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Business
Scientists aim to start stem cell therapy of Alzheimer’s by 2016
A team of Korean scientists are striving to develop a stem cell therapy for Alzheimer’s disease by 2016 based on their latest discovery of how to grapple with the degenerative illness. The team, led by professor Suh Yoo-hun at Seoul National University and RNL Stem Cell Research Institute head Ra…
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Print media will never die
Print media will not and cannot die. This is not my argument but that of a much more qualified individual. I don’t have the expertise to make this declaration but he does. I remember attending a lecture by Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who dropped out of Harvard to establish…
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Ominous signs from the north
Kim’s attention should turn inside, not southward There has always been the so-called North Korean factor or risk in major economic and political moments in South Korea. The upcoming presidential election seems to be no exception. President Lee Myung-bak held an emergency national security meeting at Cheong Wa Dae Wednesday…
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[World Report] Scientists: Indo-Autralian plate boundary may be breaking up
Nature Journal on Wednesday (Sept 26) published three papers on scientists finding of hint of new tectonic plate boundary. A pair of earthquake that occurred in the Indian Ocean on 11 April 2012 signaled the latest step of the formation according to the Nature. Seismologists have suspected since 1980s that…
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Society
Ko Un, candidate for Nobel literature prize, gets famous in Mideast
“I wanted to become a poet, and I became a poet. I clung to my name as a poet because I committed so many sins by wasting time. Being a poet is a punishment of life imprisonment rather than a choice I made”. This is part of what Ko Un…
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[Indonesia Report] Wire tapping mechanism added on corruption eradication investigation regulation
Illustration of phone tapping (Photo: www.kompas.com) Indonesian House of Representative is drafting a mechanism of tapping by Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission(KPK). According to Kompas.com, Indonesian House of Representative is drafting a revision on Regulation no. 30 year 2002 on Commission of Corruption Eradication. In the current regulation of article 12…
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Lifestyle
‘Gangnam style’ through foreigners’ eyes
“Gangnam Style” catapulted Psy to overnight global stardom. He is now on top of the world with the unprecedented popularity of his latest single that became the most-liked video in YouTube history. In the three months since the hit song was released it has attracted more than 260 million YouTube…
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Lifestyle
Artsonje’s Chung wins Montblanc
Chung Hee-ja, founder of Artsonje Center, was honored in Seoul Wednesday as the Korean recipient of this year’s Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award. The 72-year-old was recognized for her contributions in promoting Korean contemporary art and film. She is the wife of Kim Woo-choong, founder of now-disbanded Daewoo…
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South East Asia
Philippine: Anti-cybercrime law will not be used against journalists—CIDG
MANILA, Philippines—Trust us, we will not spy on journalists or try to curtail press freedom. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) made this assurance on Tuesday to allay fears that members of the media and bloggers would be harassed by the government under the newly enacted anti-cybercrime law passed…
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