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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Dwelling on past increases risk of inflammation
A study suggests that people who dwell on past events can increase the risk of inflammation.Researchers in Ohio University recruited 24 young women and asked them to make a speech in front of stoned-faced interviewers.After dividing the participants into two groups, they asked the first group to contemplate on their past memories while asking the second group to think about other things such as sailing in boats and browsing for groceries.Blood samples collected from the first group showed a high
March 14, 2013
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The ‘20-20-20-20’ strategy keeps your eye healthy
U.S. vision health professionals recommended heavy computer users to follow the ‘20-20-20-20’ healthcare strategy to reduce eye strain. The strategy is designed to let people blink for 20 times in every 20 minutes and watch an object 20 feet away for 20 seconds. Office workers and game players often suffer from dry eyes, since they need to use computers for long hours.“Today’s offices are commonly cool and dry, which is nice and comfortable, except for the eyes. Blinking is nature’s way of keepi
March 14, 2013
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Google tosses Reader as house cleaning continues
Google said Wednesday it was tossing its Reader service and seven other products under a house cleaning campaign that has closed 70 of the Internet giant‘s features in the past two years.“These changes are never easy,” Google senior vice president of technical infrastructure Urs Holzle said in a blog post.“But by focusing our efforts, we can concentrate on building great products that really help in their lives.”Reader was launched in 2005 as a way for people to keep track of updates to favored
March 14, 2013
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67% of Korean mobile subscribers use smartphones
A total of 67 percent of South Korean mobile subscribers used smartphones, surpassing usage rates in other major economies, data showed Wednesday.In a survey of 10 countries, South Korea had the highest rate of smartphone usage, surpassing China’s 66 percent and Australia’s 65 percent, according to the data from U.S. market researcher Nielsen.The figure was higher than 62 percent in Italy, 61 percent in Britain and 53 percent in the United States.South Korea also had one of the highest subscript
March 13, 2013
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Samsung SDI tops lithium-ion battery market for 3rd year
Samsung SDI Co. topped the global market for lithium-ion batteries for the third straight year in 2012, helped by growing demand for mobile devices, data showed Tuesday.The company shipped 1.07 billion cells last year, claiming 26 percent of the global lithium-ion battery market, according to the data by Japanese market researcher B3.One cell is generally used for batteries for smartphones or tablet PCs, while a larger number of cells are used for bigger batteries such as those for electric cars
March 13, 2013
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SKC sells stake in Chinese PET plant to Toyobo
SKC Inc., a South Korean industrial film maker, said Wednesday that it has decided to sell a stake in its Chinese polyester film plant to a Japanese maker of plastic film, as part of efforts to strengthen business cooperation.Toyobo Co. of Japan will hold a 15-percent stake in SKC High Tech Plastics Co. in China, becoming the third-largest shareholder after SKC and SKC China, the company said.SKC did not reveal the value of the deal.The PET film plant, located in the Chinese city of Nantong, Jia
March 13, 2013
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Google seen passing Apple in tablets for first time in 2013
Google Inc.’s software will power more tablets than Apple Inc.’s operating system for the first time this year as smaller, cheaper alternatives to the iPad gain favor with consumers, according to IDC.Devices running Google’s Android software will climb to 49 percent of the market in 2013, while Apple’s share will slip to 46 percent, IDC said in a statement Wednesday. Last year, Apple commanded 51 percent, compared with Google’s 46 percent.Machines introduced since the iPad’s debut in 2010 ― incl
March 13, 2013
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Latest in Galaxy lineup promises more pressure on Apple’s iPhone
Samsung Electronics Co. is making its biggest run yet at the iPhone’s U.S. loyalists, unveiling the new Galaxy S4 a few blocks from Apple Inc.’s flagship store in New York and broadcasting the event live in Times Square.The debut of Samsung’s marquee smartphone, which will be held at Radio City Music Hall tomorrow, lets Samsung bring the fight directly to Apple’s strongest market. The South Korean company is relying on an advertising blitz and cutting-edge features, potentially including a snazz
March 13, 2013
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Two blockbuster games hit Korea
Two blockbuster online games are rushing in with Blizzard Entertainment’s “Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm” and Nexon’s “Korean Baseball 2K.”“Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm” is an expansion pack to the military science fiction real-time strategy game “Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty,” which is now available for purchase in Korea, the U.S., Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and other regions.Blizzard held a launching event in Seoul on Monday to announce the release of the new blockbuster
March 13, 2013
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Will Samsung-Google alliance last?
Samsung Electronics and Google Inc. have thrived through their smartphone alliance, fighting their common rival Apple Inc. in the fiercely competitive global IT industry.Since the introduction of its Galaxy S smartphone series, Samsung has grown to become the world’s biggest handset maker, and the majority of the Korean smartphones shipped worldwide are equipped with Google’s Android mobile operating platform.“Samsung is one of our most important partners and we talk to them all the time,” said
March 13, 2013
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‘No Soup Day’ designated to cut salt intake
The Korea Food and Drug Administration declared every Wednesday of the third week of the month as “No Soup Day,” aiming to reduce the nation’s sodium intake. Koreans usually eat meals with soups including “jjigae,” or Korean-style stew, which contains large amounts of salt. The KFDA hopes that the designation of No Soup Day would encourage people to eat less salt.According to a national nutritional survey in 2011, Koreans consume the most salt -- approximately 30 percent of total intake -- from
March 13, 2013
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Study notes sex role reversal in species
European scientists say they know why for some animal species it's fathers rather than mothers that take care of their young -- and it's all down to numbers.The role reversal in species such as sea horses and some others has evolved because of an imbalance in the numbers of males relative to females, the said.In 1871, Charles Darwin observed that in most animals, it is the females that spend most time looking after the young while males focus on competing with each other for females.However, in
March 13, 2013
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NASA: Mars could have supported life
NASA says the Mars Curiosity rover's analysis of a rock sample confirms the Red Planet could have supported living microbes in its ancient past.The analysis identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon -- some of the key chemical ingredients for life -- in the sample Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed in Gale Crater, NASA announced at a news conference Tuesday."A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported
March 13, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Galaxy S4: Will it justify the hype?
March 14 will be a big day for both Samsung and fans of the Galaxy lineup, as the Galaxy S4 is set for its first public appearance in New York City.The latest model will be unveiled less than a year after the previous S3 was launched. But the hype has built up so much since it was first rumored that Samsung would be releasing another model ― almost immediately after the S3 came out ― that, for some, the S4 may already seem old. Nevertheless, for those of us still scratching our heads about the s
March 12, 2013
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KAIST team develops advanced wireless chip
A team of scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed a wireless chip that can transmit data nearly 50 times faster than Bluetooth wireless standards and comparable Wi-Fi speeds.Professor Park Chul-soon and his research team said they developed a new type of radio frequency chip that uses 60-gigahertz bandwidth, different from licensed 2.5GHz or 5.2GHz, to wirelessly transmit 10.7 gigabytes of uncompressed data per second.Downloading a 5-GB two-hour movie
March 12, 2013
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Shunning goes both ways
People who give others the cold shoulder or deliberately shun another are equally distressed by the experience, U.S. researchers say.Study co-author Richard Ryan, professor of clinical and social psychology at the University of Rochester in New York, and Nicole Legate, a doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester, found having study subjects comply with instructions to exclude another person led most people to feel shame and guilt, along with a diminished sense of autonomy.The study, publ
March 12, 2013
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Bee stings might help destroy HIV cells
A study suggested that melittin, a toxin found in bee stings, could destroy HIV cells and lead to the development of related drugs. Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis argued that the potent toxin in bee stings could selectively kill HIV cells if attached to nanoparticles. The melittin attached to the nanoparticles could rip holes in the outer layer of the HIV cells and destroy them, leaving other body cells intact, the research paper claimed. While most anti-HI
March 12, 2013
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Spanish dentist pulls out patient’s teeth after dispute over bill
A dentist was detained by police on suspicions of pulling out a patient’s teeth after a quarrel over a medical bill, a Spanish daily reported Monday.According to ABC newspaper, a 39-year-old dentist from Zaragoza is accused of removing several implanted teeth from a middle-aged female patient in February. The victim -- who was being treated by the doctor for months -- asked the dentist why her bill had amounted to thousands of euros, which led to a heated argument. The dentist then sat her down
March 12, 2013
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Why Korean rockets can’t go solid
Goheung, Naro Space Center ― The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 rocket had a successful launch last month and carried a satellite into orbit, to the joy of Koreans all over the nation. However, when seen from a technological point of view, there is much room for improvement, particularly in terms of the fuel used to power the rocket. Due to no wrong from the scientists or the engineers who worked on KSLV-1, Korea is restricted from fueling rockets ― even those to be used for peaceful or space deve
March 10, 2013
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Canada's glaciers could shrink by a fifth by 2100
A fifth of Canada's glaciers could be gone by the end of the century, a casualty of global warming that would drive a 1.4-inch (3.5-centimeter) rise in sea levels, a study found Thursday."Even if we only assume moderate global warming, it is still highly likely that the ice is going to melt at an alarming rate," lead author Jan Lenaerts said in a statement.And "the chances of it growing back are very slim," emphasized the meteorologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.He said the process
March 8, 2013