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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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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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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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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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3 in 4 Koreans feel depressed at work
Three out of four Korean workers suffer from work-related depression, according to a poll released on Monday.(123RF)Job search engine Career recently surveyed 752 Korean office workers on their experience with depression at work. About 75.5 percent of the respondents said they felt blue while in the office.About 16 percent of the workers surveyed said stress from forming work relationships was the biggest factor leading to depression. Unsatisfactory working conditions such as low salary or insuf
Jan. 21, 2014
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[Graphic News] Korean firms boost smartphone market shares
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics of Korea are expected to post an all-time high in global market share in smartphones in the first quarter of 2014, according to data released on Monday.The portion taken by Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, was projected to reach 36.2 percent, while its smaller rival LG Electronics is anticipated to record a 5.9 percent share, data by market researcher Strategy Analytics showed.
Jan. 20, 2014
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SK, LG eye 4 times faster LTE service
South Korea’s mobile carriers SK Telecom Co. and LG Uplus Corp. said Monday they plan to deploy a network service this year that is four times faster than the current Long Term Evolution service.SK Telecom, South Korea’s No. 1 player, said it has successfully developed the upgraded service, dubbed the 3band LTE-Advanced service, by combining a 20MHz bandwidth and two 10MHz bandwidths.LG Uplus Corp. also announced Monday it plans to roll out the 3band LTE-A service in 2014 of the same speed, refl
Jan. 20, 2014
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Feasibility study of supercomputers begins
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Monday that the Ministry of Strategy and Finance plans to soon launch a feasibility study on the ICT agency’s plan to expand the nation’s supercomputer network infrastructure.It could take about six months for the Finance Ministry to complete the feasibility study and allow the ICT Ministry to proceed with adopting supercomputers beginning in 2016, an ICT Ministry official noted.It seeks to secure a budget of around 200 billion won ($188 mill
Jan. 20, 2014
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Venezuela creates phone ‘panic button’
A free app for certain smartphones that works as a “panic button” in emergencies has launched in Venezuela, one of the world’s most violent countries, a lawmaker said.The “pocket police” app “allows people to notify their families in real-time of emergencies, without collapsing the Venezuelan security system,” explained Ricardo Sanchez, a member of the National Assembly’s Domestic Policy Committee.“You can add up to three contacts, with emails and phone numbers, who will receive the message with
Jan. 20, 2014
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European universities launch project to speed robotic development
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) ― Let the robot race begin.Expectations are high for RoboEarth, a new European-funded system to speed the development of human-serving robots. Scientists from five major European technical universities have gathered in the Netherlands this week for its launch and to demonstrate possible applications.The first: the deceptively simple task of delivering a glass of milk to a patient in a mock-up hospital room.The system is sometimes billed as a kind of Wikipedia for robo
Jan. 20, 2014
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Samsung, LG smartphones to post record market share in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's top two tech firms, are expected to post an all-time high global market share in smartphones in the first quarter of 2014, data showed Monday, widening the gap with their U.S. and Chinese rivals. Samsung's portion is projected at 36.2 percent, and its smaller rival LG Electronics is anticipated to record a 5.9 percent share, the data by market researcher Strategy Analytics showed. It will mark the first time for the top two play
Jan. 20, 2014
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Samsung bets on fingerprint tech for Galaxy S5
After California-based Apple spearheaded fingerprint sensors last year, Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, is poised to feature the sensors in its upcoming smartphone, the Galaxy S5.“Among the different types of biometric sensors that Samsung is testing for its Galaxy S5, the tech giant will go for fingerprint authentication rather than unintuitive user experience of iris recognition,” said an industry source who declined to be named. “Who would want to put their handset
Jan. 19, 2014
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Japan scientists test tether to clear up space junk
TOKYO (AFP) ― Japanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tons of planetary clutter, they said.Researchers at The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have developed what they called an electrodynamic tether made from thin wires of stainless steel and aluminium.The idea is that one end of the strip will be attached to one of the thousands of dead satellites or bits of rocket that are jamming up space and endangering worki
Jan. 19, 2014
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‘We are still in crisis’
LG Group’s key tech subsidiaries, such as LG Electronics and LG Display, are expected to face uphill battles this year as they try to regain their former glory and narrow the gap with leaders in the television and smartphone markets.Macroeconomic uncertainties stemming from monetary cuts in the U.S. and the Japanese yen’s depreciation are further clouding LG’s prospects for this year as such factors will affect overseas sales especially in emerging markets most vulnerable to quantitative easing
Jan. 17, 2014
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英정부 화웨이 보이콧, LG U+ 불똥 튀나?
영국의 주요 정부기관에서 세계 2위 통신장비업체인 화웨이의 장비를 보안 안전상의 이유로 사용을 중단하기로 했다는 보도가 외신에 게재되면서 국내에도 파장이 있을 것으로 예상되고 있다. 현재 국내 통신업체 중에서는 LG U+가 유일하게 화웨이와 손잡은 상태다. 홍콩의South China Morning Post등의 외신보도에 따르면, 영국의 법무부와 검찰 등의 주요 정부 기관에서 보안을 이유로 회의에서 더 이상 화웨이 장비를 사용하지 않기로 결정했다.영국의 다른 일간지도 이 같은 사실을 보도하면서 소식통으로부터 정보를 전달받은 정부 장관들이 긴급회의를 소집해 모든 정부 기관에서 화웨이 장비의 사용을 전면 금지하도록 지시했다고 전했다.화웨이 관계자는 문제가 될만한 장비를 직접 판매한 적은 없지만, 제 3자를 통해 판매되었을 가능성이 있을 수 있다면서 중국정부와는 관련이 없는 사안이라고 밝혔다. 국내에서는 LG U+가 지난 10월 화웨이를 롱텀에볼루션(LTE) 장비 납품기업으로 선정했다. 하
Jan. 17, 2014
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Google tests 'smart' contact lens
Google wants to go in a totally different direction with a project announced today: smart contact lenses that can detect glucose levels via the wearer’s tears and alert them when levels dip or rise, GigaOm reported. (Google)“It’s still early days for this technology, but we’ve completed multiple clinical research studies which are helping to refine our prototype. We hope this could someday lead to a new way for people with diabetes to manage their disease,” project co-founders Brian Otis and Bab
Jan. 17, 2014
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30-min exercise to halve diabetes risk
Hour and a half's daily workout could significantly lower risk of Type 2 diabetes by 30 to 40 percent, a study showed Friday. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes.(Yonhap)The research team from Harvard University studied 99,316 mid-aged women, who did not have diabetes at the beginning of the study, for eight years to find out if regular workout can help stave off diabetes.Muscle-strengthening activities such as lifting weights, aerobics and yoga had real effects on preventing dia
Jan. 17, 2014
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3-D tech reduces pain, boosts accuracy in dental surgery
The use of 3-D technology has expanded to medicine, especially in dentistry, helping to maximize accuracy in surgery while reducing pain. In the past, the most developed method of putting in dental implants was cutting into the gums after looking at problematic spots on X-rays. Not only did the surgery take a long time, but the pain and bleeding were excruciating. But new equipment have reduced patient discomfort and increased satisfaction. Dental 3-D computed tomography, one of the most up-to-d
Jan. 16, 2014
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Drinking linked to faster mental decline in men
NEW YORK (AP) ― Middle-aged men risk a faster mental decline as they age if they’ve been drinking heavily for years, new research suggests.The study of about 5,000 British civil servants found that over a decade, the added decline was the equivalent of about two extra years of aging for a combined measure of mental abilities like reasoning, and about six years for memory. The heavy drinkers’ abilities were compared to those of men who drank moderately or abstained.It’s no surprise that heavy alc
Jan. 16, 2014
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Premature menopause
Ms. K, 38, was shocked to be diagnosed with premature menopause when she visited her gynecologist. She had experienced irregular periods from 35 years and did not have periods for the past six months. For the last two to three months she had facial flushing, perspiration, insomnia and systemic arthritis, for which she had to see a doctor. Following hormone and bone density tests, she was diagnosed with premature menopause. She was found to have reduced bone density and increased cholesterol. Ms.
Jan. 16, 2014
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Galaxy Note reaches 10m sales at home
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading maker of smartphones, said Thursday it has sold more than 10 million units of its Galaxy Note line-up in South Korea, proving its dominance on its home turf.The tech giant said the number of Galaxy Note smartphones sold in the country surpassed the milestone as of Thursday, apparently as the phablets successfully attracted users searching for a cross between a smartphone and a tablet computer.The phablets have been one of the industry’s main attention
Jan. 16, 2014
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Lab study cuts fracking waste’s radioactivity
HOUSTON (AP) ― Researchers believe they have found an unlikely way to decrease the radioactivity of some hydraulic fracturing wastewater: Mix it with the hazardous drainage from mining operations.The wastewater is created when some of the chemical-laced water used to fracture thick underground rocks flows back out of the wellbore. The water is tainted with chemicals, toxins and in some parts of the country ― such as Pennsylvania ― naturally occurring radioactive materials, such as radium. Resear
Jan. 16, 2014
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Birds sync wing beats in formation
NEW YORK (AP) ― The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way.That’s what scientists concluded after tracking a group of large black birds ― each equipped with a tiny GPS device ― that had been trained to follow an ultralight aircraft. One expert in animal flight said just gathering the data, which included every wing flap, was a remarkable accomplishment.Scientists have l
Jan. 16, 2014
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Early gene therapy trial for blindness promising
LONDON (AP) ― A small, preliminary study using gene therapy to treat a rare form of blindness is promising and could trigger similar efforts for other causes of vision loss, British doctors say.They studied just six patients. Of those, two have had dramatic improvements in their vision and none has reported any serious side effects. The study was only designed to test the treatment’s safety, not its effectiveness.Gene therapy ― inserting copies of a normal gene into a patient who has a faulty or
Jan. 16, 2014
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