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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Samsung to release Galaxy Note 2 on Sept. 26
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, said Friday that it will release its brand new Galaxy Note 2 phablet in Seoul next week.The official launch is earlier than the October date given by Shin Jong-kyun, head of Samsung's IT and mobile unit, at the IFA 2012 trade fair in Berlin last month when the phablet was first unveiled.The company said the start of sales
TechnologySept. 22, 2012
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Shares gain on foreign buying
South Korean stocks advanced 0.60 percent on Friday as foreigners sought after risky assets, buoyed by the recent stimulus measures from major economies, analysts said. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed up 12.04 points to 2,002.37. Trading volume was heavy at 641.9 million shares worth 4.91 trillion won ($4.38 billion) with gainers outpacing losers 461 to 354. “At least, the expectations on the third quantitative easing from W
Sept. 21, 2012
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Apple cuts LCD orders from Samsung Display
Apple Inc. has been scaling back purchases of liquid crystal display panels for tablet computers from Samsung Display Co., data showed Friday, amid speculation the iPhone maker is trying to rely less on the affiliate of its archrival Samsung Electronics Co. Samsung Display’s shipments of 9.7-inch LCD panels, which are only used in Apple’s iPad tablets, claimed 13 percent of total August shipments, plunging from 41.3 percent in May, according to data by market researcher DisplaySearch.Samsung Dis
Sept. 21, 2012
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GS Caltex starts work on polymer compounds plant
GS Caltex Co., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, said Friday it broke ground for a polymer compounds plant in the southern part of the country. The plant to be built in Jinju, 434 kilometers south of Seoul, is slated to start commercial operations in 2015 with an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons, the company said in a press release. Polymer compounds are functional plastics widely used for making cars and home appliances.GS Caltex currently has two polymer compounds plants in C
Sept. 21, 2012
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KB unveils plans to recover trust, brace for contingencies
KB Financial Group said Friday it will open an exclusive counter to offer financial consultations for people in the low- to middle-income brackets, expand support for small companies and create more jobs.KB unveiled the package of new measures as follow-up to a meeting of the nation’s largest financial groups and Financial Services Commission chief Kim Seok-dong last month. Other financial groups such as Woori, Shinhan, Hana and Nonghyup also revealed similar plans Friday.KB said its six new maj
Sept. 21, 2012
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Congressmen present U.S. flag to Hyundai Motor for charity
A group of 96 U.S. congressmen helping children suffering from cancer presented the star-spangled banner which had been hung in the Capitol in Washington D.C. to Hyundai Motor Co., in appreciation of the Korean carmaker’s support for the campaign, company officials said on Friday.Hyundai Motor is currently the only private company that the U.S. organization Childhood Cancer Caucus has invited for two consecutive years as an official partner for the community service program, the officials said.
MobilitySept. 21, 2012
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Samsung didn’t violate Apple patent: German court
A German court on Friday found Apple Inc.’s patent infringement claim on Samsung Electronics Co. invalid, giving an upper hand to the South Korean company that suffered a crushing defeat in an earlier U.S. jury verdict.The district court in Mannheim ruled Samsung didn’t infringe the iPhone maker’s patent on multi-touch flags. The patent is one of the six intellectual properties Apple addressed in its June 2011 claim against the South Korean tech titan.Samsung welcomed the German court ruling, pl
TechnologySept. 21, 2012
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IMF cuts Korea’s growth outlook to 3%
High level of household indebtedness remains serious concern, it saysThe International Monetary Fund cut its 2012 growth estimate for South Korea to 3 percent on Thursday, down 0.25 percentage point from its June forecast. It also revised its 2013 forecast to 3.9 percent from 4 percent in June. The IMF said that Asia’s fourth-largest economy is slowing in the face of strong global headwinds, with growth projected to bottom out during the course of 2012, regaining momentum toward the end of the y
Sept. 21, 2012
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Samsung didn't violate Apple patent: German court
A German court on Friday found Apple Inc.'s patent infringement claim on Samsung Electronics Co. invalid, giving an upper hand to the South Korean company that suffered a crushing defeat in an earlier U.S. jury verdict.The district court in Mannheim, one of the three German courts the two rivals have been facing off in, ruled Samsung didn't infringe the iPhone maker's patent on multi-touch flags.
IndustrySept. 21, 2012
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Shut up! Speech jammer among 2012 Ig Nobel winners
For anyone who's ever been tired of listening to someone drone on and on and on, two Japanese researchers have the answer.The SpeechJammer, a device that disrupts a person's speech by repeating his or her own voice at a delay of a few hundred milliseconds, was named Thursday as a 2012 winner of the Ig Nobel prize _ an award sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine for weird and humo
TechnologySept. 21, 2012
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‘Three-parent baby’ fertility technique mulled in Britain
LONDON(AFP) - A fertility technique that uses DNA from three parents to create an embryo could become legal in Britain after a public consultation on its ethical implications was launched on Monday.The results of the consultation will help inform a decision by the government on whether to legalise the technique as early as next year -- potentially making Britain the first country in the world to hold human trials into the treatment, the Daily Telegraph reported.The IVF-based technique is designe
TechnologySept. 21, 2012
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iPhone 5 restriction poised to spark Samsung discounts in Europe
Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5, only able to access the fastest available mobile networks on specific airwaves, is prompting disadvantaged carriers in Europe to cut prices for handsets from rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co.The iPhone 5, which goes on sale today, will connect to fourth-generation wireless networks in Europe that run on a 1,800 megahertz band, favoring carriers who do have a network attuned to that frequency, including Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG and its British EE venture with Fran
IndustrySept. 21, 2012
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Apple iPhone 5 praised for speed, faulted on maps by reviewers
Apple’s iPhone 5 drew accolades from technology-gadget critics, who praised the smartphone’s lightweight body design, bigger screen and swifter data-download speeds even as some faulted its mapping tools.The iPhone 5, which is scheduled to reach stores Sept. 21, is the best smartphone on the market, map-software flaws aside, according to Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal. Ed Baig of USA Today said the device keeps Apple ahead of rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co., and Rich Jaroslovsky
TechnologySept. 21, 2012
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Apple cuts LCD supply from Samsung Display
Workers clean the rooftop of a building near an Apple Store that started selling its new iPad tablet computers on July 20 in Shanghai. (AP-Yonhap News)Apple Inc. has been scaling back purchases of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for tablet computers from Samsung Display Co., data showed Friday, amid speculation the iPhone maker is trying to rely less on the affiliate of its archrival Samsung E
TechnologySept. 21, 2012
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S. Korean airlines agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions
South Korea's air carriers have again agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions as part of national efforts to fight climate change, the government said Friday.The voluntary agreement is the third of its kind signed by the country's seven airlines, including flag carriers Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, according to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs."Under the first agreem
IndustrySept. 21, 2012
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IMF cuts 2012 growth estimate for S. Korea to 3 percent
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its 2012 growth estimate for South Korea to 3 percent on Thursday, citing the heightened eurozone crisis as a major risk factor.In June it forecast Asia's fourth-largest economy would grow 3.25 percent. But the IMF said South Korea's economy is likely to hit the bottom soon and called for preparations for raising interest rates. "The Korean economy is slow
Sept. 21, 2012
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Samsung to bring iPhone 5 to U.S. court
Samsung Electronics plans to add Apple Inc.’s latest smartphone iPhone 5 to the list of devices targeted in its patent lawsuits with the U.S. tech giant.Samsung officials in Seoul said on Thursday that the company had submitted a document to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which states its plan to include iPhone 5 in the ongoing suit against Apple.In the motion, Samsung said that based on currently available information, it believes the new smartphone will infrin
TechnologySept. 20, 2012
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Mathematician’s solution a conundrum in itself
Since claiming to solve a 27-year-old mathematical conundrum, Kyoto University professor Shinichi Mochizuki has let his papers do the talking. The four papers he uploaded to the Internet on Aug. 29 amount to what he says is a 500-page proof of the “abc conjecture,” which describes a relationship between whole numbers. However, in the several weeks since the upload, he has declined to talk publicly about them.Mochizuki has pedigree on his side. He is highly regarded in his field with many other p
TechnologySept. 20, 2012
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Samsung’s war on excessive drinking
Samsung Group, the country’s largest conglomerate, has stepped up efforts to stamp out a corporate culture of excessive drinking common in Korea.The group said that it has launched an in-house campaign across its subsidiaries in a bid to discourage binge drinking, forced drinking or other harmful types of drinking to promote a healthy workplace environment.This comes months after Samsung cleared out all ashtrays inside and outside its buildings to promote a “No Smoking” atmosphere, even telling
IndustrySept. 20, 2012
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Bowel problems in the fall season
There are various causes of bowel problems so it is important to assess the progression of symptoms first. Sudden onset of fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea and occasional bloody feces may indicate acute gastroenteritis or bacterial dysentery. Abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting are suggestive of food poisoning. Chronic repetition of abdominal pain and diarrhea without fever and vomiting may indicate irritable bowel syndrome. Simple pain around the navel may indicate constipation or somatizat
TechnologySept. 20, 2012