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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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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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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Winter spa: Restore mind and body for the New Year
Everyone wants to face the New Year fresh of mind and body, but all the shopping and partying around Christmas and the year’s end may have you feeling fatigued. For these tired souls, spa treatments offer a quick, easy solution. Indeed, there are body and facial treatments for virtually all types of conditions ― or complaints. Spa facilities in Seoul provide various programs to help one regain the daily rhythm or relieve muscles stiff from hunching in the cold. A spa treatment also can simply be
Dec. 28, 2012
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Asparagus may help with a hangover
U.S. food experts remind New Year‘s revelers that researchers found eating asparagus may help guard against a hangover. The Institute of Food Technologists said it published a study in 2009 by researchers at the Institute of Medical Science and Jeju National University in South Korea found the amino acids and minerals found in asparagus extract may alleviate alcohol hangover and protect liver cells against toxins.Lead researcher B.Y. Kim said chronic alcohol use caused oxidative stress on the li
Dec. 28, 2012
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Ancient 'Megapiranha' had strongest bite
An ancient "Megapiranha" weighing around 20 pounds delivered a bite with a force more fierce than even the toothy Tyrannosaurus rex, a U.S. researcher says.Based on bite strength versus body size as found in modern piranhas, the Megapiranha of 10 million years ago could have had a bite force from 280 to 1,070 pounds -- 30 times its body weight -- and possibly more, University of Washington biology doctoral student Stephanie Crofts said."If our calculations are correct, Megapiranha was probably a
Dec. 28, 2012
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Holding back emotions may reduce lifespan
German researchers say exercising self-restraint and holding back negative emotions -- what Britons call keeping a "stiff upper lip" -- may reduce lifespan.Researchers Marcus Mund and Kristin Mitte at the University of Jena in Germany said the findings might explain why the generally more emotional Italians and Spanish live almost two years longer than the cool English who "keep calm and carry on," MedicalDaily.com reported.After analyzing more than 6,000 patients, Mund and Mitte found people wh
Dec. 28, 2012
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Better language skills may reduce anger
Toddlers who have developed language skills are better able to manage frustration and less likely to express anger as they get older, U.S. researchers say.Principal investigator Pamela M. Cole of Pennsylvania State University and colleagues tracked 120 predominantly white children from families above poverty but below middle income from the time they were 18 months to 48 months.Through home and laboratory visits, they measured children‘s language and ability to cope with tasks that might elicit
Dec. 28, 2012
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African-designed smartphone, tablet seen
An entrepreneur in the Republic of the Congo is launching what he says is the first African-designed smartphone and tablet.Verone Mankou said his company‘s VMK devices will run the Android operating system and will cost $170 for the smartphone and $300 for the tablet computer, the BBC reported Thursday.“Only Africans can know what Africa needs,” Mankou said at a technical conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.“Apple is huge in the United States, Samsung is huge in Asia and we want VMK to be
Dec. 28, 2012
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Cancer patients reach 1 million, survival rate improves
The number of cancer patients in Korea reached 1 million last year while their survival rates rose from a decade ago, a report showed on Thursday.According to a joint survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Cancer Center, Korea had a total of 960,654 patients and survivors ― diagnosed with cancer between 1999 and 2010 ― last year.About 200,000 new cancer cases were found in 2010 alone, up 4 percent from a year earlier, the report add.The statistics showed that both five-yea
Dec. 27, 2012
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Number of Korean science students abroad growing
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Thursday that the number of Korean students studying science and engineering abroad continues to increase, but has been offset by a high inflow of foreign students.Citing data by Korea’s Science and Technology Policy Institute, the ministry said that the number of undergraduate Korean students who went overseas to study science and engineering doubled to 24,674 in 2011 from 2003.However, the inflow of foreign undergraduates into Korean unive
Dec. 27, 2012
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Park’s life cycle health, welfare system put to test
Following is the eighth in a series of articles on President-elect Park Geun-hye’s key policies. ― Ed.President-elect Park Geun-hye used to say that her foremost task is to bring stability to people’s lives if she becomes the nation’s first female president. Projecting her image of a guardian of the state and of the people, Park pledged to introduce a Korean version of a lifecycle health and welfare system with programs tailored to all age groups from newborns to senior citizens.Park’s plans see
Dec. 27, 2012
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Growth plate injury
Growing children have growth plates around their joints, which promote growth of the upper and lower limbs. Such growth plates disappear when children pass puberty, and their growth stops. These growth plates are made of cartilage tissue, which is vulnerable to damage by external forces. Therefore, various traumas can lead to growth plate damage. Children enjoy outside activities and sports when the weather becomes warmer. This is why growth plate injuries most frequently occur in the spring and
Dec. 27, 2012
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BossPack wins global packaging award
Packaging company BossPack Co. has been selected as next year’s winner of the WorldStar Packaging Award, presented by the World Packaging Organization, for inventing unique water-absorbing package film, the company said on Thursday. To be presented in May at an award ceremony in Australia, the 2013 WorldStar Packaging Award is conferred to globally competing firms that demonstrated innovative packing technologies in seven sectors: electronics, household, pharmaceutical and medical, health and be
Dec. 27, 2012
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Water-absorbing vacuum cleaners see success
Vacuum cleaners that can both dust and “wash” the floor have been gaining popularity in online stores, offline home appliance shops and on TV home shopping channels. Demand for hydro vacuum cleaners is ever rising, said chief executive Park Myung-duk of Chung Lim Aqua Co., a manufacturer specializing in cleaning equipment and agents. “The vacuum cleaner market operates on one of the fastest-changing trends both at home and overseas,” Park emphasized. In less than a decade, the global trend of va
Dec. 27, 2012
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Mark Zuckerberg‘s sister angered after family Facebook photo goes public
The confusion around Facebook‘s oft-criticized privacy settings hit close to home for founder Mark Zuckerberg, when his sister noticed that a photo she had meant to be private went public. On Christmas Day, Randi Zuckerberg posted a Facebook photo of her family -- including Mark -- reacting in mock surprise to the company’s new Poke app. When Callie Schweitzer, Vox Media‘s director of marketing, saw the photo at the top of her feed, she assumed it was public and promptly tweeted it to her follo
Dec. 27, 2012
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Smoking may worsen hangovers
A study of college students found those who smoked while drinking were more likely to report hangover symptoms after heavy drinking, U.S. researchers say.The study, scheduled to be published in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, also found about one-quarter of people who drink enough to spur a hangover in most didn‘t actually develop one, and while no one is sure what that is, the study suggests smoking may be a factor.“At the same number of drinks, people who smok
Dec. 27, 2012
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Korean Peninsula hit by 56 quakes in 2012
As many as 56 earthquakes hit the Korean Peninsula this year, the second largest number since the nation began seismic observations in 1978, the state weather agency said Thursday.A 3.9 magnitude earthquake that was reported in Muju in the central region on May 11 was the strongest one of the year, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).This year's tally compares with the annual average of 43.6 quakes between 1999 and 2011, the weather agency said, adding a record-setting 60
Dec. 27, 2012
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DRAM inventory rebounds on sluggish PC sales
The inventory of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips has recently bounced back amid a continued slump in the global PC market, spawning concerns on chip price recovery, data showed Thursday.The DRAM inventory of global suppliers stood at 12.2 weeks in the third quarter of the year, compared with 10.4 weeks in the previous quarter, according to the data by IHS iSuppli.The increase, the first in four quarters, comes amid feeble demand for PCs that use DRAM chips as a key component.Despite
Dec. 27, 2012
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Sony in talks to sell battery unit
Sony Corp. is in talks to sell its battery business to Japan’s state-backed investment fund, said a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. Innovation Network Corp. of Japan hasn’t made an offer for the acquisition, said the person, who declined to be identified as the information isn’t public. Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world’s largest contract maker of electronics, has also shown interest in the buyout, the Nikkei newspaper reported Dec. 22. Sony’s Chief Executive O
Dec. 26, 2012
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Online music costs to double in 2013
The monthly fee for freely listening to music online is expected to more than double next year.The nation’s largest online music service portal Melon has decided to raise its current 3,000 won monthly plan, which provides unlimited access to listen to its music, to 6,000 won, sources said. The price of Melon’s monthly plan to download up to 150 songs will also rise, from 9,000 won to 15,000 won, according to the sources. LOEN Entertainment Inc., which runs Melon, said on Tuesday that the new rat
Dec. 26, 2012
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Telepresence robots allow employees to ‘beam’ into work
PALO ALTO, California (AP) ― Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley.But Goecker isn’t in California. He’s more than 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) away, working at home in Seymour, Indiana.It’s all made possible by the Beam ― a mobile video-conferencing machine that he can drive around his company’s offices and workshops in Palo Alto. The five-foot (1.5-meter)-tall device, topped wit
Dec. 26, 2012
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Suspension and fines blow to telecoms
It was no surprise that the state telecom watchdog on Monday handed business suspension penalties to the country’s three mobile carriers following their release of massive subsidies for smartphone purchases.The move had been widely expected as the subsidy war escalated in the latter half of this year, which left many early LTE handset buyers, who paid full price, complaining about the price fluctuations.The shipping prices of many LTE smartphones, which run on the fourth-generation communication
Dec. 26, 2012