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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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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Shinsegae faces showdown with investors over SSG.com's delayed IPO
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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Samsung buys U.S. cloud service provider mSpot
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest mobile phone and memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday that it has acquired a U.S. cloud service provider to strengthen its mobile entertainment business.Samsung said it has taken over California-based mSpot Inc. that provides music, movies and radio content to mobile users. The U.S. company located in Palo Alto also has ties with many major telecommunication service providers in the United States that could benefit Samsung.Samsung said that it has
May 10, 2012
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Willstech offers energy management solutions
Willstech, a privately held Korean tech firm, will provide enterprise energy management software in Korea.The company said in a press release that it has secured a contract with Joulex to launch the private U.S. firm’s energy management system services for Korean businesses.Joulex’s software allows companies to save and efficiently manage energy from the use of various network-connected IT devices, Willstech said.It added that Joulex’s smart energy manager systems can help save up to 40 to 60 pe
May 10, 2012
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11 habits that send diet plans awry
With unusually hot weather signaling an early end to spring, many women are taking up weight loss regimes, getting ready to show off slender figures in summer.According to business group CJ, the women’s weight-loss market is worth around 200 billion won ($175 million) a year. However, many fail in their attempts to shed a few kilograms. Here are 11 reasons suggested by Fox News and other news outlets as to why people stumble on their way to a slimmer figure. 1. You eat the wrong food: Many peop
May 10, 2012
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Boys make up majority of ADHD patients
About 80 percent of those under-18s diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder are boys, requiring more than six months of treatment, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment said Wednesday. According to analysis, the number of young people diagnosed with ADHD amounted to 57,000 in 2011, up from 48,000 in 2007. About 80 percent were boys and 68.2 percent were between the ages of 7 and 13. ADHD symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling
May 10, 2012
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Children should not wear makeup: officials
The Korea Food and Drug Administration asks that children refrain from wearing makeup because some substances can trigger skin troubles at a very early age. “Children tend to have more vulnerable skin than grownups. Their skin also absorbs makeup materials more than that of grownups. Therefore, itchiness, rash and some other dermatological troubles may occur,” said Kim Young-ok, a KFDA official. The agency also said children should refrain from having manicures. Instead, they should wear sunscre
May 10, 2012
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Breast cancer is rare in men, but they fare worse
CHICAGO (AP) ― Men rarely get breast cancer, but those who do often don’t survive as long as women, largely because they don’t even realize they can get it and are slow to recognize the warning signs, researchers say.On average, women with breast cancer lived two years longer than men in the biggest study yet of the disease in males.The study found that men’s breast tumors were larger at diagnosis, more advanced and more likely to have spread to other parts of the body. Men were also diagnosed l
May 10, 2012
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70-year-old puts her best foot forward, 10 km a day
KANSAS CITY, Missouri ― Margie Warden is walking.It’s 4:45 a.m., and even some of the birds aren’t up yet, but she’s walking. She’s 70 years old and sweating through a gray shirt as she trudges up a long hill in the dark. She’ll walk 10 kilometers on the grounds of Kansas City Kansas Community College before the sun comes up. Ten years from now ― God willing, she says ― she’ll still be walking 10 kilometers every day. She’ll walk in the heat, in the cold, in the rain and the snow, because that’s
May 10, 2012
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Anemia
Anemia is a condition in which the blood has a below-normal level of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or hematocrit. In general, the patient is diagnosed as anemic if their hemoglobin content is lower than 13 grams per 100 ml in men, or 12g per 100 ml in women.Not every case of dizziness is diagnosed as anemia.Though many people think they are same, dizziness and vertigo are often not caused by anemia. Anemia could be one reason behind dizziness, but there are many other possible reasons including d
May 10, 2012
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Viagra helps children with heart defects
Viagra, or sildenafil may give a boost to underdeveloped hearts in children and young adults with congenital heart defects, U.S. researchers say.Study leader Dr. David J. Goldberg, a pediatric cardiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues randomly assigned 27 children and young adults to receive either sildenafil or a placebo for six weeks. After a six-week break in treat
May 10, 2012
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World’s priciest bike? Or world’s slowest sports car
Fahrradi Farfall FFX speeds … at 16 km per hourFrom outside, it is a dream car; aerodynamic smooth design, fiery red body, and gullwing doors that flap up, getting speed maniacs readying themselves for a hypersonic ride.That is, until someone hops in and find out they have to pedal their way at tedious 16 kilometers per hour.‘The Fahrradi Farfall FFX,’ the world’s most expensive bicycle, looks just like 1 million pound ($1.6 million) Ferrari FXX. But one tiny difference is the absence of the sta
May 10, 2012
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Apples, onions, green tea can prevent blood clots: study
An apple a day keeps blood clots away, claim scientists.In fact, oranges, onions, green tea and black tea -- all of which contain the chemical rutin -- may also contribute to preventing blood clots. Researchers at Harvard Medical School tested 500 different chemicals to find that rutin was most effective in blocking protein disulfide isomerase, a key enzyme linked to the formation of blood clots.“Clots occur in both arteries and in veins,” says Professor Robert Flaumenhaft, who led the research
May 10, 2012
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Facebook execs talk growth as IPO meetings begin
Facebook Inc. officials are touting growth prospects for the largest social network in meetings this week in New York and Boston with hundreds of would-be investors before its record initial public offering. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and chief financial officer David Ebersman led a presentation in Boston Tuesday. They were joined Monday in New York by chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg. The executives discussed reasons for acquiring photo-sharing site Instagram and told invest
May 9, 2012
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CA Technologies sees partnerships, acquisitions key to global growth
Choe says company may consider establishing R&D center domesticallyKorea’s software industry may have been in the shadows for quite some time.But Michael Choe, president of CA Technologies Korea, the local subsidiary of the world’s biggest IT management software company, said that with the emergence of cloud computing technology, it will stand at the forefront of innovation.“Software had been a ‘necessary evil’ in the past (in Korea), but now it has become a more integral part of the drive for
May 9, 2012
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SKT takes English-study mobile service to Indonesia
SK Telecom said on Wednesday the company held a ceremony to mark the start of its new mobile service for learning English in Indonesia.Titled “English Bean,” the mobile service enables users to learn English regardless of time and location, the country’s leading telecommunication company said. The smart-learning program runs on several platforms, including its website, Facebook page, mobile phones and landlines.The telecommunications company has included a multitude of Facebook content such as E
May 9, 2012
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Missouri resident claims rock is alien skull
A witness in the U.S. claimed Sunday to have found an “alien skull,” a civilian UFO research organization said.According to Mutual UFO Network, the witness discovered something appearing to be a unique type of skull in a creek.The unidentified witness from Missouri said they wanted to have the “skull” checked for alien DNA.“I’ve had it a couple of years and would love to find out once and for all if it’s a real alien skull or just a cool looking rock,” the witness said.It was the latest in the s
May 9, 2012
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Facebook ‘Like,’ not protected as free speech
A U.S. judge said Facebook’s “like” buttons are not protected as free speech and employees fired for “liking” something written on Facebook cannot protected by the legal shield, according to news reports.The ruling came after six employees of Hampton Virginia Sheriff B.J. Roberts were fired for supporting Roberts’ opponent Jim Adams during his 2009 re-election campaign. At that time, three of the six had “liked” the Facebook page of Adams. The six employees filed a lawsuit in the Eastern Distric
May 9, 2012
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Light from distant 'super Earth' detected
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has, for the first time, detected light emanating from a so-called super-Earth planet beyond our solar system, scientists say.Although the planet is not habitable, detecting it is a historic step in the ongoing search for signs of life on other planets, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said Tuesday.Super Earths are more massive than Earth but lig
May 9, 2012
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Brain scans decipher the thoughts of dogs
MCTA U.S. researcher who looked into what dogs think said he was inspired to do the research when he saw a Navy dog was on the team that killed Osama bin Laden.Gregory Berns, director of the Emory Center for Neuropolicy, said he was amazed when he saw pictures of what military dogs can do.“I realized that if dogs can be trained to jump out of helicopters and airplanes, we could certainly train the
May 9, 2012
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Korea to launch multipurpose observation satellite May 18
Korea will launch its third satellite to observe the Earth from a Japanese space center on May 18, officials announced Tuesday.The KOMPSAT-3, also known as Arirang-3, is designed to provide geographical information of the Korean Peninsula with better technology than its two predecessors.Loaded on a Japanese rocket, the multipurpose satellite will lift off from the southern island of Tanegashima, some 115 kilometers south of Kyushu. The launch is due at 1:39 a.m. on May 18 from the Tanegashima Sp
May 8, 2012
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New questions raised about U.S. beef safety
Views conflict over dangers of BSE; government ignores pressure to stop customs clearanceMadThe safety of U.S. beef imports into Korea faces new questions after U.S. authorities confirmed a case of mad cow disease in a dairy cow from a California farm on April 24.The latest discovery was the first in six years and the country’s fourth case ever.For Korea, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as mad cow disease, is a high-profile issue affected by political considerations a
May 8, 2012