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Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives
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CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants
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Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13
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Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5
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Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition
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N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism
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Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid
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[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts
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Actor Song Joong-ki welcomes second child in Rome
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Main opposition pushes to ease, not postpone, tax on crypto gains
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Battling kids’ bladder troubles
Children can develop many different types of urological disease. Unlike adults, small children have difficulty describing their symptoms, which means that doctors often miss the best moment for treatment. This can lead to various pathological conditions arising from disease or injury, so special attention is required. The most common cause of urinary tract infections in children is vesicoureteral
June 30, 2011
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No cure yet for spine-fusing condition
The most widely used treatment is medication to relieve painIt is not unusual to feel back pain: it is common after sitting in one posture too long or standing still for a long period of time. But if the pain wakes you up in the middle of the night and is relieved by moving you should visit a doctor as it is possible you are developing ankylosing spondylitis. According to Pfizer, one of the world’
June 30, 2011
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Depression triggers all around us
Donuts, streetlights, pills, the Internet, cigarettes and cosmetic surgery are all everyday sparks that can cause depression, the Daily Mail reported. Although money and relationship matters are well-known causes of depression, experts revealed that our everyday activity ranging from eating behavior to exposure to the sun can also trigger depression.First, comfort foods such as donuts can lead to
June 30, 2011
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Temperatures in Korea to rise 6 degrees in 21st century
The National Institute of Meteorological Research announced that Korea’s average temperature will increase by 6 degrees centigrade by the end of the century if the current rate of economic growth continues without further actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.On Tuesday, the NIMR released the report based on the fifth report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is to be publish
June 30, 2011
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Scientists discover brightest, earliest quasar
This artist's conception provided by the European Southern Observatory shows ESO's Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes' discovery of the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe. (AP-Yonhap News)LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A team of Euro
June 30, 2011
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Koreans top in digital literacy: OECD
From news reports Young South Koreans learn the best from computers and the Internet according to a survey of 15 year-olds in 19 countries, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Monday. The OECD, which groups 34 of the world’s most advanced economies, tested the digital literacy of students in 16 member countries as well as Colombia and the Chinese cities of Hong Kong a
June 29, 2011
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Pope tweets for the first time
VATICAN CITY (AP) _ Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted for the first time, announcing the launch of a Vatican news information portal.Benedict's tweet on Tuesday read: ``Dear Friends, I just launched News.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI''.The portal www.news.va for the first time aggregates information from the Vatican's various print, online, radio an
June 29, 2011
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BPA makes male mice act like females: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Male mice who were exposed as babies to BPA, a chemical common in canned foods and plastic containers, act more like females and are seen as less desirable mates, a US study showed on Monday.The findings could have implications for how BPA, or Bisphenol A, may affect human development and behavior, said the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
June 28, 2011
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Russian scientists expect to meet aliens by 2031
A top Russian astronomer predicted Monday humanity will be able to encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades.Andrei Finkelstein, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Applied Astronomy Institute, said 10 percent of the known planets circling suns in the galaxy resemble Earth according to reports by the Interfax news agency and Reuters. (MCT)If water can be found there, the
June 28, 2011
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4 Korean iPhone apps make it to top 10 paid list in Asia
Four Korean apps have made it to the top ten paid iPhone app list in the Asian region, signaling a positive trend for Korean developers wanting to jump into the fast-growing mobile software market. Birzzle, a puzzle game developed by Korea firm Enfeel Inc., ranked first and 10th at the same time in the list compiled by the Netherlands-based market research firm Distimo, which analyzed the data bas
June 27, 2011
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4 Korean iPhone apps make it to top 10 paid list in Asia
Four Korean apps have made it to the top ten paid iPhone app list in the Asian region, signaling a positive trend for Korean developers wanting to jump into the fast-growing mobile software market. Birzzle, a puzzle game developed by Korea firm Enfeel Inc., ranked first and 10th at the same time in the list compiled by the Netherlands-based market research firm Distimo, which analyzed the data bas
June 27, 2011
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Asteroid to pass by Earth on Tuesday
(MCT)A small asteroid about the size of a tour bus will pass close to Earth on Tuesday, space.com reported. The asteroid, about 10 meters wide, will make its closest approach at 2:14 a.m. Korean time on June 28 (17:14 GMT, June 27) and pass about 12,000 kilometers above Earth’s surface. The asteroid, named 2011 MD, was discovered by LINEAR, a pair of robotic telescopes in New Mexico, which scan as
June 27, 2011
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Typhoon kills two, knocks out power, suspends domestic flights
Typhoon Meari brought heavy downpours and gusts across South Korea Sunday to kill two people and knock out power and suspend domestic flights. A rescue official in South Korea's eastern province of Gangwon was killed during a search-and-rescue operation for a missing toddler, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. A student presumed to be 15 years old was found dead after bei
June 26, 2011
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Apple files lawsuit against Samsung's patent infringement
Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronic Co. Friday, accusing the South Koran company of infringing its patented technologies used in making its iconic smartphone, the iPhone. In a complaint filed with the Seoul Central District Court, Apple requested that Samsung Electronics be stopped from selling a line of its touch screen smartphones and a tablet PC that hit the local and global
June 24, 2011
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S. Korea likely to approve world's 1st stem cell therapeutic drug
SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's drug safety agency will likely approve a stem cell therapeutic drug this month in what could be the world's first move to permit the sale of a stem-cell medicine, officials said Friday.The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) is expected to finalize all procedures needed to permit the sale of "Hearticellgram-AMI," a stem cell therapy for acute myocardi
June 24, 2011
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Japan makes fastest ever computer
Marking a leap forward in computing technology, Japan has created the world’s fastest super computer, called “The K supercomputer,” according to the Daily Mail. It is as fast as 1 million desktop PCs put together, performing eight quadrillion calculations per second. It is the first time in seven years that Japan has held the title of having the world’s fastest machine. The previous title-holder w
June 24, 2011
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Study links potatoes, among other foods, to weight gain
(MCT)LOS ANGELES — Public Enemy No. 1 in America's battle of the bulge isn't cupcakes, soda or double bacon cheeseburgers. It's the simple potato, according to Harvard University researchers.Daily consumption of an extra serving of spuds — french fried, sliced into crispy chips, mashed with butter and garlic, or simply boiled or baked — was found to cause more weight gain than downing an additiona
June 24, 2011
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Bayer’s impotence drug gets KFDA approval
Bayer Healthcare’s erectile dysfunction treatment Levitra gained import approval from the Korea Food and Drug Administration Tuesday.Levitra is the first orodispersible tablet that melts inside the mouth and is designed to be easy to swallow without water. The product was first released in European countries in 2010 and Korea is the first country in Asia to distribute the pills.According to Bayer,
June 23, 2011
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‘Robot surgery no better than regular operation’
Endoscopic surgeries and open surgeries are just as effective as robot surgeries but are much cheaper, the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency said Tuesday. After its researchers surveyed 171 international and domestic papers, the institute concluded that robot surgery for prostate cancer had the survival rate, relapse rate and serious side effects as endoscopic or open surgeri
June 23, 2011
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Hospice care does not shorten life: study
About half of terminally ill cancer patients die within 70 days of diagnosis and just 18 percent survive six months, a group of researchers found Tuesday. Hospices provide compassionate care for people in the last phases of an incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible instead of undergoing excessive treatments and therapies. But opting for hospice care does not l
June 23, 2011
