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Confusion over alleged S. Korean drone intrusion: Who's behind it?
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Han Kang’s Nobel Prize opens new horizons for Korean literature
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South Korean military has ‘nothing to confirm’ on North Korea preparing border artillery corps to shoot
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Border tensions heighten as North Korea builds up drone incursion claims
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2 Filipinas who left pilot program cite overwork, excessive surveillance
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K-pop song once recommended by Nobel laureate Han Kang returns to music charts
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SK heiress weds Chinese American entrepreneur
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Korean chipmakers should not repeat mistakes of Toshiba, Intel: ex-ministers
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Teacher suicides averaging 20 per year: data
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'8 out of 10 foreign students willing to work in Korea'
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Agency to start daily space weather alert services
The National Radar Research Agency (RRA) said Thursday it will start offering daily three-day forecasts on space weather activities for the general public.The state-run agency said the alert service will be launched Friday with information to be offered through the Internet homepage of its Korean Space Weather Center (www.spaceweather.go.kr). Users can also receive data by e-mail or mobile phone text messages.By monitoring and forecasting the Earth’s surrounding space environment, which is mainl
March 1, 2012
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LG Electronics wins U.S. Energy Star Partner award
LG Electronics Inc., one of South Korea’s leading consumer appliance manufacturers, said Thursday it has won a 2012 Energy Star Partner of the Year award.The honor, given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, recognized LG’s steady contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by making energy efficient products.The award, which was launched in 2001, also lauded the company’s efforts to educate consumers about eco-friendly products.Last year, 406 pro
March 1, 2012
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Samsung’s Android dominance puts squeeze on HTC and Motorola
Google’s Android has surged past Apple’s iPhone to become the biggest smartphone platform, attracting a crowd of phone makers. Yet Samsung Electronics Co.’s growing dominance may threaten the software’s success and crimp sales growth for some competitors. Companies such as HTC Corp. and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. risk being squeezed between South Korea’s Samsung and China’s Huawei Technologies Co. HTC, which introduced its HTC One phone this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, s
March 1, 2012
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Infanrix listed as mandatory vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline’s Infanrix IPV, a diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, has been added to the state’s compulsory vaccines for infant list, the vaccine maker said Wednesday. Therefore, infants will be able to get inoculations at the ages 2, 4 and 6 months and 4 years for 5,000 won a session at nearby public health care centers or designated clinics and hospitals. The vaccine requires four separate inoculations. This is half the previous number of injections, the vaccine mak
March 1, 2012
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Prices of 6,500 drugs to fall 14%
The prices of 6,506 drugs given on the National Health Insurance scheme will fall by 14 percent on average from April 1, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. The number of the drugs accounts for a little less than half of 13,814 drugs covered by the state insurance program, the ministry said. Those exempt from the price cut have been patented, specialized for rare and hard-to-treat diseases, or are already cheap enough. The measures are expected to save about 700 billion won from the
March 1, 2012
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Five hospitals picked for infants
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has added five hospitals to the list of those that must be equipped with intensive care units for newborns. The selected hospitals are Bundang Seoul National University Hospital in Gyeonggi Province, Inha University Hospital in Incheon, Dankook University Hospital in Daejeon, Chosun University Hospital in Gwangju and Ulsan University Hospital in Ulsan. With the latest designation there are now 18 general hospitals that have or will have special units for infant
March 1, 2012
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Women have rare egg-producing stem cells, Harvard scientists claim
WASHINGTON (AP) ― For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they’ll ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma, saying they’ve discovered the ovaries of young women harbor very rare stem cells capable of producing new eggs.If Sunday’s report is confirmed, harnessing those stem cells might one day lead to better treatments for women left infertile because of disease - or simply because they’re getting older.“Our current views of ovarian aging are inco
March 1, 2012
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Beware of spring depression
It is high time to beware of seasonal depression. It occurs most frequently before or after the winter, when the early spring breeze begins to blows away the winter cold. As the spring gets closer, however, we are at increased risk of committing suicide as symptoms of depression are most intense. In recent years several Korean celebrities have committed suicide while suffering from depression. Most of these deaths occurred in the spring. Suicide is the greatest potential evil that can result fro
March 1, 2012
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Keep your eyes healthy during spring
Eyes become sensitive just after winter; yellow dust may cause various symptomsSpring is right around the corner, but whole many look forward to warmer weather, some dread the season because of pollen, dust and other allergies. Our eyes are especially sensitive in spring. The dryness and extreme temperature differences between morning and nighttime during winter weakens the immune system, leaving yellow dust and pollen able to cause intolerable itchiness, sneezing, tears and more. Dr. Kim Jin-gu
March 1, 2012
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Miracle diet pill? A safe drug is elusive
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The battle of the bulge has been a big, fat failure for U.S. drugmakers. But that hasn’t stopped them from trying.For nearly a century, scientists have struggled to make a diet pill that helps people lose weight without side effects that range from embarrassing digestive issues to dangerous heart problems.Earlier this week, a government panel recommended the FDA approve the latest diet drug Qnexa. The recommendation raises hopes that the U.S. could approve the first anti-obesit
March 1, 2012
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Dinosaurs had fleas too -- giant ones, fossils show
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly an inch (25 millimeters) long.New fossils found in China are evidence of the oldest fleas _ from 125 million to 165 million years ago, said Diying Hua
March 1, 2012
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Intel makes more mobile inroads with new phones
SAN JOSE, California ― Further demonstrating its resolve to expand beyond the personal computer market, Intel Corp. on Monday announced that three more new smartphones incorporating its microprocessors will be introduced in other countries this year.The smartphone makers are Orange, Lava International and ZTE. Intel CEO Paul Otellini, who made the announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, said more smartphones containing Intel’s brainy chips will be unveiled in the next year
Feb. 29, 2012
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Samsung, KT, LG win at trade show
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S2 was chosen as the best smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Wednesday.Presented by the Global System for Mobile Association, Samsung’s flagship smartphone Galaxy S2 competed with other handsets like Galaxy Nexus, Apple’s iPhone 4S, HTC’s Desire S and Nokia’s Lumia 800. It was also given the Device Manufacturer of the Year award at the event.It was the first time for the firm to take home the best device manufacturer award and the third time it w
Feb. 29, 2012
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Fukushima contamination 'chronic and lasting': French agency
Radioactive contamination levels from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have fallen sharply since the accident but will be "chronic and lasting" for many years, a French watchdog said Tuesday."The initial contamination linked to the accident has greatly declined," Didier Champion, crisis mana
Feb. 29, 2012
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US Navy getting close on making super-powerful gun
A super-powerful gun that shoots rounds more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away _ at several times the speed of sound _ is being developed for Navy warships.The weapon is known as an electromagnetic railgun. It consists of parallel rails and uses a magnetic field and electric current, instead of c
Feb. 29, 2012
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Scientists find key to immortality for asexual worms
British scientists have found that a species of flatworm can overcome the process of ageing to become potentially immortal, Reuters reported. (123rf image)In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal on Monday the researchers found that the flatworms, kno
Feb. 28, 2012
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iPad 3 price hike is rumored
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- The upcoming iPad 3 -- expected to be announced in a little more than a week-- could carry a $70-$80 price hike over its iPad 2 predecessor, analysts say.The MacRumors Web site posted an image Monday of a purported pricing sheet found on the popular Chinese microblogging site
Feb. 28, 2012
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Active video games don't boost exercise
Children who play active video games do not engage in more physical activity than those who play inactive video games, U.S. and Hong Kong researchers suggest. MCTTom Baranowski of the Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Ester Cerin of the Institute of Human
Feb. 28, 2012
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Scientists say big asteroid bears watching
VIENNA (UPI) -- Scientists at a United Nations meeting in Vienna say they're keeping a close eye on a large asteroid that may pose an impact threat to Earth in a few decades.An artist`s illustration of asteroids. (European Space Agency/P. Carril)The subject of the asteroid known as 2011 AG5 was on t
Feb. 28, 2012
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Origin of photosynthesis revealed by a ‘living fossil’
Recently, the complete genome of a glaucophyte alga (Cyanophora paradoxa) has been unraveled by an international consortium led by Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya from Rutgers University. A schematic image of the "living fossil" Cyanophora paradoxa that is a member of the algal phylum Glaucophyta.
Feb. 28, 2012
