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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide says
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OpenAI in talks with Samsung to power AI features, report says
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Two jailed for forcing disabled teens into prostitution
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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South Korean military plans to launch new division for future warfare
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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Kia EV9 GT marks world debut at LA Motor Show
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Teen smoking, drinking decline, while mental health, dietary habits worsen
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Google exec: Technology wave leaving many behind
JERUSALEM (AP) ― Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday warned that vast numbers of the world’s population are missing out on the advantages brought by the Internet.Schmidt said that about 2 billion people, less than a third of the world’s population, have Internet access, and 1 billion have smartphones. “The World Wide Web has yet to live up to its name,’’ he said. “Technology does not produce miracles, but connectivity, even in modest amounts, changes lives.’’ Schmidt served as Go
June 20, 2012
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NCsoft releases new blockbuster ‘Blade & Soul’
New multiplayer online game to go head-to-head with ‘Diablo 3’NCsoft will launch its long-awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game “Blade and Soul” in Korea on Thursday, setting up a showdown with the most popular “Diablo 3” to dominate the local online game market.The online game developer said Wednesday that the new online game will be launched at 4 p.m. during a free open beta test. It is planned to be commercialized here within two weeks.So far, 210,000 people have signed up fo
June 20, 2012
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SK Telecom to make second LTE leap as it marks one year
By Park Hyong-kiSK Telecom, Korea’s biggest mobile carrier, is gearing up to make another leap in long term evolution and open the era of “LTE 2.0” in the country.Celebrating the first anniversary since the company launched its LTE service in July last year, SK Telecom’s LTE 2.0 refers to offering multicarrier and LTE Advanced (LTE-A) services, with faster speed and accessibility, the company told reporters on Wednesday.It will launch the multicarrier service next month and aims to make LTE Adva
June 20, 2012
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Scientists find turtles fossilized while mating
German scientists have uncovered copulating turtle fossils, according to news reports.The turtle couples, which belonged to an extinct species known as Allaeochelys crassesculpta, are believed to have died from poisonous volcanic gas.Walter Joyce of the University of Tuebingen, who made the shocking discovery, said it was the first time that fossils of copulating vertebrates were found. The fossil
June 20, 2012
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LG Electronics forms smart TV consortium
LG Electronics has formed a business alliance with foreign television makers in an effort to promote smart TVs worldwide.Korea’s second biggest consumer electronics company has forged partnerships with TP Vision, the Netherlands/Taiwanese TV maker, and Japan-based Sharp.The consortium, named the “Smart TV Alliance,” to be headed by LG Electronics executive Kwon Bong-suk, is the first of its kind in the global TV industry.“We expect this partnership to further boost the smart TV ecosystem, while
June 19, 2012
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Undersea object probably not a UFO
A mysterious object at the bottom of the Baltic Sea isn't a UFO, Swedish researches say, but they add they don't have a sure idea of what it is, either.The object, located on the sea floor between Sweden and Finland, is some sort of "natural, geological formation," Peter Lindberg, the leader of the Ocean Explorer team, told FoxNews.com.Lindberg and other scientists and divers spent 12 day explorin
June 19, 2012
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Indian women claim 'Right to Pee'
Women in India, assailing the lack of public toilets available to them, have begun a Right to Pee Campaign, a report said Thursday.The humorous slogan, coined by the Mumbai, India, media, masks the dependence of the population on public restrooms, and the imbalance of men's rooms to those available to women, The New York Times said Thursday.A government study indicated the public sanitation system
June 19, 2012
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Microsoft unveils 'Surface' tablet in iPad challenge
Microsoft on Monday unveiled a Surface tablet computer as the technology titan steps in with its own hardware to take on Apple's market-ruling iPads.Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer described the iPad challenger as a tablet that "works and plays" when he showed it off at a press event in Los Angeles.Surface is also the name of table and poster-sized touch screen computers that Microsoft ha
June 19, 2012
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Ancient warming turned Antarctica green
Ancient global warming allowed the greening of Antarctica and substantial vegetation sprouted on the frozen continent 15 million years ago, researchers say.Ancient Antarctica was warmer and wetter than previously suspected -- enough to support vegetation, including stunted trees, along its edges -- researchers from the University of Southern California, Louisiana State University and NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported Sunday.Summer temperatures along the Antarctic coast 15 million to 20 m
June 19, 2012
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Bronze Age necropolis uncovered in Serbia
This image is not directly related to the story (Image from movie "Lord of the Rings")Serbian archaeologists say a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age necropolis was unearthed during road construction work near Vranje, 170 miles south of Belgrade.The site contains the remains of individuals burned in funeral pyres, Aleksandar Bulatovic, the coordinator of a project of archaeological research and preservatio
June 19, 2012
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SK unit forms NFC alliance
Group of six tech companies aims to boost mobile payment marketSK Planet, a Korean mobile platform operator, has formed a business alliance with six other Korean tech firms to boost the technology and use of near-field communication in Korea.The six, which each has its own technological specialization in NFC, are: SK C&C, Ubivelox, QnSolv, Mcom, Harex Infotech and AT Solution.The newly launched alliance is called “NFC Biz Partner Group,” noted SK Planet, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SK
June 18, 2012
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Blizzard to offer compensation, refunds for poor service of Diablo 3
Blizzard Entertainment has finally given in to growing demands by consumers for refunds and compensation over its poor data-server management and service for Diablo 3.It will fully pay back 55,000 won to unsatisfied users who digitally downloaded Diablo 3 via the Battle.net account, or those who purchased the packaged game after 5 a.m. on June 21, according to Blizzard’s Diablo 3 website.Players whose game level is below 40 can also apply for a refund, it noted.Blizzard will begin accepting refu
June 18, 2012
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Obesity could end human race
A study found that overweight people could end the human race by eating all the world’s food.Conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the study revealed that the number of obese people has been growing and said the demand for food resources will surge.According to the United Nations, the world’s food resources are expected to be depleted by 2050 as the global population grows.“Our study shows population fatness is also a major threat,” said professor Ian Robert, who led t
June 18, 2012
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'Vampire' rites still have bite in Bulgaria
This picture taken on Thursday shows a skeleton with an iron piece before being exposed at the National History museum in Sofia. (AFP-Yonhap News)The ancient skeleton of a man, pinned down in his grave in order not to turn into a vampire, was put on show in Bulgaria last week, where vampire tales and rites still keep their bite even nowadays.The 700-year-old skeleton -- unearthed in the necropolis
June 18, 2012
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6.4 quake hits off east coast of Japan: USGS
A 6.4-magnitude undersea earthquake on Monday jolted the sea area off the east coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan, US seismologists said, but no tsunami alert was issued.The US Geological Survey said the quake had a depth of 31 kilometers (20 miles) and hit at 5:32am (2032 GMT Sunday) some 140 kilometers east of the city of Sendai.In March last year a 9.0-magnitude undersea earthquake off J
June 18, 2012
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Samsung, Apple dominate smartphone markets
Samsung Electronics and its close rival Apple are dominating the global smartphone markets, accounting for more than a half of the share.The number of smartphones that hit the markets totaled 145 million in the first half of this year, according to data by ABI Research, a tech research firm.This is an increase of 41 percent from the same period a year ago.The Korean tech manufacturing giant enjoyed sales of 43 million Galaxy series phones in the first quarter, becoming the number one in the sect
June 17, 2012
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Blizzard faces growing outcry against Diablo 3 over poor service: reports
Blizzard Entertainment is facing growing criticism and outcry from fans and industry experts against its latest hit game Diablo 3 for failing to live up to its proposed expectations, according to various media reports.Failure of smooth data connections and repeated error messages while logging in or playing the game compelled Korean users, game cafe operators and regulators to take the matter int
June 17, 2012
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Microsoft said to agree to buy Yammer for $1.2 billion
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, has agreed to purchase Yammer Inc., operator of a social network for businesses, for $1.2 billion, said a person familiar with the matter.The deal is expected to be announced by the end of June, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private. Dee Anna McPherson, a spokeswoman for Yammer, declined to comment
June 17, 2012
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Genetic factors linked to gay men
(MCT)Researchers in Italy suggest sexually antagonistic genetic factors in mothers may promote homosexuality in men and fertility in female relatives.However, it is not clear whether and how the genetic factors are expressed to simultaneously induce homosexuality in men and increased fertility in their mothers and maternal aunts, the researchers said.Andrea Camperio Ciani of the University of Pado
June 17, 2012
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U.K. gives new details of mass surveillance plan
U.K. authorities are revealing new details of an ambitious bill which would track electronic conversations of every single U.K. resident. The proposed mass surveillance law would collect detailed information about the private communications of millions of Britons, a step the government insists is necessary to fight terrorism and crime.Home Secretary Theresa May says the program will not snoop on t
June 15, 2012
