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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver Corp. said Tuesday it has showcased the company’s latest technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), for construction and real estate industries at an exhibition in Saudi Arabia. The South Korean IT giant promoted digital twin, AI and cloud solutions customized for Saudi Arabia during the Cityscape Global 2025, which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The amount of so-called club drugs seized in South Korea has increased more than sevenfold over the past five years, customs authorities said Tuesday. A total of 115.9 kilograms of illegal substances, such as marijuana and ketamine, that are commonly used in nightclubs and other entertainment venues were confiscated [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has introduced a new home ventilation system designed to improve indoor air quality in increasingly airtight residential spaces, as South Korea moves into the winter heating season and concerns over fine dust persist. The company said Tuesday it will launch LG Premium Ventilation Plus, a system that filters [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) on Monday launched a new centralized platform designed to bring unprecedented transparency to financial interactions between pharmaceutical and medical device companies and healthcare professionals. The “Expense Report Management System,” formally opening Nov. 17, is the country’s first unified public database allowing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group will supply hydrogen fuel-cell buses to Guangzhou as part of a joint initiative with China’s commercial vehicle maker Kaiwo Group, the company said Tuesday, marking a significant expansion of its hydrogen mobility footprint in the world’s largest auto market. The 8.5-meter hydrogen buses—co-developed by Hyundai’s local fuel-cell [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s consumer goods exports—long considered a supporting player to the country’s heavyweight industries—are rapidly emerging as a new growth engine, fueled by the global spread of Hallyu and the runaway popularity of titles like the animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters. Government data show that exports of K-food, K-beauty, and [...]