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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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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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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide says
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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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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North Korean leader ‘convinced’ dialogue won’t change US hostility
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Hyundai Motor’s Genesis US push challenged by Trump’s tariff hike: sources
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Ericsson sues Samsung in U.S. for patent infringement
STOCKHOLM (AFP) ― Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson said Tuesday that it was suing South Korean rival Samsung in a U.S. court for violating patents.“Ericsson has today filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung for infringing its patents, after nearly two years of negotiations failed to reach an agreement,” a statement said.“The dispute concerns both Ericsson’s patented technology that is essential to several telecommunications and networking standards used by Samsung
Nov. 27, 2012
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U.K. woman unaware of pregnancy gives birth
A British woman oblivious of her pregnancy gave birth to a child when she visited a hospital for back pain, local media reported Monday.Kayleigh Renwick, a 24-year-old nurse from County Durham, was just hoping to relieve her backache when she visited a hospital in May this year. She had initially suspected a kidney infection as the source of her pain.Instead she found out -- for the very first time -- that she was carrying a child. Shocked, Renwick visited the University Hospital of North Durha
Nov. 27, 2012
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3 in 4 iPads use LG Display panels
Three out of four Apple Inc.’s mega hit tablet computer iPads are equipped with liquid crystal displaypanels manufactured by South Korea’s LG Display Co. amid the heated patent row between Apple and Samsung Electronics Co., industry data showed Monday.According to data by research firm DisplaySearch, the global shipments of 9.7-inch LCD panels used for Apple’s fourth-generation iPad and iPad 2 came to 5.92 million units in October.The number of 9.7-inch panels produced by LG Display reached 4.25
Nov. 26, 2012
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6,000 or more steps a day = better health
Making 6,000 or more steps a day adds up to a healthier life for midlife women, researchers in Brazil found. Although previous research showed the value of structured exercise in lowering the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, this study shows habitual physical activity, whether it comes from exercising or just activities of daily living, can improve women‘s health.The study involved 292 women ages 45-72 living in Passo Fundo, Brazil, who wore pedometers and recorded their
Nov. 26, 2012
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Extreme weather tough on U.S. transport system
Wild weather is taking a toll on roads, airports, railways and transit systems across the country.That’s leaving states and cities searching for ways to brace for more catastrophes like Superstorm Sandy that are straining the nation’s transportation lifelines beyond what their builders imagined.Despite their concerns about intense rain, historic floods and record heat waves, some transportation planners find it too politically sensitive to say aloud a source of their weather worries: climate cha
Nov. 25, 2012
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Korean team develops new way of generating stem cells
Korean scientists have discovered a new molecular compound that could increase the efficiency of human adult cell reprogramming to induced pluripotent stem cells.The low-molecule Reprogramming Stimulating Compound 133, or RSC133, adds to the list of non-viral vectors that are crucial to advancing the biotechnology and production of iPS cells.Dr. Cho Yee-sook and Dr. Lee Jung-woon of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology led a team of researchers for this latest discovery tha
Nov. 25, 2012
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India wages hi-tech war on ancient scourge: tuberculosis
NEW DELHI (AP) ― Shammo Khan walks into a dusty courtyard that reeks of garbage, searching for the fingerprint of a man exhausted by HIV, drug withdrawal and the tuberculosis lesions hijacking his lungs. She opens her laptop on his rope bed, prods the emaciated man to log in on a fingerprint reader and watches him slowly and painfully swallow a handful of TB drugs in an experimental program harnessing new technology to combat an ancient killer still ravaging India. Private companies, aid groups
Nov. 25, 2012
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Woman dies after 42 years in coma
A Miami woman who fell into a diabetic coma in 1970 died at age 59 after 42 years of unconsciousness, her family said.Edwarda O‘Bara died Wednesday after being cared for by her mother and sister through decades of illness, the Miami New Times reported Friday.O’Bara was a high school student when she fell ill and regurgitated her diabetes medicine. She was rushed to the hospital, where she asked her mother never to leave her side just before she slipped into the coma, The Miami Herald said.Her mo
Nov. 25, 2012
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KT to spin off satellite unit into separate firm
KT Corp. said Friday that it will spin off its satellite business division into a separate firm.Company officials said the plan was endorsed at a shareholders’ meeting in Seoul on Friday. The new satellite firm, tentatively named “kt sat,” will start out on Dec. 1 with 50 billion won in capital, the company said. KT will wholly own kt sat, and the present KT Corp. Center chief Kim Il-yung will head the new firm. Focusing on satellite service business, kt sat reflects KT’s strategy to expand its
Nov. 23, 2012
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SK Telecom to merge SK Planet and SK M&C
SK Telecom, Korea’s biggest telecom company, is most likely to merge two of its subsidiaries ― SK Planet and SK Marketing & Company ― as a means to beef up its mobile business, industry sources said.The telecom giant will move forward with the merger and acquisition plan after it acquires SK Innovation’s 50 percent stake in SK M&C for a 100 percent controlling equity.SK Telecom will likely make SK Planet the surviving entity through a statutory merger with SK M&C, which will dissolve after the M
Nov. 23, 2012
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Planets around cooling stars unlikely to support life: study
Exoplanets orbiting cooling stars like white dwarf and brown dwarf stars are unlikely to support life, new study suggestedAs those stars cool down over time, their habitable zone –- a zone where liquid water, therefore life may exist –- shift over time, according to research by Rory Barnes of the University of Washington and René Heller of Germany‘s Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam. Although theoretically both white and brown dwarf stars can be bright enough to create habitable zones,
Nov. 23, 2012
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SK Telecom to merge SK Planet and SK M&C
SK Telecom, Korea’s biggest telecom company, is most likely to merge two of its subsidiaries -- SK Planet and SK Marketing & Company -- as a means to beef up their mobile business, industry sources said.The telecom giant will move forward with the merger and acquisition plan after it acquires SK Innovation’s 50 percent stake in SK M&C for a 100 percent controlling equity.SK Telecom will likely make SK Planet the surviving entity through a statutory merger with SK M&C, which will dissolve after t
Nov. 23, 2012
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Argentine experts find giant penguin fossils in Antarctica
Argentine experts have discovered the fossils of a two-meter tall penguin that lived in Antarctica 34 million years ago.Paleontologists with the Natural Sciences Museum of La Plata province, where the capital Buenos Aires is located, said the remains were found on the icy southern continent."This is the largest penguin known to date in terms of height and body mass," said researcher Carolina Acosta, who noted that the record had been held by emperor penguins, which reach heights of 1.2 meters ta
Nov. 23, 2012
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Viagra copycats slash original’s sales in half
The sales of Viagra, formerly the nation’s best-selling drug to treat erectile dysfunction, have dropped by more than half in the five months since local generic drugs entered the market, market research company IMS Health Inc. said on Thursday. IMS said that the sales of Viagra dropped continuously after the drug’s patent expired in May. Between January and April, before its patent expired, Viagra had marked average monthly sales of 2.1 billion won ($2 million).In September ― only four months a
Nov. 22, 2012
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Service-sector, sales workers have Korea’s highest smoking rate
The smoking rate of young “white-collar” workers in the service and sales sectors was higher than that of “blue-collar” workers, a study showed Thursday.According to the study, 62.6 percent of male workers aged 19 to 34 in the service and sales sector smoked, higher than workers in “crafts and machine operation” and “skilled agricultural, fishery, and forest workers” with 62.2 percent and 50.9 percent, respectively. The smoking rate of workers with managerial and professional positions was the l
Nov. 22, 2012
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Diet therapy for anorexia nervosa
In order to live a healthy life, we must maintain a healthy body weight. Excessive gain or loss in weight changes the body composition, resulting in decreased physical ability of the body such as a loss of desire, weakened immunity and physical retardation. This results in a decreased quality of life. The development of the food industry and the mass media has led to a culture where one can easily access tasty, fatty foods. At the same time, society demands an excessively slim figure, resulting
Nov. 22, 2012
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Korea faces looming dementia crisis
Frequently the subject of tragic TV dramas, dementia is increasingly becoming a feature of everyday life. Patients with Alzheimer’s disease, a major form of dementia, and their families struggle with a meager support system and the physical, psychological and financial burden imposed by the disease. Family caregivers end up sacrificing themselves to fight against the disease without a cure. According to a report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, about 534,000 people have dementia in Korea.
Nov. 22, 2012
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Study: Muscular men live longer
Muscular men are likely to enjoy a longer life span, according to a study in Sweden. The study underlined it does not imply any extreme workout will be always beneficial, but the general strength of muscle is important.To measure muscle power, the team carried out several tests such as push-ups or leg curls. More than 1 million men aged 16 to 19 participated in this study and they were tracked for 24 years. The study revealed that those with above-average muscle strength tend to have a 20 to 30
Nov. 22, 2012
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Aussie scientists undiscover Pacific island
A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition.The sizeable phantom island in the Coral Sea is shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth and Google maps, supposedly midway between Australia and the French-governed New Caledonia.The Times Atlas of the World appears to identify it as Sable Island and according to Dr. Maria Seton the weather maps used by the So
Nov. 22, 2012
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Service, sales workers puff away more than others: report
More service and sales workers in South Korea smoke than those in other job groups, a report said Thursday, suggesting occupation-specific measures should be taken to encourage people to kick the habit.The smoking rate of male service and sales workers aged 19-34 was 62.6 percent, topping that of people in other job groups, according to the report by Prof. Kim Seong-ryeol of Soonchunhyang University. The report is based on a survey of 9,283 people aged 19 years or older throughout the country.Th
Nov. 22, 2012
