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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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[AtoZ into Korean mind] Humor in Korea: Navigating the line between what's funny and not
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Yoon seeks rebound, taps 5-term lawmaker as chief of staff
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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N. Korea sends economic delegation to Iran amid suspected military cooperation
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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In California, it’s Big Tobacco vs. Lance Armstrong
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Fabled as a mecca for the health-conscious and fitness-obsessed, California is also one of only a few states that has not hiked its cigarette taxes in the last decade, meaning it is less expensive to light up in Los Angeles and San Francisco than in many other places in the country.The tobacco industry wants to keep it that way.It has amassed nearly $50 million to kill an initiative before California voters that has been championed by cycling star Lance Armstrong and support
June 7, 2012
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Global cancer cases could rise 75% by 2030
LONDON (AP) ― Global cancer cases are projected to rise 75 percent by 2030, in part because many other diseases are being stamped out and more developing countries are adopting Western lifestyles linked to cancer, international health experts reported.While population growth and aging explain much of the increase, at least one-fifth of the new cancer cases will likely be due to preventable factors, the researchers predict.Cancers that are caused by infections, such as cervical cancer and some li
June 7, 2012
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Diabetics: Take care of your feet in summer
People who have had diabetes for a long time not only need to take extra care in the food they consume and their blood sugar levels, but they also need to take special care in maintaining healthy feet. Those with diabetes take longer for foot injuries to heal, which can lead to complications. In summer people are more exposed and are more frequently in contact with water. Diabetic foot diseases can come in many different forms, but the most common forms are ulcers that cave in on the flesh of th
June 7, 2012
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Experiment lets spine-injured rats walk
NEW YORK (AP) ― Many scientists are working on treatments to help people with spinal cord injuries walk. Now there’s a striking new demonstration of how one approach might work: Spinal nerve stimulation helped rats in a Swiss lab overcome paralysis to walk and climb stairs.That may sound impressive, but similar progress has been made in people, too. The difference this time is the particular technique used.“It’s a natural extension of exciting work that’s been done by many groups,” said Dr. John
June 7, 2012
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KFDA designates oral birth control pills as prescription-only drugs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that all oral contraceptives will require a doctor’s prescription from as early as next year. Currently the pills are sold over the counter except for Bayer’s Yasmin and Yaz. The change is expected to come into effect from as early as next year after the body finalizes its decision in July.The “ground breaking” decision was made about 50 years after birth control pills were introduced to the country. KFDA officials said they have concluded the
June 7, 2012
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Morning-after pill approved for OTC
Major reclassification switches 212 prescription drugs to OTC itemsThe government has decided to allow emergency contraception pills, known as morning-after pills, to be sold at pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription. Instead the authorities decided to tighten management on ordinary oral contraceptive pills, designating them as prescription drugs. Currently, day-after pills are classified as prescription pills while ordinary pills are sold without doctors’ orders. The Korea Food and Drug Adm
June 7, 2012
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Apple seeks to block sales of Samsung's new Galaxy phone
Apple Inc. asked a federal judge in San Jose, California, to include Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S III smartphone in its request to block sales of Samsung products in the U.S.Samsung released the Galaxy S III in the U.K. on May 29 and U.S. carriers have announced they will start selling the smartphone in the U.S. on June 21, Apple said in a court filing.Apple has obtained the Galaxy S III in
June 7, 2012
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Scientists do away with body mass index
British researchers say people concerned about heart disease and diabetes should watch their height-to-waist ratio rather than the body mass index.A team of British scientists found people should keep their waist measurement to half of their height, The Daily Telegraph reported.In a study of 300,000 people, the team found this ratio was a better predictor of high blood pressure, diabetes and cardi
June 7, 2012
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Facebook photo ends up on porn, dating sites
(This photo is not directly related to the article)Housewife Jules Rahim was shocked when a friend tipped her off that her photo was featured on a pornographic website.That was not the only unauthorized use of the picture of her in a bikini, which she had posted on her Facebook account three years ago.Another friend told her that the photo had also popped up on a dating site called sgGirls.com.
June 7, 2012
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U.N. report warns environment is at tipping point
The earth's environmental systems ``are being pushed towards their biophysical limits,'' beyond which loom sudden, irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes, the United Nations Environment Program warned Wednesday.In a 525-page report on the health of the planet, the agency paints a grim picture: The melting of the polar ice caps, desertification in Africa, deforestation of tropical jungl
June 7, 2012
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Positive attitude plays role in longevity
A positive attitude and a sense of humor might play a role in living a longer, healthier life, U.S. researchers suggested.Study co-author Dr. Nil Barzilai, director of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Institute for Aging Research in New York, and colleagues developed a questionnaire designed to identify certain genetically based personality traits, and used it to assess 243 Ashkenazi Jewi
June 7, 2012
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First flight of drone powered by hydrogen
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP) ― A new Boeing unmanned drone that is designed to stay airborne for days has completed its first autonomous flight at Edwards Air Force Base, despite a rocky landing. Boeing said Monday that the 28-minute flight of the Phantom Eye began at 6:22 a.m. Friday and the aircraft reached an altitude of 1,244 meters and a cruising speed of 114 kph before landing at the California desert base. Boeing says after touching down, the drone was damaged when the landing
June 6, 2012
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Apple asks German court to ban Galaxy Tab
Apple Inc. asked a Dusseldorf appeals court to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1N tablet computer, a modified version of the device introduced after the original tablet was blocked in Germany.Samsung did not sufficiently change the device and is still trying to exploit the iPad’s reputation, said Matthias Koch, an Apple lawyer, at a hearing today on Apple’s bid to overturn a lower court decision in February denying the request.“Samsung added some loudspeakers and made the sides
June 6, 2012
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Galaxy S3 to hit Chinese tech stores
Samsung also plans to release the latest smartphone in Korea, U.S. this monthChinese consumers will be able to get hold of Samsung Electronics’ new flagship smartphone “Galaxy S3” this weekend as Korea’s biggest tech firm secured mobile carrier deals with China’s three telecom giants.Samsung Electronics will offer TD-SCDMA 3G smartphones with China Mobile, CDMA phones with China Telecom and WCDMA with China Unicom, it said in a press release.“We have been closely collaborating with China’s mobil
June 6, 2012
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iPad rules the tablets, Samsung tops Amazon, others: survey
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The Apple iPad extended its lead in the global market for tablet computers at the start of 2012 while Amazon’s Kindle Fire flamed out after a sizzling introduction, a survey showed Monday.The ABI Research survey showed overall global sales of media tablets amounted to 18.2 million in the first three months of the year, up 185 percent from a year earlier, but down 33 percent from the fourth quarter gift-giving season.Apple held 65 percent of the market with 11.8 million iPad sh
June 6, 2012
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SK Telecom launches security services for cloud computing
SK Telecom has launched security services for cloud computing servers to guard against hacking and security breaches.The company said that through a strategic partnership with U.S.-based Juniper Networks, it developed a cost-efficient cloud security system, named the “T Cloud Biz.” Infosec, which is part of SK C&C, will operate the system.This the first time a telecom company in Korea has launched such “firewall” services for business-to-business cloud computing that utilize systematic and real-
June 6, 2012
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Skeleton find points to how vampire legends were born
Italian archeologists discovered last month a skeleton believed to have been part of an exorcism ritual, providing clues to how vampire myths became popular around the world, the Daily Mail reported.The skeleton, found in a mass grave on the island of Lozzarretto Nuovo in Venice, was buried with a brick jammed in its jaws. It is believed that whoever buried the woman suspected her of being a vampire. Placing a brick in a vampire-suspect’s mouth was a tradition during the middle ages to ensure th
June 6, 2012
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Vietnamese catch 50-kg dragon fish
(Viet Nam News)Two people in southern Vinh Long Province caught a 1.7-meter long dragon fish weighing nearly 50 kilos in the Hau River, near the Ninh Kieu pier in Can Tho City on Wednesday.After catching the fish, they killed it and prepared it for sale, not thinking to preserve it as an ornamental trophy.The dragon fish was subsequently buried in Ba Chua Xu Temple yesterday, attracting large crow
June 6, 2012
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Scientists: Dinosaurs lighter than thought
(AFP)British scientists say their new technique to accurately measure the weight and size of dinosaurs shows they were not as heavy as previously thought.University of Manchester biologists used lasers to determine the minimum amount of skin required to wrap around the skeletons of modern-day mammals, then applied the technique to a giant Brachiosaur skeleton in a Berlin museum.While previous esti
June 6, 2012
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Study: Childhood cancer survivors face new risks
Women treated with chest radiation for cancer when they were girls have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously thought, doctors warn.Even lower doses of radiation therapy posed a risk for survivors of childhood cancer _ something not known before, researchers found. That means more women might need to be screened beginning at age 25 for breast cancer.“We find that by age 50, approximately 30 percent of women treated with radiation for Hodgkin lymphoma‘’ as girls have develope
June 6, 2012