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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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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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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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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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S. Korea ranks 3rd in number of secure Internet servers
South Korea took the third spot among 143 countries in terms of the number of secure Internet servers in 2011, the country's ministry in charge of IT and science said Tuesday.The country had 2,496 secure Internet servers per million people in 2011, the third-largest after Iceland and the Netherlands, the Ministry of ICT, Science and Future Planning said, citing data compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF).Secure Internet servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions
May 14, 2013
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SK Hynix signs deal with Chongqing
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest chip supplier, signed a deal with the Chinese city of Chongqing for chip testing and packaging, the Seoul-based company said on Monday.Under the agreement, the two sides will establish a joint corporation based on a memorandum for investment. Chongqing will be responsible for the backend processing involving mainly the testing and packaging of chips, the company said. SK Hynix appeared to believe that the investment would be mutually beneficial, with the chip
May 13, 2013
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GS EPS to build Asia’s top biomass plant in Korea
GS EPS Co., a local energy firm, said Monday that it will spend 300 billion won ($269.5 million) to build Asia’s No. 1 biomass generation plant in a bid to tap deeper into the renewable power industry.The envisioned plan calls for GS EPS to construct the plant that will use a mix of agricultural byproducts to generate electricity in Dangjin, some 123 kilometers south of Seoul.In a groundbreaking ceremony held earlier in the day, the company said it plans to complete the plant by August 2015. The
May 13, 2013
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LG to invest W120b in environmental safety
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, said Monday that it plans to spend 120 billion won ($107.8 million) to beef up its environmental safety program, including chemical spill prevention, by 2015. LG also said it will expand the number of chemical experts and improve its fire protection system as part of the plans. The investment plan came after a highly poisonous hydrofluoric acid leak at Samsung Electronics Corporation’s main chip plant took place on Thursday in the
May 13, 2013
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Samsung to offer 5G service by 2020
Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday that it successfully developed a core technology of the fifth-generation network (5G) for the first time, aiming to enable users to access faster data services by 2020. The new wireless technology will enable customers to access a stream of data faster than the current fourth-generation network and download an entire movie in less than a second, the world's largest smartphone maker said. Under the new platform, users can download and upload data at speeds
May 12, 2013
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LG launches Optimus G Pro in U.S. market
LG Electronics, the world’s No. 3 smartphone maker, has released its Optimus G Pro smartphone in the U.S., the Seoul-based company said Friday. The launch follows the release of a 5.5.-inch Optimus G Pro at home in February, and the full HD smartphone launched by Japan’s NTT DoCoMo in March.The latest phone features an IPS display consuming 50 percent less energy, despite being twice as bright as AMOLED screens of the same size, the company said.U.S. customers can pick up the latest version of t
May 10, 2013
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Tech research firm to hold conference on 3rd platform
International Data Corporation Korea will hold its annual conference to deliver an informative overview on issues reshaping the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets at InterContinental Seoul COEX on May 15.Under the theme “Unlocking Value from the 3rd Platform: New Buyers, Offerings and Competitors,” the IT Directions 2013 Conference will provide insight into the industry’s transition to the next-generation computer platform -- built on big-data, cloud, mobi
May 10, 2013
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Korea starts work on next-gen light source
Korea will build a facility for a next-generation light source that creates high-energy X-rays, 10 billion times brighter than its current most powerful source.The government had a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday to build a “fourth-generation synchrotron radiation” facility in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province. A synchrotron accelerates particles such as electrons to extremely high energies, creating an electron beam that travels at almost the speed of light. It then uses this beam to genera
May 9, 2013
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Thick-skulled fossil cuts dino theory down to size
PARIS (AFP) ― The discovery of a new thick-skulled dinosaur the size of a large dog may challenge our image of a prehistoric Earth dominated by supersized lizards, a study said.The planet may, in fact, have been inhabited by many more types of small dinosaur than widely thought, a group of researchers wrote in the journal Nature Communications.“It would have been a world filled with a diversity of dinosaur life, both large and small,” study co-author David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum’s nat
May 9, 2013
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Ice Age language may share words with modern tongues
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Our Ice Age ancestors in Europe, 15,000 years ago, may have used words we would recognize today, according to a new study out this week in a U.S. journal.Words that sound alike in related languages are generally assumed to have come from a common route, like “father” in English and “pater” in Latin.Lead author Mark Pagel, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading in Britain, and his team were able to take the analysis a step further by showing that certain very co
May 9, 2013
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Ministry to ease sodium limit on kids’ food despite opposition
Concerns are rising over health authorities’ plan to relax salt content limits on instant noodle products that aim to be certified as good-quality snacks for kids.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced its plan on Wednesday to ease the sodium limit of the products from the current cap of 600 milligrams to 1,000 milligrams. The new sodium limit of 1,000 milligrams is more than half the recommended limit for a child’s daily consumption of sodium ― between 1,500 and 1,800 milligrams a day.B
May 9, 2013
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Diagnosing gastric conditions
More people in Korea than in the West complain of symptoms related to the gastrointestinal system. However, many people tend to dismiss such symptoms and do not see a doctor about it, which can sometimes lead to the progression of serious illnesses, such as gastric cancer. The best methods to maintain a healthy life is to practice the usual good lifestyle habits and have regular checkups to diagnose conditions early. Here, we will look at gastritis, gastric ulcers and gastric cancer, which are s
May 9, 2013
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Advanced facial contouring surgery attracts attention
A triangular-shaped face is popular among young Koreans in their 20s and 30s because they think it is beautiful. Demand for surgical operations to have this “V-line” shape is growing. But many of those who want to change their looks often find difficulty choosing surgical methods because many facial surgeries carry a high risk of side effects and cause excruciating pain.To this, Siot osteotomy has been grabbing attention because it cuts a smaller part of the chin bone than other existing methods
May 9, 2013
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Study: Fish oil doesn’t help prevent heart attacks
Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.The work makes clearer who does and does not benefit from taking supplements of omega-3 fatty acids, the good oils found in fish such as salmon, tuna and sardines.Previous studies have suggested that fish oil capsules could lower heart risks in people with heart failure or who have already suffered a hea
May 9, 2013
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Women are born to be overeaters: study
Women gorging or vomiting are generally considered those who have failed to adapt to cultural pressure and are obsessed with thin bodies. However, according to a recent study from Michigan State University, women are biologically born to be more likely to overeat than men.The researchers led a feeding experiment on 60 rats, half of them male and half female. Scientists studied the eating habits of each gender group by regularly replacing the food pellets with vanilla frosting.The experiment res
May 9, 2013
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Money talks, after all
Higher income seems to improve happiness even if the amount of earnings exceeds a certain level, National Bureau of Economic Research found. The NBER conducted research on the top 25 countries with the highest population in the world to analyze the relationship between income and happiness, and concluded that people’s happiness is proportional to their family income. The degree of happiness, however, was found to be different depending on the country. Among families from the top 25 countries wit
May 9, 2013
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A romp for the Heat, who top Bulls 115-78
The Miami Heat recorded its most lopsided playoff win in franchise history and inflicted the heaviest such defeat on Chicago by beating the Bulls 115-78 on Wednesday, squaring their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-1.Nine technical fouls, two ejections and a lot of pushing and shoving also injected some venom into the series, as the Heat turned what was a close game in the first half into a blowout.In Wednesday's other game, the Golden State Warriors withstood a big comeback from San An
May 9, 2013
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Number of mobile subscribers switching carriers nears record
Mobile Number Portability in South Korea still ran high over the past weekend as local mobile carriers lured subscribers with new pay plans and lower prices, industry sources said Tuesday.According to the sources, the country’s three mobile carriers ― SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. ― received a total of 105,035 MNP applications during the May 4-6 period, nearing an all-time high of 116,055 MNP applications seen late last month.The figure translates into around 35,000 mobile telephon
May 8, 2013
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LS Group inks e-car MOU with China’s Dongfeng Motor
LS Group, a South Korean conglomerate specializing mostly in electricity materials, said Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Dongfeng Motor Group to cooperate in developing parts for electric cars and hybrid automotives.Under the deal, the South Korean business group will work with the Chinese automaker for the development of power trains, energy storage components and other parts used for automotives, according to the group.Also, the two groups will cooperate
May 8, 2013
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Would you subscribe to YouTube’s paid channels?
The word is out again. Google-owned online video giant YouTube is reportedly close to launching its paid channels as early as this week.YouTube said it is “looking into creating a subscription platform that could bring even more great content to YouTube.”Foreign press reported that if the new subscription system goes into effect, there will be as many as 50 paid channels offering different topics such as films, TV shows or music for a subscription fee as little as $1.99 a month.Since 2008, YouT
May 7, 2013