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Nearfield Instruments Signs Multi-Year Development Project to Advance Semiconductor Metrology

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, Nov. 18, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearfield Instruments, the leader in 3D, non-destructive, in-line process control solutions based on scanning probe technology, today announced a strategic development project to accelerate innovation in semiconductor metrology. As part of a multi-year collaboration, Nearfield Instruments will deploy its flagship system, QUADRA, at Imec’s advanced R&D facility [...]

Valeura Implements New Share Buyback Programme

SINGAPORE, Nov. 18, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE, OTCQX:VLERF) (“Valeura” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) approval of the Company’s notice of intention to make a new Normal Course Issuer Bid (“NCIB”). The NCIB will commence on November 20, 2025 and end on [...]

A natural breakthrough in protecting cereals and field crops

Syngenta and Amoeba SA to develop and commercialize biocontrol solutions for EU and UK Chassieu, France Basel, Switzerland , Nov. 18, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Amoebas. These single-celled microorganisms are now at the heart of one of agriculture’s latest biological innovation – a bio-fungicide capable of protecting wheat and other cereal crops from crippling fungal [...]

Zymeworks Appoints Scott Platshon as Acting Chief Investment Officer

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 18, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Zymeworks Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYME), a biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets, while developing a diverse pipeline of novel, multifunctional biotherapeutics today announced the appointment of Scott Platshon as Acting Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Platshon will report directly to Zymeworks’ Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Kenneth [...]

Zymeworks Announces Strategic Initiative to Optimize Value of Licensed Products by Building a Diversified Portfolio of Revenue-Generating Assets

Strategy will combine internal innovation, licensing, and strategic acquisitions to drive sustainable value creation for shareholders Strategic initiative follows positive topline results from pivotal Phase 3 HERIZON-GEA-01 trial evaluating zanidatamab in first-line gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (GEA) and pasritamig advancing to registration studies by J&J Innovative Medicine (J&J) Eligible to receive up to $440.0 million in potential [...]

Outrage Grows in Korea After Fatal Drunk-Driving Crashes Involving Foreign Tourists

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is facing renewed public outrage over its drunk-driving laws after a series of fatal crashes — including the recent death of a Japanese tourist in Seoul — reignited anger over what many view as lenient punishments for offenders. The debate intensified after a Japanese user on the social [...]

Court Rejects Malpractice Claim Over Bile Duct Injury in Gallbladder Surgery

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has dismissed a damages suit filed by a patient who alleged that a university hospital was responsible for a bile duct injury sustained during gallbladder surgery, ruling that the complication did not constitute medical negligence. In a decision released Sunday, Judge Han Jong-hwan of the [...]

‘Ask ChatGPT First’: Elementary Classrooms Struggle With Early AI Overuse

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As major universities grapple with cheating scandals linked to artificial intelligence, concerns are now spreading to the very start of the country’s education system: elementary schools, where students are increasingly outsourcing thinking and assignments to AI tools. Teachers in Seoul report that upper-grade students now instinctively turn to AI [...]

Man Who Diverted Salary to Wife to Evade Tax Seizure Loses Court Battle

CHEONGJU, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A local tax office in Cheongju has won a rare legal victory against a high-value delinquent taxpayer who hid his income under his spouse’s name to avoid wage seizure, city officials said Monday. The ruling is expected to strengthen municipal efforts to crack down on sophisticated tax-evasion schemes. According [...]

Doctors Escalate Showdown With Government Over Drug Reform and X-ray Expansion

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s medical community is escalating its confrontation with the Lee Jae-myung administration and the National Assembly over a set of health-care policy proposals that physicians argue threaten patient safety and undermine established medical standards. At the center of the dispute are three initiatives: mandatory ingredient-based prescriptions, stricter oversight of [...]