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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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North Korea holds drills simulating nuclear counterattack against enemy
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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
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Grape seeds help heart health, delay aging
The grape seeds many disdainfully discard are humble little packages of powerful ingredients that possess multiple health benefits, a U.S. food expert says."The beneficial components of the grape seed are the proanthocyanidins. Studies conducted since the 1950s, have shown grape seeds to have a wide range of health benefits, most markedly for their role as a potent antioxidant and free radical sca
Oct. 7, 2012
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Daredevil readies 23-mile free fall
Felix Baumgartner of Austria is pictured before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico on March 15. (Red Bull content poll-UPI)An Austrian aerial daredevil planning to leap and free-fall from a balloon 23 miles over New Mexico says he will go supersonic before his parachute opens.Wearing a pressurized suit and helmet, Felix Baumgartner will plummet fro
Oct. 7, 2012
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‘Energy drinks may harm kids’ health’
Having more than two energy drinks a day could cause health problems in children due to the high levels of caffeine, a report said Friday. In a study of 11 energy drinks currently on sale, the Korea Consumer Agency found that most of them carry high doses of caffeine but the beverage makers didn’t provide information about the amount of caffeine contained and their health risks.Only two of the 11 energy drinks ― Bacchus F and Glonsan D ― stated that they contain 30 milligrams of caffeine per bot
Oct. 5, 2012
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Hospital closings up baby mortality
After several Philadelphia hospitals closed their maternity units in 1997, infant mortality rates increased by 50 percent in three years, researchers say. Study leader Dr. Scott A. Lorch of the Center for Outcomes Research at The Children‘s Hospital of Philadelphia said the mortality rates subsequently leveled off to the same rate as before the closures. However, pediatric researchers said the findings underscore the need for careful oversight and planning by public health agencies in communitie
Oct. 5, 2012
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Life found in lake frozen for centuries
Greenland(AFP)The world's most northerly lake, entombed under a layer of ice 2,400 years ago, is thawing and showing a return of organic life, European researchers say.The finding at Kaffeklubben So lake on the coastal plain of northern Greenland is the latest evidence that climate change in polar regions can result in rapid ecological changes, they said."It's kind of the end of the earth," Bianca
Oct. 5, 2012
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Boy finds woolly mammoth carcass in Siberia
(Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences)An 11-year-old boy in Russia has discovered the almost-complete 30,000-year-old carcass of a woolly mammoth, Russian media reported.Yevgeny Salinder found the 1,100-pound mammoth in the tundra of the Taymyr peninsula in northern Russia, Moscow News said.Scientists using axes and steam hoses worked for a week to dig it out of the permafrost i
Oct. 5, 2012
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Wearable robot can help patients walk again
RALEIGH, North Carolina ― A team of physical therapists strapped the robot onto him, one hit a button and with a faint electronic whir, David Ayscue was suddenly 6 feet tall again.Then Ayscue took a step, and a different future came just a little bit closer for him and millions of others who can’t walk on their own.“I guess this is how a baby feels taking its first steps,” he said. “I can’t describe it. It’s just overwhelming.”Ayscue, 56, was learning how to use a new robotic exoskeleton called
Oct. 4, 2012
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How to cope with gastric disorder after Chuseok
Chuseok is over but has left many experiencing gastrointestinal problems such as digestive disturbance, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and heart burn. Overeating, excessive drinking and late-night meals during the holidays are major causes for gastric problems. Chuseok food, mostly oily and high in fat, can weaken the lower esophageal sphincter and causes acid and digestive enzymes from the stomach to flow backwards into the esophagus. Having meals late at night and going to sleep a few minu
Oct. 4, 2012
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Tonsillitis
Many people think of tonsillitis when they have throat pain. However, there are many structures in the throat, which is why throat pain does not always indicate tonsillitis. Other causes of throat pain include pharyngitis and laryngitis, and these different conditions have different symptoms, for which there are different treatments.The tonsil tissues help defend against foreign substances from the outside. They play a key immunity role for many years after birth. The palatine tonsils are walnut
Oct. 4, 2012
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Distant planets seen in strange alignment
Two exoplanets have been detected forming a never-seen-before celestial alignment, a phenomenon so new it doesn't yet have a name, Japanese astronomers say.Teruyuki Hirano of the University of Tokyo and colleagues used data from the Kepler space telescope to probe KOI-94, a star seemingly orbited by four planets, looking for a momentary dimming of the star's light when the planets transited, or pa
Oct. 4, 2012
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Deadly snake venom may make painkiller
The deadly venom of the black mamba snake can yield a painkiller as powerful as morphine but without most of the side-effects, French scientists say.One of the speediest and most dangerous snakes found in Africa, the black mamba uses its venom, which contains neurotoxins, to paralyze and kill small animals that are its prey.However, researchers at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology in France discovered its venom also contains a potent painkilling protein called mambalgins.Scien
Oct. 4, 2012
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Vitamin D supplements don’t prevent colds
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (UPI) -- A randomized controlled trial of people who received a large dose of vitamin D did not have fewer incidence or severity of colds, New Zealand researchers say.Dr. David R. Murdoch of the University of Otago in Christchurch, New Zealand, and colleagues conducted a randomized trial to examine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on incidence and severity of upper
Oct. 4, 2012
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Study: Cellphones contain toxic chemicals
Thirty-six cellphone models, including the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III, contain toxic chemicals from their manufacture, a U.S. study found.Researchers from the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, Mich., and www.ifixit.com said their study did not examine whether there is a danger of exposure for cellphone users but focused instead on analyzing how chemicals used in cellphones can pollute throughout their life cycle, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.“We‘re not making any claim that there
Oct. 4, 2012
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'Vampire' dinosaur preferred plant diet
A dwarf dinosaur weighing less than a modern house cat had a sharp beak and fangs like a vampire but was a plant-eater, a U.S. paleontologist says.The single specimen of the new species was originally chipped out of red rock in southern Africa in the 1960s but lay mostly unexamined in a fossil collection at Harvard University until Paul Sereno, a paleontology professor at the University of Chicago
Oct. 4, 2012
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KaKaoStory, Anipang Korea's favorite mobile pastimes
The smartphone application hits “KakaoStory” and “Anipang the Puzzle” have become the nation’s most popular sources of mobile entertainment, research has found.Launched on March 20 this year, KakaoStory provides a cyber forum for users to put up daily photos and add comments, similar to a personal blog. The application made a rapid expansion in seven months since launching, with about 650 million postings, 6 billion comments and 11 million daily hits. Kakao, the developer firm of social network
Oct. 3, 2012
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Samsung claims jury foreman misconduct tainted Apple trial
Apple’s billion-dollar trial victory in August was tainted by the jury foreman’s failure to disclose a lawsuit and his personal bankruptcy, Samsung Electronics Co. said in a request to a judge for the verdict to be thrown out. Samsung said foreman Velvin Hogan was asked during jury selection whether he’d been involved in lawsuits and didn’t tell the judge that he had filed for bankruptcy in 1993 and had been sued by his former employer, Seagate Technology Inc. Samsung has a “substantial strategi
Oct. 3, 2012
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Galaxy Note 2 faces off with iPhone 5 in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Supply issues could hinder Apple Inc. in its latest smartphone showdown with Samsung Electronics Co. as the two tech behemoths face off in Hong Kong following the release of their new mobile gadgets here last month. Samsung Electronics started selling the Galaxy Note 2 in Hong Kong last Thursday, six days after Apple’s iPhone 5 hit the Chinese territory.So far, Hong Kong and Britain are the only places in the world where the latest products from the two top smartphone m
Oct. 3, 2012