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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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S. Korea rolls back decision to resume scientific whaling
South Korea has decided to scrap its plan to resume whaling for scientific research, a senior government official said Tuesday, after the move sparked international criticism.Earlier this month, South Korea notified the International Whaling Commission that it planned to lift an all-out whaling ban and start catching the animal for scientific purposes only in immediate waters surrounding the Korea
July 17, 2012
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Women smarter than men in developed world
A study has found women in the developed world score higher than men in IQ tests, a researcher in New Zealand said.Women were as much as 5 points behind men when IQ testing began a century ago, but then gap -- which led some psychologists to propose a theory that women‘s brains are genetically inferior to men’s -- has been narrowing in recent years and this year women moved ahead, The Australian r
July 17, 2012
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Ultimate champion of animal kingdom; lion or tiger?
A lion and a tiger would be fairly evenly matched in a fight, but a tiger will probably come out as the winner, a U.S. scientist said. “If I had to put my money on it, I would give the advantage to the tiger,” said Craig Saffoe, a biologist and the curator of great cats at the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, D.C.While a male lion is more likely to have more combat experience than a tiger, a tiger’s "killer instinct" may be the deciding factor in a death-match between the giant felines. According
July 17, 2012
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LG, Samsung compete on premium refrigerators
LG Electronics is about to duke it out with Samsung Electronics over premium large refrigerators as Korea’s second-largest consumer electronics company is gearing up to launch its new, bigger and better product.LG Electronics said Monday that it will release an all-new four-door fridge brand Dios with a 910-liter storage capacity, the world’s biggest refrigerator, next month.The company added that it will further expand in the global premium fridge markets, signaling a direct challenge against i
July 16, 2012
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Expat on mission to tell Koreans about alternative blogging tool
South Korea is often touted as one of the most technologically interconnected societies on the planet, with many IT innovations being developed in the country several years before they become the norm elsewhere. Social networking in Korea, for instance, was spearheaded by Cyworld, which at its peak could lay claim that nearly 90 percent of Koreans between the ages of 18 and 35 were members. Cyworld has come and gone, however, and most Koreans have abandoned it for Facebook and Twitter, ironicall
July 15, 2012
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System offers drivers a robot 'co-pilot’
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they've developed an automatic "intelligent co-pilot" for cars that can help drivers avoid obstacles.The system can cause a vehicle to steer itself automatically around an obstacle, transitioning control back to the driver once the danger has passed, an MIT release said Friday.The semiautonomous safety system uses an onboard camera and las
July 15, 2012
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Bees swarm in downtown Stockholm
(123rf)Thousands of bees swarmed outside the Stockholm headquarters of a major Swedish clothing chain. Annette Rieger, who works in the H&M building, told The Local.se the swarm was outside for about 3 hours Friday afternoon. "I saw them all over the windows. They even got through the first level of glazing," she said. "My colleague was super scared because she is allergic to bees!"Johan Jarbrant,
July 15, 2012
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S. Korean team develops substance that blocks spread of cancer
A team of South Korean scientists has developed a new substance that helps track and even prevent the spread of cancer cells from a primary tumor to adjacent organs, the science ministry said Thursday.The team, led by Prof. Lee Seong-wook of Dankook University, has developed an RNA aptamer that binds to colorectal cancer cells in a peculiar way that makes the cancer cells easily identifiable, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.Easily detectable cancer cells in turn ma
July 12, 2012
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Kakao, Samsung Galaxy top IT search on Google
“Kakao Talk” was the most popular information and technology search term on Google in the first half of this year, said Google Korea.Korea’s mobile messenger, used by some 50 million people worldwide, recently made headlines over the announcement of its free mobile Voice over Internet Protocol service Voice Talk.This has led to escalating tension between Kakao and two giant mobile carriers ― SK Telecom and KT, further helping Kakao Talk to be the most searched term on Google, the Korean subsidia
July 12, 2012
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Early HIV treatment may help stem AIDS, research shows
LOS ANGELES ―Treatment drugs can do more than improve the health of people with HIV: If administered early, medications can also reduce the spread of the disease to sexual partners and may help stem the AIDS epidemic.But many logistical hurdles stand in the way of making this strategy feasible, affordable and effective, according to experts writing in Tuesday’s edition of the journal PLoS Medicine.The medications in question are antiretroviral therapies, which prevent HIV from multiplying and dr
July 12, 2012
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Study links cat parasite to suicide risk in humans
LOS ANGELES ― A wily parasite well known for influencing the behavior of its animal hosts appears to play a troubling role in humans, increasing the risk of suicide among women who are infected, new research shows.Chances are you or someone you know has been infiltrated by the parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii. Researchers estimate that T. gondii is carried by 10 percent to 20 percent of Americans, who can get it by changing litter used by infected cats or eating undercooked meat from an animal
July 12, 2012
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DNA study adds weight to disputed view of migration into North America
LOS ANGELES ― Supporting a controversial view of how humans might have populated the Western Hemisphere, geneticists have found that groups from Asia traveled over the Bering Strait into North America in at least three separate migrations beginning more than 15,000 years ago ― not in a single wave, as has been widely thought.“We have various lines of evidence that there was more than one migration,” said Dr. Andres Ruiz-Linares, a professor of human genetics at University College London and seni
July 12, 2012
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Emergency medicines for summer vacation
Here is a list of helpful emergency medicines and medical supplies you should prepare for your summer vacation:Medicines: antipyretic-analgesics, digestive medicine, antacids, anti-inflammatory agents, skin ointment containing antibiotics, antiseptic agentsMedical supplies: thermometer, dressing sets, plasters, tweezers, scissors for medical purposes, cotton Also, it is good to have sunscreen agents, Vaseline and other skin ointments for burns.Antipyretic-analgesics and digestive medicine can be
July 12, 2012
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Watch out for hand, foot and mouth disease
Parents with infants and toddlers are urged to take extra caution this year for hand, foot and mouth disease ― a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children for which there is no vaccine. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 16.7 out of every 1,000 out-patients in local hospitals were diagnosed with the epidemic for the week of June 24-30. “The infection is maintaining a high prevalence,” the KCDC said in a statement. This year’s number of patients is l
July 12, 2012
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Brain structure linked to altruism: study
A new study has reportedly found that brains of selfless people are different than those of selfish people, according to a report on Science Daily.“People who behaved more altruistically also had a higher proportion of gray matter at the junction between parietal and temporal lobe,” said researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Past studies have indicated that the cited brain region is related to a person’s ability to empathize with other people. It has been suspected that altru
July 12, 2012
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Ancient turtle was round like a truck tire
This photo is not directly related to this story. (AP)A turtle that lived 60 million years ago in what is now northwestern South America was nearly round with a shell the size of a big truck tire, scientists say.Paleontologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and colleagues at North Carolina State University and the Florida Museum of Natural History discovered the new sp
July 12, 2012
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Having slimmer friends may lead to weight loss
You are more likely to gain weight when your friends around you are heavier than you, according to a recent study conducted in Chicago.There is a high probability of gaining weight if students have friends who are heavier than them. On the other hand, students are likely to lose weight if their friends around them are slimmer than they are, according to Dr. David Shoham, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of
July 12, 2012
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‘Sound' of Higgs boson created
(123rf)"Sonified" data from experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland makes it possible to "hear" the newly discovered Higgs boson, researchers say.The result, they said, is a melody that resembles the syncopated rhythm of the habanera, a Cuban dance popular in Spain in the early 19th century."As soon as the [Higgs discovery] announcement was made, we begun working on the sonificatio
July 12, 2012
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1950s flying car for sale
(YouTube)A U.S. flying car built in the 1950s -- and yes, it works! -- is up for sale for $1.25 million, the Smithsonian's Paleofuture blog reports.Aircraft collector Gregg Herrick of Minneapolis, who is selling his 1954 Taylor Aerocar, said he bought the flying car in the early 1990s in Idaho because he was drawn to the design just as many people in the latter half of the 20th century were."I was
July 12, 2012
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LG Display to develop 60-inch flexible OLED
LG Display has been chosen by the government to lead a project to develop transparent and flexible organic light-emitting diode displays.Korea’s second-largest display-panel maker said that it will develop proprietary technology for ultra high-definition, 60-inch flexible OLED displays by 2017 as part of the government’s “Future Flagship Program” to promote next-generation technologies.The company will lead a consortium, which includes Avaco, an equipment maker for display production, for the de
July 11, 2012