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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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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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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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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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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Study: Muscular men live longer
Muscular men are likely to enjoy a longer life span, according to a study in Sweden. The study underlined it does not imply any extreme workout will be always beneficial, but the general strength of muscle is important.To measure muscle power, the team carried out several tests such as push-ups or leg curls. More than 1 million men aged 16 to 19 participated in this study and they were tracked for 24 years. The study revealed that those with above-average muscle strength tend to have a 20 to 30
Nov. 22, 2012
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Aussie scientists undiscover Pacific island
A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition.The sizeable phantom island in the Coral Sea is shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth and Google maps, supposedly midway between Australia and the French-governed New Caledonia.The Times Atlas of the World appears to identify it as Sable Island and according to Dr. Maria Seton the weather maps used by the So
Nov. 22, 2012
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Service, sales workers puff away more than others: report
More service and sales workers in South Korea smoke than those in other job groups, a report said Thursday, suggesting occupation-specific measures should be taken to encourage people to kick the habit.The smoking rate of male service and sales workers aged 19-34 was 62.6 percent, topping that of people in other job groups, according to the report by Prof. Kim Seong-ryeol of Soonchunhyang University. The report is based on a survey of 9,283 people aged 19 years or older throughout the country.Th
Nov. 22, 2012
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Seoul set to launch space rocket on Nov. 29
South Korea plans to launch the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) next week in its third attempt to send a rocket into space from its own soil, a government committee said Thursday."Nov. 29 has been set as the candidate launch date," the Naro Launch Preparation Committee said in a released statement. "The possible time of the launch will be between 4 and 6:55 p.m. with the actual time to be decided on the launch date."It said, however, that both the date and time were still tentative as bad
Nov. 22, 2012
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ZTE sees Korean market test bed for global match
China’s No. 1 smartphone maker ZTE Corp. said it will target the Korean niche-market of smartphones, calling its Korean operation a screen-test for the global war against Korean tech titans such as Samsung and LG.Currently the Chinese handset firm targets the low-cost, third-generation device sector of the Korean smartphone market. In contrast to public opinion that Korea has completely switched over to Long Term Evolution devices, about 10 percent of customers in Korea are still willing to purc
Nov. 21, 2012
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Big-box retailers take on Internet
Big-box retailers are confronting their Internet competition head-on this holiday season.As the peak shopping period kicks off this week, Target and Best Buy will be leading the charge against Amazon and other Internet rivals by matching prices that shoppers find online.“The holiday is evolving,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at NPD Group. “It’s a paramount issue and retailers had to respond.”The first-time offer is a reaction to the practice known as “showrooming,” in which consume
Nov. 21, 2012
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Samsung’s smartphone shipments forecast to top 60m in Q4
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphone shipments will likely exceed 60 million units in the fourth quarter of this year, proving its prowess in the world’s mobile phone market despite its ongoing patent war with Apple Inc., an investment bank said Wednesday.UBS estimated that Samsung Electronics will sell 61.5 million units of smartphones in the October-December period, up 5 percent from an estimated 58 million in the previous quarter. The number could reach as high as 63
Nov. 21, 2012
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Samsung pulls controversial ‘puppy abuse’ video
IT giant Samsung Electronics is in hot water after it depicted people beating puppy-shaped computers in a controversial online video clip.Samsung posted a promotional video titled “Don’t Give Up On Puppy Love” on YouTube for its latest solid-state storage “840” series.The video portrayed computers as puppies with imaginary ears, eyes and mouth. In the video, owners of these “puppy” computers beat them with a shoe, throw them off a cliff or shoot them with a bow and arrow when the computers get s
Nov. 21, 2012
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SSD is expected to be more popular next year
The next-generation storage device, solid-state drive, or SSD, is expected to become more popular next year thanks to its rapidly falling price, a report said.The report by iSuppli, a U.S.-based market researcher, said the global SSD sales volume in the third quarter of 2012 reached 15.5 million units, a 137 percent increase from the same period last year.SSDs have better stability and speed compared to conventional hard disk drives. Since these specifications are most important for storage devi
Nov. 21, 2012
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Facebook users going to secure connections
Facebook says it is moving all users to secure HTTPS browser connections to help block attacks over WiFi networks.HTTPS, a secure version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with which browsers connect with websites, encrypts data as it is transferred, making it harder to see for potential attackers on the same wireless network.First adopted by financial institutions and on-line shopping sites, HTTPS is becoming widespread among Web services, PC World reported.Facebook offered HTTPS as an option
Nov. 21, 2012
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AIDS recedes as home-grown funding exceeds international aid
Spending on AIDS by the countries hit hardest by the disease exceeded foreign aid for the first time last year, as developing nations lessened their dependence on rich countries that curbed donations to battle deficits.Low- and middle-income countries have doubled spending on AIDS to $8.6 billion since 2005, compared with international funding for the disease that stalled at $8.2 billion last year, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, said in its annual report on the epidem
Nov. 20, 2012
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Kakao seeks 1 million partners with new apps
Mobile communication venture firm Kakao launched three new mobile service platforms on Tuesday, aiming to secure at least 1 million individual and group partners in three years. Before the launch, Kakao had 31 mobile game partners and 260-some “plus friend” partner companies. In unveiling the new applications ― Kakao Page, Story Plus and Chatting Plus ― the mobile venture tech firm is poised to convert itself from customer-centered social servant to a powerful marketing-booster to its business p
Nov. 20, 2012
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‘Going to day care ups chance of obesity for children’
Children going to day care have a higher risk of being obese, a study by University of Montreal researchers claimed.In the study published recently in the Journal of Pediatrics, lead researcher Marie-Claude Geoffroy said children regularly attending day-care centers have a 50 percent higher chance of being obese than those staying home with parents. “We found that children whose primary care arrangement between 1.5 and 4 years was in day-care centers or with an extended family member were around
Nov. 20, 2012
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Infants fed fish may reduce asthma risk
Fish added to an infant‘s diet during the first year may reduce his or her risk of asthma, researchers in the Netherlands suggest.Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam and colleagues at the Department of Human Nutrition in Wageningen, the Netherlands, said infants who ate fish between the ages of 6 and 12 months might have a lower risk of developing asthma later, but those who ate fish before six months or after 12 months did not seem to gain the same benefit.The r
Nov. 20, 2012
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Alcohol during pregnancy found to hurt IQ
Moderate drinking by a pregnant woman -- six drinks a week or fewer -- can affect a child‘s IQ, researchers in Britain say. Dr. Ron Gray of the University of Oxford and colleagues at the University of Bristol used data involving more than 4,000 mothers and their children in the Children of the 90s study -- which tracks health and development of the parents and their children over a generation. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found four genetic variants in alcohol-metabolizing genes
Nov. 20, 2012
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Rare image of distant exoplanet captured
Astronomers using an infrared telescope in Hawaii say they've captured a rare image of a "Super-Jupiter" around a massive distant star.Of the nearly 850 exoplanets discovered orbiting stars other than the sun, only a few have been captured in actual astronomical images.Most are detected by indirect means, since stars are much brighter than their planets and with traditional observational techniques the planet will be hidden in the glare of its host star.Obtaining an image of the planet orbiting
Nov. 20, 2012
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Having younger siblings leads to high blood pressure
Children who have younger siblings tend to have high blood pressure, according to U.S. researchers. A study suggested this is caused by competition with their siblings to attract their parents’ attention and feeling responsible for the younger ones. Also, it was revealed that their blood pressure continues to stay high into adulthood. The research was on 374 adult Bolivians in 200 families. The researchers studied connections among factors including siblings’ age and sex. Older sisters and broth
Nov. 20, 2012
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Happiness in youth leads to wealth in adulthood: study
They say that money cannot buy happiness, but perhaps it may work the other way around: A new study by scientists in Britain suggests that happy youngsters have a higher possibility of becoming rich adults.According to a study by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve of University of College and professor Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick, people who reported higher life satisfaction when young were more likely to have a higher income than their depressed counterparts. In the study, researchers evalua
Nov. 20, 2012
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Phone screen responds to different touches
A U.S. computer scientist says he‘s developed a prototype smartphone with a touchscreen that can sense touches from different parts of the hand.Chris Harrison at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh says the screen can distinguish between touches from the knuckle, fingertip and even a fingernail, and initiate different phone action based on the hand part used, NewScientist.com reported.Harrison’s modified Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone senses the acoustic and vibrational differences between t
Nov. 20, 2012
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Paralyzed dogs walk after cell transplant
CAMBRIDGE, England (UPI) -- A revolutionary transplant operation has allowed paralyzed dogs to walk again and may also benefit paralyzed human patients, British scientists said.Researchers at the University of Cambridge said the pet dogs had all suffered serious damage to their spinal cords that left them unable to walk normally with their hind legs.After specialized cells from the dogs’ noses were transplanted to the damaged nerves, most of the pets recovered their lost mobility and some were a
Nov. 20, 2012