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UPI - Opinion

Voices - World noticed Korea's chip schools before Korea did - SEOUL, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Foreign chip and equipment makers from South Korea and abroad court graduates of Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in a small Korean town.

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Trump admin moves to block environmental protection law enforcement

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Exclusive interview: Science diplomat Paul Arthur Berkman

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1876 massacre of Black men turned racial terror into political power

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Mexico's cartel fight requires partnership, not intervention -- Mexico is not a state run by drug cartels. It is a U.S. security and economic partner whose government is making progress against organized crime.

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Preeclampsia rates in minorities highlight maternal health disparities -- During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a nearly 25% prevalence rate of preeclampsia was observed among 176 Latinas in El Paso.

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Latin America's commodity boom and the lost opportunity -- Latin America has spent decades trapped in a cycle of disappointing economic growth that contrasts sharply with its enormous potential.

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The Batanes Islands: A strategic hinge in the Luzon Strait -- Chinese scholars raised new South China Sea sovereignty questions by asserting that the Philippines' Batanes Islands legally belong to China.

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Cholera is far from history in places without clean water -- While cholera has nearly disappeared from wealthy countries, it remains one of the world's deadliest waterborne diseases.

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The 5,000 year old ideology behind unification -- There is no state or government that defines Korean heritage. For unification to become successful, all Koreans need to rely on each other.

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Cyclosporiasis sickens some worse -- diarrhea could be more explosive -- As you may have seen in news headlines or social media memes, there's explosive diarrhea going around.

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Vietnam's trust gap: Independent analysis matters in South China Sea -- The debate over independent research in Vietnam is often framed as a question of political openness.

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It's getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds -- Retrofitting old classrooms with air conditioners, even when necessary to maintain a cool classroom, isn't always financially possible.

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The real question isn't why North Koreans don't resist -- People believe the first world they encounter is the normal one. For North Koreans, dictatorship is that kind of presence -- they way things are.

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Should paper checks be abolished like the penny? -- Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030.

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Replacing gas stoves with electric greatly reduces asthma symptoms -- Cooking on natural gas stoves is an under-recognized and important source of indoor air pollution, creating nitrogen dioxide and other compounds.

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Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks -- A commercial satellite is the key to a difficult mission that aims to rescue NASA's Swift telescope in orbit.

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The U.S. is controlling global access to the world's most powerful AI -- The U.S. ordered Anthropic to prevent all foreign nationals from using the artificial intelligence company's two most advanced large language models.

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American marine science and conservation support national security -- A former NOAA official explains the overwhelming benefit of marine science and conservation to the national security of the United States.

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Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices heard -- Ukraine is experiencing its largest domestic protests since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. The spark to the unrest was the summary dismissal on July 15, 2026, of the country's youthful defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, appointed just six months ago.

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Israel Antiquities Authority uncover figurine face mold

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