SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The most common form of cancer in Korea is thyroid cancer, not lung or stomach, increasing 15 fold in just 20 years. Up until last year, most patients received treatment to surgically removing tumors together with their thyroid glands, in a process known as a thyroidectomy. However, the number of [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s No. 1 tech giant, uploaded a poster of a seemingly round watch screen on its website on Friday implying that its next smartwatch’s shape will be circular. The poster, which reads “Get Ready For The Next Gear,” shows what appears to be a round smartwatch, [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The City of Bucheon in Gyeonggi province will begin a “Safe-return-home” taxi service from May by sharing taxi information with a passenger’s family members. Using an NFC tag installed in every taxi in the city adjacent to western Seoul, passengers can tag their phone and have the service send information including [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – E-mart, which was the target of negative opinion after spot-checking the lockers of its employees last July, is again courting controversy as its internal policies still allow for the verification of employees’ belongings. On April 22, E-mart’s trade union announced that it would appeal to the National Human Rights [...]
“First, the government will quickly begin its process to select a firm that will recover the ship. The government will come up with thorough plans to prevent the loss of any missing persons while the ship is being hoisted.” - Yoo Ki-june, minister of Oceans and Fisheries SEJONG, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Tomatoes grown at a greenhouse heated by an incinerating facility have boosted its profits. According to an April 21 statement fromGeoje City officials, a southeastern shipbuilding city, the sale of tomatoes from the “Well-being Greenhouse” adjacent to its Resource Recycling Facility began on March 25. The city installed the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As complaints about noise levels are increasing, Gwangju Metropolitan City has decided to tackle the situation by creating a noise map that covers the entire city. The southwestern metropolitan city announced on April 21 that it would produce a map indicating noise levels around the city. The map will indicate [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) – With the participation of Japan’s largest horseracing company, the Korean horseracing industry is rapidly being globalized, as the number of foreign racehorse owners in Korea is increasing. On April 21, Yoshida Sunsuke from Northern Farm, which operates under the Shadai Group, Japan’s largest horseracing company, bought two Korean racehorses and [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum Kakao, which operates South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Wednesday it is “considering” taking over U.S.-based messenger service Path, although no details have been decided. “It is true that our working-level team has reviewed the plan (to take over Path),” an official from Daum Kakao said. “However, [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics, South Korea’s No. 2 smartphone maker, said Wednesday it will roll out its latest budget smartphone that comes with a larger display than its flagship models, as part of a bid to target global consumers who favor a big screen in the mid- to low-end market. The [...]