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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Smartphone launcher Buzzpia eyes overseas market
Competition to dominate the homescreens of smartphones is heating up as new Android interface-based customized services emerge in the market.Market analysts forecast that those who dominate smartphones’ homescreens will be able to jockey for position in the mobile era. Jay Seo, CEO of Buzzpia, hopes to get everyone around the world talking about the launcher developed by his firm, Buzz Launcher.“The first target market will be the United States. Success in the nation is especially important sinc
Nov. 6, 2013
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Growing strategic role of CFOs in business
CFO means “chief financial officer.” But, increasingly, I think it has an even bigger meaning. At some top-performing finance organizations, the “F” from CFO is taking on the meaning of “future.”The CFO is the person in most companies who is in the best position to harness the expanding flood of data that can be used to inform and drive corporate strategy. We can’t just be scorekeepers. We need to help the company score ― meaning discovering new revenue growth opportunities.We need to understand
Nov. 6, 2013
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Government to punish KT for satellite giveaway
South Korea's science ministry said Tuesday it has opened a probe against KT Corp. as a part of its move to review the legitimacy of the firm's sales of the country's retired satellites at a dirt cheap price.The move came after parliament's communication committee revealed last week that KT sold the Mugungwha 2 and 3, South Korea's retired satellites launched in 1996 and 1999, respectively, to a Hong Kong-based satellite operator for a combined 4.5 billion won ($4.24 million).According to the co
Nov. 5, 2013
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Domestic SNS Me2day to shut down next June
South Korean microblogging service Me2day is to shut down in June 2014, a local news outlet reported Tuesday. The move is a reminder of how local social networking services have been giving way to global operators such as Twitter and Facebook in recent years.Naver, Me2day’s operator and Korea’s top Internet portal provider, recently said it would discontinue service in the face of market domination by worldwide SNS such as Twitter and Facebook, according to Money Today newspaper.It explained it
Nov. 5, 2013
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LG aims to lead flexible device market with G Flex
Unveiling its first curved smartphone, the G Flex, on Tuesday, LG Electronics expressed its confidence in taking the lead in the nascent flexible smartphone market. “The G Flex is one that shows the right direction for flexible smartphones, and even smart gadgets such as smart watches, to follow. LG will maintain its high reputation in the flexible smartphone market,” said Ma Chang-min, vice president of LG Electronics’ domestic marketing division, at a press conference. The Seoul-based electron
Nov. 5, 2013
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VMware seeks stronger partnerships with Samsung, LG
VMware, a global leader in virtualization software, expressed hopes to stay on close terms with its local clients including Samsung and LG. “Clearly, a part of my trip here is to meet with a number of major companies, some of the major telecoms and chief information officers. Given the long-term relationships I have with these companies, I hope to forge deeper relationships,” said Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, during a press conference at Lotte Hotel on Tuesday. Regarding the possibility of whe
Nov. 5, 2013
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Dongbu Daewoo Electronics opens 100th store in China
Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corp. has opened its 100th store in China, having first entered the market in July, company officials said Monday.At the opening ceremony for the store held in the city of Hangzhou on Saturday, the Korean electronics firm also unveiled new home appliances including the Classe Cube, a three-door refrigerator with space to store tea leaves, which has been specifically designed for Chinese consumers. Around 200 officials from the Chinese electronics industry participated i
Nov. 4, 2013
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Market share of Android smartphones hits new record in Q3: data
About four out of every five smartphones shipped globally in the third quarter ran on Google Inc.'s Android platform, data showed Friday, further cementing its dominance over other operating systems (OS).Shipments of Android-powered smartphones totaled a record 204 million units in the July-September period, according to the data by Strategy Analytics.That translates into the Android platform powering 81.3 percent of smartphones shipped during the cited period, also a record high, the data showe
Nov. 1, 2013
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Google rolls out Nexus 5 with LG
Google unveiled its new smartphone Nexus 5, which will run the latest Android 4.4 KitKat operating system, on Thursday in San Francisco. Following the previous Nexus 4, the U.S. search engine has again teamed up with LG Electronics.Google chairman Eric Schmidt, visiting Korea this week, met with LG Electronics’ mobile chief Park Jong-seok at the company’s R&D center in Incheon to discuss sales expansion of their latest smartphones. Key changes from its predecessor include a bigger 4.95-inch scr
Nov. 1, 2013
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Bronchitis
Diagnosis of chronic bronchitis is based on the criteria of coughing and sputum production for more than three months in a year for two consecutive years. Smokers who frequently have phlegm are included in these criteria. Smoking is the most common cause of chronic bronchitis, but environmental pollution is another important cause, particularly due to worsening pollution. The increasing number of chronic bronchitis patients each year is thought to be also related to stress. Other contributing fa
Oct. 31, 2013
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Ewha looks to new milestone in medical services
Ewha Womans University Medical Center has been Korea’s trail blazer in health care for women. It was founded by an American missionary 125 years ago when medical facilities were virtually off-limits to women. Its specialized center has contributed with fighting breast, ovarian and other cancers that affect women.The Seoul-based hospital, affiliated with Ewha Womans University, now looks to a new milestone with a plan to build a second complex combining its technological edge, private care and th
Oct. 31, 2013
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‘Health care expansion plan increases burden on hospitals’
Lee Soon-nam, director of Ewha Womans University Medical Center, urged the government to reconsider its health care insurance policy, saying it would keep hospital earnings low and hold back innovation the medical services industry.“The government’s health care reform is in the right direction, in terms of strengthening social security. But the government should consider raising insurance premium fees and medical service fees. Otherwise, hospitals will end up with the burden of providing even mo
Oct. 31, 2013
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Samsung rolls out latest Galaxy tablet in Korea
Samsung Electronics said Thursday that it has released its latest tablet Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition in Korea.The new Galaxy Note goes on sale from Friday through the nation’s three major mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, the world’s largest mobile device maker said.The tablet, boasting a 10.1-inch, 2,560 x 1,600 resolution liquid crystal display, comes with a 2.3 GHz quad-core processor for the LTE model, and a 1.9 GHz octa-core for the Wi-Fi model.Both models run on the Android Je
Oct. 31, 2013
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Solar eclipse to sweep U.S., Africa, Europe on Sunday
A rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States on Sunday as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. The round shape of the Earth explains why some viewers in west Africa will see a total eclipse, while others in the United States and Europe will only see the sun partly obscured.Regardless, experts said people should not look directly at the sun during the unusual hybrid eclipse unless they use special welder’s glass or v
Oct. 31, 2013
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Search for dark matter comes up empty so far
LEAD, South Dakota (AP) ― Nearly a mile underground in an abandoned gold mine, one of the most important quests in physics has so far come up empty in the search for the elusive substance known as dark matter, scientists announced Wednesday.But physicists on the project were upbeat, saying they had developed a new, more sensitive method of searching for the mysterious material that has mass but cannot be seen. They planned to keep looking.“This is just the opening salvo,” said Richard Gaitskell
Oct. 31, 2013
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HIV-like virus suppressed in monkey experiment
NEW YORK (AP) ― Doctors may one day be able to control a patient’s HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest.In monkeys, that strategy sharply reduced blood levels of a cousin of HIV. The results also gave tantalizing hints that someday the tactic might help destroy the AIDS virus in its hiding places in the body, something current drugs cannot do.The study results “could revolutionize efforts to cure HIV” if the approach is found to work i
Oct. 31, 2013
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Talks with Samsung were ‘good’: Schmidt
Google chairman Eric Schmidt said in Seoul on Wednesday that his discussions with Samsung Electronics executives about cooperation in IT were “good.” He declined to elaborate on what they discussed and whether he met Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong at the company’s Seocho office in southern Seoul. But he answered affirmatively to questions on whether he discussed ways for strengthening software competitiveness.John Lagerling, Google’s director of Android Global Partnerships, added
Oct. 30, 2013
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KT vows advanced mobile era in Africa
KT Corp. is out to provide more network and ICT support to help usher in an era of mobile advancement in Africa. This week, the nation’s leading network carrier is jointly hosting the Transform Africa Summit 2013 with the government of Rwanda in the capital of Kigali. Under the theme of “The Future Delivered. Today,” the summit brings together 12 African nations including Kenya and Uganda, along with representatives of the International Telecommunication Union, World Bank and other international
Oct. 30, 2013
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Crops of high-tech farmers sow results with apps
WESTFORD, Vermont (AP) ― A new cyber tool that helps map crops and monitor irrigation systems came to life after a University of Vermont researcher realized farmers just weren’t very good at keeping records.“They would guess a lot,” said Heather Darby, an agronomist from the University of Vermont Extension. “Or they’d write it down on little scrap pieces of paper or cigarette packs, like anything they had laying around they’d write it on, and then they’d show up for class, and we’d try to deciph
Oct. 29, 2013
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Brain has radar for snakes
Ever wonder why snakes inspire such fear? A new study on monkeys out Monday says the brain has specific cells that fire off rapid warnings when confronted with slithery danger.Certain neurons respond “selectively” to images of snakes, and they outpace comparable neurons that react to visuals of faces, hands or geometric shapes, the researchers said.The report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers new evidence to support the notion that primates evolved keen vision skills
Oct. 29, 2013