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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Will tug-of-war between doctors, government end soon?
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Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth
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Trilateral talks acknowledge ‘serious’ slumps of won, yen
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS pop-up event to come to Seoul
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[Graphic News] More Koreans say they plan long-distance trips this year
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Yoon's approval rating plunges to all-time low
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Fed: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
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Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapy
NEW YORK (AP) _ A prominent retired psychiatrist is apologizing to the gay community for a decade-old study that concluded some gay people can go straight through what's called reparative therapy.Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, formerly of Columbia University, now says he no longer believes his work showed that.For the study, Spitzer had interviewed 200 people who'd claimed some degree of change. The ``fat
May 20, 2012
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Doctors accidently kill baby
Doctors accidently killed a baby during delivery at a hospital in Aracaju, northeastern Brazil.The tragedy occurred after at least five doctors had tried for six hours to deliver the baby naturally.They struggled as the baby boy’s shoulders became stuck, inadvertently tearing off his head.The 22-year-old mother told her family that she knew something was wrong when one of the doctors shouted “Marcos, are you crazy?”The baby‘s dead body remained inside the mother and had to be removed by Caesaria
May 20, 2012
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Losing sunglasses puts eyes at risk
More than 55 percent of U.S. adults lose or break their sunglasses each year, putting their eyes at risk of sunburn or eye disease, eye experts say.The Vision Council found for those who lost their sunglasses, and the 27 percent of adults who do not wear sunglasses, exposure to ultraviolet radiation could result in result in short-term damage from bloodshot or sensitive eyes, or painful conditions
May 20, 2012
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Woman swallows toothbrush
Israeli doctors say they were able to safely remove a toothbrush from a woman's stomach after she accidentally swallowed it.Bat-El Panker, 24, came home from work May 11, and went to brush her teeth. When she bent over the faucet with the toothbrush in her mouth, she said it slipped down her throat.Panker told Ynetnews she tried to get it out, but to no avail. She rushed to the hospital and had a
May 20, 2012
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People have ‘lie detectors’ in brains: study
U.S. scientists have discovered that when a person gets suspicious, certain part of the brain ‘lights up’, much like a lie detector, Science Daily reported Thursday. Researcher at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute found that concept of suspicion is linked to two regions in the brain: the amygdala, which controls fear and emotional memories, and parahippocampal gyrus, related to recognition of scenes and declarative memories.The amygdale is closely related to a person’s baseline level
May 18, 2012
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U.S. aviation body looks into reported ‘UFO’ case
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration began an investigation over an alleged UFO sighting that nearly caused a plane crash, local newspapers reported Wednesday. A private pilot in Denver told authorities on Monday that his aircraft had a near-collision with a large, unidentified aircraft that was not detected on radar.The incident prompted the FAA to launch a probe over the mysterious object. Investigators will talk to the pilot and look at other clues to find out what the object.While the ai
May 18, 2012
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Men equate steak with masculinity
Men connect eating meat -- especially muscle meat like steak -- with masculinity, but vegetables were not considered masculine, U.S. scientists found.(MCT)Study authors Paul Rozin of the University of Pennsylvania, Julia M. Hormes of Louisiana State University, Myles S. Faith of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Brian Wansink at Cornell University said several studies showed meat ge
May 18, 2012
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Samsung develops graphene device for transistor use
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest computer memory-chip maker, said Friday it has developed a graphene device that could help revolutionize the capabilities of transistors.Samsung's advanced institute of technology said it has successfully created a three-terminal active device with a graphene variable barrier, which can effectively cut off electric currents in transistors.Graphene is a
May 18, 2012
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Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia
Paleontologists say they've found fossilized remains of an ancient turtle with a shell the size of a small car that lived 60 million years ago in South America.This is a reconstruction of Carbonemys preying upon a small crocodylomorph. Credit: Artwork by Liz Bradford (UPI)Dubbed Carbonemys cofrinii, or "coal turtle," the fossil was discovered in a coal mine in Colombia, researchers from North Caro
May 18, 2012
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S. Korean satellite successfully reaches earth's orbit
South Korea's multipurpose satellite equipped with a high-resolution camera successfully reached the earth's orbit after blasting off from a Japanese space center, the government said Friday.The Arirang 3 satellite, which lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center south of Kyushu Island at 1:39 a.m. on Japan's H-IIA rocket has made contact with ground stations, indicating that it has entered a c
May 18, 2012
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Nanotech scientist mired in authorship spat
Nam Koo-hyun speaks out on online argument over breakthrough researchAfter his breakthrough research in nanotechnology headlined the top science journal “Nature,” Nam Koo-hyun is never jubilant. Upon the publication, the research professor at Ewha Womans University, was embroiled in an ethics dispute with one of his assistants claiming her efforts at experiment were extorted. A “witch hunt” ensued many laymen describing him as a viscous exploiter.“It was frustrating,” the 33-year-old scientist t
May 17, 2012
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Effects of Apple’s Elpida orders on Samsung, Hynix limited
Apple’s reported placing of large orders for Elpida Memory’s mobile DRAM chips will not affect Samsung Electronics shares or its global supply chain in the long-run, analysts said Thursday.The effects of the unconfirmed news are likely to be short-lived and limited to boosting the fundamentals of Korean semiconductor players, including SK Hynix, whose production capacity still outweighs that of the Japan-based chip maker.“Elpida’s production capacity lags behind that of Samsung and Hynix, still
May 17, 2012
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Samsung supplies 40% of handsets with Android, Gartner says
Samsung Electronics Co. sold more than 40 percent of all Android mobile phones in the first quarter as the South Korean manufacturer became the world’s largest handset maker, research company Gartner Inc. said. Global handset sales declined 2 percent to 419 million, dragged down by a drop in low-end handsets, Stamford, Connecticut-based Gartner said on Thursday in a report. Smartphone sales rose 45 percent, the researcher said. Samsung, which also makes screens and other hardware used in smartph
May 17, 2012
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Bicyclists are preparing for another season
DETROIT ― When Don and Darla Daley dine at restaurants near their Royal Oak, Michigan, home, they no longer drive their car.It’s the same with quick trips to the store or nearby Royal Oak Farmers Market. They hop on the bicycles they bought two years ago ― their favorite form of recreation and exercise.The Daleys are discovering what many people are getting to know. Bicycling is a great route to fun and fitness for people of all ages.In the two years since the Daleys purchased their bikes, Darla
May 17, 2012
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Seonam Hospital to provide free smoking cessation program
Seonam Hospital is holding a free clinic to help people quit smoking from May 24 through June 28. The program consists of nicotine-dependence measurement; free provision of nicotine patches, gum and candies; once-a-week face-to-face consultation; and regular educational sessions.After the program wraps up, the hospital plans to stay in touch with the patients through SMS messages for another six months to keep them focused on the goal. “Smoking is more than a habit. It is a disease. Seeking prof
May 17, 2012
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All hospitals to display patents’ rights on site
From August all medical institutions should post patients’ rights and responsibilities on a wall or on LED panels inside their main building, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. According to a relevant law revision that will come to effect from Aug. 2, rights and responsibilities should be exhibited on the walls of reception sections, emergency rooms and websites. The patients have the right to be treated, notified and decide their own treatments; to have their personal information
May 17, 2012
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Mechanism of delirium identified
A group of medical doctors here said they have identified the mechanism causing delirium, or sudden severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function that occur in physical or mental illness, a first internationally.According to professor Kim Jae-jin and his team at Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of the main mechanisms causing the mental disease is the incongruity of the basal ganglion of the cerebrum and the midbrain. Lack of congruity allows only one of them to operate actively to cause th
May 17, 2012
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Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
ATLANTA (AP) ― Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.She has a rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, in which marauding bacteria run rampant through tissue. Affected areas sometimes have to be surgically removed to save the patient’s life.● How oft
May 17, 2012
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Watch out for preeclampsia during pregnancy
In the year of the black dragon many people are planning to have babies with “good fortune.”However, pregnancy takes caution as well as enthusiasm. One thing expectant mothers should bear in mind ― especially those older than 35 ― is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is when a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure and protein in the urine after the 20th week, which is in the middle of the second trimester of pregnancy.The U.S. National Institute of Health says the main symptoms of preeclampsia ar
May 17, 2012
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Facebook contributes to rise of ‘dumb’ crimes
Recent Facebook-related crimes are exposing a number of less-than-intelligent criminals who use the social networking service.Such was the case of two men in Colombia who recently robbed an Internet cafe. They waited until the time was ripe, held the owner at gunpoint, took the cash and made a clean getaway on a motorcycle.They did everything right except for one thing; forgetting to log out of a Facebook account that had detailed information about one of the culprits, allowing police to simply
May 17, 2012