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Dongduk Women’s University halts coeducation talks
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Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
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OpenAI in talks with Samsung to power AI features, report says
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Russia sent 'anti-air' missiles to Pyongyang, Yoon's aide 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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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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Kia EV9 GT marks world debut at LA Motor Show
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Gold bars and cash bundles; authorities confiscate millions from tax dodgers
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Samsung loses U.S. patent case to Apple
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg)After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad.The jury
Aug. 25, 2012
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'Samsung did not copy Apple’s designs’
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg) Seoul court says Apple infringed two Samsung patents, Samsung violated one of Apple’s A Seoul court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics against Apple Inc., ordering a s
Aug. 24, 2012
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Computer maker sees ‘dual-device’ world
A U.S. computer company officer says predictions of the demise of the old-style home PC due to rapid development of smartphones and tablets are overblown.David Schmoock, who heads North American operations for Chinese PC maker Lenovo, says he‘s seen little evidence tablet adoption is undercutting laptop sales.“The tablet world is almost completely complementary to the PC world,” Schmoock told Network World. “It really is a dual-device world.”He acknowledges some major readjustments in the home P
Aug. 24, 2012
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6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak
This image is not directly related to the storyLegionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said. "We are very concerned by the current situation," Quebec public health chief Francois Desbiens said. "It's the largest legionellosis outbreak in Canada in recent years."Sixteen new cases were rep
Aug. 24, 2012
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Over 100 tanks seized from pro-Gadhafi militia: ministry
More than 100 tanks were seized from a militia loyal to Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi as authorities hunted the perpetrators of a double car bombing, the interior ministry said on Thursday.A ministry official said an investigation into the attacks on Sunday helped to detect the militia which posed as "revolutionaries" and was housed in barracks in Souk al-Ahad near Tarhuna, 60 kilometres (
Aug. 24, 2012
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Robot to take ‘self-awareness’ test
A robot developed by scientists at Yale University in Connecticut could soon pass a landmark test by recognizing itself in a mirror, the researchers say.Such a feat would be considered evidence of self-awareness and represent an advance toward robots that can think for themselves, they said.The robot, dubbed Nico, will take the test in coming months, Justin Hart, the doctoral student leading the research, told BBC News.“It is a spatial reasoning task for the robot to understand that its arm is o
Aug. 24, 2012
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Environmentalists warn of risks of Arctic drilling
MOSCOW (AP) ― Environmental activists warned Tuesday that drilling for oil in the Russian Arctic could have disastrous consequences because of a lack of technology and infrastructure to deal with a possible spill in a remote region with massive icebergs and heavy storms.Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund unveiled a report assessing the risks of an oil spill in the Pechora Sea in Russia’s Arctic, where state-owned Gazprom has installed a huge drilling platform and is pioneering sea drilling i
Aug. 23, 2012
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Stomachache and diarrhea in children during summer
In the summer, the warm weather allows the rapid growth of bacteria contamination in food, causing food poisoning and bacterial diarrhea. Children who consume foods contaminated with bacteria develop nausea, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea after 3-24 hours. They can also experience headaches or fever. Food poisoning often occurs in group catering, such as restaurants, parties, summer camps and kindergarten meals. Foods such as meats, fish, seafood, ham, salad, cream, eggs and milk often are a
Aug. 23, 2012
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Mental benefits of music lessons last a long time
LOS ANGELES ― Lapsed musical instrumentalists (and their disappointed parents): Take heart! The child that gets even a few years of formal musical training before quitting those weekly lessons continues to show evidence that his or her brain has been changed in ways that improve mental function, says a new study.The latest research found that even years after they stopped practicing, young adults who had taken as little as two or three years of instrumental music training in their elementary or
Aug. 23, 2012
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Concern raised over kids’ use of smartphones
Use of digital devices at early age can do kids more harm than good, experts warnAs smartphones and tablet computers become more popular, more parents are using them to babysit their children, with plenty of apps available to entertain infants, toddlers and pre-school kids. “A smartphone and for-kids apps are a must for our family at restaurants, in the car or often at home,” said Kim Sun-min.Her 28-month-old daughter is a frantic fan of Pororo, the main character of TV animation series “Pororo
Aug. 23, 2012
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SKT develops image-recognition solution for ads
SK Telecom, Korea’s biggest telecom operator, has developed an image recognition solution for outdoor advertising.The solution, which will be adopted at the International Finance Center in Yeouido, can analyze a group of people visiting the IFC Mall for demographic information such as age and gender, after photographing them with full high-definition cameras placed above or below large digital advertising screens.Such real-time customer statistics gathered through SK Telecom’s image solution wil
Aug. 23, 2012
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Google online maps embark on Arctic adventure
Google set out Wednesday to take users of its free online mapping service on an Arctic adventure with help from an Inuit community in the Canadian tundra.Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined the effort as the Internet titan's Street View team arrived in the hamlet of Cambridge Bay in the Northwest Passage for one of its most remote projects to date."The goal of this project is to share with a glob
Aug. 23, 2012
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Green tea fights cancer, but drinking it won’t work
A chemical found in green tea can fight two types of skin cancer cells, experts say.Drinking the tea has no effect on cancer cells because the extract is too weak. However, when green tea extract is directly applied to cancer cells, the cells shrink or even disappear, according to news sources.Scientists at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow found in their research that green tea extract has epigallocathechin gallate (EGCg), a chemical that fights cancer cells without an
Aug. 23, 2012
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Officials: West Nile outbreak one of largest in U.S.
The current West Nile outbreak is one of the largest in the U.S., with four times the usual number of cases for this time of year, federal health officials said Wednesday.It's still too early to say how bad the year will end up because most infections are reported in August and September. But never before have so many illnesses been reported this early, said Dr. Lyle Petersen, of the Centers for D
Aug. 23, 2012
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Much-anticipated major update of Diablo 3 is under way
The newest update of Diablo 3 is under way as of Thursday 11 a.m., drawing much anticipation from Korean PC gamers.Blizzard Entertainment, the developer and distributor of Diablo 3, announced the 1.0.4 update plan last week, which will upgrade the game system and its content in a way that reshapes many of the game play rules. According to Jay Wilson, the game’s director, the new game system called “Paragon System” will allow players to enjoy playing after level 60 to reach additional 100. “New L
Aug. 23, 2012
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New AIDS-like disease in Asians, not contagious
Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV. The patients' immune systems become damaged, leaving them unable to fend off germs as healthy people do. What triggers this isn't known, but the disease does not seem to be contagious.This is another kind of ac
Aug. 23, 2012
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Seoul to unveil new satellite for Naro space rocket
South Korea will this week unveil a new satellite that it will launch aboard its space rocket later this year, the government said Thursday.The Science and Technology Satellite-2C (STSAT-2C) will be revealed to the public Friday in a pre-shipment ceremony to be held at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.The satellite, indigenously developed by KAIST, is the third
Aug. 23, 2012
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Bluebird Soft aims to strengthen business fundamentals
Korea’s No. 1 industrial smartphone maker eyes IPO to boost global recognitionWhen Lee Jang-won set out to establish his first venture tech firm in 1995, he built a company named Bluebird Soft that developed messenger software for enterprises.But its early tech products were “far ahead of its time,” said Lee, the founder and CEO of Bluebird Soft.“We were, then, making communication software for VoIP, and mobile and PC messengers that can be seen as today’s Kakao Talk,” Lee said.“Soft” is part o
Aug. 22, 2012
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Kakao Game Center an instant hit
Kakao, the creator of Korea’s most-used mobile messenger Kakao Talk, is seeing rapid growth in its mobile gaming platform business.Since the launch of Kakao Game Center on July 30, two games released via Kakao’s gaming platform have topped the charts on Google Play, an app market for Android-based smartphone users.“Anipang,” developed by Kakao’s strategic partner Sundaytoz, has become the top grossing game in Korea, edging over the popular “Rule the Sky” by JCE, part of Korea’s biggest gamer Nex
Aug. 22, 2012
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Samsung, Apple anxiously await court verdict on patent battle
Seoul court’s ruling may be deferred after U.S. jurors come up with conclusion early SaturdayThe world’s two global IT giants ― Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. ― will face crucial court rulings this week to end their fierce patent fight as they came short of reaching an eleventh-hour compromise.The outcomes of their multibillion-dollar patent battles in the U.S. and Korea are scheduled to be released on Friday and Saturday.The two firms each completed their two-hour closing arguments at the c
Aug. 22, 2012
