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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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[Weekender] Korea's traditional sauce culture gains global recognition
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BLACKPINK's Rose stays at No. 3 on British Official Singles chart with 'APT.'
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Gyeongju blends old with new
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People worldwide living longer, but sicker
The majority of the people in the world live longer, but spend more years in poor health compared to 20 years ago, U.S. researchers say.Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, and colleagues found life expectancy increased in 19 of 21 regions around the world but people are spending their later years living in relatively poor health. Comparing healthy life expectancy for 187 countries in 1990 and 2010, the researchers were
Jan. 28, 2013
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Pantech unveils 5.9-inch full HD smartphone
South Korean handset maker Pantech Corp. on Monday unveiled its 5.9-inch full HD display “Vega No. 6” in a move to jump-start demand for smartphones with bigger and more vivid screens.The Vega No. 6 runs on the latest Android Jelly Bean platform and features a natural IPS Pro Full HD liquid-crystal display, which is the biggest full HD display packed on locally-released smartphones, according to Pantech.The company said the display enables a screen quality that is 2.3 times sharper than existing
Jan. 28, 2013
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People who never married may die earlier
Not having a permanent partner or spouse during midlife is linked to a higher risk of premature death during that part of one‘s life, U.S. researchers say.Dr. Ilene Siegler and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center analyzed data for 4,802 people who took part in the University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study -- an ongoing study of individuals born in the 1940s.The study authors were particularly interested in stability and change in patterns of marital and non-marital status during m
Jan. 28, 2013
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Seoul begins preparations for launch of Naro space rocket
South Korea began preparations Monday for what will be the third launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) by moving the space rocket to its launch pad.The KSLV-1, also known as Naro, is set to blast off Wednesday from the country's Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, located 480 kilometers south of Seoul.The transfer of the space rocket from its storage facility to the launch pad began earlier in the day, and Naro is expected to be in place around 5 p.m., according to
Jan. 28, 2013
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Samsung becomes top global mobile phone seller in 2012
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. sold more than 400 million mobile phones last year, outstripping Nokia Corp. as the world's leading handset vendor, an industry report showed Sunday. According to the latest report by International Data Corp., Samsung's shipments of smartphones and other handsets jumped 22.7 percent on-year to 407 million in 2012, taking up 23.7 percent of the global cellphone market. In comparison, last year's top global vendor Nokia saw its sales tumble 19.5
Jan. 27, 2013
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Study: Good grammar makes bad passwords
Good grammar may be important, but when used to concoct a long computer password, grammar -- good or bad -- undercuts its security, U.S. researchers say.Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University said a password-cracking algorithm they developed that took into account grammar was tested against 1,434 passwords containing 16 or more characters.The grammar-aware cracker surpassed other state-of-the-art password crackers when passwords had grammatical structures, a university release reporte
Jan. 25, 2013
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S. Korea's fertility rate edges up in 2012
South Korea's fertility rate is expected to have risen slightly last year but is still far from a safe level, a government commission said Friday.According to the presidential commission on birth rate and aging society, the country's fertility rate is believed to have risen to 1.3 children per woman in 2012.The fertility rate is the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime. The rate needs to be at over 2.01 for the population to grow, but South Korea's fertility rate has re
Jan. 25, 2013
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Online game ‘ArcheAge’ to advance into N. America, Europe and Oceania
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game “ArcheAge” will be launched in the North American, European and Oceanian markets.XLGAMES, developer of the title, announced on Friday that it made a contract with Trion Worlds, an online game developer and publisher based in North America. The contract will allow the publisher to operate the “ArcheAge” game service in Europe, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand and North America.“’ArcheAge’ is one of the most anticipated game titles in North America and
Jan. 25, 2013
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Mars rover snaps first nighttime photo
NASA says its Mars Curiosity rover has taken its first nighttime photos of the Red Planet's surface, using both white and ultraviolet lights of its instruments.Scientists used the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager instrument for a close-up nighttime look at a rock target called "Sayunei," in an area where Curiosity's front left wheel had scuffed the rock to provide fresh, dust-free materials to examine, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., reported Thursday.The Curiosity science tea
Jan. 25, 2013
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Study: Good grammar makes bad passwords
Good grammar may be important, but when used to concoct a long computer password, grammar -- good or bad -- undercuts its security, U.S. researchers say.Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University said a password-cracking algorithm they developed that took into account grammar was tested against 1,434 passwords containing 16 or more characters.The grammar-aware cracker surpassed other state-of-the-art password crackers when passwords had grammatical structures, a university release reporte
Jan. 25, 2013
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Women slim down more slowly than men
With the same exercise program, it’s easier for men to slim down and get healthier than women, a recent study has found.The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri on 75 obese people for 16 weeks.The researchers asked the participants to do aerobics exercises and observed each person’s weight loss and health improvement. The level of exercise was adjusted individually as 65 percent of their health improvement was measured by the recovery time after exercise.After 16 week
Jan. 25, 2013
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LG Uplus to introduce first unlimited LTE data plan
Korean telecommunication company LG Uplus announced that it will introduce a new subscription plan which provides unlimited Long Term Evolution data transfer for the first time in local industry.LG Uplus announced on Friday that the new LTE data plan will be released on Jan. 31 and will temporarily invite subscribers for three months. Whether the subscription will be available after three-month period will be later decided, considering the number of customers, the company said.The new unlimited
Jan. 25, 2013
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Naro space rocket launch set for Jan. 30
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Thursday it has set Jan. 30 as the launch date of the country’s space rocket Naro-1.The ministry and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute held a meeting Thursday on how to monitor the weather conditions and possibility of collision with space debris on the day of the launch. The ministry said the exact time of the launch will be announced at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday after taking into consideration the weather and space conditions on the
Jan. 24, 2013
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Korea develops new flexible electrode using silver nanowire
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new transparent, flexible electrode with silver nanowires instead of expensive and hard-to-find indium, paving the way for the development of better and cheaper display panels, the science ministry said Thursday.Transparent electrodes are a key component of organic light-emitting diode panels, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.Conventional electrodes or transparent conducting films use indium, a rare earth material t
Jan. 24, 2013
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IVI appoints new chairman, sets new vision
The International Vaccine Institute, a Seoul-based multinational organization on vaccine development, has appointed Dr. Adel A. F. Mahmoud as its new chairman and Dr. Viveka Persson as vice chairman. Mahmoud will replace professor Ragnar Norrby of the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, who has held the post since 2006, the IVI said in a statement Thursday.It has also set a new vision to “discover, develop and deliver safe, effective and affordable vaccines for the world’s developi
Jan. 24, 2013
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Chung-Ang Univ. Hospital hosts forum on heart disease
Chung-Ang University Hospital will hold an international symposium in collaboration with the U.S.-based Mayo Clinic on Feb. 1-2 in Seoul to share information on the latest technology in cardiovascular care. Leading cardiologists and cardiac surgeons from Korea and overseas will give lectures on treating patients with different types of heart disease, the hospital said.Doctors will discuss eight topics, including “clinical debates on the timing of surgery,” “catheter-based therapy” and “cases of
Jan. 24, 2013
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How to have a healthy heart
With a Westernized lifestyle and diet, and an aging society, we live in a time of increasing cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The classic symptoms of heart disease include chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath. Many people with heart disease are unaware of any symptoms, so some people can suddenly develop symptoms having previously thought they were healthy. Therefore, if you have any symptoms related to the heart, it is highly recommended that a cardiologist examine you. Even if
Jan. 24, 2013
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Women have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
Smoke like a man, die like a man.U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more ― that is, they are lighting up like men, new research shows.Women also have caught up with men in their risk of dying from smoking-related illnesses. Lung cancer risk leveled off in the 1980s for men but is still rising for women.“It’s a massive failure in prevention,” said one study leader, Dr. Michae
Jan. 24, 2013
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New implant technique reduces pain, improves results
A 53-year-old patient was once again on the operating table last month to get another dental implant for his upper right tooth. He found himself trembling with fear when thinking of the past surgeries that caused excruciating pain. But this time, it was different. After only two hours of surgery at S-Plant Dental Hospital in Seoul, the patient felt less pain, bleeding and swelling. He was even able to have dinner on the day of the surgery. All this was possible because Kim received a dental impl
Jan. 24, 2013
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Samsung flat TV retains top spot in U.S. market
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. outperformed its competitors in the U.S. flat panel TV market last year, becoming the biggest seller in the region for the seventh straight year, data showed Thursday.Samsung’s U.S. market share reached a record high of 29.8 percent in 2012, up 1.7 percentage point from a year earlier, according to statistics released by the NPD Group, a leading North American market research company.The company’s market share in the liquid-crystal display and ligh
Jan. 24, 2013
