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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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S. Korea to boost support for single-parent families
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Yellow dust engulfs S. Korea, advisory alert issued
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Kia EV9 wins world car of year
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Lee Jong-sup resigns as envoy to Australia
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Korea misses out on global bond index boost
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Electric cigarette explodes in U.S. man’s mouth
A man trying to kick the smoking habit was puffing on an electronic cigarette when a faulty battery caused it to explode in his mouth, taking out some of his front teeth and a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said Wednesday.A man smokes an electric cigarette. (
Feb. 16, 2012
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Japan's Elpida shares plunge on viability concerns
TOKYO (AFP) - Shares in Japanese microchip maker Elpida Memory plunged Wednesday after the firm said there were concerns over whether it remained a "going concern" amid fierce competition in the sector.Elpida, one of the world's largest makers of dynamic random-access memory(DRAM) chips used in mobi
Feb. 15, 2012
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FBI background file has mixed reviews of Steve Jobs
SAN JOSE, California ― He had smoked pot and dropped LSD. He could be a pain to work with. He twisted the truth at times.Yet according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation background file released Thursday, former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs would still have made a fine presidential appointee.The 1991 background check was conducted when then-President George H. W. Bush was considering Jobs for a spot on the President’s Export Council, a position he did not get. And while the file contain
Feb. 15, 2012
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Chey committed to reinvigorating Hynix
After more than a decade of trying to find a buyer, Hynix Semiconductor finally found a new owner in SK Telecom on Tuesday.With the board naming SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won the co-chief executive and SK Telecom president Ha Sung-min as the head of the board for Hynix, the buyout was completed.Chey, 52, chairman of the country’s No. 3 conglomerate, will officially direct the new Hynix, which could potentially be named SK Hynix, together with its current chief executive Kwon Oh-chul.“Chairman C
Feb. 15, 2012
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Four top reasons why dieting is so hard
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (UPI) -- Two-thirds of Americans say they are on a diet to improve their health but relatively few are actually decreasing in size, a U.S. expert says.Dr. Jessica Bartfield, who specializes in nutrition and weight management at Loyola University Health System's Gottlieb Memorial H
Feb. 15, 2012
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Love is like a drug, study finds
Love appears to use the same system in the brain that is activated when a person is addicted to drugs, recent research found. In the study, researchers at Stanford University showed 10 women and seven men photographs of loved ones. The researchers scanned and observed the participants’ bra
Feb. 15, 2012
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'Invisibility' cloak could protect buildings from quakes
University of Manchester mathematicians have developed the theory for a Harry Potter style 'cloaking' device which could protect buildings from earthquakes.Dr William Parnell's team in the University's School of Mathematics have been working on the theory of invisibility cloaks which, until recently
Feb. 15, 2012
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Aspirin could beat cancer spread: Australian study
Aspirin and other household drugs may inhibit the spread of cancer because they help shut down the chemical "highways" which feed tumours, Australian researchers said Tuesday.Scientists at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre said they have made a biological breakthrough helping explain h
Feb. 15, 2012
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Missing dark matter located in space
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and Nagoya University used large-scale computer simulations and recent observational data of gravitational lensing to reveal how dark matter is distributed around galaxies. A computer simulation s
Feb. 15, 2012
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Man gives Valentine's kidney
A Chicago man is celebrating Valentine's Day by giving his girlfriend one of the most precious gifts he has -- his kidney.Terry Lee said his girlfriend, Trisha Beckwith, was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus after they had been dating for about four months and soon discovered her kidneys w
Feb. 15, 2012
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KT restores Internet access for Samsung's smart TVs
(Yonhap News) -- KT Corp., South Korea’s top fixed-line operator, on Tuesday resumed services for Internet-enabled TVs produced by Samsung Electronics Co., four days after it restricted access to its high-speed network, the country's telecommunications watchdog said.The service was resumed at
Feb. 14, 2012
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Botox developer rues missing out on billions
Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire. Dr Richard Ellenbogen injects botox into smile wrinkles on the bridge of Perla Pacheco's nose at Beverly
Feb. 14, 2012
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Mediterranean Diet may be healthier for brain
A customer browses fruit and vegetable goods displayed on a stall. (Bloomberg)The benefits of the popular Mediterranean diet might not just stop at preventing heart disease, dementia and metabolic syndrome, researchers say. A new study suggests eating in Mediterranean style may reduce damage to smal
Feb. 14, 2012
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New finding suggests ‘super-Earth’ may be lifeless after all
Astronomers have discovered several candidates of so called “super-Earth,” potentially habitable planets outside solar system, raising anticipation to find extraterrestrial life forms.However, new study indicates such planets may be dry despite ideal distance to their stars.According to a research p
Feb. 14, 2012
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Samsung Electronics to unveil new tablet computer in March
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a new 7-inch tablet computer next month in a bid to further tap into the smart device market.(Yonhap News)The company said that it will launch the Galaxy Tab 2 in global markets next month, starting with its debut
Feb. 14, 2012
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Lab study raises questions over nano-particle impact
Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano-particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods, scientists said on Sunday.Chickens exposed to high oral doses of polystyrene particles 50 nanometers (50 billionths of a metre)
Feb. 13, 2012
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S. Korean team develops new artificial antibody
A team of South Korean scientists has developed an artificial antibody that is significantly more effective but cheaper than conventional antibody drugs, the team said Monday.The new antibody, named Repebody, is manufactured by manipulating the structure of protein and can be custom-made to meet any needs, it said.The simple manufacturing method enables mass production of the antibody, which will likely cut the price of new products to be developed to only 1 percent of existing antibody drugs, w
Feb. 13, 2012
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Space colony imminent? NASA eyes lunar “outpost” plan
(NASA)NASA is pushing for a plan to establish “human-tended waypoint” near the far side of the moon -- one that would embrace international partnerships as well as commercial and academic participation, SPACE.com reported Friday.A team is being formed to develop a cohesive plan for exploring a spot
Feb. 13, 2012
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Overeating may double risk of memory loss
(MCT)New research suggests that consuming between 2,100 and 6,000 calories per day may double the risk of memory loss, or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), among people age 70 and older. The study was released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in N
Feb. 13, 2012
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iPad sales surpass 1 million in Korea
Apple is estimated to have sold more than 1 million iPad tablet computers in the Korean market, outpacing its local rival Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab by a wide margin. Apple’s iPad debuted here on Nov. 30, 2010 and its sequel iPad 2 was introduced on April 29 last year. About 700,000 units were sold last year alone, dominating the nascent tablet computer market here.Given that many early adopters bought iPad even before the product was formally available on the local market, the actual numbe
Feb. 12, 2012