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Russia sent more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to N. Korea in March: White House
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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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[Graphic News] Number of coffee franchises in S. Korea rises 13%
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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[Robert J. Fouser] AI changes rationale for learning languages
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Global mobile phone market shrinks in Q2
Global sales of mobile phones declined in the second-quarter from a year ago, but Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. continued its strong growth to maintain the top spot, a market researcher said Wednesday.According to technology research firm Gartner Inc., a total of 419 million handset units were sold in the April-June period, down 2.3 percent from a year earlier.Consumers sat on the sidelines to postpone new purchases ahead of the launch of Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5, which is expected to roll out ar
Aug. 15, 2012
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Samsung sweeps EISA awards
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest tech company, has won four tech awards from the European Imaging and Sound Association.EISA, an association of some 50 magazines from 19 European countries, hands out awards for technology, design and innovation to companies worldwide.Samsung’s Smart TV ES8000 Series, HT-E6750W surround sound system for Blu-rays, Galaxy S3 smartphone and NX20 digital camera were recognized for their technological achievements by EISA this year.Notably, Galaxy S3, which wa
Aug. 15, 2012
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Characters ensure technology’s success
Olto seeks to promote characters through platforms including KakaoSome characters quickly fade away after short stints, while others outlive generations. Characters that live through the ages such as Batman and Mickey Mouse become immortalized as they are constantly recreated and renewed over the years.The process of character development and reinvention is all part of innovation that helps make a lasting impression among consumers, said Shim Seung-pil, CEO of Olto, a Korean content technology f
Aug. 15, 2012
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Samsung starts making its case at patent trial after Apple rests
Samsung Electronics called its first witnesses, two computer scientists, to attack Apple Inc.’s claimed originality of its software patents at issue in a multibillion-dollar trial in California. The witnesses in federal court in San Jose on Monday demonstrated technologies resembling and predating Apple’s “rubberbanding” ― the way an iPad or iPhone screen seems to bounce when a user scrolls to the end of a file ― years before the 2007 release of the iPhone.Benjamin Bederson, a University of Mary
Aug. 14, 2012
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Giant pregnant Burmese python caught in Florida
The largest Burmese python ever found in Florida has been caught in the Everglades, scientists said Tuesday, and it contained 87 eggs -- also thought to be a record.“This thing is monstrous, it‘s about a foot wide,” Kenneth Krysko, the herpetology collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, said of the 17-foot-7-inch (5.35-meter) creature.Scientists at the University of Florida-based museum examined the 164.5-pound (74.5-kilogram) snake on Friday as part of a government research
Aug. 14, 2012
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Depression shrinks brain: scientists
U.S. researchers have discovered that depression shrinks the brain by stopping nerve connections from forming, thus causing memory and concentration problems.Researchers analyzed brain tissue of patients who died after having memory and concentration disorders, and found inactivity in their synapses. Synapses are genes that are necessary for the function and structure of brain nerve connections.The loss of brain connections happened due to a particular protein called GATA1, which acts like a “sw
Aug. 14, 2012
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Mutations found in Fukushima butterflies
Radioactive materials released into the environment by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have caused mutations in butterflies, a study indicates.Scientists say they've detected an increase in mutations in leg, antennae and wing shape among butterflies collected following the 2011 Fukushima accident, and that laboratory experiments have confirmed the link with the radioactive release.Two mon
Aug. 14, 2012
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The Korea Herald adopts ‘Digital First’ strategy
In the digital media era, newspaper companies around the world have adopted new approaches and tools to deliver their stories.With the Internet’s ever more important place in everyday life, a newspaper group’s power can be judged not only by its print circulation, but also by the number of people who read and comment on its articles online.To find its footing at this crucial time, The Korea Herald has tracked mobile-oriented trends and made innovations to stay ahead in the race.Under a “digital
Aug. 13, 2012
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Scientists develop fast recharging material for lithium-ion batteries
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new material for a secondary or rechargeable battery that can be fully recharged in just a matter of minutes, the science ministry said Monday.The development of such a battery could significantly raise the popularity of electric vehicles whose lithium-ion batteries currently take hours to recharge, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.Conventional batteries use only powdered nanoparticle materials to form a dense, mult
Aug. 13, 2012
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Samsung, Osram settle global LED patent fight
Samsung Electronics Co. and Siemens AG’s Osram unit have reached a global settlement of their patent fights over light-emitting diode technology, according to a filing with a U.S. trade agency. Financial details weren’t made public in the filing dated yesterday with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. The settlement ends a case that Samsung filed against Osram and that was scheduled for trial at the agency on Aug. 13. Osram’s case against Samsung went to trial last month, and
Aug. 12, 2012
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LG Uplus to launch food waste management service
LG Uplus has formed an alliance with local small and medium-size partners, including Bumin W&P, to launch a radio frequency identification (RFID)-based food waste management service, the company announced Sunday.The new “Smart Clean” service is in line with the government’s environmental policy to reduce food waste, which emits greenhouse gases, the local telecom said. The system will allow more efficient ways of managing garbage disposal by having trash bins at apartment or residential areas ch
Aug. 12, 2012
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Study: Men equally affectionate as wives
A study by the University of Texas found husbands and wives are equally romantic, but they express their feelings in different ways.Researchers at the university interviewed 168 couples at four points in their marriage, Britain‘s The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.Husbands and wives were questioned separately about how close and attached they felt to their partners, as well as a number of questions about each other’s behavior over the past 24 hours.Researchers found wives “seem to show love b
Aug. 12, 2012
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Study: Eyes tell the story on sex arousal
(123rf)Researchers at Cornell University in New York say they have developed a less intrusive method of determining whether someone is sexually aroused. While most previous work on what turns people on has involved measuring their genital responses, Gerulf Rieger, a researcher at Cornell, said measuring dilation or widening of the pupil in the eye can achieve the same goal, HealthDay reports. In f
Aug. 12, 2012
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Baby's, toddler's diets linked to IQ
(MCT)Australian researchers found children given a healthy diet up to age 24 months had a higher IQ when tested at age 8. Dr. Lisa Smithers of the University of Adelaide and colleagues studied 7,000 children compared a range of dietary patterns, including traditional and contemporary home-prepared food, ready-prepared baby foods, breastfeeding and 'discretionary' or junk foods on children from bir
Aug. 11, 2012
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More than 1 million visit SKT pavilion at Yeosu Expo
SK Telecom’s pavilion for the Yeosu Expo has attracted more than 1 million visitors since it opened in May, company officials said.The officials said the pavilion received its 1 millionth visitor Friday, two days before the Expo ends its three-month run in the southern coastal area on Sunday.Expo organizers expect the number of visitors to reach 8 million as targeted by the organizing committee. Bureau International des Expositions secretary-general Vincete Gonzalez Loscertales called the exposi
Aug. 10, 2012
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Soft robot mimics earthworm movement
U.S. researchers say they‘ve developed a “soft” robot that inches along like an earthworm and can keep working even after taking a pounding from a hammer.Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Seoul National University have engineered a soft autonomous robot that moves across surfaces by contracting segments of its body, a process called peristalsis.Such a soft robot could be useful for navigating rough terrain or squeezing through tight spaces, MIT mecha
Aug. 10, 2012
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Android rules global sales of smartphones in Q2: data
About two-thirds of smartphones shipped globally in the second quarter ran on Google Inc.’s Android platform, data showed Thursday, further cementing its dominance over other operating system.Shipments of Android-powered smartphones totaled 104.8 million units in the April-June period, more than doubling from 50.8 million units the previous year, according to the data by market intelligence firm International Data Corporation.That translates into the Android platform powering 68.1 percent of sma
Aug. 9, 2012
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SK Telecom, CJ form IT, content partnership
SK Telecom and CJ Group have formed a partnership to collaborate on providing convergence services for IT and cultural content amid the rising use of smart devices.Korea’s largest telecom company said that it will closely work with Korea’s leading food and entertainment conglomerate in the areas of marketing and distribution of mobile content.Both sides will be able to benefit from SK Telecom having solid telecommunication networks with over 27 million users, and CJ holding a vast portfolio of e
Aug. 9, 2012
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KCC to strengthen supervision of three major telecom firms
Korea Communications Commission said Thursday that it will strengthen its supervision and management of the country’s three telecom companies ― SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus ― to further prevent personal data and information leaks.Its announcement came after KT, Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, was found to have had its system breached by a hacker, a company telemarketing agent, last month.KCC, the country’s broadcasting and telecom watchdog, has launched a team of inspectors to probe KT, wh
Aug. 9, 2012
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Cholesterol levels of U.S. children down significantly
WASHINGTON ― Against the drumbeat of bad news on obesity and diabetes among children, researchers have uncovered a cause for cautious optimism: a steady and significant improvement in the cholesterol profiles of American kids over the last 20 years.The proportion of young people ages 6 to 19 with high total cholesterol dropped 28 percent between the two time periods sampled in the report, from 11.3 percent in 1988-94 down to 8.1 percent in 2007-10, the new study found.At the same time, the avera
Aug. 9, 2012