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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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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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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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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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Liberal bloc moves to rewrite student rights ordinance
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Ban ‘killer robots,’ rights group urges
Hollywood-style robots able to shoot people without permission from their human handlers are a real possibility and must be banned before governments start deploying them, campaigners warned Monday.The report “Losing Humanity” -- issued by Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School‘s International Human Rights Clinic -- raised the alarm over the ethics of the looming technology.Calling them “killer robots,” the report urged “an international treaty that would absolutely prohibit the development,
Nov. 20, 2012
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Red Bull linked to three deaths in Canada
Energy drinks have caused three Canadian teenagers to die and have had serious side effects on 35 other Canadians since 2003, Health Canada documents show.The three male teens, two 15-year-olds and an 18-year-old, died after drinking Red Bull, The Toronto Star reported. Red Bull also appears in more side-effect reports than any other similar product.Health Canada and the energy drink companies said side-effect reports show only a suspected connection between a product and side effect but no medi
Nov. 20, 2012
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Alcohol-related mental illness increases
The number of people with alcohol-induced psychiatric disorders is growing, particularly in men in their 60s.According to the National Health Insurance Corporation, the number of patients with mental illnesses brought on by excessive drinking has increased from 66,196 in 2007 to 78,357 in 2011 on the annual average of 4.3 percent. Men in their 60s had the highest prevalence rate of alcoholic mental disease with 583 per 100,000 people. About 64,000 men suffered from psychiatric disorder due to ex
Nov. 19, 2012
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Dongbu Insurance pays highest starting salary
Dongbu Insurance Co. pays the highest annual salaries to first-year employees, beating the former best-paying company Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co., according to news reports. Unlike the public conception that Samsung affiliate companies offer the highest annual starting salaries, Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co. ranked No. 3 despite its No. 1 performance in business Yonhap News said. Before tax reduction, the annual salaries for first-year employees with bachelor’s degrees was the
Nov. 19, 2012
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Drug use, unsafe sex fuel hepatitis C cases
Drug injection, tattooing, body piercing and sexual promiscuity are rising causes of hepatitis C infection in Korea, a study showed Monday.According to a research team at Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province, 28 percent of 1,173 respondents who are currently undergoing hepatitis C treatment at five teaching hospitals in Seoul and Busan said they had more than four sexual partners while in a comparison group only 10 percent had as many partners. Drug injection has also
Nov. 19, 2012
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Obesity, hypertension on the increase
The risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes among the Korean population is rising, possibly due to lack of exercise and excessive sodium intake, the government said in a report released on Monday. According to a joint report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence rates of high blood pressure and diabetes in people over 30 years old were 28.5 percent and 9.8 percent in 2011, respectively, a slight increase from 26.9 percent and 9
Nov. 19, 2012
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KT&G to launch Tonino Lamborghini overseas
The nation’s best-selling tobacco manufacturer KT&G Corp. will export 300,000 packs of its premium tobacco brand “Tonino Lamborghini” to Hong Kong by the end of November. KT&G has already sold “Tonino Lamborghini” in Chinese duty-free shops since September, with its first import order at 488,000 packs. China and Hong Kong together form the largest, most competitive tobacco market in the world, the company said. “From the beginning, Tonino Lamborghini was meant to be launched worldwide,” a KT&G o
Nov. 19, 2012
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Pollution hurts brain function in elderly
Living in areas of high air pollution is an environmental risk to seniors' brain health and function, U.S. researchers found."The study shows the unexpectedly adverse effects of air pollutants on brain function in the elderly," Caleb Finch, the ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Professor in the Neurobiology of Aging at the University of Southern California at Davis, said in a statement.Jennifer Ailshire -- a sociologist, demographer and postdoctoral student at the USC Davis School of Gerontology -- sai
Nov. 19, 2012
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The brains behind freestyle rap
Freestyle rap, an improvised style of the music genre associated with back-to-front baseball caps, baggy jeans and gold chains, has burst onto the science stage, shedding light on the workings of the brain.Researchers at the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders in the United States have examined freestyle rappers' brains to see which areas light up during the creative phase.The stream-of-consciousness singing style involves artists making up lyrics on the spot, guided
Nov. 19, 2012
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Candidates converge on science policy
The three major presidential candidates may differ on key policies but all believe that Korea’s future depends on science and technology for growth.Their policies in the field converge in many aspects, including plans to revive the ministry for science and technology, as well as increasing support for research and innovation.The Saenuri Party’s Park Geun-hye has the most extensive agenda. An engineering graduate, she prioritizes developing the software industry, supporting start-ups and establis
Nov. 18, 2012
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Samsung Electronics takes largest global TV market share
Samsung Electronics held the biggest share of the global television market in the third quarter this year, U.S. marketing research firm NPD DisplaySearch said Sunday. The affiliate firm of American market research company NPD Group Inc. said that Samsung Electronics rated No. 1 in the July-September quarter by taking a 25.2 percent share in the global flat-screen TV market. According to the same analysis, four types of Samsung TVs ― liquid crystal display, light-emitting diode, plasma display pa
Nov. 18, 2012
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KT chairman wins Asia business leaders award
KT Corp. chairman Lee Suk-chae won the 11th CNBC Asia Business Leaders Award in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, the mobile operator said on Sunday.The award acknowledges Asian business visionaries with strength, innovation, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight that are especially required for the leaders of today’s global economy. One of the six awardees this year, Lee won the accolade in recognition of his personal involvement in supporting and fostering the next generation of leaders. Lee has beco
Nov. 18, 2012
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Kwon ranks fifth in list of top Fortune businesspersons
Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-hyun was ranked fifth out of 50 CEOs in “2012 Businessperson of the Year” selected by global business magazine Fortune, followed by Google CEO Larry Page who ranked sixth. Fortune evaluated Kwon as a CEO who has successfully run the $149 billion Samsung Electronics empire since June 2012 as the head of component business. “Under Kwon, the Korean company became the second-largest chipmaker in the world. Now the new CEO has to contend with its top customer and compe
Nov. 18, 2012
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Rocket component transported to Naro Center
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said that a newly-made Russian component of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, or the Naro rocket, arrived at its space center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province on Saturday.Naro’s adaptor block, the helium supply system that gives the thrust during the liftoff, was found to be defective, causing Korea to cancel its scheduled rocket launch last month.The block also led to defective rubber seals that held the helium during the injection into the fir
Nov. 18, 2012
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France bans access to 'end of world' refuge
France on Friday dashed the hopes of those who had planned to take refuge in one of the few places on Earth some believe will be spared when the world ends on December 21.Local officials banned access to the Pic de Bugarach, a mountain in the southwest where rumor has it the hilltop will open on the last day and aliens will emerge with spaceships to save nearby humans.Eric Freysselinard, the state's top representative in the area, said he was blocking access to the mountain for public safety rea
Nov. 18, 2012
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Samsung reduces facility investment for 2nd quarter in a row
South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. has scaled down its investment in production facilities for the second quarter in a row apprently in anticipation of a protracted global economic slump, industry data showed Sunday. The company spent 4.54 trillion won ($4.16 billion) on facilities for semiconductor, liquid crystal display and other products over the July-September period, the lowest level in 10 quarters since it invested 4.14 trillion won in the first quarter of 2010, accordi
Nov. 18, 2012
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Google's Android is eating Apple's lunch
Smartphones and tablets powered by Google's Android software are devouring the mobile gadget market, eating into Apple's turf by feeding appetites for innovation and low prices, analysts say. The Android operating system powered nearly three out of four smartphones shipped worldwide in the recently ended quarter as the mobile platform dominated the market, according to industry trackers at IDC. "Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone market since it was launche
Nov. 18, 2012
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Mars radiation levels not lethal to humans
The Mars rover Curiosity found radiation levels on Mars are not lethal to humans, U.S. researchers say."Absolutely, astronauts can live in this environment," said Don Hassler, principal investigator for the rover's Radiation Assessment Detector, at a news conference Thursday.Hassler said characterizing the radiation on the surface of another planet has never been done before now, CNN reported.Researchers plan to collect radiation numbers over time to create a better assessment of exactly how muc
Nov. 18, 2012
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Toddler can’t stop laughing due to rare syndrome
A British boy has a bright smile on his face every day, but not by his will. The two-year-old Elliot Eland was born with Angelman’s syndrome -- a neuro-genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental disability -– that makes him laugh.“When we feel down, Elliot’s laughter keeps us all going; you just have to look at him and his happiness takes over,” Elliot’s mother Gale said in an interview with British media. “The only problem is if Elliot and his big brother, Alex, are playin
Nov. 16, 2012
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Astronomers see distant ‘born-again’ star
Astronomers say evidence of a dying sun-like star coming briefly back to life after throwing off its gassy shells shows the possible fate our own solar system.The “born-again” star, Abell 30, was captured in a composite of visible images from NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope and X-ray data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and NASA‘s Chandra space telescopes, a release from the Paris headquarters of the ESA said Thursday.Astronomers know stars like our sun swell into red giants toward the
Nov. 16, 2012