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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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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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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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IFEZ becoming magnet for global enterprises
The reputation of the Incheon Free Economic Zone in the city of Incheon has been slowly but steadily building over the years, and it now stands as an international business hub that is attracting an ever-growing list of global firms and organizations. Just looking at the numbers, the IFEZ has so far attracted 13 international organizations including the Association of World Election Bodies and UNESCAP.Among the organizations nestled in the international business district, the Green Climate Fund
June 1, 2014
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LG smart WebOS TV sales surpass 1m mark
LG Electronics, one of the largest manufacturers of consumer appliances in the world, said Sunday that sales of its latest smart WebOS TVs surpassed the 1 million mark, just three months after the product reached consumers.The company said its latest smart TV sets are sold in 45 countries around the world, with sales in North and Latin America hitting 320,000 units. Sales in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, or a bloc of former Soviet states, also reached 380,000 units, the comp
June 1, 2014
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Samsung to unveil development tool for Tizen OS TV app
Global tech giant Samsung Electronics. Co. said Sunday it will unveil its software development kit for the Tizen OS-based TVs, which can allow software developers to easily make new applications critical for improving user experience.The kit, to be showcased at the three-day-long Tizen developer conference that kicks off in San Francisco on Monday, will permit programmers to make applications compatible for use on TVs running on Tizen OS.Tizen is an open-source operating system, similar to Googl
June 1, 2014
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Israel solves water woes with desalination
SOREK, Israel (AP) ― After experiencing its driest winter on record, Israel is responding as never before ― by doing nothing.While previous droughts have been accompanied by impassioned public service advertisements to conserve, this time around it has been greeted with a shrug ― thanks in large part to an aggressive desalination program that has transformed this perennially parched land into perhaps the most well-hydrated country in the region.“We have all the water we need, even in the year wh
June 1, 2014
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SK hynix acquires PCIe card division of U.S. firm Violin Memory
SK hynix Inc., a leading South Korean chipmaker, said Friday it has signed a deal to take over the expansion card division of U.S. firm Violin Memory Inc. It did not reveal the value of the deal.The South Korean chipmaker plans to finalize the deal at the end of June, absorbing assets, personnel and patents of the division of the company based in Santa Clara, California, it said.Known as PCI Express or PCIe, the high-speed expansion card format connects a computer with its attached peripherals.
May 30, 2014
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Nexon eyes organic growth
Nexon, Korea’s largest online game company, said it will aim to regain its past glory by seeking organic growth and upholding the entrepreneurial spirit to develop entertaining games.“For the past 10 years, we have been just following market trends instead of leading them because we cared more about making profits than making fun games,” said Nexon Korea CEO Park Ji-won, who took the helm last March, at the Nexon Developers Conference 2014 in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday. “We will regai
May 28, 2014
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New platforms to join Android-iOS battle
With Samsung Electronics expected to unveil its first smartphone embedded with the Tizen operating system next month, a new competitor is set to join Android and Apple in the mobile OS market.Industry watchers said small OS players such as Tizen, Firefox and Windows will increase their presence as demand for low-end smartphones increases, especially in developing countries.Samsung’s Tizen smartphones will reportedly roll out first in emerging countries including Russia and India, in an apparent
May 28, 2014
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Samsung’s 2013 net sales greater in China than in Korea
Samsung Electronics’ net sales in China surpassed those in South Korea for the first time in 2013, an analysis of the tech giant’s corporate report showed Wednesday.A review of the company’s corporate data by Yonhap showed that Samsung’s net sales in China hit 40.15 trillion won ($39.22 billion) last year, far greater than the 22.78 trillion won in its home market. The firm began compiling Chinese sales figures from 2007.“Net sales” refers to the amount of sales generated after deducting interna
May 28, 2014
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Drones become newest hurricane research tools
MIAMI (AP) ― The point where the roiling ocean meets the fury of a hurricane’s winds may hold the key to improving storm intensity forecasts ― but it’s nearly impossible for scientists to see.That may change this summer, thanks to post-Hurricane Sandy federal funding and a handful of winged drones that can spend hours spiraling in a hurricane’s dark places, transmitting data that could help forecasters understand what makes some storms fizzle while others strengthen into monsters. Knowing that i
May 28, 2014
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Cell biology scientists share coveted Shaw Prize
HONG KONG (AFP) ― A Japanese scientist and a German-born biophysicist were on Tuesday named joint winners of the prestigious $1 million Shaw Prize for their pioneering research into molecular production.Kazutoshi Mori and Peter Walter received Asia’s highest scientific honor in recognition of their contribution to the understanding of how several diseases can be better treated, organizers said. Mori, a molecular biologist at Japan’s Kyoto University, and Walter, a professor at the University of
May 28, 2014
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LIG Nex1 to show advanced robots
LIG Nex1, a South Korean defense company, said Tuesday that it would showcase a variety of defense products ranging from robots to military products during an exhibition at KINTEX from June 1 to 4 in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.It will introduce the company’s mobile bird deterrent robots, better known as “the bird strike,” which are used at civilian and military airports to prevent birds from colliding with airplanes.Also, the company will feature electronic full-body wearables allowing soldiers to
May 27, 2014
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U.N. says carbon levels hit new high
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have crossed a new threshold, the U.N.’s weather agency says, highlighting the urgency of curbing man-made, climate-altering greenhouse gases.In April, for the first time, the mean monthly carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million throughout the northern hemisphere, which pollutes more than the south, the World Meteorological Organization said.“This should serve as yet another wakeup call about the constantly rising leve
May 27, 2014
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Doctors design mini-dialysis machine for babies
LONDON (AP) ― Doctors in Italy have designed a miniature dialysis machine for babies, used for the first time last year to save a newborn girl, according to a new report.Usually, doctors adapt standard dialysis machines for babies, but that can be risky since the devices can’t always be accurately tweaked. About 1 to 2 percent of hospitalized infants have kidney problems that may require dialysis, which cleans toxins from the blood when the kidneys aren’t working.“Only a small number of (babies)
May 27, 2014
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‘Daum Kakao’ eyes global expansion
Daum and Kakao Corp. said Monday the planned merger between the search portal and mobile messenger will help the new company called “Daum Kakao” to make headway in globalizing its services.Neither drew a clearer road map for competing with overseas IT giants as their top priority is consolidating the two companies by October this year. Daum will be the surviving entity, and Kakao will dissolve in the process, they said.“We will continue to discuss all other details as the two companies merge,” D
May 26, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Daum, Kakao merge to take on giant rivals
Watch out Naver, here comes Daum and Kakao.The merger between Daum, the nation’s second-largest search engine, and Kakao, the most-used mobile messaging service, surprised many observers, who said that it was a “game-changing move” that can potentially shake things up, at least here in Korea.But globally, they may find it challenging to stand out among heavyweights such as Naver, Facebook, Tencent and Google in this mobile age, or even win a foothold in the mobile messaging market dominated by W
May 26, 2014
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[Graphic News] LG Electronics beats Nokia in global mobile phone market
Apple and Samsung dominated the global market for mobile phones in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics reached a distant third for the first time, data showed on Monday.According to Strategy Analytics, Apple held a 34.2 percent global mobile phone market share based on sales, followed by two South Korean companies ― Samsung with 30.4 percent and LG Electronics with 4.2 percent. Sony was ranked fourth with 3.3 percent, narrowly ahead of Nokia. Chinese phone makers Xiaomi and Huaw
May 26, 2014
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Gynecologist wins award for genital infection research
Dr. Ju Woong, who teaches at Ewha Womans University’s department of obstetrics and gynecology, won an award at an international conference for his latest research findings on genital infections. Ju’s thesis, which deals with how genital warts and other human papillomavirus (HPV)-related diseases impact patients psychologically, was given the best poster award at the conference organized by the Asia Oceania Research Organization on Genital Infections and Neoplasia. The event took place in Beijing
May 26, 2014
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Merck seeks growth with tie-up
Merck Korea said Monday that it expects Merck’s sales and revenue to jump dramatically after the acquisition of AZ Electronic Materials, a materials producer for displays and semiconductors, by its German headquarters in early May. “Merck will be able to record a double-digit increase in sales as well as revenue (this year) with the help of the acquisition of AZ Electronic Materials,” said Michael Grand, managing director of Merck Korea, at a press meeting in Seoul. Michael Grund, managing direc
May 26, 2014
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More whales being hit by ships along U.S. coast
NEW YORK (AP) ― A cruise ship heading for New York this month struck and killed a whale and dragged it into the Hudson River, part of a higher-than-usual rate of strikes along the Eastern Seaboard for this time of year, a federal agency said.There were three recent whale strikes recently, including one in which a cruise ship hit a sei whale and did not discover it until it reached port, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.In a similar case, a sei whale was found dead and att
May 26, 2014
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Australian researchers eye fighting fires with explosives
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Australian researchers are working on fighting out-of-control bushfires with explosives, likening the process of using the soundwave produced by a blast to blowing out a candle.Graham Doig of Sydney’s University of New South Wales has been examining how blasts can extinguish fires, a technique sometimes used on oil well blazes. In one test, Doig detonated an explosion inside a 4-meter steel tube to produce a shockwave and rush of air aimed at a meter-high flame fueled by a propane
May 26, 2014
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