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Chemical signal in women's tears a turnoff for men

WASHINGTON — If a crying woman's red nose isn't a big enough turnoff to a man, a surprising experiment found another reason: Tears of sadness may temporarily lower his testosterone level.Those tears send a chemical signal as the man gets close enough to sniff them — even though there's no discernible odor, say researchers from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science.It's the first such signal to be

International Jan. 7, 2011

Chemical signal in women's tears a turnoff for men

Samsung Q4 profit misses market estimates

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of memory chips and liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels, estimated Friday that its operating profit for the October-December period fell below market estimates, as prices of its mainstay memory chips and LCD panels plunged on sluggish demand. Samsung put its fourth-quarter operating profit at 3 trillion won ($2.67 billion), down 12.8 percent fr

Industry Jan. 7, 2011

Samsung Q4 profit misses market estimates

Samsung to unveil Q4 earnings guidance this week

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest supplier of memory chips, flat-screen panels and TVs, is scheduled to announce an estimate of its earnings for the October-December quarter this week, a company official said Thursday. Samsung will report its guidance of the fourth-quarter earnings on Friday, the official said. The company is estimated to have posted 3.39 trillion won ($3.02 billio

Industry Jan. 6, 2011

S. Korea to boost safety of rice wine 'makgeolli'

South Korea plans to beef up safety guidelines for "makgeolli" amid the traditional rice wine's rising popularity at home and abroad, the government said Thursday. The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said it plans to develop a standardized Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) model for makgeolli manufacturers during the first half of the year. HACCP is a global guideline

Food Jan. 6, 2011

Checking cheats: China plans marriage database

BEIJING -- China's exploding wealth has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives. Now officials are putting marriage records online so lovers and spouses can check for cheaters.State media on Wednesday said Beijing and Shanghai will be among the first places to put marriage databases online this year. The plan is to have records for all of China online by 2015.But the Ministry of Ci

Culture Jan. 6, 2011

Checking cheats: China plans marriage database

Samsung eyes mid-range smartphone market with Android, bada software

Building on the success in the market for premium smartphones last year, Samsung Electronics Co. hopes to make a splash in the mid-range smartphone segment, the president of its mobile business said Wednesday, as smartphones are expected to quickly become a mainstream device. At the center of its push into the smartphone mass market will be the Android system and "bada," the company's 1-year-old

Companies Jan. 5, 2011

Samsung eyes mid-range smartphone market with Android, bada software

N. Korean leader heeds 'American tastes' in propaganda show: cable

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a visiting South Korean businesswoman in 2009 that he had ordered the removal of a missile launch scene from his country's mass propaganda show because "Americans did not like it," according to a U.S. diplomatic cable. The cable, found on WikiLeaks and released this week by a New York-based blogger, offered a rare look into how the aging but omnipotent leader

North Korea Jan. 4, 2011

Samsung's 2011 investment likely to top 30 tln won

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's top computer memory maker, will likely spend more than 30 trillion won ($26.67 billion) in investment this year, industry sources said Tuesday. The forecast came a day after company chairman Lee Kun-hee said that the company's investment for this year will be larger and bigger than last year's. The company earmarked 26 trillion won(US$23 billion) for investm

Industry Jan. 4, 2011

N. Korea urged to take concrete steps for denuclearization before 6-way talks: State Dept.

WASHINGTON -- The United States Monday called on North Korea to take concrete steps toward its denuclearization before reopening the six-party nuclear talks, which have been stalled for more than two years over the North's provocations. "We have noted public statements about the potential for improved dialogue between North and South," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said. "Obviously,

North Korea Jan. 4, 2011

S. Korea's foreign reserves rebound in Dec.

South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rebounded in December from the previous month as a weaker U.S. dollar boosted the conversion value of assets in other currencies, the central bank said Tuesday. The country's foreign reserves reached US$291.57 billion as of the end of December, up $1.34 billion from the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The foreign reserves expanded b

Jan. 4, 2011

Seoul shares open higher on U.S. gains

South Korean stocks began higher on Tuesday as overnight rallies on Wall Street boosted investor sentiment, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 3.77 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,073.85 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Shipbuilders led the climb with market leader Hyundai Heavy Industries jumping more than 3 percent and its smaller rival Daewoo Shipbu

Jan. 4, 2011

Samsung ships more than 10 mln Galaxy S phones in 7 months

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest cell phone maker, said Monday that it has delivered more than 10 million Galaxy S phones to global mobile operators in about seven months of its debut. Samsung sold 4 million Galaxy S phones in North America, 2.5 million in Europe and 2 million on its home turf, South Korea, the company said in a statement. Samsung Galaxy S smartphone (Yonh

Technology Jan. 3, 2011

Samsung ships more than 10 mln Galaxy S phones in 7 months

Al Jazeera to open Seoul bureau in first half of 2011

The Middle East-based news channel Al Jazeera will open a bureau in Seoul in the first half of this year to provide in-depth coverage of current issues on the Korean Peninsula, the station said Monday. The Qatar-based network is currently searching for an office and checking the city's broadcasting infrastructure before launching the bureau with a correspondent, a cameraman and a producer, Al An

Social Affairs Jan. 3, 2011

Seoul shares open higher on tech gains

South Korean stocks got off to a strong start on Monday in the first trading of the year, buoyed by gains in technology shares, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 5.9 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,056.9 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Tech issues led the climb with chip giant Hynix Semiconductor adding nearly 4 percent. Financial shares also len

Jan. 3, 2011

FMD spreads through central S. Korea

South Korea's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has continued to spread through the central part of the country despite nationwide quarantine efforts, the government said Monday. The farm ministry said a pig farm in Boryeong, 170 kilometers southwest of Seoul, tested positive for FMD, along with a cattle farm in Chuncheon, east of the capital city. The outbreak in Boryeong marks the third time that

Social Affairs Jan. 3, 2011

Articles by Yang Sung-jin