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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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High heels lead to stronger ankles: study
Looking at a woman tottering on 10 cm high heels might make one wonder what could happen to her ankles or her back in the future.The damaging effects of high heels are well documented, but researchers have suggested a silver lining -- that wearing high heels could strengthen the ankles.A research team at Korea University studied the ankle joint movements and muscular strength of two groups of women -- those who wear high heels on a daily and those who do not. The average height of heels was 8 cm
March 28, 2013
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Social isolation can kill seniors
People age 52 and older who are socially isolated are at higher risk of dying, than those not socially isolated, British researchers say.Andrew Steptoe, Aparna Shankar, Panayotes Demakakos and Jane Wardle of the University College London said they assessed social isolation in terms of contact with family and friends and participation in civic organizations in 6,500 men and women age 52 and older who took part in the English Longitudinal Study of Aging in 2004-05. A standard questionnaire measure
March 28, 2013
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High protein breakfast may limit snacking
Overweight/obese, “breakfast skipping,” teen girls who ate a high-protein breakfast reduced their unhealthy snacking later in the day, U.S. researchers say.Heather Leidy of the University of Missouri said the study involved 20 overweight or obese adolescent females ages 18-20 who either skipped breakfast, consumed a high-protein breakfast consisting of eggs and lean beef, or ate a normal-protein breakfast of ready-to-eat cereal. Each breakfast consisted of 350 calories and was matched for dietar
March 28, 2013
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Study: Finnish money Europe‘s dirtiest
Researchers at Britain‘s Oxford University said bank notes from Denmark and Sweden have more bacteria than any other European cash. Ian Thompson, professor of engineering science at Oxford, said his team found a piece of paper money in Europe carries an average 26,000 bacteria, while Danish krone were found to have an average 40,266 bacteria and Swedish kroner had an average 39,600 bacteria, The Local.se reported Wednesday. Thompson and his fellow researchers said they found the euro was the cle
March 28, 2013
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‘Mystery shapes’ prompt alien buzz in U.S.
Unidentified shapes recently found in a small U.S. town are stirring talk of aliens, livescience.com reported Tuesday.According to the report, Peggy Gervase from Eden, New York found an unusual pattern -- which resembled large polka dots -– in snow covering a pond near her home. The shape is reminiscent of mysterious crop circles, which are regarded to some as evidence of extraterrestrial life forms.“I‘ve never seen this before in our pond... It’s eerie in a way, but cool in a way,” Gervase said
March 27, 2013
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More than 137 million cyber security attacks occurred in 2012: IBM
A report by IBM on Wednesday said that a total of 137.4 million cyber security attacks took place last year, averaging 380,000 on a daily basis.The report, which was put together after researching 3,700 clients in 130 countries from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2012, said cyber attacks are “any kind of malicious activity that attempts to collect, disrupt, deny, degrade or destroy information system resources or the information itself.”The most attacked industry was health and social services, which received
March 27, 2013
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Apple seeks new U.S. trial over appeal in Samsung patent case
Apple Inc. asked to proceed with a new trial on 14 Samsung Electronics Co. products for which a U.S. judge overturned a jury patent-infringement award rather than letting Samsung appeal her decision upholding damages for 14 other products covered by the jury’s verdict. Apple, in a reply to Samsung’s request to seek an appeal and put the case on hold, said the Suwon, South Korea- based company’s proposal would “likely lead to a remand without a substantive decision” from an appeals court.U.S. Dis
March 27, 2013
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‘Bring your own device’ trend rushes into Korea
Imagine switching your own smartphone to work mode during the day and back to personal mode once you leave the office.In work mode, you can use all your business applications, meaning that you can access your email and employee database, while being able to file work-related expenses through wireless devices or laptops.This phenomenon is called bring your own device, shortened in the industrial scene as BYOD, and it is getting ready to take off in Korea.“With the introduction of the BYOD trend,
March 27, 2013
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Google picks 8,000 to test net-connected glasses
Google has picked 8,000 people in the U.S. who will have a chance to wear the company‘s new Internet-connected glasses, which are being described as the next breakthrough in mobile computing.Google Inc. began notifying contest winners Tuesday.The winners will have to pay $1,500 apiece if they want a test version of the product, called ``Google Glass.’‘ They also will have to travel to New York, Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay area to pick up the device, which isn’t expected to be available
March 27, 2013
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Imbalance gasses in gut cause bad breath: study
A high concentration of methane and hydrogen gasses in the gut is closely linked to bad breath, U.S. researchers have suggested. Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles conducted a large-scale study with some 800 participants to analyze their breath content. They found four patterns: normal breath content, high levels of methane, high concentrations of hydrogen, and high levels of both gases. Test subjects with a higher density of both methane and hydrogen were found to have bad brea
March 27, 2013
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Chick born with four legs in U.S.
A Mississippi woman said a chick was born on her farm with four legs and the bird has "captured my heart."Annette Bragg of Pelahatchie said the chicken, which she named Lucy, hatched at 6 p.m. Sunday and she immediately noticed the bird had four legs, all of which were normal sized, WLBT-TV, Jackson, reported Tuesday.Bragg said Lucy, who is unable to walk because of the location of her legs, may have been meant to be a twin.Bragg said she has more than 100 chickens and Lucy is the most unusual o
March 27, 2013
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Google takes on Swedish language watchdog
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Complaints from Google have led to the deletion of the word “ungoogleable” from a list of new Swedish words, the Language Council of Sweden says.The country‘s language watchdog has defined “ungoogleable” -- “ogooglebar” in Swedish -- as something that does not show up in results from any Internet search engine, but Google insisted the word, since it contains “Google,” should refer only to Google searches, the council reported.The council publishes an annual list of 10 new w
March 27, 2013
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A simple, not-so-painful way to help save lives
The thought of donating stem cells might arise fear in many, conjuring up images of large needles. But if there was a relatively painless way to help someone in need, would you still hesitate to do it? Not many people know about “Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation,” a procedure to extract stem cells that gives a helping hand to those suffering from leukemia and other types of stem cell-related disease. There are two ways to transplant stem cells: the traditional method is called bone mar
March 26, 2013
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Why that bar of chocolate makes you grumpy
New research suggests that foods high in sugar content do not boost your mood. The study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University revealed that women who are concerned with diet and image tend to feel grumpier after eating unhealthy food. Researchers including Dr. Kristin Heron provided 131 women with handheld computers, which frequently asked them about their mood and eating behavior. Their research focused on gathering data from participants in everyday life since other studies tracked
March 26, 2013
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Good looking birds raise healthy babies
New research has found that the appearance of a female great tit (Parus major) affects the health conditions of its offspring.According to the study done by researchers at Palacky University in the Czech Republic, the bird’s representative features -- a black stripe across the breast and white patches on the cheeks -- correlate to a chick’s weight and immune strength at two weeks.In order to compare the weight and immune system of baby birds from mothers of different ornamentation, the research
March 26, 2013
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Scientists describe two-headed shark
U.S. scientists have announced the first-ever discovery of a two-headed bull shark, confirming it was a single shark with two heads, not conjoined twins.Michigan State University researchers studying the specimen found in the uterus of an adult bull shark taken in the Gulf of Mexico April 7, 2011, said it was the first record of the phenomenon known as dicephalia ever seen in bull sharks although it has been seen before in other species of shark.“This is certainly one of those interesting and ra
March 26, 2013
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Do cold sores lead to mental disorder?
Do cold sores lead to mental disorders?Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center claimed that the virus that causes cold sores might be associated with memory loss and mental diseases.In the study, performed in collaboration with the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, the researchers tested the mental function of 1,625 participants with aged 69 on average and living in New York.Participants who had high levels of infections such as herpes simplex virus in the blood were
March 26, 2013
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Expert says boredom can aid imagination for children
Boredom can aid child’s imagination, says expertParents often expect their children to be constantly occupied and believe activities will spur their imagination. However, an expert says parents should “allow them to get bored” to let them develop creativity and innate ability. Dr. Teresa Belton, a senior researcher at the University of East Anglia’s School of Education and Lifelong Learning, interviewed figures in the creative industry including science and art to analyze the effect of their chi
March 25, 2013
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Vial containing rare virus goes missing
A vial containing a rare Venezuelan virus has gone missing from a Texas biotech laboratory, the laboratory's president said.The vial was noted missing during a routine inventory, Dr. David L. Callender, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, said. The virus, guanarito, is only found naturally in a small section of Venezuela and because it is not known to transmit between humans it poses "no appreciable public health risk," Callender said.It's believed the vial was mistakenly destroyed
March 25, 2013
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‘Spiked dinosaurs copulated in unusual ways’
Dinosaurs with spikes may have copulated in unorthodox positions to avoid injuries, researchers suggested.Heinrich Mallison at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin used computer models of kentrosaurus to figure out how the spiked dinosaur would have mated, according to a report on Livescience.com.The model suggested that a male dinosaur would have risked serious injury to its reproductive organs if they tried to mount a female from behind, which is prevalent among most animals. Mallison sugge
March 25, 2013