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S. Korea's English proficiency slips 13 notches to 49th
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N. Korea reinstates DMZ guard posts
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N. Korea says spy satellite took photos of White House, Pentagon, key US naval base
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15-year-old girl saves 5 lives with organ donations after death
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BOK likely to keep policy rate unchanged on slowdown, hope for Fed's rate freeze, easing inflation
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Samsung sets up control tower for new growth drivers
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12 foreigners nabbed on suspicion of drug use
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Korea to start hiring E-9 visa foreign workers in restaurants
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S. Korea's Busan making last-ditch efforts to bring World Expo on voting day
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[KH explains] Hyundai to sell vehicles on Amazon in US sales push
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Healthy to drink 8 glasses of water a day? Nonsense!
Drinking a lot of water has long been thought to be good for your health.But according to Glasgow-based GP Margaret McCartney, drinking eight glasses of water a day can be harmful, the Daily Mail reported.(MCT)Writing in the British Medical Journal, McCartney said the benefits of drinking a lot of water are groundless and that drinking too much water can even lead to poor concentration.She also sa
July 15, 2011
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Men want to lose weight in abdomen, females in thigh
When it comes to treatment for obesity, Korean men are most concerned with their abdomen, while women want thinner thighs, a survey showed.365MC, an obesity clinic, released the result of a study of 70,249 clients -- 67,753 women and 2,503 men.A man had bariatric surgery and then transferred his addiction to food to an alcohol. He checked himself into rehab, and has been sober ever since. Here he
July 15, 2011
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iPhone5 likely to debut in August: reports
The iPhone’s popularity is creating a buzz around the world with rumors of the smartphone possibly out during mid-August, according to reports. Tech media website Cnet said the rumor started with a notice posted by Gekko Ltd, a staffing firm located in the United Kingdom.Gekko said it is looking for full-time iPhone sales staff who were willing to work five days a week from Aug. 16 until Oct. 29 i
July 15, 2011
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Scientists develop highly efficient industrial catalyst
South Korean scientists said Friday that they have developed a highly efficient nanoporous industrial catalyst that can have a considerable impact on chemical and oil-refining sectors.The team of scientists led by Ryoo Ryong, a chemistry professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), said the solid zeolite compound developed in the laboratory has a reaction speed five
July 15, 2011
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State should take obese kids from parents: U.S. doctors
The government should have the right to remove severely obese children from their parents’ home and place them in foster care, two US doctors argued in a controversial editorial.“State intervention may serve the best interests of many children with life-threatening obesity, comprising the only realistic way to control harmful behaviors,” wrote Lindsey Murtagh of the Harvard School of Public Health
July 14, 2011
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Cholera alert for Asia, Africa travelers
Travelers to Asian and African countries should take extra care against contracting cholera, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday, as the first cholera patient this year was reported a day earlier. Quarantine officials of Incheon International Airport said a tourist who had traveled to Deli and Varanasi of India between July 2-8 was detected with cholerae 01 Ogawa in hi
July 14, 2011
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‘LASIK, LASEK good in the long term’
Laser in situ keratomileusis and laser epithelial keratomileusis, both myopia correctional treatments, are effective and safer than many people think, the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency said Wednesday. According to its research of 2,638 people who have received these eyesight-correctional treatments between 2002 and 2004, about 95.2 percent of LASIK patients and 90.3 perce
July 14, 2011
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How to tackle air-conditioningitis
Yoo Jun-hyun With the advancement of civilization, people are now able to control their environment. The term “air-conditioningitis” can often be heard during the summer. Air-conditioningitis occurs when the body cannot adjust properly to the sharp differences in temperature between the cool air-conditioned indoors and the warm outdoors. Air-conditioning in an office building, a bank, a hotel or
July 14, 2011
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Salt diet dangers may be influenced by potassium
ATLANTA (AP) ― The debate about the dangers of eating too much salt has gained a new wrinkle: A federal study suggests that the people most at risk are those who also get too little potassium.Potassium-rich foods, including fruits and vegetables, have long been recommended as a dietary defense against heart disease and other chronic illnesses. The new research is one of the first and largest U.S.
July 14, 2011
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Australia puts health warnings on booze bottles
SYDNEY (AP) ― Australia’s liquor industry launched a voluntary program to label its products with health warnings Tuesday, possibly to pre-empt future criticism that it is contributing to excessive drinking that is part of the national culture.About 80 percent of alcohol sold in the country - beer, wine and spirits - will carry the warnings, primarily aimed at teenagers and pregnant women, said Tr
July 14, 2011
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More AIDS patients may get cheaper drugs
LONDON (AP) ― Gilead Sciences Inc., one of the world’s biggest producers of AIDS drugs, will allow some of them to be made by generic manufacturers - potentially increasing their availability in poor countries, particularly in Africa, officials said Tuesday.In the first deal of its kind, the Foster City, California-based pharmaceutical company has agreed to allow four of its AIDS drugs to be made
July 14, 2011
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Oriental medicine out to prove itself
Jaseng’s Royer says Oriental medicine focuses on balance of inner energyMany Koreans visit Oriental medical doctors for stamina or chi improvement. Yet, the field is less visited for treatment of ordinary diseases, industry insiders admit.But Oriental medicine is slowly earning a reputation for seeing the disease and the body condition from a larger perspective. It is the hot spot for foreigners s
July 14, 2011
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Lawyer pushes class action suit against Apple
A lawyer is pushing for a class action suit against Apple after he won a court battle last month over the iPhone’s location tracking.Apple Korea recently paid about 1 million won in compensation to attorney Kim Hyung-suk following a lower court’s ruling that the smartphone’s software violated his privacy.Kim, 31, and his company MiRaeLaw on Thursday began to collect applications for a collective l
July 14, 2011
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Glasses tell what others are thinking
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab have come up with "social x-ray specs" that can interpret others’ facial expressions, according to reports. The creator of the glasses, Rosalind Picard said that they can identify human facial expressions such as thinking, agreeing, concentrating, interest and disagreement. This is made possible with the help of a built-in camera
July 14, 2011
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VMware moves closer to customers with new solutions
At the top of VMware’s priorities for Korea, a nation becoming actively engaged in cloud computing, are plans for buttressing the firm’s localization initiative and moving closer to the business of its customers.“We need to get closer to the business of our customers and need to move up much closer, more to the consulting at the business level and become more vertically aligned so that our solutio
July 13, 2011
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Scientists grow first stem cell tooth
July 13, 2011
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Number of smartphone users tops 15 mln in S. Korea
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- The number of smartphone subscribers in South Korea hit 15 million this week, according to data from the country's three mobile operators released Wednesday. South Korean smartphone subscribers numbered 15.35 million as of Monday, including 7.8 million users at the industry leader SK Telecom Co., 5.45 million at KT Corp. and 2.1 million at LG Uplus Corp., the mobile carr
July 13, 2011
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Half of Americans watch videos during work
About half of American adults watch online videos unrelated to work while on the job, a U.S. survey showed. Men watch twice as often as women.The study showed that 25 percent watch news clips and 15 percent view viral videos. Other popular choices were sports (11 percent) and television shows (9 percent). Some are bold enough to view full-length feature films (4 percent) and even pornography (3 p
July 13, 2011
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Secondhand smoking linked to behavioral disorders in children
A new research revealed that children from households with smokers are more likely to develop behavioral disorders and learning problems than those from smoke-free homes.The findings were released in the journal “Pediatrics.”It was traditionally thought that secondhand smoke causes health problems for children including respiratory difficulties. A woman lights a cigarette for a photograph in New Y
July 13, 2011
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Korea clears way for ‘Angry Birds’ to take on ‘StarCraft’
Apple Inc. customers in South Korea who couldn’t download Rovio Mobile Ltd.’s best-selling “Angry Birds” on their iPhones will soon be able to find out why flinging vindictive fowl at green hogs can be addictive. Korea scrapped rules yesterday requiring developers to have mobile games rated by the government, said Yi Ki-jeong, a manager at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Seoul. The
July 12, 2011
