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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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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul Metro to seek legal action against malicious complaints
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Illit, mired in controversy, remains on Billboard charts for 5th week
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Woman swallows toothbrush
Israeli doctors say they were able to safely remove a toothbrush from a woman's stomach after she accidentally swallowed it.Bat-El Panker, 24, came home from work May 11, and went to brush her teeth. When she bent over the faucet with the toothbrush in her mouth, she said it slipped down her throat.Panker told Ynetnews she tried to get it out, but to no avail. She rushed to the hospital and had a
May 20, 2012
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People have ‘lie detectors’ in brains: study
U.S. scientists have discovered that when a person gets suspicious, certain part of the brain ‘lights up’, much like a lie detector, Science Daily reported Thursday. Researcher at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute found that concept of suspicion is linked to two regions in the brain: the amygdala, which controls fear and emotional memories, and parahippocampal gyrus, related to recognition of scenes and declarative memories.The amygdale is closely related to a person’s baseline level
May 18, 2012
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U.S. aviation body looks into reported ‘UFO’ case
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration began an investigation over an alleged UFO sighting that nearly caused a plane crash, local newspapers reported Wednesday. A private pilot in Denver told authorities on Monday that his aircraft had a near-collision with a large, unidentified aircraft that was not detected on radar.The incident prompted the FAA to launch a probe over the mysterious object. Investigators will talk to the pilot and look at other clues to find out what the object.While the ai
May 18, 2012
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Men equate steak with masculinity
Men connect eating meat -- especially muscle meat like steak -- with masculinity, but vegetables were not considered masculine, U.S. scientists found.(MCT)Study authors Paul Rozin of the University of Pennsylvania, Julia M. Hormes of Louisiana State University, Myles S. Faith of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Brian Wansink at Cornell University said several studies showed meat ge
May 18, 2012
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Samsung develops graphene device for transistor use
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest computer memory-chip maker, said Friday it has developed a graphene device that could help revolutionize the capabilities of transistors.Samsung's advanced institute of technology said it has successfully created a three-terminal active device with a graphene variable barrier, which can effectively cut off electric currents in transistors.Graphene is a
May 18, 2012
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Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia
Paleontologists say they've found fossilized remains of an ancient turtle with a shell the size of a small car that lived 60 million years ago in South America.This is a reconstruction of Carbonemys preying upon a small crocodylomorph. Credit: Artwork by Liz Bradford (UPI)Dubbed Carbonemys cofrinii, or "coal turtle," the fossil was discovered in a coal mine in Colombia, researchers from North Caro
May 18, 2012
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S. Korean satellite successfully reaches earth's orbit
South Korea's multipurpose satellite equipped with a high-resolution camera successfully reached the earth's orbit after blasting off from a Japanese space center, the government said Friday.The Arirang 3 satellite, which lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center south of Kyushu Island at 1:39 a.m. on Japan's H-IIA rocket has made contact with ground stations, indicating that it has entered a c
May 18, 2012
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Nanotech scientist mired in authorship spat
Nam Koo-hyun speaks out on online argument over breakthrough researchAfter his breakthrough research in nanotechnology headlined the top science journal “Nature,” Nam Koo-hyun is never jubilant. Upon the publication, the research professor at Ewha Womans University, was embroiled in an ethics dispute with one of his assistants claiming her efforts at experiment were extorted. A “witch hunt” ensued many laymen describing him as a viscous exploiter.“It was frustrating,” the 33-year-old scientist t
May 17, 2012
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Effects of Apple’s Elpida orders on Samsung, Hynix limited
Apple’s reported placing of large orders for Elpida Memory’s mobile DRAM chips will not affect Samsung Electronics shares or its global supply chain in the long-run, analysts said Thursday.The effects of the unconfirmed news are likely to be short-lived and limited to boosting the fundamentals of Korean semiconductor players, including SK Hynix, whose production capacity still outweighs that of the Japan-based chip maker.“Elpida’s production capacity lags behind that of Samsung and Hynix, still
May 17, 2012
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Samsung supplies 40% of handsets with Android, Gartner says
Samsung Electronics Co. sold more than 40 percent of all Android mobile phones in the first quarter as the South Korean manufacturer became the world’s largest handset maker, research company Gartner Inc. said. Global handset sales declined 2 percent to 419 million, dragged down by a drop in low-end handsets, Stamford, Connecticut-based Gartner said on Thursday in a report. Smartphone sales rose 45 percent, the researcher said. Samsung, which also makes screens and other hardware used in smartph
May 17, 2012
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Bicyclists are preparing for another season
DETROIT ― When Don and Darla Daley dine at restaurants near their Royal Oak, Michigan, home, they no longer drive their car.It’s the same with quick trips to the store or nearby Royal Oak Farmers Market. They hop on the bicycles they bought two years ago ― their favorite form of recreation and exercise.The Daleys are discovering what many people are getting to know. Bicycling is a great route to fun and fitness for people of all ages.In the two years since the Daleys purchased their bikes, Darla
May 17, 2012
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Seonam Hospital to provide free smoking cessation program
Seonam Hospital is holding a free clinic to help people quit smoking from May 24 through June 28. The program consists of nicotine-dependence measurement; free provision of nicotine patches, gum and candies; once-a-week face-to-face consultation; and regular educational sessions.After the program wraps up, the hospital plans to stay in touch with the patients through SMS messages for another six months to keep them focused on the goal. “Smoking is more than a habit. It is a disease. Seeking prof
May 17, 2012
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All hospitals to display patents’ rights on site
From August all medical institutions should post patients’ rights and responsibilities on a wall or on LED panels inside their main building, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. According to a relevant law revision that will come to effect from Aug. 2, rights and responsibilities should be exhibited on the walls of reception sections, emergency rooms and websites. The patients have the right to be treated, notified and decide their own treatments; to have their personal information
May 17, 2012
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Mechanism of delirium identified
A group of medical doctors here said they have identified the mechanism causing delirium, or sudden severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function that occur in physical or mental illness, a first internationally.According to professor Kim Jae-jin and his team at Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of the main mechanisms causing the mental disease is the incongruity of the basal ganglion of the cerebrum and the midbrain. Lack of congruity allows only one of them to operate actively to cause th
May 17, 2012
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Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
ATLANTA (AP) ― Aimee Copeland, a Georgia grad student, is fighting for her life because of the flesh-eating bacteria that infected her after she gashed her leg in a river two weeks ago. One of her legs was amputated and her fingers will be too, her father says, because of the spreading infection.She has a rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, in which marauding bacteria run rampant through tissue. Affected areas sometimes have to be surgically removed to save the patient’s life.● How oft
May 17, 2012
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Watch out for preeclampsia during pregnancy
In the year of the black dragon many people are planning to have babies with “good fortune.”However, pregnancy takes caution as well as enthusiasm. One thing expectant mothers should bear in mind ― especially those older than 35 ― is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is when a pregnant woman develops high blood pressure and protein in the urine after the 20th week, which is in the middle of the second trimester of pregnancy.The U.S. National Institute of Health says the main symptoms of preeclampsia ar
May 17, 2012
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Facebook contributes to rise of ‘dumb’ crimes
Recent Facebook-related crimes are exposing a number of less-than-intelligent criminals who use the social networking service.Such was the case of two men in Colombia who recently robbed an Internet cafe. They waited until the time was ripe, held the owner at gunpoint, took the cash and made a clean getaway on a motorcycle.They did everything right except for one thing; forgetting to log out of a Facebook account that had detailed information about one of the culprits, allowing police to simply
May 17, 2012
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Video shows massive cat enjoying good vacuum
An online video clip on Thursday showed a massive cat letting his owner give him a vacuuming.Normally, cats hate the loud sound of a vacuum cleaner and hide under the couch once the vacuum starts up.However, the YouTube video showed that the cat lying on the floor even rolls over onto his back to let the owner give him a thorough vacuuming. One comment said the cat would have run away if it had no
May 17, 2012
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Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer
One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter.The study of 400,000 people is the largest ever done on the issue, and the results should reassure an
May 17, 2012
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Survey counts Earth-threatening asteroids
A NASA space telescope has completed the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids, the space agency said.(MCT)Observations from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have revealed new information about the total numbers, origins and the possible dangers the asteroids may pose, NASA reported Wednesday.Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs,
May 17, 2012