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Confusion over alleged S. Korean drone intrusion: Who's behind it?
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South Korean military has ‘nothing to confirm’ on North Korea preparing border artillery corps to shoot
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Han Kang’s Nobel Prize opens new horizons for Korean literature
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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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Border tensions heighten as North Korea builds up drone incursion claims
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SK heiress weds Chinese American entrepreneur
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Riize speaks out on Seunghan’s return
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Busan film fest ends with lingering controversy over streaming platform presence
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[News Focus] Momentum builds for 3-way summit by end of year
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Apple files design suit in Germany seeking to ban 10 Samsung smartphones
(Bloomberg)Apple Inc. filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s smartphone models, including the Galaxy S Plus and the S II. The suit targeting 10 smartphones was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple design rights Apple in Europe,
Jan. 18, 2012
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Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces.Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.This is only the fifth time in history that scientists have chemically confirmed Martian
Jan. 18, 2012
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US may be behind Mars probe failure: Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Tuesday said the failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe for Mars could have been caused by radiation from US radars, in its latest allegation of Western interference in its space programme."There is such a theory," Yury Koptev the head of the scientific committee of state technol
Jan. 17, 2012
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UK scientists find lost Darwin fossils
LONDON (AP) — British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Tuesday that he stumbled up
Jan. 17, 2012
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Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too.It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that first "mama" or "dada."Florida scientists di
Jan. 17, 2012
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India reports new TB strain resistant to all drugs
Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of ``totally drug-resistant tuberculosis,'' a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease. (MCT)It's not the first time highly resistant cases like this have been seen. Since 2003, patients have been documented in Italy
Jan. 16, 2012
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Cable operators stop airing KBS2 TV
Cable TV operators stopped airing programs by KBS 2TV nationwide at 3 p.m. on Monday as they failed to reach an agreement on retransmission fees with the nation’s three terrestrial broadcasters MBC, KBS and SBS. (Yonhap News)An emergency council of some 94 cable stations originally threatened to hal
Jan. 16, 2012
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Australia experts call for energy drink warnings
SYDNEY, Jan 16, 2012 (AFP) - Researchers in Australia on Monday called for health warnings on caffeine-loaded energy drinks following a spike in the number of people reporting medical problems after drinking them.Health professionals from the University of Sydney's Medical School and the New South W
Jan. 16, 2012
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Why faces of primates differ dramatically from one another?
A new study gave evolutionary clues to the question of why the faces of primates so dramatically different from one another. UCLA biologists working as "evolutionary detectives" studied the faces of 129 adult male primates from Central and South America. Credit: Stephen Nash"If you look at New World
Jan. 16, 2012
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Scientists identify receptor for tasting fat
(MCT)A new study for the first time identified a human receptor tasting fat, suggesting that some people may be more sensitive to the presence of fat in foods.The study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis was published online in the Journal of Lipid Rese
Jan. 16, 2012
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Russian space probe crashes into Pacific
MOSCOW (AP) _ A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars came down in flames Sunday, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said.Pieces from the Phobos-Ground, which had become stuck in Earth's orbit, landed in
Jan. 16, 2012
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Apple to ready IPad 3 with sharper screen, LTE access
Apple Inc.’s next iPad, expected to go on sale in March, will sport a high-definition screen, run a faster processor and work with next-generation wireless networks, according to three people familiar with the product.The company’s manufacturing partners in Asia started ramping up production of the
Jan. 15, 2012
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Doomed Russia Mars probe eyes fiery crash
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's space agency on Sunday called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.Roscosmos said on its website that fragments of the stranded Phobos-Grunt voyager would probab
Jan. 15, 2012
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Samsung, LG flex muscles with high technologies
LAS VEGAS ― The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show showcased a wide array of gadgets over four days here from 3-D and smart televisions to tablet PCs and ultrabooks to the new Organic Light-Emitting Diodes TV.The event, organized by U.S.-based Consumer Electronics Association, was joined by 2,700 exhibitors and 140,000 people from 140 different countries from Jan. 10-13.“At CES, we’re in the world’s epicenter for the most innovative consumer electronics technology, devices and services
Jan. 13, 2012
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Samsung, LG flex muscles with high technologies
CES ends after featuring thousands of OLED and 3-D smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, ultrabooksLAS VEGAS -- The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show showcased a wide array of gadgets over four days here from 3-D and smart televisions to tablet PCs and ultrabooks to the new Organic Light-Emitting Diodes TV.The event, organized by U.S.-based Consumer Electronics Association, was joined by 2,700 exhibitors and 140,000 people from 140 different countries from Jan. 10-13.“At CES, we’re in the
Jan. 13, 2012
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Tiny frog claimed as world's smallest vertebrate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A frog that can perch on the tip of your pinkie with room to spare has been claimed as the world's smallest vertebrate species, out-tinying a fish that got the title in 2006. But the discoverer of another weensy fish disputes the claim.A tempest in a thimble, some might say.
Jan. 13, 2012
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Study finds no better odds using 3 embryos in IVF
LONDON (AP) — A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.They also have a greater chance of risky multiple births."Women who have gone through infertility treatment want the best cha
Jan. 13, 2012
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Special attention needed to knee joints during winter
The knee is the largest joint in the human body. Because it is located central to the lower extremities, it is susceptible to trauma. Many people are vulnerable to an injury to the knee joint because of traffic accidents, falling and sports/exercise. Particularly during the winter season, the number of patients who injure themselves falling increases because of sports (e.g., skiing and boarding), icy roads and muscle stiffness.Patients frequently sustain a sports injury because of the overflexio
Jan. 12, 2012
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Dispute arises again over whether to fluoridate tap water
The nation is abuzz once again over whether the fluoridation of tap water should be expanded to the entire country for the sake of public health.The issue came to a head as the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Tuesday that adding fluoride to tap water at a density of 0.8 ppm has proven effective in preventing dental cavities in children. A research team from Wonkwang University studied 9,000 elementary school students divided into two groups ― one group living in areas with fluoridate
Jan. 12, 2012
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Medical fees to go down at designated clinics
The government has decided to discount medical fees for people who designate neighborhood clinics as their primary care facilities, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday. The new system comes into effect starting in April.Currently, 70 percent of outpatient medical expenses are covered by the national health insurance program, but for those who register a nearby clinic as their primary care unit the coverage will be increased to 80 percent, leaving only 20 percent up to the patients,
Jan. 12, 2012