SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) pushed back on Monday against a recent study by domestic medical researchers suggesting that COVID-19 vaccines could increase the risk of cancer, saying the findings do not establish a causal link. “The mechanisms behind cancer development take years to identify,” a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new nationwide survey has revealed a striking paradox at the heart of South Korea’s digital transformation: while most public officials have experimented with artificial intelligence in their work, the vast majority of government documents remain locked in formats AI systems can’t read. According to data released Monday by Democratic [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antibiotic consumption ranks among the highest in the OECD, fueling alarm over the nation’s growing risk of antimicrobial resistance — a potential “superbug” crisis that public health experts warn could endanger lives and strain hospitals. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and newly released [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers across party lines have condemned the government’s handling of a sharp rise in kidnapping and confinement cases involving Korean nationals in Cambodia, urging swift and decisive measures — including the possibility of military intervention — to protect citizens abroad. During a National Assembly audit on Sunday, Rep. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As wine consumption rises with the arrival of autumn, South Korea’s convenience store chains are racing to differentiate their wine selections, forging partnerships with global distributors and wineries to appeal to increasingly sophisticated local palates. GS25 said its smart liquor pre-order platform, Wine25Plus, has recorded 500 million won ($365,000) in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A holographic police system installed in a central Seoul park has captured international attention as a novel and effective approach to urban crime prevention. The virtual patrol, introduced last year by the Jungbu Police Station in Jeodong 3 Park, uses a life-sized hologram police officer that greets passersby and broadcasts [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pianist Lim Yunchan, 21, widely regarded as one of the world’s most promising classical musicians, has drawn public attention after comments he made two months ago to an Italian newspaper resurfaced online — remarks in which he described his teenage years in South Korea as “painful” and “suffocating.” [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) announced a strategic go-to-market (GTM) partnership with Oracle designed to help organizations transform the experience they deliver to customers through faster resolutions, streamlined omnichannel interactions, and intelligent self-service. With this partnership, Zoom CX can now run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, bringing the capabilities [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct. 13, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – BitMEX, one of the safest crypto exchanges, announced today the launch of its Uptober Carnival, allowing traders to compete for their share of a 1,000,000 USDT prize pool, iPhone 17 Pros, and up to $100,000 worth of BMEX tokens. The competition will run from 10 October 2025 at 12:00 [...]
NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Shentu Chain announced the official launch of OpenMath, the world’s first mathematical decentralized science (DeSci) platform. OpenMath was developed in strategic partnership with CertiK, the largest Web3 security services company and a global leader in formal verification. OpenMath represents a breakthrough in decentralized scientific collaboration, envisioning a future [...]