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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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'Samsung did not copy Apple’s designs’
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg) Seoul court says Apple infringed two Samsung patents, Samsung violated one of Apple’s A Seoul court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics against Apple Inc., ordering a s
TechnologyAug. 24, 2012
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Computer maker sees ‘dual-device’ world
A U.S. computer company officer says predictions of the demise of the old-style home PC due to rapid development of smartphones and tablets are overblown.David Schmoock, who heads North American operations for Chinese PC maker Lenovo, says he‘s seen little evidence tablet adoption is undercutting laptop sales.“The tablet world is almost completely complementary to the PC world,” Schmoock told Network World. “It really is a dual-device world.”He acknowledges some major readjustments in the home P
TechnologyAug. 24, 2012
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6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak
This image is not directly related to the storyLegionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said. "We are very concerned by the current situation," Quebec public health chief Francois Desbiens said. "It's the largest legionellosis outbreak in Canada in recent years."Sixteen new cases were rep
TechnologyAug. 24, 2012
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Over 100 tanks seized from pro-Gadhafi militia: ministry
More than 100 tanks were seized from a militia loyal to Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi as authorities hunted the perpetrators of a double car bombing, the interior ministry said on Thursday.A ministry official said an investigation into the attacks on Sunday helped to detect the militia which posed as "revolutionaries" and was housed in barracks in Souk al-Ahad near Tarhuna, 60 kilometres (
TechnologyAug. 24, 2012
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Robot to take ‘self-awareness’ test
A robot developed by scientists at Yale University in Connecticut could soon pass a landmark test by recognizing itself in a mirror, the researchers say.Such a feat would be considered evidence of self-awareness and represent an advance toward robots that can think for themselves, they said.The robot, dubbed Nico, will take the test in coming months, Justin Hart, the doctoral student leading the research, told BBC News.“It is a spatial reasoning task for the robot to understand that its arm is o
TechnologyAug. 24, 2012
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Seoul shares open lower on growth concerns
South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Friday following fresh concerns over the global economic slowdown, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 20.91 points, or 1.08 percent, to 1,921.63 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Large-cap exporters led the decline, with market bellwether Samsung Electronics slumping 1.17 percent and leading automaker Hyundai Moto
Aug. 24, 2012
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Slump, changing tastes dent whiskey sales
The volume of whiskey sold in Korea in the first half of this year plunged, apparently due to the ongoing economic slump, data showed on Thuesday.According to a report by the Korea Alcohol and Liquor Industry Association, whiskey sold in the first six months this year amounted to 1.18 million liters, down 38.9 percent from the same period last year.Such a trend can be attributed to consumers not buying high-priced liquors in the economic downturn, market observers said. Also, a change in drinkin
Aug. 23, 2012
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Environmentalists warn of risks of Arctic drilling
MOSCOW (AP) ― Environmental activists warned Tuesday that drilling for oil in the Russian Arctic could have disastrous consequences because of a lack of technology and infrastructure to deal with a possible spill in a remote region with massive icebergs and heavy storms.Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund unveiled a report assessing the risks of an oil spill in the Pechora Sea in Russia’s Arctic, where state-owned Gazprom has installed a huge drilling platform and is pioneering sea drilling i
TechnologyAug. 23, 2012
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Stomachache and diarrhea in children during summer
In the summer, the warm weather allows the rapid growth of bacteria contamination in food, causing food poisoning and bacterial diarrhea. Children who consume foods contaminated with bacteria develop nausea, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea after 3-24 hours. They can also experience headaches or fever. Food poisoning often occurs in group catering, such as restaurants, parties, summer camps and kindergarten meals. Foods such as meats, fish, seafood, ham, salad, cream, eggs and milk often are a
TechnologyAug. 23, 2012
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Mental benefits of music lessons last a long time
LOS ANGELES ― Lapsed musical instrumentalists (and their disappointed parents): Take heart! The child that gets even a few years of formal musical training before quitting those weekly lessons continues to show evidence that his or her brain has been changed in ways that improve mental function, says a new study.The latest research found that even years after they stopped practicing, young adults who had taken as little as two or three years of instrumental music training in their elementary or
TechnologyAug. 23, 2012
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Concern raised over kids’ use of smartphones
Use of digital devices at early age can do kids more harm than good, experts warnAs smartphones and tablet computers become more popular, more parents are using them to babysit their children, with plenty of apps available to entertain infants, toddlers and pre-school kids. “A smartphone and for-kids apps are a must for our family at restaurants, in the car or often at home,” said Kim Sun-min.Her 28-month-old daughter is a frantic fan of Pororo, the main character of TV animation series “Pororo
TechnologyAug. 23, 2012
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Conglomerates, financial sector tighten belts on economic slump
A slew of companies are tightening their belts by cutting jobs and wages and making employees go on mandatory leaves of absence as the stagnant economy drags out, with mounting household debts discouraging consumption.Korea’s second-quarter household credit, or credit purchases and loans for households extended by financial institutions, hit a record high of 922 trillion won ($814.5 billion) as of the end of June, up 10.9 trillion won from three months earlier, the Bank of Korea said Thursday.Wi
IndustryAug. 23, 2012
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DHL opens new global logistics hub in Busan
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight operator of Deutsche Post DHL, said Thursday that it has opened a global logistics hub in Korea’s southern port city of Busan ― the eighth of its kind globally and first in Northeast Asia. The Bonn, Germany-based company said it has injected 500,000 euros ($627,000) in completing the Busan Multinational Gateway that will reduce transit times by up to seven days through new 13 direct services. “Busan’s location between Japan and China makes it an i
IndustryAug. 23, 2012
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Shares inch up 0.38% on bargain hunting
South Korean stocks edged up 0.38 percent Thursday as investors scooped up local shares for bargain hunting following a recent fall, analysts said. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 7.35 points to close at 1,942.54, snapping a four-session bearish run. Trading volume was heavy at 594.7 million shares worth 4.15 trillion won ($3.67 billion), with gainers outpacing losers 460 to 335.“Foreign investors picked up large-cap shares t
Aug. 23, 2012
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In U.S., Hyundai chief stresses product quality
Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo stressed a prompt response to the recent sales recovery of Japanese rivals in his visit to the Korean auto behemoth’s U.S. operations on Wednesday. Chung urged, among other things, to secure product quality as Hyundai has already increased production capacity by recently switching from a two-shift to a three-shift system, where three sets of workers change turns each day, in U.S. factories. “The smooth operation of U.S. plants is essential in order to
IndustryAug. 23, 2012
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Iran’s Bank Mellat loses lawsuit in Korea over financial sanctions
An Iranian bank has lost a legal battle with Korea’s Finance Ministry to cancel a 2010 decision that suspended the bank’s local branch, a measure following international sanctions over Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program, court officials said Thursday. The Seoul Administrative Court in a Thursday ruling rejected a request from Bank Mellat to nullify the decision, officials said. Korea put 102 Iranian entities, including the Bank Mellat branch, and 24 individuals under government supervisi
Aug. 23, 2012
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SKT develops image-recognition solution for ads
SK Telecom, Korea’s biggest telecom operator, has developed an image recognition solution for outdoor advertising.The solution, which will be adopted at the International Finance Center in Yeouido, can analyze a group of people visiting the IFC Mall for demographic information such as age and gender, after photographing them with full high-definition cameras placed above or below large digital advertising screens.Such real-time customer statistics gathered through SK Telecom’s image solution wil
TechnologyAug. 23, 2012
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Business lobby group opposes move to raise corporate taxes
KCCI tenders wish list to ruling and opposition parties ahead of presidential electionFour months ahead of the Dec. 19 presidential election, a major business lobby group submitted their wish list to political parties urging them not to raise corporate taxes.In the recommendation letter handed over to ruling and opposition parties on Thursday, the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry said it hopes, above all, the next administration will not raise corporate taxes.The KCCI claimed that the recent
IndustryAug. 23, 2012
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KEPCO tightens belt to close deficit
Korea Electric Power Corp. has adopted a series of cost-cutting measures to offset its deficit caused by the nation’s below-cost electricity rates.Officials at the state-run company said they have saved about 1.4 trillion won ($1.2 billion) on average annually from in-house measures over the past four years. The cost-saving measures included a voluntary return of salaries of executives in 2008 and a wage freeze of employees and executives in 2009 and 2010. KEPCO has also downsized its organizat
Aug. 23, 2012
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Dissonance hinders aid to small businesses
Mismatch remains in views of what small exporters needAhn Yong-joon opened his auto frame manufacturing company TLtek in 2000, using former business connections to form contracts with car companies in Japan. Looking beyond doing business locally, he set his sights abroad from the start. “There is no other choice than to export,” Ahn said, considering the limited size of the local market.A decade later, nearly 60 percent of his $26.4 million in sales in 2011 came from exporting to Japan, Europe a
Aug. 23, 2012