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1 in 3 Koreans live alone, family types becoming diverse
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Korea, Japan finance chiefs vow to tame rampant FX market volatility
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US 'incredibly concerned' about suspected NK-Iran military ties
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K-pop group's manager dismissed for setting up spycam in theater dressing room
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K-pop singer lost consciousness after being hit by foul ball, cancels show
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Korean Muslim YouTuber's plan to build mosque in Incheon goes viral
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[Kim Seong-kon] Democracy and the future of South Korea
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Yoon's office denies considering liberal figures for key posts
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Why is Apple Pay struggling to get purchase in Korea?
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Seoul says Fu Bao loan 'not going to happen'
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Tapjoy targets Korea’s mobile ad market
U.S.-based firm joins hands with SK Planet to get business going in KoreaTapjoy, a San Francisco-based mobile advertising firm, said Tuesday it is putting its focus on the Korean market, claiming it is the company’s biggest after its home turf.Mihir Shah, president and chief executive of Tapjoy, said Korea is a special market due to its infrastructure and connectivity as well as its penetration of devices running on the fourth-generation Long Term Evolution networks.“Today, Korea is our No. 2 ma
Aug. 1, 2012
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Popularity of Diablo 3 plunges in Korea
The popularity of Diablo 3, one of the major online role-playing games in South Korea, has nosedived on the game rankings here, according to GameNote, a local website offering online game news.The latest ranking table released by GameNote on Aug. 1 showed that Diablo 3 has plummeted to the 11th place, which is eight steps down from the 3rd as recorded a week earlier.Diablo 3 was one of the most anticipated titles this year and it has managed to retain some popularity despite critical bugs and ex
Aug. 1, 2012
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Video game claims to treat depression
New Zealand developers said they have created a video game that will help young people overcome depression. SPARX, developed by the University of Auckland and Metia Interactive, is a role-playing game designed to teach teenagers how to cope with depression.“You can deal with mental health problems in a way that doesn’t have to be deadly serious,” said project leader Sally Merry in an interview with Britain’s Daily Mail. “The therapy doesn’t have to be depressing in and of itself. We’re aiming to
Aug. 1, 2012
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Smiling during stress may help the heart
(123rf)People who smile even though they don't feel like it had lower heart beat levels, U.S. researcher suggest.Psychological scientists Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman of the University of Kansas conducted a series of experiments involving 169 participants from a Midwestern university.The study involved two phases -- training and testing. During the training phase, participants were divided into t
Aug. 1, 2012
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World’s largest floating solar plant starts work
The world’s largest solar plant on water went into operation on Tuesday, paving the way for the commercialization of a new solar energy provider, said Korea Water Resources Corp., or K-water. The state-run water service company organized the three-year project in August 2008, and Korean industrial solutions firm LSIS undertook the plant construction in 2011 on Hapcheon Dam in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province. “K-water plans to form partnerships with private firms for the standardization and o
July 31, 2012
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‘LTE users to hit 42m in 2013’
The number of Koreans who use smartphones with the Long Term Evolution network is expected to pass the 40-million subscriber mark in 2013, a Seoul-based consulting firm forecast on Tuesday.ROA Consulting said that the number of subscribers may hit 42 million, marking a new era in the domestic telecommunications industry. According to the company’s report, about seven out of 10 mobile device users in Korea will use a smartphone with 4G LTE technology in 2013. This represents a significant jump fr
July 31, 2012
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Romance is over when photos are stashed
The point at which people put an ex-partner‘s photo away after a split is usually when they are emotionally ready to move on, a British psychologist says.“It’s not surprising that nearly half of us keep some kind of visual memento of past partners -- this goes for partners who were divorced or died as well -- a photo generates strong emotions as it unleashes memories of past attachment and times,” Corinne Sweet, behavioral psychologist said in a statement.A survey for Friends Reunited, a social
July 31, 2012
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Twitter clocks half-million users: Monitor
Over 500 million people are on micro-blogging site Twitter and Americans and Brazilians are the most connected, according to a study by social media monitor Semiocast released Monday.Twitter surpassed the half-billion mark at the end of June, with the United States accounting for both the most users and largest number of “tweets” or short messages of no more than 140 characters posted on the site.The Paris-based monitor carried out the study by analysing data like time zone, geolocation and lang
July 31, 2012
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Apple to debut its new iOS devices on Sept. 12
Apple is planning to announce the launch of the iPhone 5 and a new iPad at a special event on Sept. 12 according to technology blog iMore.Citing sources who “have proven accurate in the past,” iMore said Apple’s new iPhone and iPad Mini, a new smaller-sized tablet computer, will be open to the market on Sept. 21, nine days after the announcement.The article also said that a new iPod Touch will make an appearance at the event, as well as a new iPod Nano.A French website App4Phone.fr also said tha
July 31, 2012
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Humans would be also-rans in all-species Olympics: study
(AP)Human beings would be made to look decidedly unimpressive were animals allowed to compete in the Olympics -- outperformed by the likes of kangaroos, gorillas and ostriches, a science paper said Saturday.Usain Bolt, currently the world's fastest man, may just be able to outrun a Dromedary camel but would trail the cheetah, greyhound and ostrich in a sprint race, said a feature in the Veterinary
July 31, 2012
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Star-spangled banners still there
NASA released new images from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) showing U.S. flags planted in lunar soil.The new images have finally given proof that the flags are still standing.Astronauts planted flags during each of the six American moon landings, starting from Apollo 11’s landing in 1969 to Apollo 17’s in 1972. The American moon landings remain the only manned flights to touch down on a heavenly body.According to an analysis of the shadows they cast on the surface of the moon, five
July 31, 2012
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Samsung, Apple may resolve patent disputes
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. will likely reach an agreement over their patent disputes as neither of the two companies has been a clear winner, Fitch Ratings said Monday.Samsung Electronics and Apple, the world’s two largest smartphone makers, have been waging a series of legal suits against each other, blaming each other for patent infringement in design and technology patents on their key mobile devices.“Fitch sees the legal battle continuing for at least th
July 30, 2012
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3M Korea holds science camp for students
3M Korea said Sunday that it has successfully held the 11th session of an annual science camp for middle school students. About 120 outstanding science students participated in the one-day event, which took place at a local training center in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. A variety of hands-on activities were offered, including a forensic science project, where students learned how to analyze blood stains found at a “crime scene,” as well as a tower-stacking activity involving colorful ca
July 30, 2012
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Rich men, poor women exposed to obesity
Women on low incomes are more likely to be obese, while the opposite is true for men, according to a statistical report by the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare.In a report titled “2010 National Health Statistics,” the ministry classified 8,000 people into four groups based on their monthly income.The relationship between income and obesity rates were opposite for men and women. Men’s obesity rate went up in high-income groups -- 41.0 percent compared to 31.8 percent for their low-income cou
July 30, 2012
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Tick bite may cause red meat allergy
People who have been bitten by a tick, may develop an allergy to red meat, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Susan Wolver and Dr. Diane Sun of Virginia Commonwealth University said delayed anaphylaxis -- a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction -- to meat is a new syndrome identified initially in the southeastern United States. Patients may wake up in the middle of the night, with hives or anaphylaxis
July 30, 2012
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Mom-to-be diet tied to child hypertension
The offspring of mothers on a low-protein diet are more likely to develop hypertension as adults, U.S. researchers say.Drs. Haijun Gao, Uma Yallampalli and Chandra Yallampalli of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston said in rats, the high maternal testosterone levels associated with a low-protein diet are caused by reduced activity of an enzyme that inactivates testosterone.This inc
July 30, 2012
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SKT expands VoLTE coverage to west islands
BAENGNYEONGDO, Incheon ― SK Telecom announced Friday that it has expanded its domestic VoLTE, HD Voice service, to the West Sea islands of Korea, in the latest move by the telecommunications provider to broaden its service network for customers. The company held a successful trial run of the service on Baengnyeongdo, located about 380 km west of Seoul on Friday. According to a company official, the area has traditionally been isolated and has received spotty reception compared to other regions,
July 29, 2012
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Mysterious ‘Manhattan monster’ spotted in New York
Images of a bizarre pig-like carcass that washed up in New York triggered a series of conspiracy theories, according to news reports.The photos by an amateur photographer Denise Ginley shows a grotesque two-feet-long creature with a snarling snout, sharp teeth and five toes on each foot. “We (Ginley and her boyfriend) were horrified by it and we took some camera phone pictures and then finally we decided to come back with my camera and I got up the courage to climb over the fence and get closer
July 29, 2012
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LG to release 3rd LTE smartphone in Japan
LG Electronics Inc., the world's fifth-largest mobile phone maker, said Sunday it plans to release its third smartphone in Japan that runs on the long-term evolution (LTE) network. LG is set to release the Optimus Vu via Japan's top mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. starting Aug. 3, the company said in a statement. Reservations for the phone have begun last week. The Optimus Vu, which hit local
July 29, 2012
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Arrogant bosses insecure, disparage others
(123rf)Arrogant bosses are typically poor performers who cover up insecurities by disparaging subordinates and can hurt a company's bottom line, U.S. researchers say.Professor Stanley Silverman, dean of the University of Akron's Summit College, and colleagues at Michigan State University, developed a Workplace Arrogance Scale to help organizations identify arrogant managers before they have a cost
July 29, 2012