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[Weekender] Can't get a date? Try a temple ... or city hall
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S. Korea successfully launches 1st spy satellite into orbit
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Try Seoul’s cheap, fulfilling street grub at Gwangjang Market
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Concerns over bedbugs rise among pet owners
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Schools brace for impact of record-low enrollment
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Hyundai Mobis develops world’s first quantum dot car display
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US authorizes potential sale to S. Korea of munitions, equipment for F-35 stealth jets
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Day laborers, low-income earners fear lonely death
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Seoul City to operate autonomous night bus
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Koreas' spy satellite launches heat up arms race in space
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S. Korea's hybrid car sales drop sharply in October
South Korea's hybrid vehicle sales dropped sharply in October despite high fuel prices, local industry sources said Tuesday.Consumer demand for the fuel efficient vehicles that run on both combustion engines and electric power posted a double digit slump in sales despite concerted efforts by carmake
Nov. 15, 2011
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Berkshire buys 5 percent of IBM, takes other stakes
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Warren Buffett said Monday that his company has spent $10.7 billion to buy more than 5 percent of IBM's stock this year, a surprising move by the billionaire investor who has long shied away from investing in high technology companies.Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berks
Nov. 15, 2011
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Chelsea Clinton is hired by NBC News
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chelsea Clinton began work at NBC News on Monday, the second daughter of a former president at the network.In this April 22, 2008 file photo, former President Bill Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, flank Dorothy Rodham, mother of then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Ro
Nov. 15, 2011
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Early sexual abuse increases heart risks- US study
Nov. 14, 2011
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S. Korea to continue push to sell stake in Incheon airport
South Korea will keep pushing to sell a stake in the state-run Incheon International Airport to private investors in a bid to enhance its efficiency and global competitiveness, the nation's top economic policymaker said Monday.The Lee Myung-bak administration announced a plan in 2008 to sell up to a
Nov. 14, 2011
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Professionally cleaned teeth may be weapon against heart disease
Yearly teeth-cleaning at the dentist’s office may cut the risk of heart attack by as much as 24 percent compared with those who avoid the treatment, Taiwanese researchers found. Those who had their teeth scraped and polished by a dentist or dental hygienist also had a 13 percent lower risk of s
Nov. 14, 2011
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Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
Nov. 14, 2011
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S. Korean tourist killed in boat crash in Philippines
A South Korean tourist was killed this week in a boat crash off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Cebu, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.A banana boat carrying three South Korean tourists, including a 50-year-old woman identified only by her surname Ji, collided with an outrigger can
Nov. 14, 2011
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Galaxy S2 picked as top smartphone by Consumer Reports
Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S2 smartphone was named as the best smartphone by a well-known U.S. magazine in its latest handset survey, industry sources said Monday.Consumer Reports recommended the Galaxy sequel as the best smartphone pick for subscribers of three major mobile carriers in the Un
Nov. 14, 2011
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S. Korea's adult obesity rate stands at 30.8 percent
South Korea's adult obesity rate stood at 30.8 percent of all people over 19 in 2010 as people consumed more food and exercised less, a government report showed Monday.The report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare said 36.3 percent of all men were overweight last year, compared to 24.8 percent of
Nov. 14, 2011
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Civil suit filed over jailed IN swim coach
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The family of an Indiana teenager filed a civil lawsuit against USA Swimming and others Thursday, saying officials didn’t do enough to protect the girl from the sexual assaults by her coach.The suit, filed in Marion County Superior Court, levels accusations against the umbrel
Nov. 11, 2011
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Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild
GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Weste
Nov. 11, 2011
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Chinese swarm to marry on lucky 11/11/11
Chinese couples flocked to registry offices to marry on Friday in the belief that the "11/11/11" date is the most auspicious in a century.November 11 has been celebrated as an unofficial "singles' day" in China since the 1990s -- as the date is composed of the number one -- and it is seen as a good
Nov. 11, 2011
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EEG scan helped contact patients in vegetative state
Electro-encephalography (EEG) helped doctors realize that several patients diagnosed as being in a permanently vegetative state were in fact aware, according to a study published on Thursday in The Lancet.The technique could be developed as a portable, cheaper way of helping doctors make more accura
Nov. 11, 2011
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NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars
The US space agency is getting ready to launch later this month the biggest, most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to explore Mars for signs of previous life there, NASA said Thursday.The Curiosity rover, known formally as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is a $2.5 billion state-of-the-a
Nov. 11, 2011
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Scientists identify new cell to lower risk of hardening of arteries
A group of scientists, including one of the two recipients of this year's Nobel prize in medicine, the late Ralph M. Steinman, has identified a new cell that helps reduce risks of the hardening of the arteries, South Korea's science ministry said Friday.The research, published Thursday (U.S. time) o
Nov. 11, 2011
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Depression may be linked to dementia later
U.S. researchers say a chemical marker that binds to plaque and tangle deposits indicates dementia may be linked to major depressive disorder in older people."This is the first study using [the marker] FDDNP to assess the abnormal protein levels in brains of older adults with severe depression," Dr.
Nov. 10, 2011
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New drug zaps fat cells in monkeys
WASHINGTON (AFP) - An experimental drug helped obese monkeys lose 11 percent of their extra weight in a month, a promising sign in the hunt for obesity drugs that could apply to humans, US researchers said Wednesday.The drug, known as Adipotide, works by attacking the blood supply of a certain kind
Nov. 10, 2011
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World's smallest four-wheel-drive is a billionth of a meter
PARIS, Nov 9, 2011 (AFP) - Scientists in the Netherlands said on Wednesday they had made a four-wheeled molecule that measures just a billionth of a meter-- 60,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair -- and moves in response to a burst of electrons.(Ben Feringa/University of Groningen)T
Nov. 10, 2011
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Australian cat walks the 3,000 km home
Sydney (dpa) - A homesick cat walked 3,000 kilometers from far northern Australia to the other end of the continent to be re-united with her sibling, according to news report Tuesday.That is the barely credible story from Sheree Gale, the owner of transcontinental tabby Jessie, who took 15 months to
Nov. 9, 2011