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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Samsung, LG compete to usher in curved devices
Flexible smart devices may be on many a Christmas wish-list this year as Samsung and LG are poised to roll out such gadgets as early as this week. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, has hinted it may be releasing the “Galaxy Round” this week to unveil its first curved device, while LG Electronics is likely to showcase a similar model next month.The news comes as both Samsung and LG’s display affiliates have claimed they were the first to mass produce flexible organic ligh
Oct. 8, 2013
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Samsung’s ‘Galaxy Gear’ spot echoes Apple ad
Samsung Electronics set out to promote its Galaxy Gear smart watch in the United States last weekend by releasing TV commercials. While some U.S. media -- namely Business Insider -- praised the new advertisements, others took issue with one of the spots with similarities to Apple’s 2007 “Hello” commercial.The Gear’s “Long Time Coming” ad consists of excerpts from old movies, cartoons and TV shows that feature characters communicating through their wrist device. Captain Kirk of “Star Trek,” Georg
Oct. 8, 2013
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Samsung, LG among world's 100 global innovators
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top maker of smartphones, memory chips and flat-panel TVs, and two other South Korean companies were named among the world's top 100 global innovators, a study showed Tuesday.The two other companies were LG Electronics Inc., the world's third-largest smartphone maker, and LS Industrial Systems Co., a leading South Korean manufacturer of electric components, according to the annual study by Thomson Reuters.It marked the third consecutive year that Samsung Elect
Oct. 8, 2013
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Mahindra Reva promotes electric cars for rental
Mahindra Group’s Mahindra Reva and Carzonrent signed a strategic partnership to promote the use of electric cars as a more common vehicle for public transportation, according to Mahindra on Monday.Carzonrent, a leading cab rental company based in India, will offer Mahindra’s electric car, the “e2o,” in the cities of New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. Each city will begin with cars, with the service to be expanded to all metropolitan cities, Mahindra said. The move comes against the backdrop of the
Oct. 7, 2013
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LGE launches 8.3-inch G Pad in Korea
LG Electronics on Monday revealed its latest tablet to the Korean media ahead of the global launch scheduled for next month. With a high resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, the 8.3-inch tablet is the first among 8-inch tablets to offer a full HD screen. The bezel has been minimized to fit into one’s hand, while the weight of just over 330 grams is the same as a newspaper. “Although there are so many tablets out there, enough to threaten the PC market, consumers still want more, more in terms of pi
Oct. 7, 2013
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‘SK Hynix holds key to chip market’
The future of the memory chip business lies in the demand and supply curve, and this, in turn, hinges on just how quickly SK Hynix’s Chinese operations can become fully normalized, according to a key Samsung Electronics executive.“Next year’s investments depend on how much of demand we’ll see, and the supply that goes with it,” said Jun Dong-soo, head of Samsung’s memory chip business at KINTEX where the Korea Electronics Show is being held until Wednesday. “And the supply depends on the normali
Oct. 7, 2013
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S. Korea tops global ICT list for 4th year
South Korea topped a global list of information and communications technology (ICT) development for the fourth year in 2013, bolstering its status as one of the world's most wired countries, data showed Monday.South Korea ranked as the leading country for the fourth straight year in the ICT Development Index, which measured 157 countries on ICT access, use and skills, according to the recent data by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a United Nations body specializing in ICT.South
Oct. 7, 2013
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Samsung’s Yoon meets Best Buy CEO Joly
Top Samsung executives on Thursday held a meeting with their Best Buy counterparts including CEO Hubert Joly and home business president Mike Mohan, to discuss Samsung’s consumer electronics lineup in the coming new year, sources close to the Korean electronics maker said on Sunday. Yoon Boo-keun, Samsung’s chief of consumer electronics business, was the main participant from the Korean side, along with Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung’s IT and mobile division, the sources said, declining to
Oct. 6, 2013
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Adobe says hackers stole code, data on 2.9 million customers
Adobe Systems Inc., the biggest maker of graphic-design software, said hackers broke into its networks and stole personal data on 2.9 million customers and source code for popular products including Acrobat and ColdFusion. The customer information includes names and encrypted credit- and debit-card numbers, and Adobe is notifying victims and resetting the passwords for affected accounts on its website, Brad Arkin, chief security officer, wrote yesterday in a blog post. The San Jose, California-b
Oct. 4, 2013
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U.S. media berates Samsung’s smartwatch
Despite having a parade of cool new features bundled up in a single watch, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear is a poor choice for consumers, a leading U.S. newspaper said Wednesday.“Nobody will buy this watch, and nobody should,” David Pogue, a tech columnist for the New York Times wrote in his review. He added that the Gear is “a human-interface train wreck,” from its software design, user guide, to its English translation and design consistency. While the smart watch by South Korea’s tech behemoth boasts
Oct. 4, 2013
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S. Korean scientists develop new, advanced material for carbon capture
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new and much more advanced material that can capture carbon dioxide, and at a significantly lower price, the science ministry said Friday.Using nano particles, the team from Seoul's Hanyang University has developed a new membrane that can specifically capture only carbon dioxide or other molecules of different sizes if necessary, according to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.Currently, high molecules or polymers are used to produ
Oct. 4, 2013
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Don’t go tearing your hair out over seasonal shedding
Like falling leaves, hair loss in autumn is a natural phenomenon that most people experience. But experts say it could become serious for some if not treated at an early stage. Regular hair loss is assumed to be influenced by a number of factors including genetics and stress. Some experts believe seasonal loss is believed to be exacerbated by the cold, dry weather extracting moisture from the scalp. “Everyone experiences hair loss during aging, but it is more noticeable when there is a huge temp
Oct. 3, 2013
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Pediatric osteosarcoma
Malignant tumors that arise in tissues such as the bones, cartilage and muscle are called sarcoma. Osteosarcomas are the most common sarcomas that arise in the bone, but only account for 5 percent of all pediatric cancers. The only known external risk factor so far is “radiation.” It takes approximately 10-20 years after receiving radiotherapy to develop osteosarcoma, so radiation-related instances are more common in adults. Diseases that are most closely related to pediatric osteosarcoma includ
Oct. 3, 2013
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Exercise rivals drugs for stroke, heart disease treatment
PARIS (AFP) ― Exercise may be at least as effective as some drugs in reducing the risk of death in stroke patients or people with heart disease, a study published on Wednesday said.Researchers from the London School of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine compared the findings of several studies into the effectiveness of exercise versus drugs in people with coronary heart disease, stroke patients, people with prediabetes and those with heart failure.They a
Oct. 3, 2013
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Brain damage ‘very common’ after intensive care: study
WASHINGTON, (AFP) ― Many people hospitalized in intensive care for conditions like a heart attack face lasting mental deficits similar to traumatic brain injury, US researchers said Wednesday, urging families to push for minimal sedation.The problem is “very common,” with a condition known as delirium affecting about three-quarters of those treated in the ICU and subsequent brain damage enduring for at least a year in up to one in three of them, said the study in the New England Journal of Medic
Oct. 3, 2013
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Merck confident of OLED-led future
As a global pioneer in display technology, namely liquid crystals, Merck KGaA is confident of continuing to lead the markets despite an inevitable change of trends from LCD to organic light-emitting diodes, or OLED.“Our role is to help our customers to become more cost-efficient in OLED production,” said Walter Galinat, president of Merck’s Performance Materials Division. For Merck, which holds more than 3,000 patents for liquid crystals, a core technology that accounts for 95 percent of the gl
Oct. 3, 2013
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World’s first fingerprint mobile payment launched
The nation’s mobile payment service provider Danal said Monday it has rolled out the world’s first fingerprint-based mobile payment in partnership with Crucialtec, a fingerprint technology developer. The payment system will first be applied to local handset maker Pantech’s VEGA LTE-A smartphone. When users download an application called BarTong, they can use their smartphones like cash in convenient stores. Instead of entering a four-digit password, users scan their fingerprint via the smartphon
Oct. 1, 2013
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Baby is born in Japan after ovary experiment
A new technique that coaxes an infertile woman's ovaries into producing eggs again has resulted in the birth of a baby in Japan, international scientists said Monday. A second woman has also become pregnant using the same method, according to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal. Researchers caution that the technique is still in its early stages, but could offer hope for young women whose ovaries are no longer producing eggs.This condition
Oct. 1, 2013
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KAIST team produces gasoline using E. coli
A group of scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has discovered a way to produce gasoline using bacteria for the first time, the school announced. The finding, published online in the journal Nature on Sunday, could mark a step toward developing new renewable energy. The research team led by Lee Sang-yup, a professor at the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, used Escherichia coli bacteria that naturally turn sugars into fat to convert fatty acid i
Sept. 30, 2013
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S. Koreans aged 50 and above lack retirement plan: poll
South Koreans aged 50 and above have few plans for post-retirement life, a poll showed Monday, urging the authorities to revise its pension programs to cover those in need of support for basic needs.According to a nationwide poll conducted by the National Pension Research Institute in 2011, only 16.1 percent of 6,341 South Koreans aged 50 and above surveyed said they are enrolled in public pension programs.Among those who are covered by pensions, the majority were enrolled in the national pensio
Sept. 30, 2013