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Yoon, Lee end first talks with differences, agree to meet more
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What is Hybe’s next move?
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China outpaces Korea in smaller OLED shipments for 1st time
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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[Herald Interview] Mom’s Touch seeks to replicate success in Japan
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Police to open alleged stalking probe over pastor over Dior bag scandal
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'Queen of Tears' finale sets record viewership ratings as tvN's most-watched series ending
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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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Liberal bloc moves to rewrite student rights ordinance
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KOTRA to offer consultations to foreign firms
State-run Korea Trade-Investment Agency said Thursday that it will offer visiting consulting services for foreign firms in the country, aiming to boost their investments. “The consulting service is expected to raise the amount of foreign direct investments in the country, as we will visit foreign firms here and try to solve their difficulties from now on,” the trade agency said. The Investment Con
IndustryMarch 10, 2011
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Games industry to benefit from deregulation
But industry officials complain that multiple issues still have to be dealt withAttention is focusing on what impact the revised bill to open up the game market will have on the local gaming industry.The parliamentary legislation committee passed a revised bill on game industry promotions Wednesday, following a two-year delay.According to the revision, games that are designed to be released in an
IndustryMarch 10, 2011
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POSCO chief to head multicultural forum
POSCO chief executive Chung Joon-yang was appointed as the co-chief of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family’s expert forum on multicultural families, the steelmaker announced Thursday.Chung will head the forum with Chung-Ang University honorary professor Kim Yang-hee. Chung Joon-yangPOSCO said that Chung was selected as the co-chief of the forum, which consists of experts from concerned fiel
IndustryMarch 10, 2011
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Could gene tests reveal future sports stars?
CHICAGO (AP) ― Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits costing less than $200.Some customers say the test results help them steer their children to appropriate sports. But skeptical doctors and ethicists say the tests are putting profit before science and have a much greater price tag ― potentially robbing perfectly capable youngs
TechnologyMarch 10, 2011
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Daejeon Ye Dental gains JCI approval
Daejeon Ye Dental Clinic earned accreditation from Joint Commission International in January. This type of accreditation ― a first for a Korean clinic ― is widely used to evaluate the overall facilities as well as the techniques and services of a medical institute according to an international standard. “Earning accreditation from the JCI will be another step toward excellence,” said clinic chief
TechnologyMarch 10, 2011
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Constipation on rise among teens
The number of people suffering from constipation is on a steep rise, the National Health Insurance Corporation said Monday. According to its research on insurance payments between 2002 and 2009, 1.428 million people were treated for constipation in 2009, which is about a 50 percent jump from 2002’s 927,000.Women outnumbered men 800,000 to 630,000 and teenagers showed a significant increase of 7.65
TechnologyMarch 10, 2011
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SNU hospital succeeds in lung transplant
Doctors at Seoul National University Hospital successfully transplanted a lung on a stage-4 lung cancer patient last year for the first time in Korea. According to Prof. Kang Chang-hyun of the cardiothoracic department, a 58-year-old patient was diagnosed with stage-1 lung cancer in 2006 and had her left lower lobe removed. Then in 2007, the disease relapsed, spread to both lungs and the cancer de
TechnologyMarch 10, 2011
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How to encourage healthy computing
For today’s students, life is all about staring at a screen.They spend hours doing homework, playing games, chatting with friends, reading books and just hanging out ― all on computers, smart phones and e-readers or tablets.And doctors say they’re starting to pay the price: in eye strain, neck pain and wrist aches.“Kids have a limited degree of awareness, so they’ll just play and play until they’r
TechnologyMarch 10, 2011
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Think before you use Twitter and Facebook
There are online and offline manuals telling you how to use Twitter and Facebook, but few tell you what not to post there. You can tell every detail of your life to your friends and family in person, but online, being so open can hurt you because it can be read by anyone, according to Forbes and the Huffington Post. This is why many people in South Korea become hesitant to use these services, as t
IndustryMarch 10, 2011
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Samsung, LG fight for 3-D tech supremacy
Samsung emphasizes smarter online features, LG claims brighter, clearer pictureKorea’s electronics powerhouses, Samsung and LG, are embroiled in a bitter war of words trumpeting the superiority of their 3-D TV technologies. The two top TV makers are pinning high hopes on the next-generation moving picture which promises to create lucrative revenue sources.The battle is becoming increasingly intens
IndustryMarch 10, 2011
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BOK raises key rate to 3 pct to tame inflation
South Korea's central bank raised the key interest rate on Thursday by a quarter percentage point in a bid to put a lid on growing inflationary pressure sparked by rising oil and food prices. Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his fellow policymakers hiked the benchmark seven-day repo rate, dubbed the base rate, to 3 percent, following a rate freeze in February. It marked the fourth rat
March 10, 2011
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Ssangyong Motor emerges from court protection
Ssangyong Motor Co., Korea‘s smallest automaker, emerged from bankruptcy protection Wednesday following the sale of its stake to Indian utility vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the company said in a regulatory filing.Ssangyong, previously owned by China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., has been under court protection since February 2009 when its Chinese parent abandoned it in the face
IndustryMarch 9, 2011
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KRX OKs listing of Hana Financial‘s new shares
Korea’s bourse operator on Wednesday gave the green light to Hana Financial Group Inc.‘s request to list its new shares on the local bourse, a move expected to expedite the group’s takeover of the country‘s fifth-largest lender.Hana Financial’s new shares will start trading on Thursday, the Korea Exchange (KRX) said in an e-mailed statement, adding that the decision was reached upon a comprehensiv
March 9, 2011
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[Herald Interview] Korea hopeful of G20 progress on global imbalance
The Group of 20 major economies are likely to come up with different numerical current account targets for each member nation in April to correct global trade imbalances, said Sohn Byung-doo, director general of the newly established G20 bureau at the Finance Ministry.Updating on the G20 agenda, Sohn said the G20 is on its way to delivering optimum trade surplus and deficit targets that cater for
March 9, 2011
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South Korea to bolster support for exports of nuclear plants
South Korea plans to bolster the country’s financing capabilities, aiming to back its firms with more plant-building projects overseas, the government said Wednesday. The government said it is planning to launch a task force led by the Ministry of Strategy & Finance, in collaboration with the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and financial institutions such as Financial Services Commission, Ex-Im Bank
IndustryMarch 9, 2011
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Women get executive positions in technology firms
In the early days of her 30-year career, Lee Young-hui, executive vice president for Korea’s telecom titan KT Corp., said that she had to challenge the norm and work hard to earn even things taken for granted by her male colleagues. “I didn’t imagine promotion was possible for women,” Lee told Yonhap News Agency in a recent interview in her office south of Seoul. “Back then, women were not even el
IndustryMarch 9, 2011
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Starbucks’ new word-free logo debuts
SEATTLE (AP) ― Starbucks customers saw something new Tuesday when they sipped their coffee.The Seattle-based company rolled out its new words-free logo Tuesday on all its cups. Signs also changed at a handful of stores, and the new logo will show up on more storefronts in the future.The Associated Press first reported in January that Starbucks was updating its logo and would introduce it this mont
IndustryMarch 9, 2011
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Regulator to tighten savings bank rules
Korea plans to tighten supervision of savings banks after the government was forced to suspend eight lenders this year because they were unable to meet depositors’ withdrawal demands. The Financial Services Commission will stop setting favorable lending limits for savings banks that have a capital-adequacy ratio of more than 8 percent and a bad-loan ratio below 8 percent, the regulator said in a r
March 9, 2011
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Asiana to open new Incheon-Istanbul route
Asiana Airlines, the country’s No. 2 air carrier, said Wednesday that it began accepting reservations for its new route Istanbul-Incheon which will operate from March 29.The carrier will offer the flight three times a week ― every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ― to the Turkish city and each plane will be able to accommodate 299 people.The flights that will fly from Incheon every Tuesday and Satur
IndustryMarch 9, 2011
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SKT’s iPhone reservations begin
SK Telecom said Wednesday that about 28,000 people had signed up for its to-be-released Apple iPhone 4 in the first seven hours of registration.A total of 28,000 people made their registrations by 2 p.m. and the number was expected to increase to up to 100,000 people by the end of the day, according to company officials.The country’s leading mobile carrier also said that the first group of 10,000
IndustryMarch 9, 2011