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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Medical standoff deepens as doctors reject new med school plan, talks
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[Herald Interview] Why Toss invited hackers to penetrate its system
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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S. Korean envoys convene to navigate strategy amid Middle East tensions
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Breast cancer quadruples in 15 years
Number of patients in their 50s and 60s has sharply increasedThe number of Korean women diagnosed with breast cancer quadrupled over the last 15 years due to a more westernized lifestyle and lower birth and breastfeeding rates, health experts said. According to a report by the Korea Breast Cancer Society, the number of patients with the disease surged to 16,398 in 2010 from 3,801 in 1996. The number of breast cancer patients in the population per 100,000 people also jumped to 67.2 in 2010 from 1
Oct. 11, 2012
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Mars rover photograph shows strange object
This image released by NASA on October 4, 2012 shows NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity as it cut a wheel scuff mark into a wind-formed ripple at the "Rocknest" site. (AFP-Yonhap News)A mysterious object photographed by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is a "shred of plastic material, likely benign," probably shed by the rover, engineers say.The bright object showed up on photos sent to Earth by the rover as
Oct. 11, 2012
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‘Splitting’ passwords said security help
A product that scrambles and then splits users‘ passwords in two before storing them on different computer servers has been unveiled by a U.S. security firm.Network security company RSA said splitting the passwords could thwart hackers, who would gain access to only half a “randomized” password even in the case of a successful attack.The “distributed credential protection” system was announced at RSA’s annual European Conference in London, the BBC reported Wednesday.“DCP scrambles, randomizes an
Oct. 11, 2012
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Caesar assassination site confirmed
Spanish researchers say they've identified the exact spot in Rome where Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.Scientists at the Spanish National Research Council said the key to the discovery was a concrete structure 10 feet wide and more than 6 feet high, placed by order of Augustus, the adoptive son and successor of Julius Caesar, to condemn the assassination of his father.The locatio
Oct. 11, 2012
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‘Jurassic Park’ dino rebirth not possible
The concept of reconstructing dinosaurs from ancient DNA is unlikely since genetic material can only last 1 million years, Australian researchers say.While short fragments of DNA could possibly survive up to a million years, more complex sequences of genetic material would only have a half-life of around 158,000, dealing a blow to thoughts of living bringing dinosaurs back to life as featured in the storyline of the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” they said.Scientists made that determination after a
Oct. 11, 2012
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Apple iPad Mini said to be WiFi only
Apple's anticipated iPad Mini will likely be WiFi only, shipping without access to 3G or 4G data networks, a British newspaper is reporting.Offering mobile data would be counter to the whole point of the iPad Mini, which is seen as Apple's effort to make a much less expensive version of its popular full-size tablet to compete with lower price devices from Google and Amazon, The Guardian reported W
Oct. 11, 2012
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Next-generation OLED TVs, smart devices to be showcased at electronics show
The Korea Electronics Show 2012, which will run until Friday, is showcasing a wide array of electronics goods, from next-generation televisions using the organic light-emitting diode display technology to smart home appliances and gadgets.Under the theme “What IT Will Be,” the 43rd edition of the show, which kicked off on Tuesday, is taking place at the Korea International Exhibition Center, or KINTEX, in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.With 600 companies participating, including Samsung Electronics an
Oct. 10, 2012
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Korean TV to go all-digital by year’s end
Korea prepares to shut down analog broadcasts by DecemberUlsan resident Kim Min-yong is not an avid television watcher, but he was surprised to find his analog TV not working when he turned it on two months ago.“All it showed on the screen were black and white lines and I couldn’t get it to work although I tried struggling with the antenna and the remote control,” he said.This is what is most likely to happen to those who fail to follow the government’s announcement that it will cease analog TV
Oct. 10, 2012
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Study: Learning a language changes brain
(MCT)LUND, Sweden (UPI) -- Intensive learning of a new language can make certain areas of the brain increase in size, Swedish researchers say.Scientists studied young recruits at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy who learned a new language at a very fast pace, going from having no knowledge of a language such as Arabic, Russian or Dari to speaking it fluently in the space of 13 months.M
Oct. 9, 2012
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Warcraft playing candidate under fire
Maine Republicans are criticizing a Democratic state Senate candidate for her “disturbing alter ego” in online game ‘World of Warcraft.’The Maine Republican party has created a website, collensworld.com, to compile comments Democratic candidate Colleen Lachowicz, 48, has made while playing or writing about the online game, the New York Daily News reported Monday.“So I‘m a level 68 orc rogue girl. That means I stab things ... a lot. Who would have thought that a peace-lovin’, social worker and de
Oct. 9, 2012
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Florida man eats bugs, dies
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- A 32-year-old Florida man ate dozens of cockroaches and worms to win a contest and then he died, authorities said.Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach went outside after winning the contest at the Ben Siegal Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach Friday and collapsed. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, The Miami Herald reported.An autopsy was to be perf
Oct. 9, 2012
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Prehistoric spider attack frozen in time
U.S. researchers have found what they say is the only fossil ever discovered of a spider attacking prey caught in its web, a 100 million-year-old “snapshot.”In an engagement frozen in time, the extraordinarily rare fossils of the spider and its prey, a wasp, are entombed in a piece of amber, Oregon State University reported Monday.“This juvenile spider was going to make a meal out of a tiny parasitic wasp, but never quite got to it,” said OSU zoology Professor George Poinar Jr., a world expert o
Oct. 9, 2012
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First cancer cluster identified
Health officials declared Jindo, South Jeolla Province, the country’s first “cancer cluster” on Monday as residents showed abnormally high rates of liver cancer.A cancer cluster refers to a specific geographic area that has a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases.By conducting an in-depth epidemiological investigation last year, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified the island as an area of increased liver cancer risk. Health officials also found that hepatitis C
Oct. 8, 2012
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Measures urged over misuse of propofol
Lawmakers on Monday called for steps to block the misuse of propofol, a psychotropic drug, amid rising concerns over health risks.They claim some hospitals have been wrongly overprescribing the anesthetic drug to patients who claimed to have sleep disorders. But there are no legal grounds to stop it, said Rep. Shin Eui-jin of the ruling Saenuri Party at a parliamentary audit session. Propofol is a drug commonly used as an anesthetic for surgeries. The lawmaker, citing a report by the Health Insu
Oct. 8, 2012
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SKT T.um opens experience zone for latest technology
SK Telecom T.um, an exhibition center run by information technology company SK Telecom, said Monday that it launched an experience zone with devices using the latest technologies on display. Celebrating its fourth anniversary, the exhibition center went through a series of renovations to offer opportunities for its visitors to experience the latest long term evolution technologies and the newest solutions in education and medicine. The IT company also installed “Smart Robot,” one of the most pop
Oct. 8, 2012
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U.S. mulled building flying saucers: documents
The U.S. Air force tried to build a supersonic flying saucer-like aircraft in the 1950s, a recently declassified document revealed.A document made in 1956, entitled “Project 1794, Final Development Summary Report” and disclosed by the National Archives, showed a plan to build a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.If constructed as initially designed, the craft could reach a top speed of Mach 4, and fly at an altitude of 30.5 kilometers with a maximum range of about 1,852 kilometers.The U.S. go
Oct. 8, 2012
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New type font said to help dyslexics
A new font designed for people with dyslexia is now available for use on mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones, its U.S. designer says.The font, called OpenDyslexic, was designed by Abelardo Gonzalez, a mobile app designer from New Hampshire who has released the free font to word processors and e-book readers, Medical Xpress reported Monday.Dyslexia is a learning disorder charac
Oct. 8, 2012
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Kids tasting alcohol may not be good idea
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., (UPI) -- One-in-4 U.S. moms say young children tasting alcohol may discourage teen drinking, while 40 percent say banning alcohol may make it appealing, a study found. In addition to those who favored letting kids taste alcohol so it is no longer a “forbidden fruit,” and those who said banning alcohol only makes if more desirable, 22 percent of the 1,050 mothers inter
Oct. 8, 2012
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Einstein letter on God to be auctioned on eBay
A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as a product of human weakness is being sold on eBay for a starting price of $3 million.The letter, handwritten in 1954, a year before Einstein's death, was addressed to philosopher Eric Gutkind. In it, Einstein discussed his views on religion, including calling “the Bible a collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are ne
Oct. 8, 2012
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Team of Korean scientists makes breakthrough in graphene tech
Teams of Korean scientists have developed groundbreaking techniques that could bring forward the application of graphene.Graphene is a layer of carbon with the thickness of one carbon atom and in which the atoms are arranged in a tight honeycomb structure. The structure, which forms graphite when congregated in multiple layers, has some unique properties that have led to its being touted as a “miracle material” that could replace a number of widely used materials.Graphene’s tensile strength is 2
Oct. 7, 2012