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Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives
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CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants
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Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13
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Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5
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Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition
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N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism
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Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid
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[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts
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Actor Song Joong-ki welcomes second child in Rome
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Main opposition pushes to ease, not postpone, tax on crypto gains
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Emotional on Facebook? The feeling’s mutual
(Bloomberg)Emotions can spread between users of social network sites, U.S. media reported. San Jose Mercury News said that emotions have long been known to be contagious and social media were a new means of transmission, citing the research by Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer. Kramer studied about 1 million English speakers and their friends in different countries on the social network service
June 6, 2011
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E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts
HAMBURG, Germany – The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown on an organic farm in Germany, an agriculture official said Sunday as the toll climbed to at least 22 dead and more than 2,200 sickened.Preliminary tests found that bean sprouts and other sprout varieties from the farm in the Uelzen area, between the northern cities of Hamburg and Ha
June 6, 2011
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Life found 1.3 km beneath the Earth’s crust
(MCT)Scientists discovered tiny worms in deep earth where it was thought creatures could not survive, Science News reported. The discovery of the worm “Halicephalobus mephisto,” and “Plectus aquatilis,” found 1.3 kilometers deep in South African mines, hints that habitable environments may exist on other planets, such as Mars, according to the report. They are the deepest-living known “multi-cellu
June 3, 2011
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Did you know that you don’t need to dial 010?
The surge of various social networking services is serving as a medium for people to share hidden technological tricks. SNS users have recently noticed that those with the 010 cell phone code do not necessarily have to dial 010 when calling others with the same code.Although the discovery is fairly recent, the system has been around since 2004. The government devised the integrating policy that wo
June 3, 2011
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Outbreak in Europe blamed on `super-toxic' strain
Chief of the laboratory in research into the Escherichia Coli bacterium at the Brno research institute Pavel Alexa, left, and his assistant Gabriela Glocknerova, right, take samples from a pepper for a molecular biological test in Brno, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The ongoing outbreak of E. coli has claimed 16 people and around 1500 infected across Europe. The laboratory is testing th
June 3, 2011
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‘Why do you stick to eating meat?’
Vegan doctor says vegetarian diets can meet all nutrient needsWhen asked why he promotes vegetarianism, Yoon Sung-chul, professor of nephrology at Dankook University Medical College, responded in Kind: “Why do you stick to eating meat?” he asked.“I have numerous reasons why we should be vegetarians. How about you?” he said in a Korea Herald interview.On May 21, Yoon took part in the inauguration o
June 2, 2011
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Wine, wellness, not the best mix for boomers
DECATUR, Georgia ― As baby boomers approach their golden years, they are embracing wellness and wine ― two things that don’t always go together.While a glass of red wine a day may reduce the risk of heart disease, many boomers are drinking a lot more and not realizing they are increasing their potential risks for other serious health problems, ranging from alcohol abuse disorders to chronic diseas
June 2, 2011
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Cervical cancer: preventable with shot, screening
Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer and fourth-leading cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide. More than half a million women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and the annual mortality rate for cervical cancer is more than 270,000. Unfortunately, the incidence rate of our country (15 in 100,000 women) is much higher than that of other developed countries (less than si
June 2, 2011
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Gmail targeted in China-based campaign: Google
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Google said Wednesday that a cyber spying campaign originating in China had targeted Gmail accounts of senior US officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists."We recently uncovered a campaign to collect user passwords, likely through phishing," Google security team engineering director Eric Grosse said in a blog post. The logo of internet search
June 2, 2011
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World of fusion exercise classes is expanding
LOS ANGELES ― Most people would not think of combining seemingly polar opposite pursuits such as Pilates and boxing. But the odd pairing makes perfect sense to one fitness instructor.Former dancer and certified Pilates teacher Viveca Jensen thought the mindful core-strengthening properties of Pilates would complement and counterbalance the quick cardio-heavy pace of noncontact boxing with weighted
June 1, 2011
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Jobs to unveil Apple software innovations
A man wait outside an Apple Store in Beijing, capital of China, May 6, 2011. (Xinhua-Younhap News)SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 (AFP) - Ailing chief executive Steve Jobs returns next week from sick leave to unveil Apple's latest generation of software, the firm announced Tuesday.The 56-year-old cancer survivor will present Apple's new operating system, dubbed "Lion," at a developers conference in Sa
June 1, 2011
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Experts say cellphones are possibly carcinogenic
(MCT)LONDON (AP) _ A respected international panel of experts says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee.The classification was issued Tuesday in Lyon, France, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer after a review of dozens of published studies. The agency is an arm of the World Health O
June 1, 2011
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Ticket Monster launches business in Malaysia
Ticket Monster, the country’s largest social commerce firm, said Tuesday the company would launch its first overseas business in Malaysia in its first step into the market there.Daniel Shin, CEO and co-founder of Ticket Monster, said it recently acquired Everyday.com, which is a leading social shopping site in Malaysia.Malaysia was chosen because Ticket Monster expects the market there to grow sha
May 31, 2011
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[Herald Interview] App firm Podotree gears up for overseas expansion
Podotree, a local mobile application venture firm, is gearing up for overseas business expansion, with the goal of becoming the top player in the Japanese and U.S. markets, the company’s chief executive said Tuesday.In an interview with The Korea Herald, CEO Lee Jin-soo said the company released its Cube Dog 3-D Toy mobile application in global app stores, except the Japanese market, on Tuesday. T
May 31, 2011
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Social network services expand reach online
SNS increasingly used as tools for broadcast, dating, communication and shoppingChung Jang-hwan, CEO of business social network website Linknow, had never dreamed of being hired through such an online service before.Formerly employed at L&S Investment and AT&T, Chung posted his resume on the Korean Linknow site without pinning much hope on the move.However, he was called in for an interview by Lin
May 31, 2011
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74-year-old female body builder defies time
Ernestine Shepherd, 74, was recognized as the oldest female bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records. (YouTube)A 74-year-old woman living in Baltimore was recognized as the oldest female bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Daily Mail reported Sunday. Ernestine Shepherd has “six-pack” abs which look unbelievable at her age and tries to motivate other people to lead healt
May 31, 2011
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Lack of sleep causes child obesity: report
Children who do not get enough sleep on a regular basis are more likely to be overweight, a study showed.According to a research team at the University of Otago in New Zealand, children who sleep less had a reduction in body mass index (BMI) and a significant drop in their risk of being overweight.Researchers also found lower BMIs resulted from differences in fat mass, showing that poor sleep has
May 30, 2011
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Four planets will converge on last week of May
In this screegrab from a NASA video, the four planets align. (NASA) Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Mercury will align between Sunday and Tuesday this week and be met with a very thin line of the moon in a slow series of conjunctions, Space.com reported. The unusual convergence of the four
May 30, 2011
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Former state auditor arrested in influence-peddling scandal
A former state auditor and aide to President Lee Myung-bak was arrested Monday on charges of taking bribes from a now-suspended savings bank that was seeking his influence to avoid punishment for extending illegal loans and other irregularities.Eun Jin-soo, who resigned last week as a ranking member of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), is accused of accepting 70 million won ($64,635) in cas
May 30, 2011
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Soldiers under probe for posting pro-Pyongyang messages on Internet
Korean military intelligence officials are investigating seven officers and soldiers for posting pro-Pyongyang messages on an online community that praises North Korea, military officials said Monday.About 70 military personnel were registered as members of the online community, called the "Cyber Command for Defense of Fellow Countrymen," and seven of them posted pro-North Korea messages there, of
May 30, 2011
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