Left-handers more likely to be fearful

(MCT)Left-handed people feel more fear than right-handers, recent research revealed. In a test reported by the Telegraph Sunday, people were asked to watch an eight-minute video clip from “Silence of the Lambs” and recall scenes from the horror thriller. The left-handed participants remembered only fragments of the scenes and their descriptions about them were filled with more repetition, showing

TechnologyMay 3, 2011

Police investigating bomb threat

(Yonhap News)Police rushed to Samsung Electronics’ headquarters in southern Seoul Tuesday in response to an e-mailed bomb threat following the killing of Osama bin Laden.  The Canadian unit of the electronics firm received an e-mail at 4 a.m. from an unidentified person who threatened to bomb Samsung’s main office and some Middle Eastern countries’ embassies in Seoul. The countries were Turkey, Pa

IndustryMay 3, 2011

Eagle has phantom pregnancy

The eagle, thought to be having a phantom pregnancy, has sat on pebbles since last month at the shelter of a bird protection organization. (Yonhap News)An eagle, which never made it home due to a broken wing, is thought to be having a phantom pregnancy as it incubates pebbles instead of eggs, domestic reports said Monday. The eagle migrated to Korea 10 years ago from Mongolia to spend winter here

TechnologyMay 3, 2011

Dollar falls below 1,070 won

Intervention effect may be minimal amid global trendThe won has been in a gaining spree in its value against the greenback, due to the U.S.’s cheap dollar-oriented policy as well as Korea’s increased trade surplus.The dollar closed at 1,065 won on Monday, down 6.5 won from a trading session earlier, posting the cheapest level since it slid to 1,062.5 won on Aug. 25, 2008.After being traded between

May 2, 2011

KT&G launches ‘2nd generation’ This Plus

KT&G Corp., the nation’s largest tobacco producer, said Monday that it has extended the product line of its steady-selling brand This Plus.The firm is to start selling This Real and This Wild, which has higher tar content with 6.5 milligrams and 8 milligrams, respectively, on Tuesday. The original This Plus contains 5.5 milligram of tar. This WildKT&G, meanwhile, has changed the packaging of This

IndustryMay 2, 2011

Security concerns rise over Wi-Fi networks

Security concerns involving the country’s wireless Internet networks are rising again following findings that global firms Google and Apple both used the Wi-Fi networks to collect user information.Two companies reportedly collected the location logs of their smartphone users from the wireless networks provided by local telecoms in Korea. The problem stems from many smartphone owners’ habit of conn

IndustryMay 2, 2011

LG starts 3-D StarCraft II league

LG Electronics on Sunday launched a special league tournament of “StarCraft II” in 3-D.The tournament to advertise the company’s 3-D panels started in Gwangju, and will move onto Incheon, Busan, Daegu and Daejeon, the electronics maker said.After the preliminary games, the final will be held in Seoul on May 18. LG Electronics said it will be installing its Cinema 3-D TVs in key points in all the c

IndustryMay 2, 2011

Inflation slows on price control, fresh food supply

Consumer prices rise 4.2 percent on-year in AprilInflation in April slowed to 4.2 percent on-year, down from a 29-month high of 4.7 percent a month earlier on Seoul’s price controls and lower fresh food prices, a government report said Monday. The figure still exceeded the Bank of Korea’s inflation target of 2 to 4 percent for the fourth consecutive month but was slower than the 4.3 to 4.6 percent

May 2, 2011

Aekyung chief donates W3b to KAIST

Aekyung Group Chairwoman Chang Young-shin donated 3 billion won ($2.8 million) to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the company said on Monday. “Based on the belief that natural science and engineering is the way to reviving national competitiveness, we give this donation with hope that KAIST will increase its efforts to help foster intelligent young minds who will guide the

IndustryMay 2, 2011

‘Greentech’ to drive KEPCO’s growth

Energy company to invest 3 trillion won, aiming to reach global top fiveState-run Korea Electric Power Corp. said it is to spend 3.1 trillion won ($2.8 billion) to foster environmental technologies including carbon capture storage and smart grids as its fresh growth drivers. “Should KEPCO win in the global ‘green race’ with its challenges and aspirations for green growth, it would be able to lead

IndustryMay 2, 2011

Sony chiefs ‘sorry’ for security breach

Executives bow in apology for security breach in PlayStation Network online serviceTOKYO (AP) ― Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company’s PlayStation Network that compromised the personal data of some 77 million accounts on the online service.“We deeply apologize for the inconvenience we have caused,” said Kazuo Hirai, chief of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation video ga

IndustryMay 2, 2011

Male doctors more likely to misbehave: study

(MCT)SYDNEY (AFP) - Male doctors are four times more likely to be disciplined for misconduct than female medics, according to a new Australian study which found the biggest cause of complaint was sexual misbehavior.Researchers at the University of Melbourne analyzed 485 cases where doctors had been found guilty of misconduct and disciplined in Australia and New Zealand between 2000 and 2009.They f

TechnologyMay 2, 2011

Amid ‘war on obesity,’ skeptics warn of stigma

As U.S. tries to curb obesity, some fear increasing discrimination against the overweightThe images are striking: Overweight boys and girls staring somberly from billboards and online videos, real-life embodiments of the blunt messages alongside.“Chubby kids may not outlive their parents,” for example. Or: “Big bones didn’t make me this way. Big meals did.”The ads ― part of a new “Stop Child Obesi

TechnologyMay 2, 2011