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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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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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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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Haiti fights cholera outbreak
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― Haiti’s cholera outbreak is still the worst in the world, the top U.N. envoy there said.Sandra Honore briefed the U.N. Security Council about the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, crime rates, public health, and the cholera outbreak.She told reporters “progress is being made” on the cholera epidemic. Of the 680,820 cases reported since 2010, only 6 percent arose last year ― some 58,000 infections.Honore said “the overall incidence of the disease has been reduced by half,
March 26, 2014
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Galaxy S5 release to be moved forward to March 27
Samsung Electronics, the nation’s largest handset maker, is poised to move up Galaxy S5’s release date to March 27, from April 11, due to recent developments with the nation’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom.“If Samsung Electronics rolls out its new smartphones after April 5, it will have a smaller impact on the market through (relying on only) KT and LG Uplus,” an SK Telecom source told The Korea Herald on Monday, explaining why the release date has been moved up. A subsidy war has forced the
March 25, 2014
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LG to update Knock Code on previous mobile devices
LG Electronics on Tuesday said it plans to apply its latest Knock Code feature to its earlier devices through a regular update.The company said the feature, first introduced in February with the launch of the 5.9-inch phablet G Pro 2, will also be available for the G2 and the G Flex models through updates. The unlocking sequence ― involving raps on the screen to unlock the phone ― will gradually be applied to earlier models as well, the company said. It added that users could update their device
March 25, 2014
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Video games linked to aggressive behavior in kids
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Youths who play video games are more likely to think and act in aggressive ways, suggested a study out Monday of more than 3,000 schoolchildren in Singapore.The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, was based on more than 3,034 children who were studied over the course of three years.Frequent use of video games was linked to higher rates of aggressive behaviors and thoughts, according to self-reported answers to survey questions
March 25, 2014
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Galaxy S5 to be unveiled on March 27
Samsung Electronics, the nation’s largest handset maker, is poised to move up Galaxy S5’s release date to March 27, from April 11, due to recent developments with the nation’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom. Due to an illegal subsidy war, the nation’s major telecom operators have been forced to undergo business suspensions on a rotational basis by the government regulator. A source from SK Telecom said, “If Samsung Electronics rolls out its new smartphones after April 5, it will have a smalle
March 25, 2014
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LG to update 'Knock Code' on previous models
South Korea's No. 2 tech player, LG Electronics Inc., said Tuesday it plans to apply its latest "Knock Code" feature to its earlier devices, further promoting its new unlocking technology.The company said the feature, first introduced in February with the launch of the 5.9-inch phablet G Pro 2, will also be available for the G2 and the G Flex models through updates, and will gradually expand to other previous lineup as well.LG said users can update their devices with the feature through download
March 25, 2014
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Back pain biggest global source of disability
Lower back pain causes more disability around the world than any other single condition, and accounts for a third of work-related handicaps, a specialist journal reported on Monday.Nearly a tenth -- 9.4 percent -- of the world's population has lower back pain, with the prevalence highest in Western Europe, followed by North Africa and the Middle East, and the lowest in the Caribbean and Latin America, a study found. The figure includes children.Lower back pain also accounts for a third of all wo
March 25, 2014
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Naver to promote Band mobile service in U.S.
Camp Mobile, a mobile service subsidiary of Naver, said Monday that it was considering promoting its services in the U.S. as early as the second half of this year. “Camp Mobile is mulling the launch of its marketing and promotion for its mobile service Band in the U.S., as there is demand for such private services in the region,” said Lee Sung-jin, a manager at Naver’s public relations team. However, he denied the recent rumors that the establishment of a U.S. office and appointment of a regiona
March 24, 2014
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Samsung upstages Apple in tablet evaluation: Consumer Reports
Samsung Electronics has upstaged its top global rival Apple in the tablet market, according to a U.S.-based consumer magazine on Monday.Consumer Reports cited Samsung’s Wi-Fi-based 10.1 Galaxy Tab Pro as the best tablet PC for users among large models.It also said that the South Korean tech giant’s 8.4-inch model won a comparable rating for smaller models.As a relative newcomer to the tablet market, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 won a combined grade of 90 in its evaluation, which rated the devic
March 24, 2014
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Samsung outpaces Apple in tablet evaluations
Samsung Electronics has upstaged its top global rival Apple in the tablet market, according to a U.S.-based consumer magazine on Monday.Consumer Reports cited Samsung's Wi-Fi-based 10.1 Galaxy Tab Pro as the best tablet PC for users for large-sized models.It also said that the South Korean tech giant's 8.4-inch model won a comparable rating for smaller models.As a relative newcomer to the tablet market, Samsung's Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 won the combined grade of 90 in its evaluation, which compiled
March 24, 2014
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Reasons why your sex life may be suffering
Health Magazine published a list of reasons why some people are not having sex. It estimated the number of sexless couples -- those having sex less than 10 times a year -- at 40 million in the U.S. alone. Many studies have shown the benefits of sexual intercourse, both physically and emotionally, as certain hormones are secreted during sex. (123rf)Here are some of the reasons why people may suffer from a lack of sex.1. Invasion of third parties into the bedTechnology such as laptops, personal di
March 24, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Online authentication reforms in the offing
What does it take for both domestic and foreign consumers to log in and buy items on Korean e-commerce sites?The answer is “patience.” There are about a dozen steps to go through to download security programs, set up personal authentication functions and enter personal information, and on some low-end computers this can take ages. Furthermore, they need to agree to a long list of conditions and hand over sensitive data such as resident registration numbers before typing in their credit card numb
March 23, 2014
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[Desk Column] SKT’s ‘5.6 million’ compensation plight
It was Thursday night, and I was fit to be tied.I had to reach my mother, who was babysitting my son, but for some reason, the call wouldn’t go through. I didn’t even get the customary, “We’re sorry, but the customer you are trying to reach is not available. Please try again.” Instead, I got nothing. No dial tone, nothing. I tried my father, then my sister, but again, nothing.Then a colleague sent me a Kakao Talk message, saying that SK Telecom had suddenly gone out of service, and asking if he
March 23, 2014
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Between sees chance in space for two
The chief executive of Value Creators & Co., the operator of the world’s largest mobile messenger for couples, Between, said he aims to turn the application into a global mobile services platform specially designed for couples.“Between, the world’s first and No. 1 mobile messenger for couples, will be able to attract 10 million users by the end of this year and will serve as a mobile business platform for third party developers,” VCNC CEO Jake Park said. Ten million is the minimum number of user
March 23, 2014
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Samsung retains No. 2 spot in global chip market in 2013
South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. retained the No. 2 spot in the world’s semiconductor market for the second consecutive year in 2013, bridging the gap with market leader Intel Corp., industry data showed Sunday.According to the data by industry tracker IHS iSuppli, Samsung’s chip sales rose 8.2 percent on-year to $33.82 billion last year, with its global market share rising to 10.6 percent from 10.3 percent.In contrast, market leader Intel’s shipments fell 0.9 percent on-year to $4
March 23, 2014
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Samsung retains No. 2 spot in global chip market in 2013
South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. retained the No. 2 spot in the world's semiconductor market for the second consecutive year in 2013, bridging the gap with market leader Intel Corp., industry data showed Sunday. According to the data by industry tracker IHS iSuppli, Samsung's chip sales rose 8.2 percent on-year to $33.82 billion last year, with its global market share rising to 10.6 percent from 10.3 percent. In contrast, market leader Intel's shipments fell 0.9 percent on-ye
March 23, 2014
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SK Telecom apologizes for overnight service failure
South Korea's top mobile service provider SK Telecom Co. apologized Friday for an overnight service failure observed throughout the country, which left its 20 million users unable to use normal services."We deeply apologize for any inconvenience caused by the service failure," the company said in its press release. "We will provide users with more details on compensation in the future."The announcement came as SK Telecom's mobile network partially suffered a failure on Thursday night through ear
March 21, 2014
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SK Telecom marred by network failure
SK Telecom, the largest mobile carrier in Korea, suffered network breakdowns on Thursday. The crashes of the network services took place at around 6:00 p.m., and the cause of the incident is suspected to be technical glitches in home location registration systems, the main databases containing pertinent data on subscribers. The HLR helps handsets to connect to the network stations. “The technical problems in the HLR system caused network breakdowns for about 30 minutes,” the telecommunications
March 20, 2014
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Mobile carriers vow to regulate overheated market
South Korea’s mobile carriers said Thursday they will establish a joint surveillance team to eradicate the chronic problem of subsidies that have brought on a series of business suspensions and fines by the government.The country’s three mobile carriers ― SK Telecom, KT Corp. and LG Uplus ― issued a joint statement at the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning admitting they had distorted the market through their battle to attract new users.The announcement came two weeks after the telecom
March 20, 2014
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‘Medical checkups as crucial as treatment’
To stay healthly, the quality of medical checkups is as crucial as that of medical treatment, Ewha Womans University Health Promotion Center chief Kim Joung-sook said. “Three components of the medical process determine your health: the quality of medical checkups, medical service provider and after-care,” Kim added. Ewha Womans University Health Promotion Center, one of the key health divisions of Ewha Womans University Medical Center in southwestern Seoul, has served as a pioneer in medical exa
March 20, 2014
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