A group Korean doctors have identified a new hereditary disease, which has been acknowledged by international academia.Dr. Choi Byoung-ok of Ewha Womans University and others on Wednesday said that the rare breed of a hereditary illness they found for the first time in the world in 2011 was named “Peripheral Neuropathy, Myopathy, Hoarseness and Hearing Loss” by the U.S. National Institute of Healt

Technology July 19, 2012

Disappointment was palpable among participants of a U.N. environmental meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday as the three-day summit ended with no tangible outcomes on how to further global action.Yet, the grim reality is a reason for Korea to push harder with its green-growth drive and promote it overseas, the country’s environmental minister said.“Not all countries came to embrace the con

Social Affairs June 25, 2012

Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the tomato in an international project that promises enhanced versions of the fruit.The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, has been conducted since 2004 by more than 300 scientists from 14 countries including a Korean team that mapped out one of the 12 chromosomes.“We have identified 35,000 genes in the tomato genome. This will be of

Technology May 31, 2012

The inheritance fight between Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee and his siblings officially began on Wednesday with their lawyers attending a court session on the day.The legal teams of both sides were set to meet for a hearing with a judge present at the Seoul Central District Court.“I had many worries ahead of the trial as the issue was getting bigger,” said Judge Seo Chang-won. “We will

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and Republican congressional leaders made significant progress toward a deal to avert a potentially catastrophic first-ever government default threatened for early next week, according to officials familiar with the talks.Under a plan negotiated late Saturday night, the nation's debt limit would rise in two steps by about $2.4 trillion and spending would be cut b

World News July 31, 2011

Parts of North Korean landmines apparently churned up by torrential rains have washed up across the border in South Korea, prompting a search by the military for more mines, the defence ministry said.Two wooden shells of North Korean landmines were found Thursday in a water-harvesting cistern near Hantan River at Cheolwon County, just south of the inter-Korean border, it said."They were just empty

North Korea July 30, 2011