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Slew of top K-pop stars ready to return from military
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S. Korea, US clinch 2026-30 defense cost-sharing deal in pre-election push
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Military aircraft evacuating S. Koreans in Lebanon returns home
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Concerns raised over chronic labor shortage at state-run center for digital sex crime victims
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BTS-themed moon jar to be unveiled on Hangeul Day
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Market uncertain on Korea's October rate cut despite slowed inflation
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Samsung unveils 'personalized AI' for all devices
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1,430 minors investigated for drug offenses from 2018 to 2023: police
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[Robert Fouser] Why the US election looks so close
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Special counsel bill to probe first lady scrapped
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Doctors question effect of Google glasses on eyes
Have you ever imagined people walking along the street, digitally scanning and analyzing the information of their surroundings on the spot? This may become a reality as Google is expected to start selling eyeglasses that project information, entertainment and advertisements onto the lenses. According to the New York Times, the glasses are not designed to be worn constantly ― although Google engineers expect some users will wear them a lot ― but will be more like smartphones, used when needed, wi
March 8, 2012
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How music therapy can reduce stress, ease pain
Expert suggests use of complementary alternative medicine in highly individualized wayDALLAS ― Judith Ritchie unlocked her office at the Sammons Cancer Center and carefully gathered the instruments that she determined would best serve her patients in the oncology unit.An American Indian flute. A plucked psaltery or lap harp.Ritchie, a certified music practitioner on the staff of Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, fills doctors’ prescriptions to bring pain relief to patients with cancer.
March 8, 2012
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Antimatter atom measured for the first time
Scientists have succeeded in measuring an atom made of antimatter for the first time ever, marking a giant step toward finding out how universe is formed, livescience.com reported Wednesday.According to scientists all particles of matter have antimatter partners with equal mass and opposite charge. When the two parts meet, they destroy each other and become pure energy.However, measuring antimatter had been impossible since universe is made of matter. It is thought that the universe contained eq
March 8, 2012
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Police say customer info of two major mobile carriers leaked
Police said Thursday that they have booked five workers of a company subcontracted by the country's two major mobile carriers for their suspected leaks of customers' personal and real-time location information in return for financial profits. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said the workers, in
March 8, 2012
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Seoul begins review for third space rocket launch
A panel of experts will start reviewing launch plans for the country’s first space rocket this week, which could help set a specific blastoff date, the government said Thursday.A review committee will hold its first meeting Friday after the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology filed its request for a launch late last month.The ministry said earlier that the launch, which will be the third of its kind, will likely take place before October. The first two launches of South Korea’s first l
March 8, 2012
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Earth braces for biggest space storm in five years
The biggest space weather storm in five years is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to disrupt power grids, GPS systems, satellites and airline flights, experts say. (Yonghap News) The brunt of the stor
March 8, 2012
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World first: Images of atoms moving in a molecule
Laser-induced electron diffractionScientists on Wednesday said they had recorded the first real-time images of atoms moving in a molecule, a feat that captured movement lasting less than one millionth of a billionth of a second.The exploit entailed directing an ultra-fast laser onto molecules of nit
March 8, 2012
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Ape genes show we have gorillas in our midst
Our ancestors made the evolutionary split with gorillas around 10 million years ago, but we still share a remarkable number of genes with the great ape, according to a groundbreaking study published on Wednesday. A worldwide consortium of scientists sequenced the genome of the western lowland gor
March 8, 2012
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World first: Images of atoms moving in a molecule
Scientists on Wednesday said they had recorded the first real-time images of atoms moving in a molecule, a feat that captured movement lasting less than one millionth of a billionth of a second.The exploit entailed directing an ultra-fast laser onto molecules of nitrogen and of oxygen. Its pulse of
March 8, 2012
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US studies confirm Europe close on 'God particle'
More scientists are getting closer in the search for the ``God particle'' of physics that would help explain the fundamentals of the universe, but they haven't found it yet. In the hunt for the Higgs boson, which is key to understanding why matter has mass, two teams of physi
March 7, 2012
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Mobile money faces developed-world challenge
BARCELONA ― Instances of the so-called tail wagging the dog abound. Add to that club mobile-money services, the idea that you can make financial transactions of all kinds using only a cellphone.The technological brawn, sophisticated banking and widespread financial literacy seemingly required to deploy mobile-money programs are, of course, heavily concentrated in the developed world.Yet it’s in places lacking that infrastructure, such as sub-Saharan Africa, where the idea has actually taken hold
March 7, 2012
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Low-priced tablets hope to take on the big boys
Samsung diversifies lineup to counter threat, while LG remains skeptical of their challengeThe local tablet PC market is being challenged by online shopping malls selling low-priced tablet PCs to consumers here by joining hands with smaller manufacturers.Samsung Electronics, the country’s biggest IT firm, has unveiled plans to release low-tier tablets in the first half of the year, while its rival LG Electronics has no plans to roll out another tablet PC in the first quarter.“We’re aiming to div
March 7, 2012
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'Shrinkable car' makes parking a breeze at high-tech fair
Scientists at the world's biggest IT fair unveiled on Tuesday what they hope is the car of the future that can shrink to fit tight parking spaces and pick you up at the touch of a button. (AFP)At just 2.10 metres (seven feet) long, the futuristic cobalt-blue two-seater "pod" is not exactly roomy but
March 7, 2012
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Samsung, LG TVs thinner than iPad, undermine Sony, Panasonic
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s two biggest TV makers, want to widen their lead over Japanese rivals by using new display technology in 55-inch sets thinner than Apple Inc.’s iPad. The South Korean companies are developing organic light- emitting diode, or OLED, televisions that are as thin as 4 millimeters (0.16 inches) and produce images 200 times sharper than current liquid-crystal-display models. Both plan to start selling OLED sets as early as this year, while S
March 7, 2012
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New findings of asteroid impact
Scientists claim they found evidence indicating a major cosmic impact on Earth 12,900 years ago. An international team of researchers, including James Kennett, professor of earth science at UC Santa Barbara, uncovered an almost 13,000-year-old layer of dark sediment beneath Lake Cuitzeo in central Mexico containing materials than can “form only through cosmic impact.”The nanodiamonds and spherules identified in the sediment layer show features that could not have formed through anthropogenic, vo
March 7, 2012
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#Cheap tablets may rise as threat to Samsung and LG
Cheap tablets looming threat to Samsung and LGDeck: Samsung diversifies lineup to counter threat while LG remains skeptical of their successBy Cho Ji-hyunThe local tablet PC market is being challenged by online shopping malls selling low-priced tablet PCs to consumers here through joining hands with smaller manufacturers.Samsung Electronics, the country’s biggest IT firm, has unveiled plans to release low-tier tablets in the first half of the year, while its rival LG Electronics has no plans to
March 7, 2012
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Scientists find cancer gene may boost health, weight loss
A potential ground breaking discovery was made when a new research project revealed that mice with an extra dose of a known anti-cancer gene can live a longer, cancer-free life while eating more and staying fitter than others without the gene. Spanish scientists found that not only did mice with an extra copy of the gene known as Phosphatase and tensin homolog(Pten) not get cancer, but also were leaner compared to the control group of mice who ate less, Science Daily reported Tuesday.This sugges
March 7, 2012
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Earth braces for biggest space storm in five years
The biggest space weather storm in five years is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to disrupt power grids, GPS systems, satellites and airline flights, experts say.(Yonhap News)The brunt of the storm is expected to strike early Thursday and last through Friday, possibly garbling some of Earthlings'
March 7, 2012
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Moon to blame for sinking of Titanic?
While no one denies an iceberg sank the liner Titanic 100 year ago, there may have been another culprit that put it there, U.S. scientists say -- the moon. Researchers at Texas State University say a once-in-a-lifetime celestial lineup of the sun, the Earth and the moon three months before the si
March 7, 2012
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New iPad expected to have modest upgrades
NEW YORK (AP) _ Apple is expected to reveal a new iPad model on Wednesday, with a sharper screen and perhaps an option for faster wireless broadband. The upgrades are relatively minor, but the iPad is secure in its position as the king of tablets.As usual, Apple has kept the features of the new devi
March 7, 2012