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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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IBM betting big on cognitive technology
General manager Shirley Yu-Tsui of IBM Korea, believes Korean firms could become more competitive in the local market as well as in the global market with the values created with the help of IBM’s cognitive computing systems. “In the new era of computing, you really need to come up with the cognitive system that really learns from itself to make some sense or extract insights out of unstructured data,” Yu-Tsui said at a recent press conference. With the insight, CEOs can make decisions, create a
Nov. 20, 2013
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SK Hynix to mass produce smaller NAND flash chips
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Wednesday said it has started to mass produce 16-nm 64-gigabit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash by applying the industry’s thinnest process technology for stronger memory competitiveness. This will be a smaller, upgraded version of the 16-nm NAND flash chip the company has been mass producing since June after introducing it as the world’s first such memory product. SK Hynix also has finished developing 128-Gb multi-level cell chips based
Nov. 20, 2013
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Korea lags in ‘open government data’ index: data
South Korea’s policies and efforts to enable publicly-available government data to be easily accessible still has a long way to go with the country coming in 12th among the surveyed 77 nations, data showed on Wednesday.The so-called Open Government Data Barometer ranked Britain as the most advanced country for open data readiness, implementation and impact with a score of 100. The United States came in second with a score of 93.38, followed by Sweden with 85.75 and New Zealand with 74.34, accord
Nov. 20, 2013
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Jury set to decide how much Samsung owes Apple
A Silicon Valley began its second day of deliberations Wednesday in a trial to determine damages owed by Samsung Electronics for infringing on Apple's patents. The jury asked the judge for calculators Tuesday to help it determine how much Samsung owes for copying key features of the iPhone and iPad.The federal judge presiding over the patent trial granted the jury's request before the smartphone rivals' lawyers delivered their closing arguments. The one-week trial is being held to determine dama
Nov. 20, 2013
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Samsung's Galaxy S4 finishes 2nd in Sept. smartphone sales: data
Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S4 was dethroned by Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5S, which became the best-selling smartphone in the world in September, data showed on Wednesday.According to the data compiled by Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Technology Market Research, Apple's iPhone 5S became the bestselling phone last month in just 10 days of its release, ending the Galaxy S4's several month reign.Samsung took the No. 1 position in the premium smartphone market of phones above the US$400 price point in
Nov. 20, 2013
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Samsung expected to release 64-bit smartphone
Samsung Electronics and ARM, a mobile application processor designer, fine-tuned their plan to equip the upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone with a 64-bit processor, sources said on Tuesday. “Executives from Samsung and ARM had a meeting today. They discussed the ARM 64-bit chip, which is expected to be used in Samsung’s smartphone next year,” said a senior manager from the U.K.-based firm.He added that “Cortex-M processors, which are used for products in the smart home system, might have been on the
Nov. 19, 2013
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Walking may reduce the risk of stroke: study
Maintaining an active lifestyle is one of the best ways to prevent strokes for the elderly at high risk, according to research reported by HealthDay News.British professor Barbara Jefferis at University College London conducted a 10-year experiment on 3,435 men aged between 60 and 80, and divided them into five groups: those who walked zero to three hours a week, four to seven hours a week, eight to 14 hours a week, 15 to 21 hours a week and more than 22 hours a week. The data shows that men who
Nov. 18, 2013
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Chinese firms outpace LG in smartphone sales
LG Electronics saw its global market share decline on-year in the third quarter of 2013 due to Chinese firms’ stellar growth, data showed Sunday.The South Korean electronics giant posted a 4.7 percent market share of the world’s smartphone market with sales of 12 million units in the July-September period to become the fifth-largest vendor, according to the data by technology research firm Strategy Analytics.It marked a two-notch decrease from a year earlier, when LG Electronics became the world
Nov. 17, 2013
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Samsung, Apple earn all smartphone profits, and more
NEW YORK (AFP) ― Apple and Samsung are grabbing virtually all the profits in the red-hot smartphone market while most other makers are losing money, an analyst said Thursday.“We estimate Apple and Samsung combined to capture a remarkable 109 percent of third quarter handset industry profits,” said Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley in a research note.Walkley pointed out that other manufacturers such as BlackBerry, Nokia, LG, HTC and Motorola are operating at a loss, based on his latest globa
Nov. 15, 2013
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Google prevails in long-running book digitization case
A US judge Thursday threw out a long-running challenge to Google's massive book-scanning project in a decision that could transform copyright law in the digital age.Federal Judge Denny Chin dismissed the case which dates back to 2005, saying Google's project is "fair use" under copyright law because it provides vital educational and other public benefits.In a 28-page decision, Chin said the Google program, dubbed the "Library Project," preserves books, gives "new life" to forgotten editions, sus
Nov. 15, 2013
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YouTube faces mounting attacks over new comment system
YouTube’s new comments section has come under fiery criticism from users, who suddenly find themselves forced to give up their anonymity and sign up for Google+ to leave a comment on the global video-sharing site.Starting last week, YouTube now requires an account with Google’s social network service to leave a comment on videos as part of efforts to “turn comments into conversations that matter to users.” The shift toward “conversation” means that comments will be placed according to “relevance
Nov. 14, 2013
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Myofascial pain syndrome
Office worker Mr. A often felt stiffness of the neck, a heavy sensation on the shoulders as if burdened by a rock, headache, eye pain, and weakness and numbness of his arms after office work, computer work, reading on the couch or driving for a long time. He decided to see a doctor because he was worried that it could be a stroke, cervical disk prolapse, or some other serious condition. After many tests and examinations he asked the doctor what the diagnosis was.The doctor told him that there we
Nov. 14, 2013
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All generations of Koreans calcium deficient: report
All generations of Koreans, excluding infants, are lacking in their calcium intake, a report showed Thursday.Calcium deficiency is especially serious among teenagers and the elderly and the gaps are relatively wide between the sexes and income groups, according to a 2011 survey by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The average amount of dietary calcium was only 72 percent of the recommended level, the agency said. The daily recommended intake of calcium for adults is 700 millig
Nov. 14, 2013
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User experience key to wearable devices
The head of a promising U.S. wearable device start-up said the most important factor in the era of wearable smart gadgets is user experience, not the integration of all the functions available on a smartphone. “It has to not only do what it’s designed to do really well, but it can’t make your life harder in any other way,” Aaron Grant, cofounder of Waterloo, Canada-based Thalmic Labs, a developer of motion control armband Myo, told The Korea Herald. “With some home automation smartphone apps, fo
Nov. 14, 2013
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Samsung denies reports on 3-D printer business
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest electronics firm, denied news reports Thursday that it was poised to enter the 3-D printer market. “It is false information that Samsung has received any sample 3-D printer from a partner, and we have absolutely no plans to enter the 3-D printer business,” a Samsung official said. Some Korean news outlets reported that the Korean tech firm was planning to bring out a 3-D printer made by another manufacturer but with the Samsung name attached.Money Today s
Nov. 14, 2013
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Photo shows mammal unseen for 15 years
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ― A camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam has managed to snap a photo of one of Earth’s rarest mammals, the saola, which hadn’t been seen in 15 years.The antelope-like, long-horned ox appears to walk through dense foliage at the edge of the camera’s range in the image taken in September. Conservation group WWF released the image along with a statement.“This is a breathtaking discovery and renews hope for the recovery of the species,” Van Ngoc Thinh, WWF’s Vietnam directo
Nov. 14, 2013
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Scientists warn of hot, sour, breathless oceans
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Greenhouse gases are making the world’s oceans hot, sour and breathless, and the way those changes work together is creating a grimmer outlook for global waters, according to a new report Wednesday from 540 international scientists.The world’s oceans are getting more acidic at an unprecedented rate, faster than at any time in the past 300 million years, the report said. But it’s how this interacts with other global warming impacts to waters that scientists say is getting them e
Nov. 14, 2013
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Bird flu strain infects human
LONDON (AP) ― A strain of bird flu that scientists thought could not infect people has shown up in a Taiwanese woman, a nasty surprise that shows scientists must do more to spot worrisome flu strains before they ignite a global outbreak, doctors say.On a more hopeful front, a company on Wednesday reported encouraging results from its first human tests of a possible vaccine against a different type of bird flu that has been spreading through Asia since first appearing in China last spring that is
Nov. 14, 2013
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S Korea, U.S. deepen ties on ICT sector
South Korea and the United States held an inaugural round of high-profile talks Wednesday aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation in the information and communication technology (ICT) field.The ICT Policy Forum is a fruit of summit talks between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington in May.The Park administration has concentrated efforts on boosting a creative economy."ROK (South Korea) and U.S. government and industry representatives held extensive
Nov. 14, 2013
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Korea set to launch space observation satellite
South Korea is set to launch its first space observation satellite equipped with infrared light captors on Nov. 21, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Wednesday. The Science and Technology Satellite-3, or STSAT-3, which has been in development since 2006, has completed final tests and is now ready for launch from the Yasny base in Russia.It will share a Dnepr-1 rocket vehicle with about 20 other satellites, including Korean import DubaiSat-2 satellite. The final countdown is s
Nov. 13, 2013