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Opposition-led Assembly unilaterally passes bill to probe Marine's death
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Inflation eases in April, continues bumpy ride
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Golden chance to liquidate babies’ gold rings?
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Seoul to more than double military drones by 2026 to counter NK threats
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Seoul alerts overseas missions to NK terror threats
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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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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Over 60% of S. Koreans support W100m childbirth incentive: survey
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‘Inside Out 2’ adds four new emotions, explores teenage life
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Questions raised over fair promotion of RM, NewJeans
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‘Turkey the birthplace of Hindi, English’
CHICAGO (AFP) ― Could the word for mother prove that Turkey was the birthplace of hundreds of languages as diverse as Hindi, Russian, Dutch, Albanian, Italian and English?Researchers using a complex computer model originally designed to map epidemics have traced the evolution of the Indo-European language family to find an answer in a study published Tuesday in the journal Science.Similarities between hundreds of languages spoken from Iceland to India have led to hot debates over where they orig
Aug. 26, 2012
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Local team develops cancer specific, trackable drug delivery system
A local team of scientists has developed a method of delivering drugs specifically to cancer cells, and to monitor the delivery and absorption of the drugs, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Thursday.In the team led by professors Kim Jong-seung of Korea University and Kang Chul-hoon of Kyung Hee University, the scientists linked the anti-cancer compound camptothecin to a compoung called RGD. The team also attached a fluorescent marker to the compound, enabling tracking of th
Aug. 26, 2012
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Jellyfish robot ready for action next April
As large numbers of poisonous jellyfish plague the country’s coasts, dealing damage to fishermen and holidaymakers, a team of researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has come up with a robot for the efficient destruction of the creatures. On Aug. 20, a KAIST team led by professor Myeong Hyun announced that it has developed the robot JEROS for catching and destroying jellyfish.The robot is equipped with cameras and global positioning system or GPS equipment that allows i
Aug. 26, 2012
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Scientists seek beneficial uses for jellyfish
As jellyfish are appearing in Korea’s coastal waters in increasing numbers each year, the damage caused by the creatures is also on the rise.With some species found in the coastal waters weighing as much as 200 kilograms, jellyfish can not only reduce fishermen’s catch but also tear fishing nets. In addition, jellyfish have blocked water intake pipes at power stations.Damages sustained by the fisheries, power and other industries are estimated at over 300 billion won ($264 million) each year. Fo
Aug. 26, 2012
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Samsung to contest U.S. verdict in favor of Apple
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Saturday it will contest a U.S. court ruling that it must pay rival technology giant Apple damages of more than $1 billion for patent violations."We will move immediately to file post-verdict motions to overturn this decision in this court and if we are not successful, we will appeal this decision to the Court of Appeals," Samsung said.The statement came just
Aug. 25, 2012
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Apple-Samsung jury may have leaned on engineer, patent holder
Jurors who zipped through more than 600 questions in three days to arrive at their verdict in the intellectual-property battle between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. had as their leader an engineer with a patent to his name.Velvin Hogan, foreman of the nine-member panel, told the court during jury selection last month that he spent seven years working with lawyers to obtain his own patent,
Aug. 25, 2012
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Android in jeopardy after Samsung's loss to Apple in suit
Samsung's loss Friday in a U.S. lawsuit brought by Apple Inc. has set an amber light before the future of the Google-backed Android operating system.More than a year of courtroom fights between Samsung and Apple mean more than just patent disputes between the arch-rivals in the world's smartphone and tablet computer markets.Also at issue is Apple's claim that the Android operating system, which ru
Aug. 25, 2012
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Semen prompts ovulation in females
(123rf)A protein in semen acts on the female brain to prompt ovulation and the same molecule regulates growth and nerve cell survival, Canadian researchers say.Gregg Adams of the University of Saskatchewan said male mammals have accessory sex glands that contribute seminal fluid to semen, but the role of this fluid and the glands that produce has not been well understood."From the results of our r
Aug. 25, 2012
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Samsung loses U.S. patent case to Apple
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg)After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad.The jury
Aug. 25, 2012
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'Samsung did not copy Apple’s designs’
An Apple Inc. iPad 2 and iPhone 4S smartphone, left, and a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer and Galaxy S III smartphone are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, On Tuesday. (Bloomberg) Seoul court says Apple infringed two Samsung patents, Samsung violated one of Apple’s A Seoul court on Friday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics against Apple Inc., ordering a s
Aug. 24, 2012
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Computer maker sees ‘dual-device’ world
A U.S. computer company officer says predictions of the demise of the old-style home PC due to rapid development of smartphones and tablets are overblown.David Schmoock, who heads North American operations for Chinese PC maker Lenovo, says he‘s seen little evidence tablet adoption is undercutting laptop sales.“The tablet world is almost completely complementary to the PC world,” Schmoock told Network World. “It really is a dual-device world.”He acknowledges some major readjustments in the home P
Aug. 24, 2012
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6 dead in Quebec Legionnaire's disease outbreak
This image is not directly related to the storyLegionnaire's disease, which hit Quebec in mid-July, has infected 65 people and killed six, health authorities of the French-speaking Canadian province said. "We are very concerned by the current situation," Quebec public health chief Francois Desbiens said. "It's the largest legionellosis outbreak in Canada in recent years."Sixteen new cases were rep
Aug. 24, 2012
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Over 100 tanks seized from pro-Gadhafi militia: ministry
More than 100 tanks were seized from a militia loyal to Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi as authorities hunted the perpetrators of a double car bombing, the interior ministry said on Thursday.A ministry official said an investigation into the attacks on Sunday helped to detect the militia which posed as "revolutionaries" and was housed in barracks in Souk al-Ahad near Tarhuna, 60 kilometres (
Aug. 24, 2012
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Robot to take ‘self-awareness’ test
A robot developed by scientists at Yale University in Connecticut could soon pass a landmark test by recognizing itself in a mirror, the researchers say.Such a feat would be considered evidence of self-awareness and represent an advance toward robots that can think for themselves, they said.The robot, dubbed Nico, will take the test in coming months, Justin Hart, the doctoral student leading the research, told BBC News.“It is a spatial reasoning task for the robot to understand that its arm is o
Aug. 24, 2012
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Environmentalists warn of risks of Arctic drilling
MOSCOW (AP) ― Environmental activists warned Tuesday that drilling for oil in the Russian Arctic could have disastrous consequences because of a lack of technology and infrastructure to deal with a possible spill in a remote region with massive icebergs and heavy storms.Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund unveiled a report assessing the risks of an oil spill in the Pechora Sea in Russia’s Arctic, where state-owned Gazprom has installed a huge drilling platform and is pioneering sea drilling i
Aug. 23, 2012
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Stomachache and diarrhea in children during summer
In the summer, the warm weather allows the rapid growth of bacteria contamination in food, causing food poisoning and bacterial diarrhea. Children who consume foods contaminated with bacteria develop nausea, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea after 3-24 hours. They can also experience headaches or fever. Food poisoning often occurs in group catering, such as restaurants, parties, summer camps and kindergarten meals. Foods such as meats, fish, seafood, ham, salad, cream, eggs and milk often are a
Aug. 23, 2012
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Mental benefits of music lessons last a long time
LOS ANGELES ― Lapsed musical instrumentalists (and their disappointed parents): Take heart! The child that gets even a few years of formal musical training before quitting those weekly lessons continues to show evidence that his or her brain has been changed in ways that improve mental function, says a new study.The latest research found that even years after they stopped practicing, young adults who had taken as little as two or three years of instrumental music training in their elementary or
Aug. 23, 2012
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Concern raised over kids’ use of smartphones
Use of digital devices at early age can do kids more harm than good, experts warnAs smartphones and tablet computers become more popular, more parents are using them to babysit their children, with plenty of apps available to entertain infants, toddlers and pre-school kids. “A smartphone and for-kids apps are a must for our family at restaurants, in the car or often at home,” said Kim Sun-min.Her 28-month-old daughter is a frantic fan of Pororo, the main character of TV animation series “Pororo
Aug. 23, 2012
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SKT develops image-recognition solution for ads
SK Telecom, Korea’s biggest telecom operator, has developed an image recognition solution for outdoor advertising.The solution, which will be adopted at the International Finance Center in Yeouido, can analyze a group of people visiting the IFC Mall for demographic information such as age and gender, after photographing them with full high-definition cameras placed above or below large digital advertising screens.Such real-time customer statistics gathered through SK Telecom’s image solution wil
Aug. 23, 2012
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Google online maps embark on Arctic adventure
Google set out Wednesday to take users of its free online mapping service on an Arctic adventure with help from an Inuit community in the Canadian tundra.Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined the effort as the Internet titan's Street View team arrived in the hamlet of Cambridge Bay in the Northwest Passage for one of its most remote projects to date."The goal of this project is to share with a glob
Aug. 23, 2012