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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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Scientists may have found autism indicator in infants’ brains
SEATTLE ― It was a clue ― the kind of clue medical researchers notice.Intent on finding answers about autism, now estimated to affect 1 of every 88 children, they followed it, poking and prodding and scanning, prying open its secrets.It was a curious little observation that, for any individual child, didn’t mean much. But over time, measurements from hundreds of children suggested an intriguing trait: As a group, preschoolers diagnosed with autism tended to have larger heads.That meant something
April 26, 2012
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Ewha opens center for collaborative research
Ewha Womans University Medical Center opened Ewha Medical Collaboration Research Center on Monday, aiming to enhance the hospital’s research capacity in the hi-tech medical field to a global standard.It will also support the medical paradigm linked with clinical trails, incubate venture ideas, secure leading female researchers in the basic and advanced medical field, lead international cooperation with global industry and academies, and raise public awareness of hard-to-cure or serious illnesses
April 26, 2012
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Diablo 3 beta test gets mixed responses from Korean users
“Diablo 3,” which started a closed beta service in South Korea on Wednesday, is garnering mixed responses from local gamers, offering a clue about its impact ahead of its officially release May 15. The online action RPG game by Blizzard Entertainment has been regarded as one of the biggest titles by gamers in Korea and elsewhere, as its previous two versions were huge hits across the world.Some Korean users who played the game through the closed beta said “Diablo 3” was too easy, saying that com
April 26, 2012
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Nokia debt rating cut to junk at Fitch
Nokia Oyj’s rating was cut to junk for the first time by a debt rating company as the Finnish mobile-phone maker loses its grip on a market now dominated by Apple Inc. and Asian suppliers such as Samsung Electronics Co. Fitch Ratings Tuesday lowered Nokia’s long-term debt ranking to BB+, one step below investment grade, citing a deterioration in the handset business in the first quarter and a “general lack of visibility.” Fitch said it may further cut the rating if Espoo, Finland-based Nokia’s r
April 25, 2012
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Local tech start-up aims high with location-sharing tool
CEO boasts app’s privacy settings better than Google, Apple services When she heard about the recent murder case in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, iSharing Soft CEO Reese Cho said she felt anger and frustration. A 28-year-old woman was found killed and butchered early this month. Despite her last-minute phone call for help, it took 13 hours for police officers to figure out her location. “I believe that she could have been rescued if her location had bee
April 25, 2012
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Japanese nuclear plants sit atop ‘unstable region’: report
Two nuclear power plants in Japan are located right on top of a seismically unstable region, raising the possibility of an earthquake-induced disaster, according to a report on Wednesday.Tomari plant in Hokkaido and Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture sit on active faults, the Japanese media reported, citing a report by Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. The fault under the Tsuruga plant is believed to have moved some 4,500 years ago, according to Kyodo news agency. The underground laye
April 25, 2012
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Traces of ancient virus found in human genome
Much of the human genome is yet to be understood. Only 1.5 percent of the genetic material in our cells is coded for human life. Half of the rest is “junk DNA” with no known function, while the other half consists of genes from viruses and other parasites.A recent study attempting to explore this so-called “dark matter” in our genome has revealed that ancient viruses from around 100 million years ago invaded the genomes of 38 mammals including humans, mice, rats, elephants and dolphins.The study
April 25, 2012
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Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars.Similar experiments have taken place in the United States and Germany, but they involved either able-bodied patients or invasive brain implants.On Tuesday, a team at Switzerland's
April 25, 2012
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Over 300,000 could lose Internet access by July: FBI
The FBI warned Monday that more than 300,000 Internet users worldwide could lose their Web access starting in July following a multi-million-dollar scam.But users can breathe a sigh of relief as a solution is just a few clicks away at dcwg.org, a website the FBI created so people could check whether they have been infected with malware and remove any malicious software.Six Estonians were arrested
April 24, 2012
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Mysterious space microbes ‘munching’ ISS
Russian scientists said that 76 types of micro-organisms have been causing “severe damage” to the International Space Station, according to Interfax news agency and other local news reports.(MCT)“We had these problems on the old MIR space station, now we have them on the ISS. The microflora is attacking the station. These organisms corrode metals and polymers and can cause equipment to fail,” Anat
April 24, 2012
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KT installs nationwide LTE network, boasts quality
BUSAN ― KT Corp., the nation’s No. 2 telecom carrier, said Monday that it has completed nationwide coverage of the faster Long Term Evolution network service in 84 cities. Despite the later announcement than those of its rivals SK Telecom and LG Uplus, the company showed no doubt about its quality based on its own “Warp” technology. “There should be a first-mover advantage in the market. But when it comes to technology, a latecomer will have the upper hand,” said Pyo Hyun-myung, president of the
April 23, 2012
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Scientists find genes linked to aging
British scientists have identified genes that are flicked on and off in the course of the aging process, marking a breakthrough for anti-aging research, Science Daily reported Thursday.The epigenetic changes in four genes related to cholesterol, lung function and maternal longevity seemed to have a significant impact on aging and longevity, researchers at King’s College London and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found. Epigenetic refers to hereditary genetic modifications that do not change unde
April 23, 2012
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Low-fat dairy may lower stroke risk
In a large study involving almost 75,000 adults in Sweden ages 45-83, those who ate low-fat dairy products had less risk of stroke, researchers said. First author Susanna Larsson, an associate professor of epidemiology at the National Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, said at the beginning of the study participants were free of heart disease, str
April 23, 2012
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Texas teen charged with false cancer claim
A Texas teenager was arrested for allegedly conning folks in the El Paso area with a false story about battling cancer.Angie Gomez, 19, Horizon City, was indicted by an El Paso County grand jury on theft-by-deception for allegedly accepting about $17,000 in donations based on claims she had been stricken with leukemia.She was locked up Friday on $50,000 bond.Gomez had told her high school classmat
April 23, 2012
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Daum TV brings Web to living room
IT company should look beyond location, Daum CEO says of Jeju relocationJEJU ISLAND ― Daum Communications, the nation’s second-most visited search engine, on Friday unveiled its new Daum TV platform in Jeju Island, where the company recently relocated its headquarters. The first entry into the smart TV market as a local portal site is an effort for Daum to extend its dominance of computing and mobile services to television.The company may also hope to up the ante in its ongoing tussle with rival
April 22, 2012
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Meat-eating contributed to human evolution: study
Recent study suggests that introduction of meat-eating worked as a key factor in the booming population growth of humankind and ultimately its domination, Science Daily reported Friday.A high-quality diet made possible by devouring meat caused prehistoric humankind to wean faster, allowing them to be more productive, according to a research by a group of scientists from Lund University in Sweden.“Eating meat enabled the breast-feeding period and thereby the time between births to be shortened,”
April 22, 2012
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Hen has chick without laying egg
A hen in Sri Lanka gave birth to a chick without an egg, veterinary officials said.(Photo courtesy of Manula Kumarage)Instead of being laid by the hen and incubated in the nest, the egg was incubated inside the hen for 21 days and then the chick hatched inside the mother.The chick is normally formed and healthy, veterinarians say, although the mother hen died.The government veterinary officer in t
April 22, 2012
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Africa said rich in underground water
The continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater in underground aquifers holding 100 times the amount found on the surface, scientists say.Researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London have mapped the amount and potential yield of groundwater resources for the entire continent.While rivers and lakes are subject to seasonal changes that can limit
April 22, 2012
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Strict eating rules can up child obesity
A Swedish researcher warns parents against strict rules on what children may eat because such rules can result in less healthy eating.(MCT)Nutritionist Elisabeth Lind Melbye at the University of Stavanger in Sweden studied what worked and what didn't when parents sought to teach their offspring about healthy eating practices.The proportion of child obesity in the United States and Britain and sout
April 22, 2012
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First gene linked to common form of psoriasis identified
Scientists have identified the first gene directly linked to the most common form of psoriasis, a chronic skin condition. The research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that rare mutations in the CARD14 gene, when activated by an environmental trigger, can lead to plaque psoriasis. This type of psoriasis accounts for 80 percent of all cases and is characterized by
April 20, 2012