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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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NASA probe circling the moon on New Year's Eve
PASADENA, California (AP) -- As planet Earth rang in the new year, a different kind of countdown was happening at the moon.After a 3{-month journey, a NASA spacecraft flew over the moon's south pole, fired its engine and dropped into orbit Saturday in the first of two back-to-back arrivals over the
Jan. 1, 2012
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Brainless fish found off Scotland
Marine Scotland / Courtesy Scottish GovernmentA marine survey around islands off Scotland has found a fish-like creature without a face or a brain, researchers said.The creature and others were recorded during a government-backed survey of the waters around Scotland's coast, using underwater video a
Dec. 30, 2011
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Google top US Web destination in 2011: Nielsen
Google was the most-visited Web destination in the United States in 2011, followed by Facebook and Yahoo!, industry tracker Nielsen said Thursday.Google received an average of 153.4 million unique US visitors a month from home and work computers, according to Nielsen.Facebook notched up 137.6 millio
Dec. 30, 2011
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102-year-old woman undergoes colectomy
Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital announced on Monday that professor Kim Jun-ki successfully conducted a colectomy on a 102-year-old woman, possibly the oldest patient here to undergo the surgery.The woman, identified by her family name Moon, was diagnosed with two kinds of intestine cancer earlier this year. She received laparascopic surgery to remove tumors on the rectum and colon. Four days after the surgery, her recovery was significant, her doctors said. This is the first time a simultaneous tumor
Dec. 29, 2011
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Medical fees fixed for seven treatments
As early as this summer, medical fees for treatment of seven diseases will be fixed and covered by the national health insurance scheme, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.The seven treatments are cataract surgery, hemorrhoids treatment, tonsil removal, caesarian section, hysterectomy, appendectomy and herniotomy. The program will be applied to local clinics and small hospitals from as early as July next year and extended to general hospitals or top-tier teaching hospitals by July 20
Dec. 29, 2011
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Baby boomers and older lovers not immune to STDs
People who came of age in the 1960s and ‘70s did so in an era of free love. Even the music blasting from the speakers inside those sweet street machines told them it was OK to have sex anytime, anywhere and with anyone.Stephen Stills’ first solo hit in 1970 may have put it best: “If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with.”Now, it appears some of those “kids” weren’t taught much about such things as sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. And if the health teacher did
Dec. 29, 2011
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Chickenpox
Chickenpox is an illness caused by a primary infection of the varicella zoster virus. After initial infection with the virus, it takes from 10 to 21 days for chickenpox to develop. At the onset of chickenpox, the patient shows symptoms such as fever, malaise, and loss of appetite for one or two days. This is followed by a skin rash that lasts for two to four days. The rash first appears on the scalp and face, and then spreads to the entire body. Red, extremely itchy spots develop in earlier stag
Dec. 29, 2011
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Barre workouts creating a buzz
MINNEAPOLIS ― A ballet-inspired “barre” workout has been sweeping the nation. Its popularity is driven by women wanting to achieve a dancer’s physique and strength ― with or without tutus and ballet slippers.At Align Pilates in Minneapolis, noses drip with sweat, muscles quiver with exhaustion, and Beyonce blares from the speakers as class instructor Adrienne Fitzmaurice affirms what everyone is thinking:“Yes, this is hard!” she hollers, encouraging the women to pulse ― or make tiny movements ―
Dec. 29, 2011
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Tips on skin protection in winter
Moisturizing the best solution; use of body lotion recommendedNow that we are entering into the severely cold winter, our skin needs to be taken extra care of. The freezing temperature, coupled with the wind, dries up the skin and even causes some cracks on the face and other areas, deepening concerns. Dr. Ahn Gun-young, director of the Goowoonsesang Dermatology, gives The Korea Herald readers several tips on how to keep their skin healthy and glowing throughout the winter. 1. Afraid of “snake s
Dec. 29, 2011
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Samsung‘s Galaxy Note device hits 1m sales mark
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest handset maker, said Thursday its global sales of Galaxy Note devices surpassed 1 million in just two months. Samsung said the numbers represent Galaxy Note handsets supplied to mobile operators around the world since the device‘s debut at the end of October. Samsung claimed it created a new type of smart device that combines the strengths of a smartphone and a tablet computer, and uses a 5.3-inch screen. The Android-powered device offers a digi
Dec. 29, 2011
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AhnLab offers free anti-virus software in China
South Korea‘s largest computer anti-virus service provider, AhnLab Inc., said Thursday that it has begun to offer free anti-virus software in China as part of its efforts to expand overseas philanthropy. The China move is the company’s first overseas charity project since the anti-virus software maker announced plans to step up social contributions at home and abroad. The “V3 Lite” anti-virus program is available on the company‘s Chinese Website (www.ahn.com.cn) for free, the company said. The a
Dec. 29, 2011
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Oklahoma baby is 3rd sickened by rare bacteria
ATLANTA (AP) — An Oklahoma baby is the third infant this month sickened by a rare type of bacteria sometimes associated with tainted powdered infant formula.The child, from Tulsa County, was infected with Cronobacter sakazakii but fully recovered, health officials said Wednesday. An Illinois c
Dec. 29, 2011
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Study points to origin of syphilis
ATLANTA, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- A study has confirmed syphilis did not exist in Europe before Columbus made his 1492 voyage, and it came back with his crew, researchers say.Anthropologists at Emory University say they re-analyzed European skeletons that some previous researchers said proved syphilis exist
Dec. 28, 2011
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Vigorous star-forming galaxy at cosmic dawn discovered
An international team of astronomers has discovered a vigorous, star-forming galaxy that existed about 750 million years after the Big Bang. This galaxy, named GN-108036, was a remarkable source of star formation at the so-called "cosmic dawn.” It was generating an exceptionally large amount of star
Dec. 27, 2011
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French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits
NEW YORK, Dec 26, 2011 (AFP) - Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.Tens of thousands of women worldwide have been fitted with the implants, w
Dec. 27, 2011
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Samsung buys Sony’s stake in LCD venture
Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it has agreed to end its joint liquid crystal display venture with Sony Corp. as the global panel industry continues to struggle with a prolonged downturn in TV demand. The Korean firm decided to buy Sony’s entire stake in the joint venture, S-LCD Corp., for 1.08 trillion won ($939.6 million), it said in a statement. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of next month, pending regulatory approval. Even though the joint venture will come to a clo
Dec. 26, 2011
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STX OSV wins order for fish feed carrier
STX OSV Holdings Ltd., a European unit of South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate STX Group, has clinched a 40 billion won ($33.6 million) deal to build a fish feed carrier, the group said Monday.Under the deal with Eidsvaag AS, STX OSV will deliver the vessel by the second quarter of 2013, the company said in a statement.The vessel, 75 meters long and 13.6 meters wide, will be used to deliver fish feed to fish farms and operate for Skretting AS, the world leader in the production and supply of f
Dec. 26, 2011
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Korea to help stem FMD in Southeast Asia
South Korea will spend $2.61 million in the next four years to help fight foot-and-mouth disease in Southeast Asian countries, a main source of the disease that affects hoofed animals, including cows and pigs, the government said Monday.Under a joint prevention program with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the money will help set up disease prevention and control systems in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, according to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.The
Dec. 26, 2011
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Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing
Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Society research organization have developed a machine that makes artificial skin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europe it could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven meters long, three me
Dec. 26, 2011
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Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing
Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Societyresearch organisation have developed a machine that makes artificialskin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metres
Dec. 26, 2011