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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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13 things you can do with the Galaxy S5 that you can‘t do with iPhone 5S
While the rivalry between the two global smartphone makers -- Samsung and Apple -- only intensifies, Samsung may carry the day when it comes to what their latest handsets can offer to users worldwide. South Korean handset maker Samsung recently unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, and it allows users to do a lot more things that U.S. tech giant Apple’s iPhone 5S cannot, Business Insider reported. 1. Samsung partnered with PayPal, so users can use fingerprints to ma
March 14, 2014
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Unmarried women have higher risk of death by heart disease
(123rf)According to a study published in the journal BMC Medicine from the University of Oxford, unmarried women have higher chances of dying from heart disease compared to married women, Medical News Today reported.The research, led by Sarah Floud, conducted an analysis of more than 1.3 million women aged 50 and over who were recruited between 1996 and 2001 via the U.K.’s Million Women Study data base project. The participants were asked to complete a health survey at the baseline of the study
March 14, 2014
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Triple whammy hits KT stocks
Shares of KT Corp. have been suffering a sharp decline as South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier braces for a triple whammy of increasingly negative earnings outlook, worsening business conditions and a loss of trust, analysts said Thursday.KT shares rebounded from the previous session’s dip, closing at 29,000 won ($27) on the Seoul bourse, up 2.47 percent. On Wednesday, KT hit a yearly low of 28,300 won.KT has been on a downward spiral since late last year when its former president stepped down ami
March 13, 2014
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Samsung files patent for drawing-style unlocking method
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. filed a patent for a new way of unlocking smartphones by freely drawing lines on screens, the country’s patent agency said Thursday.The world’s top smartphone maker said the new method is based on catching intersecting points of lines drawn on the screens, allowing users to set a wider choice of codes compared to Samsung’s current system of connecting designated circles.“The feature allows users to unlock (smartphones) in a more convenient way,” S
March 13, 2014
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Japan engineer arrested over corporate espionage: reports
Japanese police have arrested an engineer who allegedly leaked Toshiba trade secrets to South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, reports said Thursday.Yoshitaka Sugita, 52, was taken into custody over allegations that he copied sensitive research data for Toshiba's NAND-type flash memory and handed it to the rival firm, major Japanese media including public broadcaster NHK reported.In 2008, Sugita was working for Toshiba partner SanDisk where he copied the sensitive data about Toshiba's key technology -
March 13, 2014
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Samsung files patent for drawing-style unlocking method
South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. filed a patent for a new way of unlocking smartphones by freely drawing lines on screens, the country's patent agency said Thursday.The world's top smartphone maker said the new method is based on catching intersecting points of lines drawn on the screens, allowing users to set a wider choice of codes compared to Samsung's current system of connecting designated circles."The feature allows users to unlock (smartphones) in a more convenient way," S
March 13, 2014
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Hitachi blamed for faulty batteries in Samsung phones
Hitachi, one of Japan’s biggest battery makers, is accused of supplying defective lithium-ion battery cells for Samsung Electronics’ smartphones. The Japanese company is one of two providers of battery cells for battery packs manufactured by Samsung’s subcontractor Elentec.The Korean supplier’s batteries power some of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy handset models. Hitachi supplies 90 percent of the battery cells Elentec uses to make batteries for Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones, while Samsung SDI prod
March 12, 2014
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IBM Korea names new head of mainframe computer development
IBM Korea named Park Hye-kyung as the chief of the System z Business unit, which is in charge of developing mainframe computers for corporations. Park, who formerly served as an executive of IBM’s PureSystems, is expected to coordinate projects among IBM Korea’s different business units. Having started her career as a data modeling consultant for insurance businesses, Park has rich experience in a wide variety of sectors such as software sales, financial services, and sales strategy planning, ac
March 12, 2014
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MDS to expand car tech business
The nation’s largest embedded software provider, MDS Technology, is shifting its focus toward smart car technology. Embedded software is built into vehicles, digital devices or aircrafts to control them, offering high levels of efficiency and safety. “The transition to the automotive business was not an option but a necessity,” said Chang Myung-sub, managing director of MDS Technology, in an interview with The Korea Herald. For the last three years, the demand for its software from the smartphon
March 12, 2014
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Global IT giants gear up for smart car competition
Global IT firms including Apple, Google and Samsung Electronics are gearing up to gain an upper hand in the burgeoning smart car market by increasing collaboration with traditional car manufacturers.Most recently, Apple unveiled CarPlay, a car infotainment operating system that integrates with iPhone features, including phone calls, messaging, and navigation while a car is in motion, at the Geneva International Motor Show in the Swiss city. CarPlay, based on touch and voice controls, will be ins
March 12, 2014
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Samsung to mass-produce advanced computer memory
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it is set to mass-produce what it claims is the most advanced version of a type of memory commonly used in PCs and mobile devices.The 4-gigabit double data rate-3 modules based on 20-nanometer class technology will be used in a wide range of computing applications. Manufacturing productivity for the chips is over 30 percent higher than that of the 25-nanometer DDR3, and double that of the 30-nanometer class versions, according to Samsung. DDR3 is a modern type of
March 11, 2014
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Korean postal service inks deal with Vietnamese counterpart
Korea Post, the nation’s postal service, said Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam Post, the state-run postal service of the Southeast Asian nation, aiming to foster collaboration between the two organizations. Under the deal, the two postal services pledged to cooperate on information technology sharing for postal services and promote money transfer services for the public from both nations.They also will run educational and exchange programs for officials at the po
March 11, 2014
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LG rolls out latest UHD lineup in S. Korea
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's No. 2 tech giant, launched its latest Ultra HD TV lineup of different sizes and shapes at home Tuesday, taking a step forward to narrow its gap with global rivals.The firm said it will release 16 UHD TV models this year, including those featured at the U.S. Consumer Electronics Show in January, which will also come in various sizes to meet different needs of customers.The UHD TVs, sized between 49 to 105 inches, will also be available in curved screens, which i
March 11, 2014
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Telecoms to face another suspension in May: sources
South Korea’s telecom watchdog is expected to slap mobile carriers with another business suspension in May, industry sources said Monday, as part of the government’s drive to eradicate the custom of using subsidies to increase clients.The Korea Communications Commission, Seoul’s top telecom watchdog, is expected to announce its disciplinary measures against the mobile carriers on Thursday, the sources said. The measures are to follow last week’s 45-day business suspension handed down by the Mini
March 10, 2014
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Dinosaur-killing impact acidified oceans
PARIS (AFP) ― The space rock that smashed into Earth 65 million years ago, famously wiping out the dinosaurs, unleashed acid rain that turned the ocean surface into a witches’ brew, researchers said Sunday.Delving into the riddle of Earth’s last mass extinction, Japanese scientists said the impact instantly vaporized sulphur-rich rock, creating a vast cloud of sulphur trioxide gas.This mixed with water vapor to create sulphuric acid rain, which would have fallen to the planet’s surface within da
March 10, 2014
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California establishes center for coffee study
DAVIS, California (AP) ― University of California students who drink coffee to get through the day will soon be able to study the science behind the beverage.University of California-Davis will host a research conference run by its recently founded Coffee Center.The center is currently without a dedicated home, but the university hopes to formalize the research in coming years and eventually offer a major in coffee science, the Sacramento Bee reported.J. Bruce German, director of the university’
March 10, 2014
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7 foods you should eat for breakfast
(123rf)According to an article by Business Insider, there are certain foods we should avoid for breakfast. Bacon, sausages, hash browns, processed cheese, biscuits with gravy, and granola bars are foods that contain a lot of saturated fat or are high in sugar. These foods, commonly found in an English breakfast, could be alright to eat once in a while but not on a regular basis.Eating a healthy breakfast can prevent weight gain, boost short-term memory and lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Here
March 10, 2014
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Telecoms to face another suspension in May: sources
South Korea's telecom watchdog is expected to slap mobile carriers with another business suspension in May, industry sources said Monday, as part of the government's drive to eradicate the custom of using subsidies to increase clients.The Korea Communications Commission, Seoul's top telecom watchdog, is expected to announce its disciplinary measures against the mobile carriers on Thursday, the sources said. The measures are to follow last week's 45-day business suspension handed down by the Mini
March 10, 2014
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Bezel-free smartphones on horizon: CrucialTec CEO
The CEO of fingerprint sensor and touch panel manufacturer CrucialTec said his company would soon commercialize a new touch screen panel embedded with fingerprint sensors, which will present a new paradigm for the smartphone touch panel market. “The new touch screen panel, known as a matrix-switching touch screen panel, will bring dramatic change to the market,” Charles Ahn, chief executive of the tech firm told The Korea Herald.He predicted that smartphones featuring the panel would come out as
March 9, 2014
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Fire breaks out at Samsung semiconductor subcontractor
A fire broke out on Sunday at a local factory run by a subcontractor supplying semiconductor parts for Samsung Electronics’ new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone. The fire started at 7:10 a.m. on the third floor of the three-story building in Gyeonggi Province, spreading through the second and third floors. It was put out at around 2 p.m., according to reports.The more than 10 workers who were working at the factory lines on the day were safely evacuated. No casualties were reported. The factory is
March 9, 2014
