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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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US comic collection expected to get $2M at auction
A collection of some of the most prized comic books ever published is expected to fetch more than $2 million at auction this week in the U.S.Michael Rorrer said he thought his great uncle Billy Wright's comics were cool, but he didn't realize how valuable they were for months after finding the 345 c
Feb. 22, 2012
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Samsung, SAP to ally on corporate use of Android
SAP AG and Samsung Electronics Co. are teaming up to make mobile devices running Google Inc.’s Android operating system safer to use as corporate tools, according to people familiar with the matter. SAP, the largest maker of enterprise-management software, and Suwon, Korea-based Samsung will present
Feb. 22, 2012
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Teen lifts car to save grandpa
A 15-year-old Michigan boy says he has no idea how he was able to lift a 900 kilogram Buick enough for his grandfather to escape from underneath.Austin Smith said he was working on the 1991 Buick with his grandfather, Ernest "Papa Ernie" Monhollen, at his grandparents' Ida Township home Saturday whe
Feb. 22, 2012
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Radiation from disaster detected off Japan's coast
Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles (643 kilometers) off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more than prior levels, scientists reported Tuesday. Members of the media wearing protectiv
Feb. 22, 2012
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U.S. scientists discover new ‘waterworld’ planet
(123rf image) Artist’s rendition of GJ1214b (AFP-Yonhap News)An astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water -- literally, U.S. scientists say.Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said they have identified an entirely new k
Feb. 22, 2012
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Barnes & Noble unveils $199 Nook Tablet
US bookseller Barnes & Noble unveiled a new version of its Nook tablet computer Tuesday, a device with the same $199 price tag as Amazon's Kindle Fire.The seven-inch (17.78-centimeter) Nook Tablet also has eight gigabytes of memory like the tablet released by online retail giant Amazon in November.A
Feb. 22, 2012
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New history textbooks to feature Kim Jong-un
South Korean history textbooks for secondary school students that will be used for the new semester will include the definite description of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the education ministry said Tuesday.The education ministry said it has requested the Korea Authorized Textbook, which
Feb. 21, 2012
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First test-tube hamburger ready this fall: researchers
The world's first "test-tube" meat, a hamburger made from a cow's stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday.Post's aim is to invent an efficient way to produce skeletal muscle tissue in a laboratory that exactly mimics meat, and event
Feb. 20, 2012
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Official: 44 dead in Mexico prison riot
A fight among inmates led to a prison riot in northern Mexico that killed 44 people Sunday, a security official said.Nuevo Leon state public security spokesman Jorge Domene Zambrano said the riot broke out at about 2 a.m. in a high-security section of a prison in the city of Apodaca outside the nort
Feb. 20, 2012
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Study: Goats can develop 'accents'
MCTGoats, like people, can develop accents based on their surroundings, a British university study indicates.Until now, experts assumed most species' "voices" were dictated exclusively by genetics and not their surroundings. Exceptions were thought to be limited to humans, elephants, dolphins whales
Feb. 19, 2012
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Dozens injured by Thai hotel pool chlorine leak
More than 30 people, many of them foreign tourists, were rushed to hospital Saturday on the Thai resort island of Phuket after a chlorine leak at a hotel swimming pool, local officials said. (Bloomberg)The accident occurred shortly after 10:00am (0300 GMT) at the Phuket Orchid Resort and Spa hotel o
Feb. 19, 2012
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ESPN sorry for offensive headline on Lin story
New York Knicks` Jeremy Lin (17) drives against New Orleans Hornets` Chris Kaman an NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb. 17. (AP-Yonhap News)The cable television sports network ESPN has apologized for using a racial slur in a headline for a story on Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.ESPN ran the headline “
Feb. 19, 2012
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Son wants 98-year-old mom evicted
A Connecticut man attempting to have his 98-year-old mother evicted from her home said he wants her out of the house for her own good.Peter Kantorowski, 71, eldest son of Mary Kantorowski, said he wants his mother out of the Fairfield home she has occupied since 1953 because "she would be better off
Feb. 19, 2012
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Maid kills Singaporean widow after being called stupid
SINGAPORE (AFP) - A teenage Indonesian maid is facing a long jail term after pleading guilty to hitting and strangling an 87-year-old Singaporean widow who called her stupid, a report said Thursday.Now 19, Vitria Depsi Wahyuno had lied about her age in 2009, saying she was23 to meet the minimum age
Feb. 16, 2012
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Grandpa charged in forced Grand Canyon hikes
A U.S. man faces trial Wednesday on accusations that he forced his young grandsons to hike for kilometers in the Grand Canyon without food or water in brutal August heat.Christopher Alan Carlson’s grandsons, who were 12, 9 and 8 at the time, told investigators that Carlson hit, pushed, choked, and s
Feb. 16, 2012
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TV channel for dogs launched in US
A television channel designed specifically to be watched by dogs Monday in San Diego for stay-home-canines while the owners are away at work or too busy to play. The first and only television network for dogs, DOGTV, scientifically developed and tested for four years, DOGTV, “a new channel for man‘s
Feb. 16, 2012
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Apple considering smaller iPad?
Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a screen smaller than the iPad, sources told The Wall Street Journal.Officials at some of Apple's suppliers, who asked to remain anonymous, said the company has shown them designs for a device with a screen siz
Feb. 16, 2012
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Electric cigarette explodes in U.S. man’s mouth
A man trying to kick the smoking habit was puffing on an electronic cigarette when a faulty battery caused it to explode in his mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.A man smokes an electric cigarette. (
Feb. 16, 2012
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Angry Birds fly to Facebook
“Angry Bird,” the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, was catapulted to the world of Facebook on Tuesday in a bid by its Finnish maker Rovio to get one billion people playing the addictive game.True to the game’s quirky theme, a bird flung at a pig on a giant screen marked its official Facebook laun
Feb. 15, 2012
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Colombian priests hired hitmen to kill themselves
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Rev. Rafael Reatiga asked his parishioners to pray for him and gave the choirmaster a list of songs for his funeral shortly before he was found shot to death together with another Roman Catholic priest, a Colombian prosecutor said Tuesday.Authorities initially suspected robbe
Feb. 15, 2012