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IT-Science
SK hynix establishes R&D center in Italy
SK hynix announced Tuesday that it has established its first European research center by acquiring an Italy-based flash-type chip producer. This is the first time for the Korean chipmaker to buy a foreign firm in a decade. Early this year, Korea’s biggest mobile carrier SK Telecom purchased a controlling stake…
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Business
‘Cool-biz’ dress code in vogue
Japan initiated the current global trend for the “cool-biz’’ dress code as part of its efforts to reduce electricity consumption, following an explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant early last year after an earthquake triggered a tsunami. Since the incident, the Japanese government has shut down all nuclear power…
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Discord on primary rules
Does Park have problems in communication? The ruling Saenuri Party is mired in acute intraparty discord over rules to select a candidate for the presidential election scheduled for Dec. 19. Those who support hopeful candidates other than Park Geun-hye staged protests outside the party headquarters Tuesday in protest against the…
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North Korea’s meddling faces constraints
North Korea’s ability to interfere in the South’s elections could be waning despite a recent media blitz targeting conservative lawmakers, analysts said Tuesday. In its latest attempt, Pyongyang threatened Monday to expose remarks made by Reps. Park Geun-hye and Chung Mong-joon and Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo during respective visits…
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on June 13: “Syria in state of civil war”: UN
Top news in <The Daily Star> : Syria in state of civil war: U.N. After months of cautiously avoiding the term, a senior U.N. official Tuesday became the first to characterize Syria as in a state of civil war. The admission came as U.N. observers reported they were fired upon as they…
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Ideological reflection in S. Korean society
Last week, a South Korean politician, Lim Soo-kyung, told Joseph Baek, a North Korean defector, who happened to be dining in the same restaurant as her that he was a “son of a bxxxx,’’ a “senseless North Korean defector’’ and a “bastard betrayer.’’ This aroused a heated discussion among South…
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Man-eating shark caught in East Sea
Summer vacationers hoping to frolic on the east coast will need to be extra careful as man-eating sharks have been spotted there. The Pohang Coast Guard said Monday that a shortfin mako shark measuring 1.5-meter-long was found dead in the net of a fishing boat operating two kilometers off the…
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Society
Professor rekindles feud with Kim Yu-na
Professor Hwang Sang-min went back on the offensive against Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na saying, “Kim is putting on another show by saying that she will drop the charges, if I make a public apology.” Hwang used the same word that got him into trouble with Kim in the…
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Samsung to offer Facebook-like service
Samsung Electronics is expected to make a foray into the social network service (SNS) market early next year by introducing a Facebook-like service, according to Samsung officials, Tuesday. They said that the electronics giant is developing a social networking service it hopes could eventually compete with Facebook. The new website…
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Reactor life extension
Nobody expected Fukushima ― until it happened A nonprofit U.N. agency’s virtual go-ahead to prolong the operation of the nation’s oldest nuclear reactors has fueled controversy surrounding them instead of cooling it down. As always, arguments, pro and con, are contrasting enough to throw any non-specialists into confusion. Environmental groups…
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