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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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Potential for human superbugs in cow manure
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Cow manure, commonly used to fertilize vegetable crops, contains a high number of genes that can fuel resistance to antibiotics, a U.S. study out Tuesday found.These genes come from the cows’ gut bacteria, and while none have yet been found in superbugs that are infecting humans, researchers said the potential is real.The research was done by scientists at Yale University, who sampled manure from a handful of dairy cows at a farm in Connecticut.In those samples, they found 80
April 23, 2014
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KT to shed 26% of workforce
KT, Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier by subscriptions, said Tuesday it has accepted more than 8,000 applicants for a voluntary redundancy program and would lay off the employees by the end of this month.KT said in an official statement that the latest voluntary retirement plan would likely save the company 700 billion won ($672.8 million) in labor costs annually.However, critics are warning KT against complacency, as the effects may be short-lived. “Effects from restructuring plans usually
April 22, 2014
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ITU aims to tackle global ICT initiatives in Busan
Officials, corporate executives and other high-profile figures in the world’s information, communication and technology industries will convene in Busan in October to discuss pressing global policy issues such as Internet governance, cyber security, the digital divide and climate change.As a global ICT powerhouse, Korea sees the conference as an opportunity to lead the initiatives in standardization processes and renew the Millennium Development Goals. “Korea, as the chair of the ITU Plenipotent
April 21, 2014
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Study says fuels from corn waste not better than gas
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change.A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released Sunday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in th
April 21, 2014
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Fire breaks out at Samsung SDS
A fire broke out on Sunday at one of the data centers run by Samsung SDS, an information and communication technology service provider.The fire reportedly took place at 12:20 p.m. on the fourth floor of a data center located in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, and spread to the floors above. The fire left an outer wall of the building and offices inside charred.A subcontract worker was injured due to the collapse of a wall, but no other casualties were reported, the company said. "We will fully coop
April 20, 2014
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LG’s UHD TV sales hit 900 three weeks after release
LG Electronics, one of the world’s leading consumer electronics manufacturers, said Sunday sales of its ultrahigh definition TVs have reached 900 units three weeks after they were put on the market.The company began selling the 49-, 55- and 65-inch versions of the TV sets on March 28. The company said of the three models on sale, the TV with the screen size of 49 inches accounted for half of the sales, thanks to its relatively affordable price of 2.9 million won ($2,800).UHD TVs have a screen as
April 20, 2014
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NASA spacecraft ends mission with crash into the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) ― NASA’s robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more.Flight controllers confirmed that the orbiting spacecraft crashed into the back side of the moon as planned, just three days after surviving a full lunar eclipse, something it was never designed to do.Researchers believe LADEE likely vaporized upon contact because of its extreme orbiting speed, possibly smacking into a mountain or side of a crater. No debris would have been left behind.“It’s bound to make a dent,” pro
April 20, 2014
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Questions on bubble as tech momentum fades
(AFP) - After the tech euphoria of 2013, the fast-moving sector has hit a speed bump.The wobbly action of 2014 is still an open question: is this a correction, bear market or a bubble like the catastrophic dot-com boom and bust of 1999-2000.By some measures, segments of the tech sector look to be over the top, even after recent slumps."There are some astronomical valuations out there," says Roger Kay, an analyst who follows tech companies at Endpoint Technologies."That is a little troublesome be
April 19, 2014
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Stem cell research makes headway
A group of scientists from South Korea’s CHA University Stem Cell Institute has grown stem cells from adult cells using cloning techniques in a breakthrough experiment that could have significant medical uses.The research, published Thursday in the online edition of journal Cell Stem Cell, is only the second experiment to artificially create human embryonic stem cells, and the first to use adult human cells.The research team led jointly by CHA Stem Cell Institute in Seoul and Los Angeles, used s
April 18, 2014
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Ewha Medical Center to hold free health lecture, talk show
Ewha Womans University Medical Center will hold a free health lecture and doctors’ panel discussion next week as part of events to mark the fifth anniversary of its women’s cancer center and heath promotion center, officials said Friday. Ewha medical experts will deliver a talk on various issues, such as maintaining brain health and preventing women’s diseases, next Monday at the hospital. The Kyunghyang Shinmun journalist will also give a lecture on how to make life happier in the discussion fo
April 18, 2014
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KT CEO calls for unity of affiliates
KT CEO Hwang Chang-gyu held a meeting with the top executives of KT’s affiliates for the first time since taking the helm of Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier last December.Hwang emphasized the importance of unity and management that puts customers first at the meeting held at the mobile carrier’s office in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province. “Let us make KT the global top company based on the firm’s information communication and technology,” Hwang said at the meeting of some 30 CEOs and presidents
April 17, 2014
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LG Display aims to dominate Chinese 3-D TV market
LG Display, the world’s largest liquid crystal display panel maker, showcased its 3-D display technology at the Beijing International Film Festival this week as it seeks to carve out a bigger slice of the Chinese ultrahigh definition TV market. On Thursday, the second day of the festival, LG Display said it had opened a separate pavilion. Visitors to the exhibition venue are able to watch 3-D movies including “Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” on LG’s ultrahigh definition TVs. The company said m
April 17, 2014
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Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer refers to most types of renal cancer that occur in the kidneys (accounting for more than 85 percent). Kidney cancer accounts for approximately 1.6 percent of all cancers that occur in Korea, according to data from 2002. It is twice as likely to occur in men as in women, and is most common in the 40-60 age group. Kidney cancer is being diagnosed earlier due to heath checks and widespread use of ultrasound. SymptomsThe kidneys are retroperitoneal organs, so kidney cancer can be asymp
April 17, 2014
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Number of retina disorder patients doubles in four years: report
The number of patients with retinopathy is on the rise, with the exact cause of the increase unknown, a report showed Thursday. According to a report released by the National Health Insurance Service, the number of patients with retinopathy surged to 860,000 in 2012, jumping 58 percent from 2008. The annual increase was 12.2 percent, the report said. “Retinopathy” refers to all noninflammatory disorders of the retina ― the light-sensitive layer of tissue in the eye. The retina creates an image o
April 17, 2014
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Diabetic heart attacks and strokes falling in U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) ― In the midst of the diabetes epidemic, a glimmer of good news: Heart attacks, strokes and other complications from the disease are plummeting.Over the last two decades, the rates of heart attacks and strokes among diabetics fell by more than 60 percent, a new federal study shows. The research also confirms earlier reports of drastic declines in diabetes-related kidney failure and amputations.The drop is mainly attributed to better screening, medicines and care. The improvements c
April 17, 2014
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Gov't to inject W15b to foster UHD industry
South Korea will invest 15 billion won ($14.4 million) this year in fostering its Ultra HD industry to secure a competitive edge before the expected sales boom from global sports events, the telecom ministry said Thursday.The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning said it will inject 5.8 billion won to develop core devices needed in creating and transmitting UHD contents, such as cloud-based editing systems and a High Efficiency Video Coding encoder.It will also allocate 2.2 billion won t
April 17, 2014
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Chipmakers’ outlook brighter despite falling prices: analysts
South Korea’s top chipmakers are expected to see their earnings improve in 2014, with rising demands recouping losses from the falling prices of dynamic random access memory chips, analysts said Wednesday.Data from market researcher DRAMeXchange said that the fixed price of DDR3 2 Gb 256Mx8 1333 MHz chips, the standard in setting the price of DRAMs, came to $1.81 in the second half of March, down 8.1 percent from the $1.97 a year earlier.“While the price is on a downward trend, it is not as stee
April 16, 2014
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Samsung’s talks on leukemia victims stalled again
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday rejected blame for ongoing confusion on talks over the deaths of workers from diseases possibly linked to working conditions at its semiconductor plants, claiming an about-face by victims’ families and their advocates. “We are extremely puzzled by the reaction from the activist group that had given us the proposals (about the talks),” a high-level official from Samsung Group said, demanding that he remain anonymous.The remark came a day after SHARP, an activist g
April 16, 2014
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LG Electronics to produce mobile application processors
LG Electronics, Korea’s second- largest consumer electronics company, is moving to develop mobile application processors for smart devices, raising speculation that it is aiming to start rebuilding its long-lost semiconductor business, industry sources said.An LG Electronics spokesperson confirmed that the company will be mass-producing application processors “soon,” but did not further elaborate.However, an industry source familiar with the situation noted that LG Electronics will begin mass- p
April 16, 2014
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LG Uplus to adopt Huawei gear
LG Uplus, Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, and Huawei, a Chinese telecommunication equipment and solutions provider, said Wednesday that they have made a technical breakthrough allowing for more efficient and reliable Long Term Evolution-Advanced network transmission.The two firms said they would use WDM/OTN technology for common public radio interface (CPRI) backhaul on LG Uplus’ LTE-A network.This is a world first in the field of LTE-A backhaul technology, they said.The CPRI-over-WDM/OTN
April 16, 2014
