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National Pension Fund Tightens Oversight of Private Equity After Homeplus Debacle

National Pension Fund Tightens Oversight of Private Equity After Homeplus Debacle

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) said it will begin enforcing stricter “responsible investment” standards on private equity and other alternative investments, following heavy criticism over massive potential losses linked to the troubled retailer Homeplus. The decision, announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare during a parliamentary audit on [...]

Seoul Targets Long-Standing Laboratory Billing Practices Amid Medical Industry Pushback

Seoul Targets Long-Standing Laboratory Billing Practices Amid Medical Industry Pushback

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has moved to dismantle decades-old billing practices between clinics and diagnostic laboratories, a reform it says is essential to restoring transparency and safeguarding patient safety. But the medical community is pushing back, calling the measure hasty and detached from on-the-ground realities. The Ministry of Health and [...]

Debate Grows Over Driver Monitoring Systems as Privacy, Cost Concerns Mount

Debate Grows Over Driver Monitoring Systems as Privacy, Cost Concerns Mount

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) —  As South Korea pushes for wider adoption of Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) to prevent fatigue-related traffic accidents, truck and bus drivers are voicing growing unease over privacy intrusions and cost burdens. While most drivers and operators acknowledge the need for safer roads, many fear that DMS — which tracks [...]

Muck Rack Introduces Advanced AI Capabilities, Including Pitch Coverage Detection and Agentic Tools

Muck Rack Introduces Advanced AI Capabilities, Including Pitch Coverage Detection and Agentic Tools

New York, NY, Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Muck Rack today announced major advancements in its AI capabilities, including pitch coverage detection, generative AI sentiment and visibility scoring, as well as new agents that automate workflows for pitching, building media lists and writing boolean searches. These tools turn insights into action, giving PR professionals the clarity [...]

At COMPAMED, TekniPlex Healthcare to Showcase Interventional Design-to-Commercialization Services and Sustainability-Focused Materials Science Innovations.

At COMPAMED, TekniPlex Healthcare to Showcase Interventional Design-to-Commercialization Services and Sustainability-Focused Materials Science Innovations.

Company to spotlight precision components, interventional device development, and bio-based material innovations to help OEMs meet ESG goals. Wayne, PA, Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – TekniPlex Healthcare, which utilizes advanced materials science expertise to help deliver better patient outcomes, will showcase its dual focus on interventional design-to-commercialization capabilities and sustainability-driven materials science at COMPAMED 2025, taking place November 17–20 in [...]

O’Reilly Publishes In-Depth Book on Logical Data Management

O’Reilly Publishes In-Depth Book on Logical Data Management

Examines both the technological underpinnings and the tangible business benefits PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Denodo, a leader in data management, announced that O’Reilly has published The Rise of Logical Data Management: An Essential Data Strategy for Transforming Your Business in the Age of AI. This logical data management strategy is central to [...]

Alvara Protocol Launches on Public Mainnet, Bringing ERC-7621 Basket Token Standard to Production

Alvara Protocol Launches on Public Mainnet, Bringing ERC-7621 Basket Token Standard to Production

Industry-first implementation of Ethereum-recognized standard delivers composable, fully fungible basket tokens with native liquidity and automated management capabilities LONDON, Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Alvara Protocol, the decentralized platform revolutionizing fund management infrastructure, today announced the official launch of its public mainnet, making it the first protocol to bring the ERC-7621 basket token standard [...]

Electronics U Expands Global Workforce Training for the Electronics Industry

Electronics U Expands Global Workforce Training for the Electronics Industry

New Engineering Pro subscription delivers advanced technical training and professional development for engineers worldwide Bannockburn, Illinois, USA, Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Global Electronics Association today unveiled Electronics U, the new name and expanded vision for its workforce training and certification platform. Formerly known as IPC EDGE, Electronics U marks the Association’s bold step [...]

Picus Security Unveils AI-Powered Breach and Attack Simulation to Redefine Security Validation

Picus Security Unveils AI-Powered Breach and Attack Simulation to Redefine Security Validation

The Picus Security Validation Platform uses advanced AI to transform how security teams simulate, validate and defend against emerging threats SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Picus Security, the leading security validation company, today unveiled new AI-powered breach and attack simulation (BAS) capabilities within the Picus Security Validation Platform. This introduces a new level of [...]

BitMEX Study Finds Cryptocurrency Funding Rates Positive 92% of the Time, Revealing a Structural Market Bias

BitMEX Study Finds Cryptocurrency Funding Rates Positive 92% of the Time, Revealing a Structural Market Bias

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct. 14, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – BitMEX, one of the safest crypto exchanges, announced today the findings of its study, “The Anchor and the Ceiling: Understanding the Structure of Funding Rates,” which reveals that two structural forces are driving cryptocurrency funding rates to remain positive 92% of the time and that rates above the [...]