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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[KH Explains] Will alternative trading platform shake up Korean stock market?
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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S. Korea lowers COVID-19 warning level, lifts last-remaining antivirus mandates
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Firm hopes to sell $1.5b trips to the moon
Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketing of Apple.For a mere $1.5 billion, the business is offering countries the chance to send two people to the moon and back, either for research or national prestige. And if you are an individual with that kind of money to spare, you too can go the moon for a couple days.Some space experts, though, are skep
Dec. 9, 2012
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Korean scientists find ways to repair DNA damage
Korean scientists have discovered a way to restore DNA in human cells damaged by ultraviolet radiation from the sun, chemical and toxic agents, and smoking that can potentially lead to aging and cancer.A team led by professor Kang Tae-hong of Dong-A University Department of Biological Science said nucleotide excision repair, or NER, holds the key through the modulation of enzymes to prevent diseases such as skin cancer, developmental disorder and progeria.NER has been widely known to play a vita
Dec. 9, 2012
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Parents may live longer than childless
A study involving Danish couples found a correlation between childless couples dying earlier than couples with children, researchers said. Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark studied more than 21,000 couples having in vitro fertilization treatment between 1994 and 2005 -- while 15,210 children were born, 1,564 were adopted, the Daily Telegraph reported. During the study period, 96 women and 200 men died. The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, found the
Dec. 9, 2012
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Study: The perfect lie may be possible
U.S. researchers say with a certain amount of training and instruction a person could learn to tell a lie that may be indistinguishable from the truth.The study at Northwestern University, which suggests the art of deception can be perfected, has implications for law enforcement and the administering of lie detector tests, a university release said Thursday.Previous researchers has shown most people take longer to respond and make more mistakes when telling lies than telling the truth because th
Dec. 7, 2012
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Russian iTunes users get XXX content
Russian iTunes users got more than they bargained for when XXX-rated content showed up in their movie section, Wired.com says.When iTunes was launched in Russia, users who went to the “more films in different languages” section to download mainstream movie fare, they instead found content from porn sites, escort services and purveyors of sex toys, the online tech website reported Wednesday.Wired.com said the folks at iPhones.ru thought iTunes‘ tech staff may have put some temporary xx.xx.xx plac
Dec. 7, 2012
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iPhone 5 hits S. Korea
Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 made its belated debut in South Korea on Friday with avid fans welcoming the latest iPhone amid the U.S. smartphone maker's ongoing patent battle with homegrown player Samsung Electronics Co.SK Telcom Co. and KT Corp., the country's two biggest mobile carriers, kicked off the release of the first iPhone that runs on the fourth-generation long-term evolution (LTE) network after beginning pre-orders a week earlier.While Apple rolled out the latest iPhone on its home turf in e
Dec. 7, 2012
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Influenza
In 2009, there was a worldwide pandemic of influenza. The pathogenic virus is still prevalent and is becoming a common cause of influenza. Influenza caused the deaths of approximately 20 million people worldwide between 1918 and 1919. This was the “Spanish Flu” and the large number of deaths increased the awareness of the disease. Since then, there have been similar pandemics every 10 to 40 years. The pandemic in 2009 followed the “Hong Kong Flu” in 1958 by approximately 40 years.The influenza v
Dec. 6, 2012
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Dealing with itchy skin
Cho Min-shik, 62, wakes up at midnight scratching his legs and arms. “It’s quite unpleasant and somehow stressful when the feeling of itchiness wakes you up in the middle of night,” he said. Cho has been in a clinical program to treat constant itchy skin for the last two years. But as the weather gets dry in the winter, he feels the treatment doesn’t work at all. Taking extra care with his skin, applying ceramide-added moisturizers as much as possible and taking other medication is all he can do
Dec. 6, 2012
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LG smartphone sales top 3m on home turf
South Korean handset maker LG Electronics Inc. has sold more than 3 million smartphones in the local market, bolstering the company’s drive to escape its smartphone laggard status, a company official said Thursday.LG Electronics saw its domestic smartphone shipments top 3-million units in the first 10 months of the year, breaking the milestone for the first time, according to an LG Electronics official. While end-November figures were unavailable, the company is expected to sell a total of 3.5 m
Dec. 6, 2012
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LG, Samsung to appeal massive fine in EU
LG Electronics and Samsung SDI announced Thursday that they will appeal the European Commission’s 450 million euro (630 billion won) fine that was imposed for an alleged cartel in computer and television parts. The two Korean firms are determined to appeal the case with the European court after thoroughly reviewing all necessary legal aspects. The European antitrust watchdog decided Wednesday to charge LG 300 million euro (420 billion won) and Samsung 150 million euro (210 billion won), along wi
Dec. 6, 2012
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Hunger based more on perception than amount of food eaten: study
Hunger is more closely related to how people perceive their meal rather than the actual calories ingested, a new study suggested. Researchers from the University of Bristol in England claimed to have found that the people who think they have eaten a lot -- even when they have had an average-sized or smaller meal -- are less likely to be hungry hours later compared to people who think they had a smaller meal.In the study, 100 volunteers were first shown containers of either 300 ml or 500 ml of so
Dec. 6, 2012
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Presidential candidates Park and Moon differ on expanding game shutdown system
Presidential candidates Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in presented on Wednesday their different views on whether the “game shutdown system” should also be applied to mobile games.The system, introduced by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, prohibits gamers aged 16 or under from connecting to online games between midnight and 6 a.m. The regulation came into effect on Nov. 20 last year.According to the website of Citizen’s Coalition for Economic Justice, Saenuri Party presidential candidate
Dec. 6, 2012
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McAfee arrested in Guatemala for illegal entry
U.S. Internet security guru John McAfee, on the run from authorities in Belize over a murder probe, was arrested by Guatemalan police Wednesday for illegally entering the country, officials said.“National police agents have taken Mr. John David McAfee before immigration authorities... He has entered our country illegally,” police spokesman Pablo Castillo told AFP.The former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, now a weathered 67-year-old, had been in hiding for more than three weeks until he crossed the
Dec. 6, 2012
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British boy's smartphone catches fire
British officials say their investigation of why a smartphone caught fire and left an 11-year-old boy's legs burned and permanently scarred is a priority.The family is now demanding the popular BlackBerry Curve 9320 mobile is recalled from shops in time for Christmas.Pete and Sarah McCreath say they are seeking the BlackBerry Curve 9320 smartphone recalled from British stores before Christmas after a BlackBerry device malfunctioned and spontaneously combusted, the Daily Telegraph reported. Sarah
Dec. 6, 2012
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Multiple media use linked to depression
People who use multiple media -- such as playing a computer game while watching TV -- have a higher risk of of anxiety and depression, U.S. researchers say.Lead investigator Mark Becker of Michigan State University said he was surprised to find such a clear association between media multitasking and mental health problems, but he is not clear why it occurred. “We don‘t know whether the media multitasking is causing symptoms of depression and social anxiety, or if it’s that people who are depress
Dec. 6, 2012
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Astronomers see solar system being born
U.S. astronomers say they've observed a young star with a rotating dust disk considered the youngest still-forming planetary system ever found.The infant star surrounded by a swirling disk of dust and gas is more than 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory reported Wednesday.While just one-fifth the mass of the sun, it will probably pull in material from its surroundings and eventually match the sun's mass, scientists said.The disk of mat
Dec. 6, 2012
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Mobile game spices up working women’s lives
As the smartphone has become a necessity regardless of gender, mobile games have successfully pegged the female gaming culture now prevalent among working women. “In the past when online games were dominant, excellent female gamers would be stigmatized as game-addicted hermits,” said NHN Hangame spokesman Hwang Hyun-don, saying that female gamers had unfairly suffered from a negative, androgynous image. “Nowadays, all men and women can play games without damaging their personal image and style.”
Dec. 5, 2012
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How to throw off an opponent attacking with legs apart
You are confronting an opponent in front of you and the opponent has his or her legs apart in a steady stance as shown in the pictures below.Here is how you can quickly overtake the situation with this self-defense technique.1. Cover your face with both hands while lowering your body to level up with the opponent’s lower body. Be careful not to look at the ground, but to look forward to watch the opponent’s movements. If the opponent attacks with the knees or feet, be prepared to immediately def
Dec. 5, 2012
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Changes in emotions linked to body temperature: report
Recent research from the University of Granada in Spain found that people’s emotions could be detected through thermographs, especially when they lie. The team claimed that when people lie, their nose and the orbit muscles around the eyes show a higher temperature than other parts of the face. The insula (a part of brain that is in charge of consciousness, detection and regulation of body temperature) may have some link to this temperature difference. In addition, the team has discovered that th
Dec. 5, 2012
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Dental health linked to men’s sexual performance: study
Turkish research suggested that men who suffer from serious periodontitis are likely to have erectile dysfunction.The study, published in Journal of Sexual Medicine, selected 80 men from the age of 30 to 40 with erection problems. The control group was composed of 82 men of the same age. Other possible factors such as BMI or income and education level were controlled for. Among those with erectile dysfunction, 53 percent had inflamed gums. Only 23 percent of the control group had dental problems
Dec. 5, 2012