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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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Liberal bloc moves to rewrite student rights ordinance
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India says its Mars spacecraft on course
NEW DELHI (AP) ― India’s Mars orbiter mission ventured out of Earth’s sphere of influence early Sunday in an attempt to reach the red planet’s orbit after a critical maneuver.The Bangalore-based Indian Space Research Organization said the spacecraft fired its main engine for more than 20 minutes, giving it the correct velocity to leave the Earth’s orbit.“The Earth orbiting phase of the spacecraft ended. The spacecraft is now on a course to encounter Mars after a journey of about 10 months around
Dec. 1, 2013
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Smartphone app to give earthquake warning
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) ― A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro. Researchers from the University of California showed off the project this week at a conference on how to use technology to ward off natural disasters. The app is based on technology used in an early warning system prepared by a team under professor Richard Allen, director of the UC Berkeley Seismological
Dec. 1, 2013
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Did Comet ISON survive? Scientists see tiny hope
STOCKHOLM (AP) ― A comet that gained an earthly following because of its bright tail visible from space was initially declared dead after grazing the sun. Now, there is a sliver of hope that Comet ISON may have survived.New images being analyzed Friday showed a streak of light moving away from the sun that some said could indicate it wasn’t game over just yet.“It certainly appears as if there is an object there that is emitting material,” said Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University
Dec. 1, 2013
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S. Korea, China agree to joint research in Antarctica
South Korea and China have agreed to strengthen their maritime cooperation that will include the mutual use of their assets in the Antarctic for joint research, the South Korean government said Friday.The agreement came at the latest bilateral talks on maritime cooperation held in Beijing on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.At this week's meeting, the 12th of its kind, "the two sides agreed to pursue a joint survey of the sea in the polar region, using the two countrie
Nov. 29, 2013
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Sarcomas
Sarcoma is a type of cancer that arises from stem cells. It can develop from muscle, fat, nerve, vascular, cartilage or bone tissues. Sarcomas are broadly classified into soft-tissue sarcomas and osteosarcomas. Soft-tissue sarcomas can arise in any part of the body, but mainly the limbs and retroperitoneum, an area at the back of the abdominal cavity, while osteosarcomas are often found in the limbs. Soft-tissue sarcomas can be further divided into liposarcomas, rhabdomyosarcomas, neurofibrosarc
Nov. 28, 2013
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Feeling itchy after a hot shower? Think about hives
Kim Dong-young, a 22-year-old student, had been scratching his skin almost every day, particularly after showering. “I can’t help but scratch my skin to death because I feel itchy and stingy all over my body at the same time,” he said. “My skin then gets blood red and swollen. It looks so ugly.” Kim applied moisturizers for the last three months, thinking that the rash may have been caused by the dry weather. However, he learned from a dermatologist last week that the rash had nothing to do with
Nov. 28, 2013
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Samsung plans market launch of Galaxy S5 in February: report
Samsung Electronics will reportedly roll out two variants of the Galaxy S5 early next year, equipped with a 64-bit ARM chip.A premium Galaxy lineup will likely sport a 5-inch flexible OLED display and a metal chassis, while a stripped-down model will come in a plastic body, according to a news report.It is expected that the new models will run on the 64-bit Exynos chipset and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. The smartphones will be equipped with 3GB of RAM, a 16-megapixel camera, and a 4000mAh batter
Nov. 28, 2013
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SKT to launch faster LTE mobile network next year
SK Telecom, the country’s biggest mobile carrier in Korea, plans to launch a mobile service next year that provides faster connection speeds than the existing Long Term Evolution network. Holding a press meeting at the company’s office in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, the telecommunications firm demonstrated the new network technology, which is three times faster than LTE. The mobile service, called “two-band LTE,” uses carrier aggregation technology, through which the firm aggregates
Nov. 28, 2013
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Samsung SDI to supply energy storage systems to Indian firm
Samsung SDI said Thursday it had struck an exclusive deal to supply energy storage systems and related parts to a major Indian energy management equipment manufacturer. Under the deal, the Korean energy solution firm will supply 110 MWh energy storage systems to ACME for the next two years. The Indian firm, which specializes in energy management products for photovoltaic power generators and telecommunications equipment, is one of the largest companies in the Indian market.Samsung SDI’s lithium-
Nov. 28, 2013
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Space hosts busy Thanksgiving events
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Space will serve up a banquet of activities on Thanksgiving, featuring a comet kissing the sun, a zero-gravity freeze-dried feast in orbit and a rocket launch attempt:First course Comet ISON, which was discovered a year ago, is making its first spin around the sun and will come the closest to the super-hot solar surface at 1:37 p.m. EST. It may take a few hours before astronomers know if the comet survived its brush with the sun. If it survives, and maybe even if it doesn’t, pe
Nov. 28, 2013
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Tongue piercing lets paralyzed drive wheelchairs
WASHINGTON (AP) ― An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction.Key to this wireless system: Users get their tongue pierced with a magnetic stud that resembles jewelry and acts like a joystick, in hopes of offering them more mobility and independence.Researchers reported Wednesday that 11 people paralyzed from the neck down rapidly learned to use the tongue device to pilot their wheelchairs through an obstacle course f
Nov. 28, 2013
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Samsung Electronics may use 64-bit ARM chip
Samsung Electronics will reportedly roll out two variants of the Galaxy S5 early next year, equipped with a 64-bit ARM chip.A premium Galaxy lineup will likely sport a 5-inch flexible OLED display and a metal chassis, while a stripped-down model will come in a plastic body, according to a news report.It is expected that the new models will run on the 64-bit Exynos chipset and a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. The smartphones will be equipped with 3 GB of RAM, a 16-megapixel camera, and a 4000mAh batt
Nov. 28, 2013
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Doctors protest telemedicine plan
Doctors, nurses and pharmacists on Wednesday protested the government’s plan to introduce telemedicine, saying the new practice would threaten businesses, jobs and the quality of medical service.“Telemedicine would lower the quality of medical service and jeopardize operations of local clinics and regional hospitals,” the groups said in a joint news conference.“The introduction of the technology will cut at least 50,000 jobs in the medical service industry,” they said.The event was joined by fiv
Nov. 27, 2013
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Candidate for ITU unit chief vows to bridge digital divide
A Korean candidate for director of a U.N. agency for telecommunications said that South Korea can play a critical role in bridging the gap between developed and less-developed nations through the world’s information and communication technology sector. “Korea is now in a position to lead the world’s ICT industry. It is not a follower anymore,” said Lee Chae-sub, a candidate for the director of the Telecommunication Standardization Sector, a division of the International Telecommunication Union (
Nov. 27, 2013
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Sony seeks ‘SmartWig’ patent for hairpieces with camera, sensors
Sony Corp., which popularized portable music players with the Walkman, is seeking a U.S. patent for “SmartWig” hairpieces that could help navigate roads, check blood pressure or flip through slides in a presentation.The wig would communicate wirelessly with another device and include tactile feedback, Sony said in the filing with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Depending on the model, the hairpiece may include a camera, laser pointer or global positioning system sensor, it said.The developme
Nov. 27, 2013
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Calm solar cycle prompts questions about Earth impact
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The surface of the sun has been surprisingly calm of late ― with fewer sunspots than anytime in the last century ― prompting curious scientists to wonder just what it might mean here on Earth.Sunspots have been observed for millennia ― first by Chinese astronomers and then, for the first time with a telescope, by Galileo in 1610.The sunspots appear in roughly 11-year cycles ― increasing to a daily flurry and then subsiding drastically, before amping up again.But this cycle ― d
Nov. 27, 2013
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‘Watching sports can make you fitter’
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Watching sports can make you fitter, according to research that says viewing other people exercise increases heart rate and other physiological measures as if you were working out yourself.The study, published in the international journal Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience, showed that when watching a first person video of someone else running, heart rate, respiration, skin blood flow and sweat release all increased.They returned to normal at the conclusion of the “jog.”Researche
Nov. 27, 2013
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Comet ISON dances with the sun, death
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Comet ISON is teasing the solar system as it dances with the sun and it’s giving astronomers mixed signals.Will it meet a fiery death ― or survive ― when it whips around the sun on Thursday?The icy comet will be only about 1.6 million kilometers away from the sun’s super-hot surface during its close encounter on Thanksgiving. On Monday, it looked like it was about to die even before it got there. On Tuesday, it appeared healthy again.“We have never seen a comet like this,’’ Nav
Nov. 27, 2013
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Unemployment accelerates biological aging among men: study
A joint research team from Britain and Finland suggested that work-related stress is linked to accelerated aging, scientific journal PLOS ONE reported on Nov. 20. The University of Olulu in Finland and Imperial College London in Britain analyzed the relationship between 5,620 Finnish men and women’s DNA and their period of unemployment between 1994 and 1997. They compared DNA samples of men who were employed and unemployed to see whether cell lifespan was associated with stress. Unemployed men w
Nov. 27, 2013
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Korea aims to land on moon by 2020
South Korea is looking to put an unmanned space vehicle on the moon by 2020 with its own rocket, the government announced Tuesday.In January, Korea successfully launched a scientific satellite into orbit from its own soil with a locally assembled space rocket, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, built in cooperation with Russian scientists.Korea now aims to complete the development of a three-stage domestically produced space rocket by 2020, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Pla
Nov. 26, 2013