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Han Kang speaks up on Nobel Prize, thanks ‘enormous wave’ of blessing
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Han Kang declines press conference, not to celebrate, citing global wars
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Former Ador CEO gains ground in legal battle with Hybe, as whistleblower reveals plagiarism evidence
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Han Kang drives readers to bookstores both online and offline
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BTS’s V and RM celebrate Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in literature win
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Han Kang: From blacklist to Nobel laureate
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No South Korean military drone entered Pyongyang skies: JCS
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Aunt sentenced to 15 years for throwing 11-month-old nephew from high-rise apartment
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Novelist Han Seung-won says daughter's historic Nobel win feels surreal
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Korea Zinc goes all in to fend off takeover
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Eating at night
Snacking at night can cause reflux esophagitisFancy a snack at night? Many people do. From nibbles such as cookies and candy to heavy foods such as fried chicken, beer or pizza, many indulge in eating long after dinner. Night eating syndrome, or midnight hunger, is a commonly found “disorder” among Koreans. It refers to a lack of appetite in the morning and overeating at night.According to professor Park Gyeong-hee of Hallym University, about 10 percent of adults in Korea eat up to half of their
Feb. 16, 2012
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TV channel for dogs launched in US
A television channel designed specifically to be watched by dogs Monday in San Diego for stay-home-canines while the owners are away at work or too busy to play. The first and only television network for dogs, DOGTV, scientifically developed and tested for four years, DOGTV, “a new channel for man‘s
Feb. 16, 2012
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Apple considering smaller iPad?
Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a screen smaller than the iPad, sources told The Wall Street Journal.Officials at some of Apple's suppliers, who asked to remain anonymous, said the company has shown them designs for a device with a screen siz
Feb. 16, 2012
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15-minute-old newborn gets pacemaker for heart
A newborn became one of the smallest-ever recipients of a pacemaker, undergoing the procedure just 15 minutes after being born.Doctors at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital determined that Jaya Maharaj, born nine weeks premature, had only hours to live if they did not ope
Feb. 16, 2012
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Electric cigarette explodes in U.S. man’s mouth
A man trying to kick the smoking habit was puffing on an electronic cigarette when a faulty battery caused it to explode in his mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.A man smokes an electric cigarette. (
Feb. 16, 2012
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Japan's Elpida shares plunge on viability concerns
TOKYO (AFP) - Shares in Japanese microchip maker Elpida Memory plunged Wednesday after the firm said there were concerns over whether it remained a "going concern" amid fierce competition in the sector.Elpida, one of the world's largest makers of dynamic random-access memory(DRAM) chips used in mobi
Feb. 15, 2012
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FBI background file has mixed reviews of Steve Jobs
SAN JOSE, California ― He had smoked pot and dropped LSD. He could be a pain to work with. He twisted the truth at times.Yet according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation background file released Thursday, former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs would still have made a fine presidential appointee.The 1991 background check was conducted when then-President George H. W. Bush was considering Jobs for a spot on the President’s Export Council, a position he did not get. And while the file contain
Feb. 15, 2012
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Chey committed to reinvigorating Hynix
After more than a decade of trying to find a buyer, Hynix Semiconductor finally found a new owner in SK Telecom on Tuesday.With the board naming SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won the co-chief executive and SK Telecom president Ha Sung-min as the head of the board for Hynix, the buyout was completed.Chey, 52, chairman of the country’s No. 3 conglomerate, will officially direct the new Hynix, which could potentially be named SK Hynix, together with its current chief executive Kwon Oh-chul.“Chairman C
Feb. 15, 2012
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Four top reasons why dieting is so hard
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (UPI) -- Two-thirds of Americans say they are on a diet to improve their health but relatively few are actually decreasing in size, a U.S. expert says.Dr. Jessica Bartfield, who specializes in nutrition and weight management at Loyola University Health System's Gottlieb Memorial H
Feb. 15, 2012
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Love is like a drug, study finds
Love appears to use the same system in the brain that is activated when a person is addicted to drugs, recent research found. In the study, researchers at Stanford University showed 10 women and seven men photographs of loved ones. The researchers scanned and observed the participants’ bra
Feb. 15, 2012
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'Invisibility' cloak could protect buildings from quakes
University of Manchester mathematicians have developed the theory for a Harry Potter style 'cloaking' device which could protect buildings from earthquakes.Dr William Parnell's team in the University's School of Mathematics have been working on the theory of invisibility cloaks which, until recently
Feb. 15, 2012
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Aspirin could beat cancer spread: Australian study
Aspirin and other household drugs may inhibit the spread of cancer because they help shut down the chemical "highways" which feed tumours, Australian researchers said Tuesday.Scientists at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre said they have made a biological breakthrough helping explain h
Feb. 15, 2012
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Missing dark matter located in space
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and Nagoya University used large-scale computer simulations and recent observational data of gravitational lensing to reveal how dark matter is distributed around galaxies. A computer simulation s
Feb. 15, 2012
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Man gives Valentine's kidney
A Chicago man is celebrating Valentine's Day by giving his girlfriend one of the most precious gifts he has -- his kidney.Terry Lee said his girlfriend, Trisha Beckwith, was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus after they had been dating for about four months and soon discovered her kidneys w
Feb. 15, 2012
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KT restores Internet access for Samsung's smart TVs
(Yonhap News) -- KT Corp., South Korea’s top fixed-line operator, on Tuesday resumed services for Internet-enabled TVs produced by Samsung Electronics Co., four days after it restricted access to its high-speed network, the country's telecommunications watchdog said.The service was resumed at
Feb. 14, 2012
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Botox developer rues missing out on billions
Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire. Dr Richard Ellenbogen injects botox into smile wrinkles on the bridge of Perla Pacheco's nose at Beverly
Feb. 14, 2012
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Mediterranean Diet may be healthier for brain
A customer browses fruit and vegetable goods displayed on a stall. (Bloomberg)The benefits of the popular Mediterranean diet might not just stop at preventing heart disease, dementia and metabolic syndrome, researchers say. A new study suggests eating in Mediterranean style may reduce damage to smal
Feb. 14, 2012
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New finding suggests ‘super-Earth’ may be lifeless after all
Astronomers have discovered several candidates of so called “super-Earth,” potentially habitable planets outside solar system, raising anticipation to find extraterrestrial life forms.However, new study indicates such planets may be dry despite ideal distance to their stars.According to a research p
Feb. 14, 2012
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Samsung Electronics to unveil new tablet computer in March
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a new 7-inch tablet computer next month in a bid to further tap into the smart device market.(Yonhap News)The company said that it will launch the Galaxy Tab 2 in global markets next month, starting with its debut
Feb. 14, 2012
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Lab study raises questions over nano-particle impact
Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano-particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods, scientists said on Sunday.Chickens exposed to high oral doses of polystyrene particles 50 nanometers (50 billionths of a metre)
Feb. 13, 2012
