body, and gullwing doors that flap up, getting speed maniacs readying themselves for a hypersonic ride.That is, until someone hops in and find out they have to pedal their way at tedious 16 kilometers per hour.‘The Fahrradi Farfall FFX,’ the world’s most expensive bicycle, looks just like 1 million pound ($1.6 million) Ferrari FXX. But one tiny difference is the absence of the sta
May 10, 2012
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Apples, onions, green tea can prevent blood clots: study
An apple a day keeps blood clots away, claim scientists.In fact, oranges, onions, green tea and black tea -- all of which contain the chemical rutin -- may also contribute to preventing blood clots. Researchers at Harvard Medical School tested 500 different chemicals to find that rutin was most effective in blocking protein disulfide isomerase, a key enzyme linked to the formation of blood clots.“Clots occur in both arteries and in veins,” says Professor Robert Flaumenhaft, who led the research
May 10, 2012
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Facebook execs talk growth as IPO meetings begin
Facebook Inc. officials are touting growth prospects for the largest social network in meetings this week in New York and Boston with hundreds of would-be investors before its record initial public offering. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and chief financial officer David Ebersman led a presentation in Boston Tuesday. They were joined Monday in New York by chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg. The executives discussed reasons for acquiring photo-sharing site Instagram and told invest
May 9, 2012
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CA Technologies sees partnerships, acquisitions key to global growth
Choe says company may consider establishing R&D center domesticallyKorea’s software industry may have been in the shadows for quite some time.But Michael Choe, president of CA Technologies Korea, the local subsidiary of the world’s biggest IT management software company, said that with the emergence of cloud computing technology, it will stand at the forefront of innovation.“Software had been a ‘necessary evil’ in the past (in Korea), but now it has become a more integral part of the drive for
May 9, 2012