SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to the continuous efforts of researchers, numerous ways to prevent dementia are now being suggested. Recent studies have found that using the brain more could prevent dementia. Also, a substance that might be able to prevent and treat dementia has been found in skate (fish) skin. According to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – It turns out that love might be able to cure those who were filling their empty ‘void’ with food. The ‘love hormone’ oxytocin has showed possible effectiveness in curing patients with bulimia, according to current research conducted by a Korean and English joint research team. Oxytocin is a hormone [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A special event has been held in Paris, in which Korean traditional temple foods were introduced to the ambassadors of different countries. Under the theme ‘Korea’s Temple Food, Healthy Cuisine of the Globe’, one of the most prestigious experts in Korean temple food, monk Sunjae, cooked for the guests [...]
YONGIN, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Everland has announced the opening of its Kochia Festival, which is exhibiting hundreds of thousands of red Kochias all over the theme park. The scientific name of Kochia is ‘Kochia Scoparia’, and they turn red earlier than other foliage, and into a deeper color. They can easily be seen [...]
DAMYANG, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Eighteen successful days since its opening, the World Bamboo Fair Damyang Korea 2015 has already attracted more than 500,000 tourists. Visitors have enjoyed walking on paths through bamboo forests, and seeing hearing, touching, feeling and tasting bamboo. Various exhibits share information about different species of bamboo, arts and crafts, [...]
HWACHEON, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hwacheon Province announced that it generated 4.2 billion won’s worth of economic activity through its Tomato Festival, which was held earlier this summer. According to provincial officials, 115,000 tourists visited the festival, which was held from July 30 to August 2, including 800 foreigners. Due to the many visitors, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has decided to pioneer one of the ‘blue oceans’, dismantling nuclear power plants abroad, and will invest 61 billion won over the next 15 years to develop core technology. The government confirmed the policy to foster the dismantling of nuclear plants at the fifth Atomic Energy [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Employees of ADNOC, the largest oil company operated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as their families, will now be able to receive medical treatment at Korean hospitals. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) and ADNOC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to migrate patients, cooperate on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer Lee Seung-hwan is launching a campaign in partnership with the Korea Animal Welfare Association (KAWA) called ‘Pets are Family’. According to the singer’s agent, Dream Factory, Lee is holding this event together with the KAWA to send out a message that pets are ‘family’, not ‘property’. The event [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) officially launched its ‘Budget Market of the People’ (http://npadmarket.kr), which is an online platform that buys ideas and suggestions about policy and budgets from the people to reflect them in parliamentary politics, on October 5. On this day, a demonstration of the platform [...]