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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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With Indonesia unable to pay full share, what’s next for KF-21 fighter project?
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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[Grace Kao, Meera Choi] Has money displaced romance on dates?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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New iPhone lock screen bug surfaces
A new bug has popped up in Apple's iOS 6 operating system a day after it was updated to address an iPhone lock screen vulnerability, Arstechnica reported.While the security flaw is different from the passcode bug targeted by Tuesday's iOS 6.1.3 update, it results in the same risk -- that of giving unauthorized access to an iPhone's contact list and photos -- tech site said Wednesday.The process, demonstrated in a YouTube posting by user videosdebarraquito, involves ejecting the phone's SIM card
March 21, 2013
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Samsung to drop LCD patent suit against LG Electronics
Samsung Display Co., the world’s biggest display maker, has decided to drop a patent suit against LG Electronics Co. over liquid-crystal display technologies, paving the way for both sides to end a long-running legal battle, industry sources said Wednesday.The two display giants have been embroiled in a patent tussle over organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and LCD technologies that broke out on the heels of a police investigation into an alleged leak of technologies from Samsung Display to LG D
March 20, 2013
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Patent disputes overshadow electronics industry
Patent infringement had not been a common phrase for the global electronics industry in the past, and companies only had to focus on ramping up the design factor to appeal to customers and create a feel that was different from others. The software that goes inside the device, or rather, just how much of the technology is really “theirs,” was not so significant. But that changed completely with the introduction of smartphones and other devices dubbed “smart,” a trend led by Apple Inc. a few years
March 20, 2013
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Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths
Harvard researchers say they've linked sugary drinks to 180,000 deaths a year worldwide, 25,000 in the United States."We know that sugar-sweetened beverages are linked to obesity, and that a large number of deaths are caused by obesity-related diseases. But until now, nobody had really put these pieces together," lead author Gitanjali Singh, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, told ABC-TV News. Singh and colleagues used data from national health surve
March 20, 2013
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Globe's giant squids may be single species
A finding of exceptionally low genetic diversity suggests all giant squid worldwide are members of a single species, Danish researchers say.A study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B reported on DNA studies of the globe-trotting giant squid, which can grow as big as 43 feet long."These observations are consistent with the hypotheses that there is only one global species of giant squid, Architeuthis dux," researcher Inger Winkelmann and colleagues wrote, suggesting the squid coul
March 20, 2013
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Gov't seeks to set up 2nd operator of bullet trains
The government has decided to establish a second public firm to operate the country's KTX high-speed trains in an effort to inject greater competition into the railway system monopolized by the state-run Korea Railroad (KORAIL), officials said Wednesday.The move is expected to be finalized in a report to President Park Geun-hye slated for later this month, according to the officials from the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.The new railroad company will likely handle the operatio
March 20, 2013
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Korean websites saddled with search-blocking code
When foreign fans type in “Psy” on major search engines, the results rarely include the Korean singer’s official homepage. The reason lies in a technical problem with Korean websites. According to industry sources, many Korean websites, including Psy’s homepage, have taken steps that block tracking and indexing by foreign search engines and portals. In detail, such websites usually insert a code like “robots.txt” to keep outside parties from indexing the details of their pages. The trouble is th
March 19, 2013
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Stress linked to higher risk of Alzheimer’s: study
A study suggested that constant stress could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to British media.A research team from Umea University in Sweden studied the relationship between stress hormones in the brain and memories using mice. Results showed that highly stressed mice had higher levels of beta amyloids, proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, and more allopregnanolone, specific stress hormones in the brain.Accumulated amyloids in mice brains impaired the brain synapses and co
March 19, 2013
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Insufficient sleep causes weight gain: study
A recent study suggests that people tend to gain weight when they are deprived of sleep for just a few days in a row, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Sleep experts at the University of Colorado recruited 16 healthy grown-ups and adjusted their sleeping hours to see the changes in their sleep patterns, metabolism and eating habits. According to the research, participants who had their sleeping hours cut from nine to five gained two pounds (0.9 kg) on average at the end of the experiment a
March 19, 2013
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Roosters ‘tell time’ in to begin crowing
NAGOYA, Japan -- Roosters crowing at dawn aren‘t just reacting to the external stimulus of light, Japanese researchers say; they actually know what time of day it is.In a study reported in the journal Current Biology, scientists at Nagoya University say there is indeed a clock in “cock-a-doodle-doo” -- a biological one.“’Cock-a-doodle-doo‘ symbolizes the break of dawn in many countries,” researcher Takashi Yoshimura said. “But it wasn’t clear whether crowing is under the control of a biological
March 19, 2013
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Should doctors listen to music while operating?
In last year’s smash hit TV series “Best Love,” the lead actor confirmed his love for a woman by recalling the melody he had heard during his surgery. A very romantic scene to watch, for sure. However, if it were your operation, would you allow your surgeon to enjoy listening to music while doing a very delicate operation?It’d be better to let them enjoy the music, as one recent study revealed that listening or humming to one’s favorite music helps doctors to work more effectively. The study, pu
March 18, 2013
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Music practice helps brain development
MONTREAL -- Musical training before the age of 7 has a significant effect on the parts of the brain involved with planning and motor abilities, Canadian researchers say.Virginia Penhune of Concordia University and her students Ph.D. candidates Christopher J. Steele and Jennifer A. Bailey, in collaboration with Robert J. Zatorre of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University tested 36 adult musicians on a movement task, and scanned their brains.The study, published in th
March 18, 2013
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Doctors challenged by patient discussions
The U.S. doctor-patient conversation is tougher for physicians with today‘s more informed, more proactive and more in-control patients, researchers say.Al Topin, president of Topin & Associates, who conducted the study, said he found the age-old, doctor-patient relationship has been changing dramatically.“Specialists find themselves answering more questions, countering misleading information patients find online and even justifying their treatment recommendations,” Topin said in a statement.“The
March 18, 2013
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THX, founded by George Lucas, sues Apple in patent case
Apple Inc. (AAPL) was accused by THX Ltd., a company founded by “Star Wars” producer George Lucas, of stealing speaker technology used in iPhones, iPads and iMac products. THX holds a 2008 patent for a speaker unit that can boost sound output and attach to computers or flat-screen televisions, according to a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in San Jose, California. Apple products that incorporate the speaker units infringe the THX patent, causing the company “monetary damage and irrepa
March 16, 2013
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Doctors against prescribing 'study drugs'
Prescribing drugs to boost memory and thinking abilities in healthy children and teens to study is misguided, U.S. researchers say. Study author Dr. William Graf of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., said some parents request doctors to prescribe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs for their children who don't meet the criteria for ADHD, to help them study for tests."Doctors caring for children and teens have a professional obligation to always protect the best interests of the chi
March 15, 2013
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Chinese zoo shows pandas ‘porn’ to get them mating
A Chinese zoo recently tried an unusual method to encourage its giant pandas to mate: showing them a panda version of a porn video.The zoo -- which is located in Chengdu -- managed to get the pandas to mate after showing them a video of other panda’s copulating, according to the English edition of Chinese daily Global Times.Zoo officials said every time male panda Yongyong tried to mate with his companion KeLin, she would fight him off. Since the mating period for a panda is relatively short, Ke
March 15, 2013
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Study: Early birds possibly had four wings
Early birds evolved from feathered dinosaurs with four wings but soon ditched "training wheels" for more efficient two-winged flight, Chinese scientists say.In 2003, a group of Chinese researchers excavated six fossils of flying dinosaurs with wings on their hind legs, dubbing them Microraptors."When we published that ten years ago there was some suspicion whether the fossil was faked," Xing Xu from Linyi University in Shandong province said.Now Xu and colleagues have described another find supp
March 15, 2013
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Answering messages while driving like DUI
Using a hands-free kit on a cellphone or texting affected driving as much as being above the legal alcohol limit, Australian and Spanish researchers say. Several Australian universities and the University of Barcelona measured the reaction capacity of 12 healthy volunteers who participated in a driving simulation test lasting two days, each a week apart. Study co-author Sumie Leung Shuk Man of the University of Barcelona said the drivers took the test having consumed alcohol, and then usin
March 15, 2013
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Alarm clock app difficult to turn off
A pair of Italian developers have created an alarm clock smartphone app designed to help users wake up with math games and other tasks.The FreakyAlarm app, created by Enrico Angelini and Gabriele Di Lorenzo, has a basic mode where users must take pictures of objects or barcodes before bed then photograph the same objects or barcodes to shut the alarm off in the morning, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.The app also has an "evil" setting, which requires users to solve difficult math equa
March 15, 2013
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Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson
It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago.In what could go down as one of the great Eureka! moments in physics _ and win somebody the Nobel Prize _ scientists said Thursday that after a half-century quest, they are confident they have found a Higgs boson, the elusive subatomic speck sometimes called the “God particle.”The existence of the particle was theorized in 1964 by the British physicist Pete
March 15, 2013