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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Contentious grain bill put directly to plenary meeting for vote
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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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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Anti-cancer drug for women weakens bone density
PARIS (AFP) - A drug tipped for widespread use to prevent breast cancer in post-menopausal women also accelerates loss of bone density, thus potentially boosting the risk of fractures, a study published on Tuesdaysaid.Exemestane -- brand name Aromasin -- is part of a drug class called aromatase inhibitors, which lower levels of the oestrogen that some breast cancers need in order to grow.Canadian bone specialists took a look at a group of patients who had taken part in a study into the effective
Feb. 9, 2012
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Too many kids breathe others‘ smoke in cars: CDC
CHICAGO (AP) -- Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.In the first national estimate of its kind, a report from government researchers says more than 1 in 5 high school students and middle schoolers ride in cars while others are smoking.This kind of secondhand smoke exposure has been linked with breathing problems and allergy symptoms, and more restrictions are needed to
Feb. 9, 2012
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Birth control mandate irks religious organizations
The Obama administration’s decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception.The regulation, finalized a week ago, raises a complex and sensitive legal question: Which institutions qualify as religious and can be exempt from the mandate?For a church, mosque or synagogue, the answer is mostly straightforward. But for the massive network of religious-run soci
Feb. 9, 2012
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How long can you keep your food?
Expired produce can be safe for some time if unsealed and well storedEveryone has had the experience of throwing away a half-eaten block of cheese or half-empty carton of milk because it has exceeded its expiration date.But the Korea Consumer Agency on Tuesday said most foods are safe even a few days after their expiration date.“The expiration dates written on the cover of the products are usually for distribution. That is, they mean dates when the shop managers begin to take them off the shelve
Feb. 9, 2012
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How long can you keep your food?
Expired produce can be safe for some time if unsealed and well storedEveryone has had the experience of throwing away a half-eaten block of cheese or half-empty carton of milk because it has exceeded its expiration date.But the Korea Consumer Agency on Tuesday said most foods are safe even a few days after their expiration date.“The expiration dates written on the cover of the products are usually for distribution. That is, they mean dates when the shop managers begin to take them off the shelve
Feb. 9, 2012
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Mobile carriers raise investment 20% in 2011
South Korean mobile carriers’ investment rose 20 percent in 2011 from a year earlier mainly on increased spending to build high-speed long-term evolution networks, the telecommunications watchdog said Thursday.The three mobile carriers including top player SK Telecom Co. spent 7.67 trillion won ($6.86 billion) on investment in 2011, compared with 6.4 trillion won a year earlier, according to the Korea Communications Commission.The watchdog said that local mobile carriers spent more money last ye
Feb. 9, 2012
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Google may open retail store at European headquarters in Dublin
Google Inc. (GOOG) may open its first stand- alone retail store at its European headquarters in Dublin, according to a filing by the world’s most popular search engine. Attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 in New York. (
Feb. 9, 2012
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Brain stimulation may boost memory: study
California scientists said Wednesday they may have found a way to stimulate a part of the brain so that it forms memories more easily. MCTSomeday, the process might be used to make a neuroprosthetic device, or thinking cap, that people could turn on when they need to remember new information, or it
Feb. 9, 2012
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Study on mice shows fasting weakens cancer
Early research on mice with cancer shows that fasting may weaken tumors and help chemotherapy work better, scientists said on Wednesday.While it remains unknown if the same approach could work in humans, or if it would even be safe, researchers said the findings suggest a promising new route of stud
Feb. 9, 2012
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NASA planning ‘space taxi’ program
United States space agency NASA is looking for firms to design and build space taxis to transport astronauts to and from International Space Station, Reuters reported Tuesday. NASAThe program aims to continue previous plans by NASA to develop commercial passenger spaceships.With the U.S. shutting do
Feb. 8, 2012
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Smoking linked to mental decline in men: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Men who smoke experience greater mental declines over time than men who never smoked, but the same link does not appear among women, said a British study published in the United States on Monday.The research suggested that the effects of long-term cigarette smoking show up terms o
Feb. 7, 2012
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Soldiers might be able to control weapons with minds
Wars of the next century may look a lot like a scene from a science fiction movies or video games, with soldiers controlling machines with their minds, guns that shoot harmful waves, and neural stimulation to boost performances, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reports. MCTA report by Royal Soci
Feb. 7, 2012
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3D printer creates new jaw for woman
A Belgian woman is able to chew, speak and breathe normally after the implantation of a new jawbone created on a 3D printer, doctors say.The replacement jaw, created out of a fine titanium powder sculpted layer by layer by a precision laser beam, has proved a successful substitute for her own jaw al
Feb. 7, 2012
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KT Q4 net rises 12.5% on one-off factor
Korea’s telecom titan KT Corp. said Monday that its fourth-quarter net profit rose 12.5 percent from a year earlier due to a one-off factor.Net income came to 210.6 billion won ($188.9 million) in the October-December period of last year, compared with 187.1 billion won a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing.Sales jumped 24.7 percent on-year to 6.4 trillion won over the same period, while its operating profit dropped 16.7 percent to 287.6 billion won in the final quarter of last yea
Feb. 6, 2012
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Scientists decode how the brain hears words
U.S. scientists said Wednesday they have found a way to decode how the brain hears words, in what researchers described as a major step toward one day helping people communicate after paralysis or stroke.MCT By placing electrodes on the brains of research subjects and then having them li
Feb. 6, 2012
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LGE tops U.S. drum washer market
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s leading consumer electronics maker, remained the top seller of drum washing machines in the U.S. market for the fifth straight year in 2011, a market researcher said Sunday.LG Electronics dominated the U.S. drum washer market last year in terms of sales, number of products sold and market share, according to Stevenson Company.By sales, LG Electronics claimed a 20.7 percent share of the U.S. drum washer market, outstripping Samsung Electronics Co.’s 17.4 percent
Feb. 5, 2012
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Zuckerberg may sell about $1.67 billion Facebook stock
Mark Zuckerberg may sell about $1.67 billion of Facebook Inc. stock in the company’s initial public offering to pay off taxes he will owe when he exercises options to buy 120 million shares. (AP)The social network’s chief executive officer will owe taxes on gains related to the award of option
Feb. 5, 2012
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CEO of chip maker Micron dies in plane crash
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The image Steve Appleton cultivated as a stunt pilot and off-road rally driver became the perfect metaphor for his wild, 18-year ride as the leader of Micron Technology Inc., where stomach-churning swings from billion-dollar profit to billion-dollar loss required the constitutio
Feb. 5, 2012
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Fake social network accounts in dispute ahead of elections
Politicians rush to improve Twitter, Facebook profiles amid growing worry over artificial enhancementKorea’s politicians are desperately scrambling to boost their influence on social networks ahead of the parliamentary elections. How desperately? Some allegedly buy new Twitter accounts with more followers, a practice that is muddying their already tainted reputations. Although there are no official numbers of how many fake Twitter, Facebook and other social network accounts are traded in return
Feb. 3, 2012
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Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study
Drug addicts have inherited abnormalities in some parts of the brain which interfere with impulse control, said a British study published in the United States on Thursday. Previous research has pointed to these differences, but it was unclear if they resulted from the ravages of addiction or if they were there beforehand to predispose a person to drug abuse.Scientists at the University of Cambridge compared the brains of addicts to their non-addicted siblings as well as to healthy, unrelated v
Feb. 3, 2012