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Trump wins US election, foreshadows policy shift
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Changing K-pop stars: idols begin to speak out
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North Korean leader may seek another summit with Trump, but chances for deal seen as slimmer
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Allies face test with return of Trump’s transactional diplomacy
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Yoon congratulates Trump
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South Korean won tumbles after Trump wins US presidential election
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As Suneung nears, 'magic pills' lure test takers, but experts warn of risks
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Korea on alert over reshaped global economy during Trump's 2nd term
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[LLG] Typical Korean weddings were too boring. So they made their own
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From Bush to Biden: How North Korea sees US elections
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Samsung’s legal move in focus after iPhone 5 unpack
Following the launch of Apple Inc.’s first long-term evolution (LTE) phone, eyes are focused on whether Samsung Electronics Co. will take legal action to bring the two top smartphone makers‘ global patent war to a new stage, market watchers said Thursday.Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 at a long-awaited launch event in San Fransisco on Wednesday, pitting its latest iPhone against Samsung’s extensive LTE line-up amid ongoing patent tussles between the two companies.Samsung and Apple have been locked
Sept. 13, 2012
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Omega 3 supplements may not help heart
IOANNINA (UPI) -- Taking omega-3 supplements was not associated with a lower risk of all-cause death, cardiac death, sudden death, heart attack or stroke, Greek researchers say.Dr. Evangelos C. Rizos of the University Hospital of Ioannina in Greece and colleagues performed systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the association between omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and major cardiovascular outcomes.Twenty studies were identified, which involved 68,680 randomized patients and 7,044
Sept. 13, 2012
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Study suggests dark energy does exist
(123rf)Dark energy, a mysterious substance thought to be responsible for accelerating the expansion of the Universe, is real, European astronomers say.Writing in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, researchers at the University of Portsmouth and LMU University Munich say their two-year study puts the possibility of the existence of dark energy at 99.996 percent."Dark energy is o
Sept. 13, 2012
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Double arm transplant OK’d for Texas woman
A Texas woman who lost both arms to flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant, doctors in Boston said Wednesday.Katy Hayes appeared at a news conference with doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, The Boston Globe reported. She would be the first patient in the United States to undergo the procedure, although it has been carried out in Germany.Doctors told reporters if the surgery is successful Hayes will be able to bend her elbow and carry out tasks such as
Sept. 13, 2012
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West Nile virus deaths up 35 percent in US
Deaths linked to the West Nile virus jumped 35 percent in the United States over the past week, amid one of the worst US outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease, officials said Wednesday. As of Tuesday, a total of 118 fatalities have been blamed on West Nile virus infections since the beginning of the year, up from 87 on September 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of cases rose to 2,636 from 1,993 during the same time frame, a 32 percent increase.“The 2,636 case
Sept. 13, 2012
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Apple unveils thinner and lighter iPhone 5
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of the iPhone 5 during an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap)For the first time, the iPhone is growing even as it slims down. After sticking for five years to the same screen size, Apple on Wednesday revealed a new phone that's taller, with a bigger display.The iPhone 5 will go on sale in the U.S. and eight other countries next Friday
Sept. 13, 2012
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No compromise with Apple, Samsung CEO says
Sales of Galaxy Note 2 projected to reach 20m units, Galaxy S3 to exceed 30m this yearSamsung Electronics has no intention to form a compromise with Apple in the near future over the ongoing patent lawsuit between the two sides involving smartphone technology and designs, a top Samsung executive said on Wednesday.“Though the two sides have held a series of negotiations on instruction from the court, it was in vain,” Samsung CEO Shin Jong-kyun of the mobile devices division told reporters.“It wil
Sept. 12, 2012
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KT accessory turns phone into laptop
Say a salesman is on the road to meet a client who is hours away. Then he suddenly receives a call from his boss, who asks him to immediately take care of another client’s request that was made via email.But to do that, he may need to use a PC, meaning that he will have to lug around a laptop while he is out on call. KT’s new “spider” concept might make his job easier. KT’s Spider laptop is a dummy laptop with an 11.6-inch display screen that uses Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 LTE to play the b
Sept. 12, 2012
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Zuckerberg eyes mobile after Facebook IPO flop
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he was steering the social network giant to focus more on mobile, saying it would help ease concerns after a “disappointing” stock market debut.“The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing,” Zuckerberg said during an on-stage interview at a TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco.Facebook has made a priority of following its more than 900 million members onto smartphones and tablet computers, tailoring s
Sept. 12, 2012
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LTE handsets to flood local market ahead of iPhone 5 launch
Korea surpasses 10 million in LTE handset subscribesWith Apple slated to unveil the iPhone 5, three local handset makers are moving to rush the launch of their flagship smartphones in Korea ahead of the U.S.-based tech giant.Apple is featuring its new iPhone 5 on Sept. 12. However, it is not yet undecided when the Long Term Evolution model will be released in Korea.As the country has already surpassed the 10 million mark in terms of LTE subscribers, many are most likely to wait until the launch
Sept. 12, 2012
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Vitamin C, beta-carotene may stem dementia
ULM, Germany (UPI) -- Vitamin C and beta-carotene may protect against dementia, researchers in Germany suggest. Epidemiologist Gabriele Nagel and the neurologist Christine von Arnim of the University of Ulm discovered the serum-concentration of the antioxidants vitamin C and beta-carotene were significantly lower in patients with mild dementia than in the control group.The study involved 74 patients with Alzheimer‘s disease and 158 healthy controls. The researchers investigated the serum-levels
Sept. 12, 2012
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Mammoth fragments from Siberia raise cloning hopes
MOSCOW (AP) -- Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the “Jurassic Park” possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission‘s organizer said Tuesday.Russia’s North-Eastern Federal University said an international team of researchers had discovered mammoth hair, soft tissues and bone marrow some 328 feet (100 meters) underground during a summer expedition in the northeastern province of
Sept. 12, 2012
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Zuckerberg: Time to ‘double down’ on Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t enjoyed seeing his company‘s stock get pummeled on Wall Street this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity to prove his critics wrong. “I would rather be in a cycle where people underestimate us because I’d rather be underestimated,” Zuckerberg said Tuesday. “I think it gives us the latitude to go out and make some big bets.” Zuckerberg, 28, made his remarks before a standing-room-only audience at a tech conference in San Francisc
Sept. 12, 2012
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Korea develops low-energy carbon capture system
A team of Korean scientists has developed a new carbon dioxide capture technology which they claim is the most energy-efficient among currently available methods. Carbon capture involves removing carbon dioxide from industrial waste gases released into the atmosphere to lower the industry’s impact on the environment. The team led by Yoon Yeo-il of the Korea Institute of Energy Research and uses potassium carbonate to extract carbon dioxide combustion gas released at industrial plants.The technol
Sept. 11, 2012
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Apple may delay iPhone 5 release in Korea
Apple’s new smartphone both boon and bane for telecom operatorsTech watchers and Apple fans are anxiously awaiting the U.S. company’s grand introduction of its next smartphone model, the iPhone 5, on Sept. 12.Since the announcement of Apple’s media event which showed the numbers “12” and “5” silhouetted on its press invitations, market analysts are already forecasting that its new phone will be a hit even before the iPhone 5 is revealed to the public.Rumors and speculations are growing globally.
Sept. 11, 2012
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Apple’s secret message about the iPhone 5
Apple fans have found potential clues about the new iPhone 5 just days before its launch, according to news sources. Apple’s PR team started setting up in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena center, the site for the grand launch, over the weekend. On Wednesday, CEO Tim Cook will release the product to the public. Although Apple is famous for keeping silent about their new products, eagle-eyed Apple fans seem to have found a clue in the banner outside the building. Some very eager fans played with the sh
Sept. 11, 2012
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NHN Line becomes No.1 mobile messenger
NHN’s Line has overtaken its close peer Kakao Talk to become the world’s most used mobile messenger.NHN, the operator of Korea’s largest search engine Naver, said Monday that the number of Line users worldwide surpassed 60 million as of Sept. 8.Kakao Talk had 59 million as of Sept. 7.Market watchers say the two sides will have a neck-and-neck competition as Kakao will soon have over 60 million users as it strengthens its overseas operations.NHN has been focusing on marketing Line mostly in Japan
Sept. 10, 2012
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Violent games can ease pain: study
People may develop a higher tolerance toward pain by playing video games that involve players shooting and killing enemies, British scientists claimed on Friday.According to research by Keele University, playing “first-person shooter” games enabled players to endure pain for 65 percent longer than those who played a non-violent golf game.The 40 participants of the study were asked to play both the violent and non-violent games for 10 minutes and then to place a hand in ice-cold water to test pa
Sept. 10, 2012
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U.S. firm looks for Korean opportunities with radiation exposure detection kit
Detecting radiation exposure is a time-consuming and expensive procedure, with conventional blood-based tests costing thousands of dollars and taking days before results come out.A small Los Angeles-based company hopes to revolutionize the process. According to CEO of DxTerity Diagnostics Bob Terbrueggen, the company’s DxDirect technology represents an opportunity to lower testing costs, and to improve the way the authorities deal with incidents where a large number of people are exposed to radi
Sept. 9, 2012
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Local team finds protein linked to cancer spread
Discovery could open new possibilities for treatment methodsCancer is one of the most prevalent chronic health conditions in the world, and affects millions of people across the globe each year.According to one estimate, as many as 12.7 million people developed cancer in 2008 alone, and 7.6 million people are thought to have succumbed to cancer in that year. Korea had the world’s 24th-highest cancer frequency in 2008 for both sexes, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International. One
Sept. 9, 2012