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Controversy rekindled over when to name criminals, suspects
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Seoul transit pass for travelers to be available starting July
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Hybe-Ador CEO conflict gets messier
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Battery makers ramp up efforts to diversify graphite supply chain
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Prosecutors to summon pastor who allegedly gave Dior bag to first lady
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‘Monk’ DJ spreading Buddhism goes global
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[LLG] Unseen inheritance: Trauma of transnational adoption 'trickles down' to adoptees' children
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Court's ruling set to shape path of medical school expansion
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Loans of self-employed swell 50% in four years
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LG Uplus vows not to drop Huawei’s equipment plan
LG Uplus CEO Lee Sang-chul reiterated over the weekend that its use of equipment made by China-based telecommunications firm Huawei would not end due to non-technical issues. LG Uplus has been embroiled in controversies over the adoption of Huawei’s equipment, as the U.S. government expressed concerns that the equipment could be used to spy on key U.S. military members and to keep an eye on its ally’s communications. Two senators, Dianne Feinstein and Robert Menendez, said Huawei’s supply deal w
Dec. 8, 2013
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Samsung to boost ties with China Mobile
Samsung Electronics and China Mobile discussed ways to strengthen their cooperation in the mobile telecommunication sector when the Chinese firm’s chairman visited the Korean company on Friday, sources said.Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung Electronics’ mobile unit, met China Mobile chairman and CEO Xi Guohua at the Korean firm’s office in Suwon, south of Seoul, according to the sources.Samsung declined to confirm whether Samsung’s heir apparent Lee Jay-yong joined the Shin-Xi meeting.The sou
Dec. 6, 2013
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More than 130,000 embryos discarded last year
A total of 131,708 fertilized eggs were gotten rid of last year due to an increase in the number of embryo transfers and the prevalent medical practice of collecting multiple eggs for higher chances for conception, officials said Thursday.According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, nearly 250,000 eggs were collected by registered fertility centers across the country in 2012. But only 95,000 eggs were utilized for would-be mothers. Of the remaining eggs, 50,000 were stored in freezers for fu
Dec. 5, 2013
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Face transplant patients thrive after operations
CHICAGO (AP) ― The nation’s first full face transplant patients are growing into their new appearances ― literally.Medical imaging shows new blood vessel networks have formed, connecting transplanted skin with the patients’ facial tissue, a finding that may help improve future face transplant surgeries, doctors announced Wednesday.Dallas Wiens, the first U.S. man to get a full face transplant, is a remarkable example of that success. The 28-year-old Fort Worth man attended Wednesday’s annual mee
Dec. 5, 2013
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Asthma may worsen this winter
Winter weather can be a major trigger for asthma, a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, due to increased indoor activity, respiratory infections and breathing cold air. This year, asthma patients have another winter problem: smog arising from a seasonal increase in coal use in China. Fine dust levels have surged to several times the usual concentrations, according to a state-run environment research center.“Patients suffering from asthma should be extra vigilant about the increase in th
Dec. 5, 2013
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Liver cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease that destroys normal liver cells, replacing them with scar tissue. The broad scarring of the liver distorts the organ’s normal structure. This obstructs the blood flow in the liver and stops it from carrying out important functions.Chronic diseases that can lead to liver cirrhosis include viral hepatitis B and C, alcoholic liver disease and some uncommon genetic or autoimmune diseases. However, liver cirrhosis does not always occur in patients with chro
Dec. 5, 2013
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Samsung Engineering wins $770m order in Malaysia
Samsung Engineering Co., one of South Korea’s largest industrial plant builders, said Thursday it has obtained a $770 million order for a natural gas processing plant in northeastern Malaysia. The order was jointly placed by Petronas Carigali, a unit of Malaysia’s state-run oil company Petronas, and HESS Corp., a U.S. energy company, Samsung Engineering said. The South Korean builder said it will complete the plant, to be set up within an industrial complex 260 kilometers northeast of Kuala Lump
Dec. 5, 2013
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SKT, China Mobile agree on LTE roaming service
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile operator, said Thursday that it has agreed to launch an automatic international Long Term Evolution roaming service with China Mobile Ltd., as well as other LTE services.Under the deal, travelers and businesspeople will be able to use their regular LTE services offered by the two mobile carriers more easily between the two countries, according to SK Telecom.About 6.8 million Koreans and Chinese traveled between the two countries last year. Early this
Dec. 5, 2013
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Zoo orangutans play with iPads
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― Like many humans, the orangutans at the Kansas City Zoo are spending time playing games, watching videos and listening to music on their iPads.The project, called Apps for Apes, involves orangutans in 20 zoos in North America and New Zealand and is designed to stimulate the animals’ brains and enrich their lives, the Kansas City Star reported.“They seem to like the sounds or the drawings,” said Stacia Pieroni, animal area supervisor at the zoo. “They really like watc
Dec. 5, 2013
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Ancient DNA from human relative sets age record
NEW YORK (AP) ― Scientists have reached farther back than ever into the ancestry of humans to recover and analyze DNA, using a bone found in Spain that’s estimated to be 400,000 years old. So far, the achievement has provided more questions than answers about our ancient forerunners.The feat surpasses the previous age record of about 100,000 years for genetic material recovered from members of the human evolutionary line. Older DNA has been mapped from animals.Experts said the work shows that ne
Dec. 5, 2013
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Men’s and women’s brains are wired differently: study
Women aren’t very good at reading maps, and men are incapable of multi-tasking.At first glance they might seem like a couple of hoary old stereotypes from the battle of the sexes. But are they?A new study looking at the neural wiring of the male and female brain has concluded that there may be some truth to commonly held beliefs about what makes men and women tick.The study, published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, has found striking differences between the way that men’s an
Dec. 5, 2013
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Argentina grapples with its most polluted river
BUENOS AIRES (AP) ― The picturesque La Boca district draws hordes of tourists to stroll its narrow streets lined with colorful buildings and eat at outdoor restaurants. Now it has a new, unwanted claim to fame: The Riachuelo river flowing through the neighborhood has been named one of the planet’s 10 dirtiest places.Thousands of people live along the river, and environmentalists say a court-ordered cleanup of decades of industrial pollution and sewage has made little progress in five years. Many
Dec. 5, 2013
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Dongbu Daewoo takes on the world
Embracing religious, cultural and regional aspects of global markets with its products, Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corp. is making waves in the world’s home appliances market. For instance, most Iranian women wash their hijab by hand, mostly because the delicate fabric can tear in a washing machine. Also, Muslim women don’t want their head scarves to be washed together with dirty laundry. Considering these cultural factors, Dongbu Daewoo Electronics came up with the idea of adding a washing funct
Dec. 4, 2013
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LGE begins global pitch for G Flex
LG Electronics, one of the world’s top five smartphone makers, has begun the global marketing pitch for its first curved smartphone, starting in Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, the company said Wednesday. On Tuesday, LG held a launching ceremony at Hong Kong’s Charter House building for the local press to announce that the curved G Flex will start selling in Hong Kong on Dec. 13 through five of the nation’s main network carriers. In Singapore, preorders will begin on Dec
Dec. 4, 2013
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Samsung’s global share in mobile memory nears 50%
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. saw its market share in the global mobile memory industry reach 50 percent in the second quarter thanks to growing demand for mobile devices, a market researcher said Wednesday.Samsung Electronics sold about 1.41 billion units of mobile dynamic random access memories in the second quarter of this year, according to a report by market researcher IHS iSuppli.Its global market share stood at 49.4 percent at the end of June.The numbers are calculated b
Dec. 4, 2013
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Korea develops new shark-repelling device
South Korea has developed a new shark-repelling device that provides safety to both humans and sharks, the government said Wednesday.The device uses solar panels set on top of floating buoys to create a curtain of magnetic fields that is only irritating to sharks, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.Each solar panel creates a magnetic current of less than 5 volts, which is virtually undetectable to humans or other fish, a ministry official said.“The country sees a considerable numb
Dec. 4, 2013
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Federal study warns of sudden climate change problems
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Hard-to-predict sudden changes to Earth’s environment are more worrisome than climate change’s bigger but more gradual impacts, a panel of scientists advising the federal government concluded Tuesday.The 200-page report by the National Academy of Sciences looked at warming problems that can occur in years instead of centuries. The report repeatedly warns of potential “tipping points” where the climate passes thresholds, beyond which “major and rapid changes occur.” And some of
Dec. 4, 2013
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ISON confirmed dead after brush with sun
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A comet that grabbed attention worldwide for being likened to a massive snowball in space did not survive its brush with the sun last week, NASA confirmed on Tuesday.“Though the exact time of ISON’s death is uncertain it does appear to be no more. All that is left is a cloud of debris without a nucleus,” C. Alex Young of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center told AFP in an email.Dubbed the “Christmas Comet,” the icy giant described as a massive and dirty snowball skimmed past t
Dec. 4, 2013
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Gift guide: Plenty of laptops, even on budget
NEW YORK (AP) ― There’s no shortage of laptop computers to pick from this holiday season, even for shoppers on tight budgets. A Chromebook optimized to run Google’s Internet services can be bought for as little as $200, while a few hundred dollars more gets you a laptop that’s not so dependent on having a continuous online connection.Although smartphones and tablet computers get much of the attention these days, laptops are still more desirable for people who do a lot of typing or other heavy-du
Dec. 4, 2013
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LTE subscribers near 27m in S. Korea
The number of subscribers to the so-called long-term evolution (LTE) mobile network in the country reached 27 million last month, with over 50 percent of mobile phone users using the faster wireless coverage, industry data showed on Wednesday.According to the data compiled by the country's three mobile carriers, some 27.35 million people subscribed to the LTE service as of end-November, accounting for slightly more than half of the country's 54.4 million mobile phone users.The end-November figur
Dec. 4, 2013