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Wash your hands

Students use sanitizers as a precautionary measure against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at Pungmoon Girls’ High School in Seoul, Tuesday. / Yonhap

헤드라인 필수 어휘 (6) - (Headline Vocabulary 6)

PM-nominee hearing

Prime Minister nominee Hwang Kyo-ahn answers questions from lawmakers during his confirmation hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, Monday./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

헤드라인 필수 어휘 (5) - (Headline Vocabulary 5)

List of 24 hospitals, clinics

Bipartisan agreement

New Politics Alliance for Democracy Chairman Rep. Moon Jae-in, right, reads a statement after a bipartisan meeting to discuss the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome at the National Assembly, Yeoido, Seoul, Sunday. At left is Saenuri Party Chairman Rep. Kim Moo-sung./ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Omani exhibition

Omani Ambassador to Korea Mohamed Alharthy, fourth from left, cuts the tape during an opening ceremony for a travelling exhibition “Tolerance, Understanding and Coexistance: Oman’s Message of Islam,” at the Citizen Park in Busan on June 1. The exhibition first showcased in Seoul in November at the Korea Foundation Gallery in Seoul. / Embassy of Oman

President's on-site check

President Park Geun-hye speaks to staff of the National Medical Center in Seoul, Friday, during a visit to the hospital where MERS patients are quarantined./ Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae

Ice-cream maker's ads melt gender divide

/ Screen shor from YouTubeIce-cream maker Magnum's new ad campaign has embraced gender diversity under the concept "Be true to your pleasure."“RuPaul's Drag Race” star William features in the campaign, along with other transgender individuals.“I’ve always wanted to have both energies _ masculine and feminine,” the Metro quoted James, who is also in the campaign, as saying. “So I thought, I shouldn’t just have one. I didn’t like the world as it was so I created my own.”To watch the ad, click here

Cancer alert over chips

/ Courtesy of fooducateChips and other fried foods contain a dangerous chemical that causes cancer.According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the chemical, acrylamide (AA), also found in tobacco smoke, is formed when foods are cooked at high temperature. Children are especially at risk.“AA forms in numerous baked or fried carbohydrate-rich foods, including French fries, potato crisps, breads, biscuits and coffee,” the Daily Mail quoted the EFSA as saying. “AA is also known to be present in cigarette smoke. Since acrylamide is present in a wide range of everyday foods, this health concern applies to all consumers, but children are the most exposed age group on a body-weight basis.”