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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Ewha looks to new milestone in medical services
Ewha Womans University Medical Center has been Korea’s trail blazer in health care for women. It was founded by an American missionary 125 years ago when medical facilities were virtually off-limits to women. Its specialized center has contributed with fighting breast, ovarian and other cancers that affect women.The Seoul-based hospital, affiliated with Ewha Womans University, now looks to a new milestone with a plan to build a second complex combining its technological edge, private care and th
Oct. 31, 2013
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‘Health care expansion plan increases burden on hospitals’
Lee Soon-nam, director of Ewha Womans University Medical Center, urged the government to reconsider its health care insurance policy, saying it would keep hospital earnings low and hold back innovation the medical services industry.“The government’s health care reform is in the right direction, in terms of strengthening social security. But the government should consider raising insurance premium fees and medical service fees. Otherwise, hospitals will end up with the burden of providing even mo
Oct. 31, 2013
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Samsung rolls out latest Galaxy tablet in Korea
Samsung Electronics said Thursday that it has released its latest tablet Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition in Korea.The new Galaxy Note goes on sale from Friday through the nation’s three major mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, the world’s largest mobile device maker said.The tablet, boasting a 10.1-inch, 2,560 x 1,600 resolution liquid crystal display, comes with a 2.3 GHz quad-core processor for the LTE model, and a 1.9 GHz octa-core for the Wi-Fi model.Both models run on the Android Je
Oct. 31, 2013
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Solar eclipse to sweep U.S., Africa, Europe on Sunday
A rare solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Africa, Europe and the United States on Sunday as the moon blocks the sun either fully or partially, depending on the location. The round shape of the Earth explains why some viewers in west Africa will see a total eclipse, while others in the United States and Europe will only see the sun partly obscured.Regardless, experts said people should not look directly at the sun during the unusual hybrid eclipse unless they use special welder’s glass or v
Oct. 31, 2013
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Search for dark matter comes up empty so far
LEAD, South Dakota (AP) ― Nearly a mile underground in an abandoned gold mine, one of the most important quests in physics has so far come up empty in the search for the elusive substance known as dark matter, scientists announced Wednesday.But physicists on the project were upbeat, saying they had developed a new, more sensitive method of searching for the mysterious material that has mass but cannot be seen. They planned to keep looking.“This is just the opening salvo,” said Richard Gaitskell
Oct. 31, 2013
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HIV-like virus suppressed in monkey experiment
NEW YORK (AP) ― Doctors may one day be able to control a patient’s HIV infection in a new way: injecting swarms of germ-fighting antibodies, two new studies suggest.In monkeys, that strategy sharply reduced blood levels of a cousin of HIV. The results also gave tantalizing hints that someday the tactic might help destroy the AIDS virus in its hiding places in the body, something current drugs cannot do.The study results “could revolutionize efforts to cure HIV” if the approach is found to work i
Oct. 31, 2013
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Talks with Samsung were ‘good’: Schmidt
Google chairman Eric Schmidt said in Seoul on Wednesday that his discussions with Samsung Electronics executives about cooperation in IT were “good.” He declined to elaborate on what they discussed and whether he met Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong at the company’s Seocho office in southern Seoul. But he answered affirmatively to questions on whether he discussed ways for strengthening software competitiveness.John Lagerling, Google’s director of Android Global Partnerships, added
Oct. 30, 2013
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KT vows advanced mobile era in Africa
KT Corp. is out to provide more network and ICT support to help usher in an era of mobile advancement in Africa. This week, the nation’s leading network carrier is jointly hosting the Transform Africa Summit 2013 with the government of Rwanda in the capital of Kigali. Under the theme of “The Future Delivered. Today,” the summit brings together 12 African nations including Kenya and Uganda, along with representatives of the International Telecommunication Union, World Bank and other international
Oct. 30, 2013
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Crops of high-tech farmers sow results with apps
WESTFORD, Vermont (AP) ― A new cyber tool that helps map crops and monitor irrigation systems came to life after a University of Vermont researcher realized farmers just weren’t very good at keeping records.“They would guess a lot,” said Heather Darby, an agronomist from the University of Vermont Extension. “Or they’d write it down on little scrap pieces of paper or cigarette packs, like anything they had laying around they’d write it on, and then they’d show up for class, and we’d try to deciph
Oct. 29, 2013
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Brain has radar for snakes
Ever wonder why snakes inspire such fear? A new study on monkeys out Monday says the brain has specific cells that fire off rapid warnings when confronted with slithery danger.Certain neurons respond “selectively” to images of snakes, and they outpace comparable neurons that react to visuals of faces, hands or geometric shapes, the researchers said.The report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers new evidence to support the notion that primates evolved keen vision skills
Oct. 29, 2013
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Heat waves could be predicted weeks ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Meteorologists may have found a way to predict some killer heat waves up to three weeks in advance. Now, the best they can do is about 10 days.An earlier warning would help cities prepare for the heat wave, arrange to open up cooling centers and check on the elderly, said Gerald Meehl, co-author of a study that describes the forecasting clue.“It gives you a little bit of a heads up of what’s coming,” he said.The key may be a certain pattern of high and low pressure spots across
Oct. 29, 2013
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Samsung, LG lead global mobile market
The world’s mobile market in the July to September period was led by two Korean electronics firms ― Samsung and LG ― according to a report. Samsung shipped 120 million units, the largest number of mobile phones in the third quarter, which accounts for 28.7 percent of the entire market, according to a report released by leading market research institute Strategy Analytics.The sales figure is twice that of mobile firm Nokia, which sold 65 million units, and four times larger than that of Californi
Oct. 29, 2013
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Google chief to discuss software with Samsung
Google chairman Eric Schmidt will be visiting Samsung on Wednesday to meet with top executives that may include Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong, sources told The Korea Herald.The focus seems to be not on hardware, but how to more efficiently run them on better software. The talks, the first this year but second following a meeting in 2012, are likely to address how Samsung can further develop applications for Google’s Android smartphones, which was central in the first global deve
Oct. 29, 2013
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Samsung holds dinner to celebrate 1993 initiative
Samsung Group celebrated the 20th anniversary of the company‘s “New Management Initiative” with a dinner at Shilla Hotel on Monday.In 1993, Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee proclaimed the initiative during a tour to European cities including Frankfurt in Germany, calling for the complete reform of Samsung and its employees to become a truly global brand. Around 350 executives of Samsung’s subsidiaries and partners participated in Monday’s event, where Lee discussed the future direction o
Oct. 28, 2013
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LG unveils details of curved G Flex
LG Electronics announced Monday the specifications for its curved G Flex smartphone armed with the latest technology. Boasting a curved, 6-inch, 1280x720-pixel plastic organic light-emitting display screen, as well as a curved 3,500 mAh battery, the G Flex sports a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone inherited the rear volume and power buttons from the preceding G2 model. LG promised
Oct. 28, 2013
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[Graphic News] Korea ranks 2nd in R&D spending to GDP
Korea ranked second among OECD member countries in terms of R&D spending to GDP with 4.03 percent, according to the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2013 released last week. The nation also gained a high mark in IT infrastructure, coming second in Internet connection speed and download speed, and fourth in wireless broadband penetration.
Oct. 27, 2013
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Samsung patents smart glasses
Samsung has registered a patent for smart glasses, the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service said on Friday. The company awarded a design patent for the wearable device, which is categorized as a type of “sports glasses,” in March and the registration was completed in October, according to the KIPRIS.The move follows its launch of the smart watch Galaxy Gear in September, and reflects Samsung’s efforts to strengthen its wearable technology.The glasses will likely connect to Sams
Oct. 25, 2013
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S. Korean websites hit by DDos attack: AhnLab
South Korea's largest anti-virus software firm AhnLab Inc. said Friday it detected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on local companies, sounding alarm bells for their cyber security.Sixteen websites operated by 13 South Korean firms, including No. 2 portal operator Daum Communications Corp. and game developer Nexon Korea Corp., experienced cyber attacks Thursday, AhnLab said.According to the anti-virus firm, the attack was detected around 4:00 p.m., infecting around 10,000 computers
Oct. 25, 2013
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Dry eyes
When there are insufficient tears to moisten the eyes for comfort, symptoms such as stinging pain, foreign body sensation, burning and production of mucus can occur. Some patients say that they feel as though they do not have enough tears. The discomfort can vary from person to person. Such discomfort worsens with prolonged reading or exposure to wind or cigarette smoke. These symptoms associated with tears, namely with the insufficiency of tears or its components, signify a condition called sch
Oct. 24, 2013
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‘Mastectomy unnecessary to reduce breast cancer risk’
Angelina Jolie’s choice to undergo a double mastectomy has sparked a rise in women wanting to have the same surgical procedure, believing that it can reduce the risk of breast cancer. The breast removal surgery, however, is not a key solution to prevent the disease even for those who carry the same genes as the Hollywood star, a doctor here said.Moon Byeong-in, head of the Cancer Center for Women at Ewha Womans University Medical Center, said the chances of getting breast cancer for women who ar
Oct. 24, 2013