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IT-Science
The World Health Organization on MERS in Korea
The World Health Organization (WHO) is willing to support efforts to contain the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Korea, the UN organization said Sunday. The statement comes after a Korean man, 61, was diagnosed with the disease on Saturday ― the first MERS case in the country in three…
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IT-Science
Homeopathy and water memory
The story of water memory begins from homeopathy. Homeopathy views diseases symptoms originated from the human body’s natural healing process. Homeopathy uses toxic substance to enhance the ability of natural healing. It is thus very natural that homeopathy tried dilution method to reduce harmful effect of toxin. Homeopathic dilution is…
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Politics
Goodall’s “Window of Time to Sustain Our Environment”
Yesterday, at Seoul Yeouido National Assembly Conference Center, Jane Goodall and her pupil and friend, Choi Jae-chun held a special eco-talk in front of 530 members of the audience that came by joint invitation of the Asia Journalist Association (AJA) and Jeon Hye-sook (National Assembly member). Throughout the program, Goodall…
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IT-Science
Z-Works Health-Monitoring Platform: Keeping Loved Ones Close
By Eui-mi Seo The “Baby-boomers” have become older, leaving younger generations with an ever-growing aging population. But with a full-time job and children to rear, it’s easy to forget our parents who are also in need of care. It would be great if we had multiple bodies to take care…
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Culture
Communication in 21st Century: a Delicate Balance between Positive and Negative Aspects
In a relationship with an operating system. “I’ve never loved anyone the way I loved you”. This is a quote from Her, the movie directed by Spike Jonze in 2013. The main character, Theodore Twombly, declared so to Samantha, an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice.…
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IT-Science
The Face Recognition IoT Robot (GTFR-5000) as a Vision for Practical and Safe Urban Housing
Imagine a new age of face-recognition door-locks. The futuristic bio-security systems company, FiveGT (CEO Jung Gyu-taek), has developed a new security device using a face recognition algorithm. Now one need only look into the Face Recognition IoT Robot (GTFR-5000) to enter. GTFR-5000 will not only provide a more convenient…
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East Asia
S. Korea again tops global list of internet connection speed
South Korea has again topped a ranking of countries in terms of Internet connection speed, according to a quarterly survey released Tuesday. South Korea’s average Internet connection speed stood at 26.1 Mbps during the fourth quarter of last year, marking the only country with a speed of over 25 Mbps,…
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East Asia
China to send Chang’e-5 lunar probe into space in 2017
By Meng Xiangfu and Feng Hua from People’s Daily China is expected to send lunar probe Chang’e-5 to land on the moon and return with lunar samples within this year, according to the latest information from the country’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. The preparation…
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East Asia
China opposes all forms of cyber attacks, urges US to stop such actions
By Hu Zexi from People’s Daily China opposes all forms of cyber attacks, and urges the US side to stop eavesdropping, monitoring, spying and launching cyber attacks against China and other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang stressed at a regular press conference on Thursday. Geng made the remarks…
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East Asia
Online shopping is not a territory outside the law: Chinese official
By Huan Xiang from People’s Daily Online shopping is not an area beyond the law, Zhang Mao, head of China’s State Administration of Industry & Commerce told press on Mar. 5, pledging that China will step up the protection of customer rights, regulate the market order and specify the primary…
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